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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1976
Page
1
Corry Foam announces a $1 million addition to its Corry plant to raise annual output from 120 to 156 million board feet and boost employment. The 40,000 square foot expansion will attach to the southeast side and is slated for completion in January next year.
City police reported two recent car crashes. One on Sciota road near Plastics road due to icy roads, injuring no one. Kopta’s southbound car slid into James’s northbound vehicle, totaling 4,000 in damage. Sciubba’s westbound car damaged 75.
Last night two trailer fires in the Corry Beaverdam area drew Elgin Beaverdams and Titusville volunteers. LaVern Davis of Corry owned the first trailer, 500 feet off the road and on a steep grade, making water access difficult. Fire chief Alan Cox attributed the blaze to the furnace area though not confirmed. Thirty firefighters and five pieces of equipment fought the fire, one truck getting stuck. A second trailer owned by Richard Schwab on Thompson Run Road burned completely, declared a total loss after Titusville and Centerville crews responded with a portable pump. The trailer was vacant at the time.
In Atlanta three men were arrested and charged with murder in the kidnapping and killing of James E Edmondson known as the Professor Backwards from the Ed Sullivan Show. Edmondson’s body was found on a northwest Atlanta road after he was abducted from his home. a housekeeper was raped, and a bloodstained hat was found near the scene. The suspects were in their early 20s and unnamed by police.
The Shapp administration proposes a nickel increase on cigarettes to total 23 cents per pack, adding about 18 dollars yearly per smoker and about 55 million dollars annually. Gov. Shapp will present the budget with no changes to personal income, corporate, or sales taxes, claiming balanced finances with existing revenues plus the new nickel. The plan funds day care, the aged, state college, mental health care, and public assistance with austere measures and no welfare grant increases.
The Supreme Court struck down caps on campaign spending while upholding presidential subsidies and disclosure requirements. It ruled that spending limits violate first amendment free speech, but contributions limits and disclosures remain permissible to curb influence. Justices Burger Rehnquist Marshall White dissented in parts and urged different conclusions on funding and party treatment.
Washington AP reports AT&T filed for rate adjustments predicting a raise in monthly bills on Feb 12. Residential bills may rise about 10 cents, business customers about $2 monthly, with higher costs for short distance calls and operator-assisted long distance. A Chicago to San Francisco three minute direct dialed call would drop to 80 cents, while operator-assisted would rise to 2.15. AT&T says hikes reflect a return to long distance costs near 1953 levels.
Carol Jean Morgan, 42, of Warren, preliminarily arraigned before District Justice J.C. Lobdell, released on $5,000 bail. She faces counts of arson for a $310,000 loss to Means Browse and Building Center, criminal mischief, and embezzlement from Means Co. over several years. The fire on October 26, 1975, at about 6:20 p.m. gutted the building, with several volunteers injured. The investigation involved Warren Borough police, the county district attorney, and the state fire marshal.
Four men and a 17 year old were bound over to Erie County court after hearings before District Justice Patsy Nichols on burglary charges. The group faces counts tied to break ins at the Sciota Lumber Co and the North Hills Golf Course clubhouse. Suspects named include Donovan J. Spencer Patrick A Wynn Lord E Lindenberger and Thomas A Lindstrom along with a 17 year old whose name is withheld.
Charles Way, a Spring Creek area resident, builds dulcimers by hand from logs and scrap wood. He cuts, shapes, glues, sands, and finishes each piece, then adds three strings and frets to complete a dulcimer. His son Fred helped inspire the hobby, and Way has produced three instruments for family members.
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