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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1973
Page
1
The economy grew 2.6 percent annual rate in Q2, the slowest since 1970. Phase 4 rules aim to curb inflation, with ceiling gasoline prices possible by Aug 12 and mandatory absorption of costs by large firms. Government eyes stricter petroleum product allocation next week.
District Justice Anna McCall ordered Douglas Higby to pay a fine and costs for larceny of gasoline from a car and to reimburse about a gallon of gas to Terry Blakeslee. A shoe found at the scene helped link Higby to the crime. Separately, eighteen volunteer firemen were awakened by rural alarm for a snow fence fire on Carter Hill road.
Freddie Sims led police on a chase in Memphis after taking his five year old son Tony from his former wife. Sims held a knife to the boy’s chest as he backed away from officers before being disarmed. The child was released with only a small cut on the hand.
Police arrest John D. Sutton 21 of Spartansburg for burglary and larceny in the May 24 break-in at the city police station where the drug display was stolen. Sutton was arraigned before District Justice Anna McCall, posted $2,000 bond, and awaits a hearing. A girlfriend and a TIP program informant aided the case, with the tip leading to Sutton after initial flight.
The Gypsy burglar, who claims solo credit for the Orton’s Farm Market burglary in Columbus, sends a letter to The Journal denying gypsy involvement and threatening more crimes. Police intervene as investigators review the missive and errors noted in their initial report.
The House approved the comprehensive farm program and food stamp legislation 226 to 182 after an eight hour session, sending the bill to Senate conference. Key debates centered on barring food stamps for strikers and giving Earl L. Butz power to adjust farm prices, with payment limits set at $20,000 per farmer for wheat, cotton and feed grains.
Former assistant attorney general Robert C. Mardian testified that President Nixon pressed him to relocate tapes of White House ordered taps from the FBI into the White House. The tapes, tied to national security leaks, were later found in Ehrlichman’s safe as they surfaced during Senate Watergate hearings.
Washington AP report the FBI seeks the author of a telephone hoax that misled the Senate Watergate committee and millions of viewers about President Nixon surrendering without a fight. Chairman Sam Ervin called it a dirty trick as the episode disrupted committee proceedings and raised security concerns.
Five year old Russell Myers of Falconer was freed after a 75 minute rescue when he was pulled into a street sweeper. Firefighters collected funds and bought him a bicycle after he expressed a wish for one. He remains in satisfactory condition at WCA Hospital.
A federal grant released last week expands the Neighborhood Youth Corps program in Erie County. About 600 more youths will be employed for the summer at $1.60 per hour. Applicants must be at least 14 and returning to school. forms available at the Municipal Building office of City Engineer Administrator David Johnson.
The Corry Area School District union effort is deadlocked as the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board decides which employees join the bargaining unit and when the election will occur. A May 24 hearing left the cafeteria workers’ inclusion unsettled, with the district seeking broadening beyond clerical and custodial staff. Donald Creda of the PSEA said the cafeteria workers’ membership rights are not being denied.
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