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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1972
Page
4
Local notices offer bridal consulting in James town New York with Sally Wallace and Edie Word plus contact 716 664 4809. Also ads for a Wednesday trail ride poker run 9 00 p m from the high school to Spring Creek weather permitting.
Harrisburg report on a Senate hearing endorsing a bill to raise maximum weekly workers compensation benefits from 60 to about 95 dollars. The measure links to two thirds of the statewide average wage, while shielding individuals from exceeding their own earnings. Support comes from labor and insurers. opposition from some firms over profit margins. Victor Borge says he has earned close to 2 million from oil real estate farming and other ventures reflecting a diverse business career.
An Appellate Division judge weighs a petition from the New York State Lawyers Guild asking for authorization to search Attica state prison for electronic bugging devices. The request comes as Wyoming County grand jury proceedings linked to last September’s inmate revolt are reviewed. A court-ordered expert would inspect the maximum security facility for listening devices.
Thursday afternoon and evening desk volunteers list admissions and discharges for Corry area residents including Mrs Kay Bliley and Mrs Louise Mount. The page also features a grocery ad highlighting Sirloin Steak at 1.25 per pound, Hamburg at 1.79 for three pounds, and other produce and staples.
In Greensburg Pennsylvania two men died while aiding others during a Penn Albert Hotel fire. Robert Carter a 40 year old maintenance worker and Adam Donofrio a hotel hairdresser perished trapped in an elevator as residents fled down fire ladders. About 40 people on upper floors escaped. nine injured were treated at Westmoreland County Hospital with four admitted in fair condition. Fire officials said the blaze began in a cleaning closet near the elevator shaft and was controlled within ten minutes.
Meadville Redevelopment Authority approved final working drawings for a new city hall on Water Street as part of the Urban Renewal Project. The plans, reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, keep a two acre site with parking and open spaces and indicate one acre parcel at Pine and Water streets will not be used. Architect William Douglass presented with City Engineer Charles Stiles answering questions.
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