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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1972
Page
1
An advertisement hints at legislative push for IO reform. Key players unnamed, but mentions senate involvement and anticipated votes. Vague text shows advocacy and timelines, with no concrete details on dates or bills.
Fragments indicate a discussion of a senator, a vote on a budget item, and spiraling costs. Details are unclear, but the gist points to fiscal pressures and political contention surrounding a return or revenue plan.
An unclear OCR fragment notes an uptick in budget issues within a city council context. The brief suggests a stalled budget process affecting services, with reference to local governance and temporary pauses while negotiations continue. The exact entities and dates are unreadable in the fragment.
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U.S. Navy jets from Tonkin Gulf carriers aimed at an island transshipment point east of Haiphong setting large fires. Three U.S. jets were lost with six crewmen missing. MIG21 interceptors downed two Air Force F4 Phantoms, eight other airmen missing or rescued. In South Vietnam Hue bombardment continued as Quang Tri city defenses held against counterattack.
Erie County commissioners appoint a 17 member study group to examine Act 62 and the Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law. Led by Commissioners Hill Jr., Rzymek and Weir, the panel will consider whether to propose a statutory charter commission and how to inform the public. Members include James Allyn, William Eaton, Roger Fischer, Ralph Gangemi and others from Erie and Corry, with first meeting slated for August or September.
Carry members of Company A 112th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard will return to the armory here no later than next Friday. Guardsmen have been on flood cleanup duty at Wilkes Barre and Vicinity for two weeks and will be exempted from their annual two-week encampment slated to start at the end of July. They will travel to Infant Gap Military Reservation near Harrisburg to pick up rations and return here aboard a truck convoy.
State police say 17 year old Howard Wilbanks sought on a California murder charge was arrested without a struggle Friday at a trailer park in Buffalo Township near Butler. He is charged in Yuba City with the June 19 killing of Peter Filkowski of Marysville and is jailed without bond pending extradition.
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote, stays a lower court order restoring 151 California delegates to Sen. George McGovern, leaving the Democratic convention fight to the delegates in Miami Beach. Justice Marshall dissents, arguing the case raises constitutional issues about party internal decisions. The court did not grant a merits hearing and expressed doubt about the appellate court's actions.
In Miami Beach, McGovern faces a floor fight over 151 California delegates after the Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the Credentials Committee plan. Humphrey Muskie Jackson Mills rally delegates, while McGovern vows to win back California support and close the delegate gap before the convention.
President Nixon directed the FAA to implement stricter air piracy controls after two Pacific Southwest Airlines hijackings. The plan includes 100 percent passenger inspection on some commuter flights, two IDs, restricted carry-ons, and possible body searches when justified.
There has been no action yet on hearings involving Corry interests. One concerns the annexation of part of Wayne Township and the other a 50 unit modular housing development on a South Center street hill. Judge Lindley McClelland has asked for fresh arguments due to possible changes in public interest. City Solicitor Douglas Rozelle said he will again represent the city. He now projects action in August or September. The housing suit, by the Concerned Homeowners Association, had been set for next Tuesday but the judge's availability remains unclear. Rozelle hopes the Tuesday date stands.
Peru Indiana man Lowell Elliott found 500000 in a hijacking ransom bag dropped by a skyjacker in a soybean field on June 26 and handed it to the FBI. American Airlines offered a paid trip to Hawaii but Elliott refused cash and the airline then offered 10000 which he also declined seeking 25000. Elliott has since disappeared from public view.
A two year old woman was killed and two people injured when a car rear-ended a milk tank truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset. Kathryn Moore of Freedom died at Somerset Hospital. Injured were Hazel Alexander 53, driver, and her husband Lester 59, both treated at the same hospital.
The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the 1970 liberal abortion statute, rejecting the claim that unborn babies have constitutional rights. Judge Breitel stated unborn children have not been treated as persons in law. A Fordham professor plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. a repeal by the legislature was vetoed by Gov. Rockefeller.
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