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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1974
Page
2
The piece complains that Pennsylvania laws seem contradictory and burdensome, citing blue laws barring Sunday sock sales, odd gambling provisions, liquor sale age rules, and debate over state income tax rebates. It calls the state a 67 county three ring circus, questioning governor and General Assembly.
The piece notes daylight saving time may not deliver extra evening daylight as expected, arguing the saved hour in the evening is offset by an added hour in the morning when electricity use rises. It hints at how children walking to school in darkness experience the effect.
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins led a short session with little accomplished beyond Republican objections to Governor Shapp's appointments. Butera criticized late, opaque actions and lack of hearings. Bills included Sunday sales of Christmas trees and a party rules change. Speakers, local officials, and a 2000-name firefly petition surfaced amid talks of Sunshine Law and anti porn bills. The 58th Farm Show begins, delaying further sessions until the 14th.
A crack young FBI agent, William Higgins, was fired after investigating a bribery and securities fraud plot tied to Ohio Republicans before the 1972 election. Documents allege orders to destroy a summary and trace a network including Lloyd Sahley and S Mort Zimmerman, with ties to a Nixon fundraiser Fred LaRue.
A Vietnam veteran named Bob drives through a snowbound town with his partner Ymelda and infant Mickey waiting at home. After a drink, he pilots a dangerous hill descent toward a wooden bridge over the river, planning to crash and swim free, but survives to recall Mickey in the backseat.
The Committee of Publicly Owned Companies warns of a capital shortage lowering stock prices, risking foreign takeovers and throttling expansion. It cites only 99 new stock issues in 1973, declines in investor faith, and a Securities industry imbalance as factors, urging immediate market strengthening.
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