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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1977
Page
2
The State Correctional Institution at Dallas in Luzerne County opens a new body repair shop to train inmates in vehicle repair skills for life after prison and to supply tax-supported agencies with vehicle body repairs.
The Bureau of Corrections plans to extend auto body repair training to other state institutions next year. If successful, it will open teaching of other trades for offenders, aiming to remove repeat offenders from crime. The move could reduce crime costs for taxpayers and benefit prisoners and the public.
Sam Segler Begler from Gov. Shapp's circle is nominated to a 10 year Turnpike Commission post without preannouncement through the governor's office. The move highlights Begler's clout. Senate needs 34 of 50 votes to confirm. A followers note: Begler’s background as personnel secretary ties him to job selection for admin allies.
Sylvia Porter analyzes no-fault laws showing limited state adoption, costly faults, and better outcomes in Michigan. She notes DOT findings, proposed federal standards by Magnuson and Van Deerlin, and forecasts lower premiums with federal rules while warning of trial lawyer opposition and a Carter push.
Jim Bishop presents a portrait of Bella Abzug as a bold West Side figure poised to challenge Mayor Abraham Beame. The piece traces her career, personality, and broad coalition, noting her history, health quips, and claim to bring full employment and housing to a strained city while facing skeptics.
A confidential House memo documents a rising Laetrile black market tied to a band called Posse Commitatus, theatre of crime including assaults on tax collectors, a Manitowoc plant producing illegal capsules, seizure of 12 tons of kernels, and profits funding weapons. Promoters McNaughton and Krebs Jr. face prior convictions amid warnings about purity and safety.
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