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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1975
Page
6
Lexington moves to curb street dirt from pigeons by trapping them and giving birds to residents for food. Since the program began, 3,035 birds have been trapped and distributed, with 50 to 65 captured daily in summer and fewer in winter.
A memo at the Corcoran Gallery proposed guiding the visiting Chinese art experts away from the Warhol portrait of Mao Tse tung by using a back entrance, causing the visitors to miss the 15 by 12 foot painting. The Chinese canceled their tour the day after the memo circulated, amid questions about why the atrium work was hidden and whether guidelines came from higher up.
Pittsburgh AP report says Treasury Secretary William Simon expects the current recession to bottom out and improve in the latter half of 1975. He cites Ford tax rebates, inventory stabilization, consumer spending, and housing as growth engines while noting unemployment may rise and ruling out wage and price controls.
The Consumers Union advises avoiding financing for new car purchases when possible to save on finance charges. It explains APR disclosure under Truth In Lending and outlines how add-on and discount rates affect real costs, with state caps of 6 to 12 percent depending on source and vehicle age.
State police continue investigation into a murder death by own action in Springfield Township between midnight and 6 a.m. yesterday. Ross E. Lucas 15 of R D G Mercer and William D. Lightner 37 of New Castle were found shot to death. Police believe Lightner killed Lucas then shot himself at Lucas home five miles south of Mercer. Lightner was living at the eighth grade student’s home with his mother Mrs Alice Fol.
Erie County commissioners appointed Planning Director Christopher Capotis to develop a six-year capital programs budget aimed at long term spending priorities. County Controller A J Gehrlein endorsed the plan, noting its potential to put the county on solid financial footing ahead of other local governments. Capotis will seek federal funding to prepare a comprehensive capital budget, with initial costs around 25000 dollars, and hopes to start the project by early summer with results for commissioners next year.
Erie County Health Department officials announced that the surge of illness among more than 50 Gannon College students is probably a virus rather than food poisoning. Dr. DeWitt Boyd cited winter vomiting disease, noting prior outbreaks in Pennsylvania colleges and urging continued study as to causes and transmission.
Reporters attend a Supreme Court hearing under a new policy limiting public access. The decision restricts certain procedural records while asserting court transparency through press coverage.
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