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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1973
Page
3
Fragmentary text references payments, agreements, and individuals including Haldeman White House and a marriage contract. Mentions trucks, an agency, police, a Fix It service, and possible costs plus discussions of wills and fate. Sparse identifiable names and places remain.
Belfast AP reports five people died in Northern Ireland over the weekend amid ongoing sectarian violence. The dead include two IRA members killed by a bomb in Newcastle County Down, a man found at a Protestant district entrance, a 13 year old Protestant woman found nude and mutilated in Belfast, and a British soldier wounded by a prior bombing. An extended security crackdown followed, with 4000 troops deployed and numerous checkpoints. Outside Belfast, bomb blasts occurred in Armagh Londonderry Downpatrick and Dundrum with no major injuries.
Findley Lake, once among the worst weed choked lakes in Chautauqua County, is rated at its best condition due to an advanced research program. 4,000 pounds of simazine were applied last fall on September 13 and again September 30 as booster treatment. The Chautauqua County Legislature approved 25,000 to support the project conducted by Interscience Associates of Williamsville.
Fairview Township filed suit in Erie County court seeking to collect a 10 percent admissions levy from Commodore Downs racetrack. Track officials call the tax illegal and say it is preempted by a state law, the so called Tax Anything Act. The dispute centers on whether the track owes the local amusement tax.
Alvin D. Allison, 27, a Waynesburg Area High School chemistry teacher, was arrested in the school laboratory with about eight pounds of amphetamine valued at $250,000. Roberta Weissburg, 19, and Robert Monsour, 20, were also linked as primary distributors. All faces charges of drug distribution, manufacturing, and conspiracy after a probe begun in 1972. Police and federal agents collaborated in the operation.
In Montgomery County a defense argues Pennsylvanias marijuana statute fails because it bans only one Cannabis Sativa L. type while others are unpunished. A chemist testified all plants are the same, though some botanists dispute him. Arnold R. Samuels was convicted on 32 pounds and plans an appeal.
Pennsylvania's wine industry is expanding with five new varieties added to state stores, two new wineries starting production this summer and a third planned soon, while a major food company eyes Pennsylvania for a east coast vineyard. Experts cite a national wine boom boosting demand, pricing, and investor interest, with two emerging districts around Erie and Lancaster. Penn Shore Winery pumps out over 33,000 bottles annually as Penn State supports five experimental vineyards to boost disease resistant vines. Prices range from $1.50 to $2.60, with many wines sold in state stores or exported.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI ace who fought the Red Baron and built Eastern Airlines, died in a Zurich hospital at age 82. Funeral services planned in Columbus Ohio. He survived 21 German aircraft and four balloons, and later endured a 24 day Pacific ditching with seven of eight aboard.
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