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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1977
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text shows Whitman residents and families gathering at Waterford and McCray Iris events. Mentions include Corry Court and Field at McCray Iris, Mrs Fralick, Duane Fralick, a Greer daughter, and guests from Lake Side. Overall, a lively social recap with numerous names.
PennDOT released a July statement claiming only six miles of 36 planned resurfacing will occur in Erie County due to budget funding from the Motor License Fund. Officials argued maintenance has been underfunded while projects like West Washington Street extension and Corry roads proceed. Crew work began on Plank Road with widening and patching on Columbus to Clymer, suggesting more action this year than feared.
Erie car dealers report PennDOT holds 100000 plus uncashed automotive sales tax checks totaling over 15 million dollars, with estimates of 250000 checks statewide. Dealers cite delays in titles and licenses, higher closing costs, and added administrative burdens from state regulations.
Coffee prices slide as housewives and importers alike generate excess stocks. When prices spiked last spring households hoarded brown coffee as a hedge, then dumped stocks to unlock capital, exporting about 6 million 132-pound bags against an estimated need of 54 million bags.
Foster brother Lore J. Acquin was charged with nine counts of murder in connection with the mass killings at the Beaudoin home in Prospect Connecticut. The victims include Cheryl Beaudoin and her seven children aged 4 to 12 plus a niece. Fire investigators say the blaze was set and some victims were bound and beaten. Acquin was held on 250000 bond awaiting arraignment in New Haven.
Dallas AP report: in August 1976 a bank error turned Jesse Roy Kelly's 300.40 paycheck into 20000.40. A jury convicted him of felony theft. he must repay the bank and receive a probated eight-year term. Kelly spent the windfall on a Corvette and California move.
The Brokenstraw Players, Corry’s local theatre group, will participate in the Sunday in the Park festival on August 7 as part of the Corry Fine Arts Council program. They plan a children makeup demonstration and Keystone Kops antics, plus a booth with T shirts and a photo display while raising funds for their October Poe production at Leisure Lake.
The Corry Golf Commission is expected within two weeks to select an architect to draft preliminary designs for a North Hills golf course clubhouse on the hilltop. In recent weeks the panel met with two firms, discussed site placement and size estimates around 3,500 to 4,000 square feet, and weighed costs from 35 dollars per square foot plus materials and design choices. A sewer line bid opening on August 1 is viewed as essential for construction.
Corry Memorial Hospital announces two separate programs for expectant parents. Childbirth education classes will admit fathers who have completed the course into the delivery room, with sessions offered in the final trimester. The program costs 20 dollars, runs six two hour weekly sessions, and is led by RN Mrs Sandra Mitchell with nurse support.
Washington AP reports the forthcoming Cabinet level Department of Energy may start next month but lacks full power to set natural gas prices as Carter proposed. An independent five member Energy Regulatory Commission would handle prices, while the department, led by James Schlesinger, faces confirmation and a sizeable staff and budget upon launch.
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