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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1977
Page
3
At a Corry Chapter gathering in City Park yesterday Richard Gill grooms his 1931 Chevrolet while Paul and Pat Paich display a 1931 Chrysler once priced at 1595 in a Saturday Evening Post clipping. Autos ranged from turn of the century to the 1970s, with clear appreciation for historic models.
A state audit shows four gas utilities overcharged customers by millions. National Fuel Gas Distribution led with over $14 million, followed by UGI Corp $117,000, Pennsylvania Gas and Water Co. $450,000, and Honesdale Gas Co. $26,000. Minor deficiencies noted at Carnegie Natural Gas Co. Other firms used the fuel adjustment charge properly, including Peoples Natural Gas, Philadelphia Electric Co. gas division, Equitable Gas Co., and Apollo Gas Co.
The Charlotte Observer reports Billy Graham's ministry amassed about 23 million dollars in land stocks bonds and cash over seven years. The World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund of Dallas holds prime Buncombe County land and a 19.3 million dollar blue chip portfolio.
PennDOT Superintendent Harold Spinks announced a week of highway maintenance in Warren County from June 27 to July 1. Crews will repair potholes, patch Old Route 6 with hot mix at key intersections, apply oil and chip surface treatments, and post fifteen ton weight limits from Spring Creek to Spartansburg and from Tidioute to Enterprise. Interstate Amnesite Corp building berms for 4.13 miles from Pittsfield to Enterprise.
Harry Tucker says an appeal may proceed after a court ousted him and reinstated Lee Lehman as sheriff over residency grounds. Tucker advised cooperation if commissioners pursue the appeal to challenge Lehman’s $12,000 back pay claim, while planning to seek the Republican nomination in the next sheriff election.
Rep Forest W Hopkins Republican Erie Warren says the Pennsylvania Crime Commission created in 1968 must be funded and kept. He notes Senate Bill 770 would sustain the agency with an $225000 budget after an 83 percent cut and argues federal funds were misused and political corruption cases require continued scrutiny. Hopkins backs GOP bills to boost commission activity and independence amid ongoing investigations.
Berlin AP reports an express passenger train and a freight train collided near Lebus by the Polish border, causing two deaths including the passenger engine crew and a freight conductor, with seven others injured. Rescue teams battled flames as a government commission led by Transport Minister Otto Arndt investigated the crash.
Thunderstorms spread across a broad portion of the United States with moderate intensity in most areas and heavy storms noted in Western Texas, Southern Oklahoma, Northern Arkansas and the lower Ohio valley. Scattered showers hit the Southern and Central Atlantic Coast, the upper Mississippi valley, and northern Great Lakes with additional heavy showers in Alabama and North Dakota. Owensboro Kentucky reported four feet of street water after the storm.
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