Corry Evening Journal Weather Note
Flurries likely as Corry Chronicle records wintry conditions. Local notes indicate unsettled skies and cold air with possible light snowfall, shaping daily routines and street activity in Corry.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1970
Page
1
Flurries likely as Corry Chronicle records wintry conditions. Local notes indicate unsettled skies and cold air with possible light snowfall, shaping daily routines and street activity in Corry.
Pennsylvania Highway Department installed traffic signals at Scotts Crossing Route 6 under a Public Utility Commission order. Signals began operation yesterday at 11 am after being covered. drivers soon ignored them. New signs include No Right Turn and No Left Turn with 30 second preemptive illumination for trains. Ultrasonic sensors trigger green on Scotts Crossing side while red halts Route 6. Erie Lackawanna aims to install short arm crossing gates by February 27. Gates should prevent drivers from entering tracks when a train approaches.
SAIGON AP The U S Army charged Spec 5 Robert Lawrence 27 of Atlanta with disrespectful language and failing to report to duty after he refused a sergeant command to drive soldiers home on Dec 29. Lawrence had alleged censorship by the U S Command after ending his Armed Forces Vietnam Network news broadcast. The army also suspended Lawrence and Marine Cpl Thomas Sinkovitz 21 of Harrisburg Pa who endorsed the accusation. The command ordered both soldiers not to discuss the case amid an ongoing investigation.
Harrisburg AP Stanley A. Miller Pennsylvania’s new welfare secretary ordered a broad overhaul of Georges directives opening a campaign against welfare fraud. He rescinded a rule tying half of county advisory boards to relief recipients and insisted any fraud, even under 75 dollars, must be prosecuted. He called a dollar fraud still a fraud and noted legislation to curb about 19 million dollars yearly in waste.
City police reported two afternoon crashes causing $950 total damage to four cars. Gordon P. Schutt 21 struck a parked Brigham car on Mead avenue at 4 40 p m, both cars $300 damage. Earlier at 9 15 a m on East Columbus avenue Wayne Street, Gregory Witchen 22 Bradford pulled left to avoid a stopping car and was sideswiped by Homer Lewis 43 Erie. Witchen car $150 Lewis car $200.
Senate Republican whip Robert Griffin predicts Congress will support President Nixon against the $19.7 billion HEW bill. He foresees a veto as inevitable, notes risk for Republicans in the House, and says party loyalty should align GOP members behind the administration if the bill remains unchanged. He also mentions possible House override efforts and the need to craft a new funding measure if veto occurs.
Investigators say no close allies of the late Joseph A Yablonski have received threatening calls since the slayings of the UMW reformer his wife and daughter. Marion Pellegrini of UMW District 5 and Elmer Brown reported threats to the FBI with details of calls and warnings.
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