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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1975
Page
1
Candlelight protest near the White House marked the second anniversary of the Paris Vietnam Peace Agreement. Arlington resident Lea Dickinson and her son Paul joined the crowd. Dickinson hopes for word on her brother Jost believed missing in Indochina.
Vice President Rockefeller leads an eight member commission poised to determine if the CIA acted beyond statutory limits by spying on Americans and to identify who ordered any illegal operations. He warned the inquiry could reach any president or official and vowed a full pursuit of whether abuses occurred. The Senate sets up a broader probe targeting up to 60 agencies as Colby and Ober testify and Nixon may be subpoenaed if needed.
The Commerce Department reports 1974 ends with a $3.065 billion deficit, second largest on record, driven by a tripling oil import bill to $24.6 billion. Exports rose 2 percent while imports surged 3.5 percent, reversing 1973's surplus and widening the year’s balance of payments deficit to $5.8 billion.
UAW chief Leonard Woodcock argues car prices cannot fall while margins stay thin and profits drop. He cites GM's 86 percent profit plunge for nine months in 1974. Meanwhile, 248,000 of 685,000 blue collar workers face idling as rebates run through Feb 28. Chrysler reports strong early response and contemplates extending discounts. GM’s Murphy remains hopeful for a spring upturn and more work.
A woman fled naked from a fireball area after allegedly being abducted and stripped by two Crawford County men. Jack Wyant and Millard Hutchinson face charges of criminal conspiracy to commit rape kidnapping and criminal attempt to commit rape. Hutchinson released on bond, Wyant jailed. Proceedings set for February 3 before District Justice Harry Randall.
About 60 CAHS students woke early as school is closed and traveled to the Royal Ontario Science Center in Toronto. Accompanied by James Potocki and Max Bennink the group used a chartered bus at their own expense and is expected to return late tonight.
OPEC ministers from Algeria Ecuador Gabon Indonesia Iran Iraq Kuwait Libya Nigeria Qatar Saudi Arabia UAE and Venezuela agreed to meet with consuming nations and plan a summit in four to six weeks to set a unified position They favor dialogue with industrialized countries and discuss raw materials development while acknowledging the United States may resist broader talks The group will hold a summit in Algiers between February 21 and March to decide the course with a preliminary March conference possible
ERIE Pa AP five persons were found shot to death today in an apartment building on Erie s West Side. Neighbors said victims included a man a woman and three children ages six to nine. Police and coroner planned autopsies. The home was ransacked but officials did not believe robbery was the motive.
Corry’s one percent municipal income tax creates an annual exchange of funds with other districts. In 1974 the city sent $141,510 to communities that levy the tax while Corry received $31,026 from districts where residents work. Corry workers commute to over 16 area communities and workers from 20 other areas come here. Tax flows show detailed payments from Corry residents to nearby towns and the corresponding sums sent back to Corry from those districts.
New York police plan to distribute thousands of flyers in Wall Street to locate two men seen near Fraunces Tavern annex before a bombing that killed four and wounded about 40. Composite sketches circulated as the search widens to Puerto Rico as a possible source of the hit and run raid.
Egypt's Anwar Sadat arrives in Paris seeking French planes tanks and missiles to offset Soviet limits and to pressure a new European role in the Middle East peace process. He meets President Giscard dEstaing as Assad signals a possible demilitarized zone timing amid OPEC planning.
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