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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1974
Page
1
An energy company executive faces scrutiny as officials probe a gate incident and mixed opinions emerge from critics and supporters. The investigation centers on decision making, safety measures, and potential policy impacts on future projects.
Washington AP reports the wholesale price index rose five tenths of one percent in June, the smallest increase in eight months, with industrial commodities led by metals fuels chemicals machinery and equipment. Agricultural prices fell for the fourth straight month, down 4 percent seasonally, and farm prices dropped 8.1 percent as livestock and produce declines persisted.
Superintendent Charles W Krepps Jr reports all but two elementary posts are filled in the Corry Area School District. Conelway Concord and Spring Creek Sparta elementary schools await dual principals while Wright Columbus will be led by Benjamin Calderone at 14,900. Other admin slots include LeRoy Reich 17,700 Russell Brant 19,300 and Leroy Peck 16,800.
Daniel L. Johnson of Lakewood New York 28 was listed in satisfactory condition at Union City Memorial Hospital after his late model compact car rolled over three and a half times on Route 178 about a mile east of Union City. State police say speed and a failed right turn caused the crash. Investigating officers commended Union City responders.
In Washington DC two convicts demanding a flight out of the country held seven hostages in a basement cellblock of the U5 District Courthouse for a second day while hundreds of police maintained a waiting stance outside. The captors were identified as Robert Jones and Frank Gorham, ringleaders in a 1972 jail escape attempt, who released one hostage before dawn and pressed for freedom possibly via Venezuela.
The six men and six women jury began deliberations after a judge instructed that Ehrlichman need not have approved a break in to be guilty of conspiracy. The group weighed evidence from eight days of testimony in the Ellsberg psychiatrists case as the trial shifted locations due to a hostage situation in the federal building.
In Baltimore less than half of 236 midnight-shift officers reported to duty as police and city workers strike. About 3,000 other workers also walked out, trash and looting reports emerged, and the city faced 12-hour shifts. An injunction was served on Local 1195 leader Thomas A. Rapanotti.
Washington reports release of seven volumes of Watergate records and White House transcripts offering no major new charges against President Nixon. The materials show tension and caution in Nixon’s circle, with notes of caution on potential disclosures and discussions of cover up strategies amid ongoing impeachment scrutiny.
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