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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1971
Page
4
An item notes a Republican caucus at the Township Community Building on Tuesday March 2 at 8pm, plus local ads for Seastead’s wedding supplies and Karen’s Gift Shop offering new spring scarves purses hats and cabins tees.
Bark from burned sawmill waste is being marketed as mulch to beautify grounds in 11 Eastern states and will go national in 1972. It will be used like peat moss, costing about the same. Koppers operates 29 mills and plans about 85,000 tons annual production as facilities expand. Market potential is about 198 million dollars yearly.
A Johnstown lawyer reports to the state attorney general that the public defender’s image must improve. The survey of 200 defenders judges and district attorneys shows strong opposition to electing defenders and calls for better salaries and investigative staff.
Two bodies join to fund a Michaels Award aiding young musicians over the debut hurdle. Ralph Michaels via the Bud and Belle Michaels Memorial Fund in Chicago will have the %-year old prize administered by Young Concert Artists, founded in New York in 1961 by Susan Popkin Wadsworth. The award grants a major New York recital plus five national soloist engagements with symphonies or orchestras, issued biennially or more often if needed.
Corry Memorial Hospital unable to summon a physician for emergency care. The notice lists admissions in Corry and nearby areas including Richard Lewis, Bryant Treacle, Mrs. Roehrig, Roy Hockenberry, and many others. Discharges and addresses for several patients are provided alongside Union College professor Sherwood Fox death notice and Union City listings.
US Attorney Richard L. Thornburgh pledged to continue efforts against what he called the politico rackets in western Pennsylvania. He warned that if not halted, a generation of Americans could accept corruption as normal and threaten the justice system. He cited Newark, New Jersey, as an example of organized crime’s reach into government and economy.
Auditor General Robert P. Casey reports $214,659.98 in fines assessed in Allegheny County but unpaid as of January 3. He notes the amount is the highest among counties and that about $180,000 dates from 1960 onward. He urges Allegheny County to establish procedures to collect and remit Commonwealth funds promptly to the Department of Revenue.
In Atlanta Rev. Ralph David Abernathy says he will renew fasting to publicize spring and summer efforts by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which he leads. He recently ended a 10 day fast with tomato soup and may fast again at Hunter Street Baptist Church or another major church. The group plans demonstrations in several states, including marches on Washington and New York City.
Sen Adlai E. Stevenson III and Margaret Chase Smith won the Herbert H. Lehman Ethics Award from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Miami Beach. Stevenson stressed that Middle East peace requires Arab recognition of Israel’s sovereignty and borders, while Thornburgh announced a federal grand jury in western Pennsylvania would reconvene in Pittsburgh Tuesday.
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