Call for PennDOT audit over funds and road condition woes
In a strong editorial stance the Corry Journal urges a full audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. It questions how PennDOT ran up red figures while roads in the Corry area deteriorated, urges pay as you go reforms, exposure of patronage, and taxes only after proven need, asking why local roads lag behind neighboring counties. It condemns reliance on past promises and calls for immediate answers and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Corry
William Sherlock
Shetock
Sherlock
Erie County
Warren
Crawford
Wally and Gene Lehmann and Kroll in India plaque tale
Two American gamblers Wally Lehmann and Eugene Kroll, and Walter Lehmann Sr., recount a wild India bet around New Delhi in 1967. A bronze plaque at the Ashoka Hotel traces the incident, noting how their overseas venture nearly wrecked a nation and left them infamous as the Rover Boys.
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India
Ashoka
New Delhi
Walter Lehmann Sr
Eugene Kroll
Wally
Gene
Before You Buy A Mobile Home Place
A guidance note outlines steps before buying a mobile home space. Check local zoning and access to water power and sewage. Consider park occupancy rates, age limits, and whether ownership must be through a park owner or dealer.
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Neel
Mobile Park Rules and Witch Finder General Parallels
A college of mobile home park rules discusses restrictions on pets visitors noise and occupancy with fees and enforcement. The piece contrasts this with a historical note on Matthew Hopkins the Witch Finder General and a dubious Nixon era parallel highlighting indictments that rarely led to convictions.
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Washington
Matthew Hopkins
Hopkins
Witch-Finder General Goodwin Under Fire For Grand Jury Abuse
The piece portrays Goodwin as a relentless investigator who used grand juries to harass dissidents and sustain political prosecutions. It cites critics like Whitney North Seymour and Arthur Kinoy, notes a clash with Rodney Sager, and mentions a tarnished ethics inquiry and Sager’s resignation amid alleged misconduct.
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Goodwin
Fig
Grand Jury
Whitney North Seymour
U.S
New York City
Arthur Kinoy
Justice Department
Edward Levi
Richmond
FBI
J. Edward Hoover
Camden
N.J
Sager
Grand
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Corry Journal
Jim Bishop
Irving
Gampiers
Egge Kroll
Lehmann
Kroll
Wally Hus
Bank of India
Rover
Secret Service
Gem Star of
South Streat
George R. Semele
Willer
Eaton
John McLauphiin
Pressroamm
Foraman
Pald
United States Senate
Richard 5. Schweiker
R-Pa
Senate
Washington, D.C
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Harrisburg
United States Representative Assembly
Joseph P. Vigori
Cannon House
R. Budd Dwyer
Sylvie Porter
Essex
Suffolk
Richard Nixon
Guy Goodwin
By Jack Anderson
Serena
Nixon
Vietnam
Lnter
Rodney Sager
Justice
Michael Shaheen
Fecawin
Shaheen
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