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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1974
Page
3
Britain's coal miners, led by union president Joe Gormley, warn they may escalate to a full strike if the Conservative government does not grant higher wages. He says 70 percent of about 280,000 miners back a stoppage as pressure for stronger action grows.
In Pasadena last August witness Timothy Kerley testified he was marked for death at a party in Dean Corll's home but was saved when Elmer Wayne Henley shot Corll several times. Henley is to testify at a pretrial hearing in the Cobble case as the murder trial proceeds.
In Harrisburg the House committee cleared a measure to raise mortgage rate ceilings for loans under 35 000 to a level tied to federal bond yields about 8 7 percent today versus 8 percent under present law. The bill aims to attract investors and widen housing funding.
Harrisburg AP The Pennsylvania House delayed final action on a proposed antipornography law after four hours of amendments and a procedural mishap. A separate open meetings bill also stalled as lawmakers adjourned for the week amid vote challenges and plan to craft amendments.
Abortion supporters and opponents rallied and petitioned to mark the Supreme Court decision’s one year amid midtown protests, with a feminist group staging a symbolic funeral and crowning a woman as pope at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
A Erie County meeting saw the League of Women Voters urge the commissioners to place a government study commission on the spring primary ballot. They want a properly elected commission to study replacing the current system, with a February 20 discussion scheduled, but officials warn spring may be too soon for public education on the issue.
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