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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1977
Page
2
In Pennsylvania, a proposed amendment to the 1974 Sunshine Law moves to clarify what counts as formal action and curb closed sessions. Court rulings and official comments frame the debate, urging stronger definitions to uphold citizen access and prevent eroding public freedoms.
Sylvia Porter explains how corporate boards of directors quietly shape daily life through decisions on jobs, mortgages, prices, and services. The piece notes shifts in board composition and roles, with rising female and minority representation and increasing outsider influence amid concerns over improper finances and executive pay.
A Catalyst study shows one in seven top U S companies include at least one minority director, with retail firms most receptive to broadening board representation. About 202 women sit on 228 boards of the top 1,300 firms, while Directors’ pay averages vary by sector and liability insurance becomes common due to rising lawsuits. Tomorrow: New corporate diversity
Letters to the editor criticize the Sound-Off feature for anonymous complaints and lack of constructive impact. Readers urge ending the column, while others defend it as a sounding board. A writer from Corry argues the column harms town reputation and civic discourse.
Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection lists six offices including Erie with a local contact. If you have a complaint about shoddy goods or business practices, you can call or write the nearest office at 217 State Street, Erie 76501, Phone 454-7 aia.
The Corry Evening Journal shows its publishing details with staff roles including publisher George R Sample and managing editor William Eaton. It announces exclusive republication rights for AP News dispatches and lists mail and carrier subscription rates and advertising information.
Jim Bishop argues progress outpaced control as modern inventions reshape life from Mesopotamian wagons to missiles. He notes rapid gains in medicine, communications, and industry while warning civilization risks burnout, war, and moral drift. The reflection laments unmastered quantum leaps and calls for stabilizing progress.
Intelligence brief cites National Security Council finding that runaway population growth, not nuclear war, risks world order. Embassies in 77 nations report rising hunger, debt, urban crowding, and social unrest. Mexico City may become world’s largest urban area by 2000. 60 million Mexicans could flee across the border. Texas nursing home money linked to lax enforcement. Briscoe denies influence.
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