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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1976
Page
3
National guardsmen in Oporto Portugal fired into a demonstrator crowd outside Customs Prison killing three and critically wounding six. About 13,000 people gathered demanding release of 70 implicated officers from a failed November rebellion. Two Portuguese and one West German died. a 4 year old prisoner’s daughter was among the critically injured.
Mahnaz Afthami has been named Minister of State in Charge of Women's Affairs, the only woman in Iran's current government. The article notes a previous woman held the education post and reports about two dozen women in parliament.
Vatican spokesman denies reports that Pope Paul VI will take a rest period after a hectic Christmas week. The 78 year old pontiff, said to suffer arthritis, appeared visibly tired at New Year’s Day duties and delivered a weak, fatigued New Year message.
In Columbus, Police Chief Earl Burden ordered about 600 American flag patches removed from officers by February 1 following a uniform committee finding the patches hard to maintain and detracting from appearance. Col. Ralph Drown stated the flag’s removal is not tied to Bicentennial tensions. In Elkins, West Virginia, authorities refused a disposal permit for New Era Resources to dump coal refuse from a Randolph County plant into an abandoned strip mine on Shavers Fork near Cheat Bridge.
California's Nedgling farm labor election process starts the year amid calls for revisions. In four months 376 elections were held on individual ranches, AP reports. Officials note the NLRB had 203 elections in its first year in the 1940s.
Charleston AP reports the 1976 West Virginia legislature will push to replace justices of the peace with county magistrate courts as the bottom tier of the state judiciary. The 1975 session created the magistrate system, but a new version is set for the Si-day session opening January 14.
About 6,000 city employees and officials pursued a busy negotiating day to untangle contract deadlocks leaving workers without a contract. AFSCME leader Al Van Hagen planned to meet city manager at 7:50 a.m. to press the issue in Cincinnati.
Venezuela takes over more than 30 private oil concessions under a nationalization act, paying 1.01 billion in government bonds over five years. State control moves the industry to Petroldes de Venezuela with 14 operating companies, while international oil firms will supply production and technical aid under contracts. Experts warn politics and management quality will determine success amid high past profits.
BEIRUT, Lebanon AP reports rescue squads renewed efforts to locate missing victims of a Lebanese airliner crash 20 miles north of Thot Qaisouma. The Boeing 707 carried 18 crew and 67 passengers, with 73 bodies recovered by night. Officials pursue identification at Dabran while investigating a possible black box find.
President Ford signed a 634 million five year bill for Public Broadcasting and vetoed a Treasury seat on the National Security Council. He also signed Medicare premium increases and a 36.4 billion Energy Research and Development authorization. New Year actions included relief measures for small business and lifted Canadian meat import restrictions. Ford spent New Year’s Day finalizing the fiscal 1977 budget and watching Michigan in the Orange Bowl.
Boston AP reports US officials rejected The Christian Science Monitor claim that the CIA recruited about 600 Americans to fight in Angola. The Monitor cited senior mercenary officers and said 900 were in Angola with 300 ready to depart as funding allowed. Spokesmen nationwide called the story unfounded.
Erie County Notet Registration Office begins examining voter records to determine how many will be purged in 1974. Voters inactive for two years must be purged, with reinstatement possible by mailing purge cards or re registering at the courthouse. Chief Voter Registrar Delia Desser notes higher costs from postage and double-cards.
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