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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1976
Page
3
U S and Spain reported to have reached a defense treaty to keep American bases in Spain. The accord awaits U S Senate ratification and confirmation from Madrid. Officials note the pact would require formal approval before implementation and may influence alliance posture in Europe.
Sanitation workers and public works employees in Bradford Pennsylvania, Local 983, approved a new contract after a nearly three week strike that began January 3. City officials have kept streets plowed during the dispute, and residents hauled garbage to a crematorium site. A second notice reports a fire in Westmoreland County destroying two buildings with damages estimated at at least 200000, the Commerce Building housing seven offices and a jewelry store with an apartment above.
The head of the state's Bureau of Surface Mine Reclamation testified before a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh. Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel J. Orr II declined comment on the testimony or the nature of the investigation into alleged kickbacks in awarding contracts to 3 William Guchert.
Allegheny County detectives say robbery may have motivated the fatal shooting of Sewickley resident William Sthon. His body was found near a roadway. investigators say a $700 bill was left at the scene and say the suspect fled.
Negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union progress on a new arms treaty as Brezhnev and Ford discuss limits on Backfire bombers and cruise missiles. In Erie, the Erie County Drug Abuse Program becomes a non profit, moving to Sumner Nichols Building with a new Outreach Project to assess needs, coordinate services, and offer on call support for drug treatment and prevention.
President Suleiman Franjieh announced that Lebanon's warring factions agreed on a cease-fire and a framework for a peaceful settlement. A supreme military committee with Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian forces will oversee fighting end and a return to normal life, with a timetable and disengagement plans to be announced.
Informed sources say the peace plan aims to end the war by returning Christians Muslims and Palestinians to prewar areas, moving armed groups to bases, redistributing political power, and boosting Muslim economic status. Moslem and Palestinian forces reportedly control much of Lebanon with Christians holding Beirut districts while clashes and looting continue and 25 combatants killed with 40 wounded.
In Nemacolin Pennsylvania sixteen southwestern Pennsylvania coal mines reopened after roving pickets withdrew. About 6,000 miners returned to the afternoon shift following guidance from United Mine Workers officials and a mass meeting with UMW International and District 4. Only 475 workers at Buckeye Goal Co. mine remained off duty as contempt proceedings loomed. The strike had spread from Nemacolin to Fayette Greene and Washington counties.
In a 6-1 ruling the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to block Governor Shapp from using lie detector tests on James D. Barger and Roy O. Wellendorf as part of an investigation into alleged record tampering. The tests, to be kept secret, aim to inform future actions though no dates or formal charges had been filed.
About 25 000 Pennsylvania workers injured or ill on the job since January 1 will gain an extra 162 dollars per week in compensation. The prior ceiling was 71 dollars. The Labor and Industry Department said the raise targets those earning over 256 50 dollars weekly, aligning with an annual wage adjustment for the statewide average. The article notes a historical reference to 1793 and the first cotton threat in Pawtucket, Rhode Island by Hannah Wilkinson.
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