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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1976
Page
3
Moslem mutineers held the fortress 30 miles south of Beirut vowing to open antiaircraft fire on Israeli planes. The government made no immediate move to quell Monday’s revolt by an antiaircraft unit of over 50 men prolonging Lebanon’s army crisis amid desertions and uprisings.
Senate investigators request testimony from James D. Hodgson former Lockheed vice president and ex labor secretary about bribes paid to foreign officials. sources say he has not been linked to the scandal and motive for calling him remains unclear. Separate memo reveals domestic surveillance by FBI and IRS targeting various groups including women’s liberation and taxpayers with no found revolutionary activity. Also noted is a 1767 colonial opera by Andrew Barton to have its world premiere this Bicentennial year. Billy Graham defends friendship with Richard Nixon saying the Watergate affair did not damage their bond.
Walter Scott brother of radical sportswriter Jack Scott tried to hang himself in a Scranton jail cell after a public drunkenness arrest. Maj. James McDonnell said Scott used a T shirt as a noose and hung about a minute before rescue. he was not seriously injured and sent to a medical center then to Clark Summit State Hospital. In Pittsburgh, duty selection begins in the U S District Court trial of 13 men tied to a $30 million gambling syndicate in Clairton McKeesport Glassport and Elizabeth. Defendants include former Clairton Mayor John Matz District Magistrate J Regis Ward and John Bazana Jr. Trial was delayed as rulings were made.
An attorney for a suspect in the $40,000 Traffic Court burglary says about $19,000 has been returned. Larry Gaitens announced the money came from a relative of Larry Thrift, 25, of Broadhead Manor. Thrift was arrested in Washington, D.C., and brought back for questioning, but no charges have been filed. Police still seek Barbara Hall of Broadhead Manor in connection with the Feb. 15 burglary.
Erie County Commissioner Karl Boyes charged Chief Labor Negotiator James Casey offered a favorable contract to the PSSU in exchange for the union endorsing Commissioner William Hill Jr. The PSSU regional director Rick Adams confirmed the exchange claim, Casey denied it, and the dispute centers on labor negotiations amid a pending contract and Hill's reelection effort.
Warren County School District directors continued belt tightening for the 1976 77 year by adding 119 990 in expenditures while tallying 265 952 in earlier cuts for a total saving of 385 42 roughly four mills in real estate taxes The largest cut reduced teacher aides funding by one third saving 27 595 though administration rejected full elimination to avoid harming education The plan preserves federal funded aides and relies on remainder from other reductions.
A deer forced its way through the front window of George's Kitchen in Warren just before 7 a.m. It ran west on Second Avenue, was hit by a car, and, after being chased by dogs, was destroyed. The doe carried developing fawns, and no one was inside the restaurant during the incident. Cleanup took about two hours, but the restaurant opened on time at 9 a.m.
Supplion offers typewriter supplies at the Aging Machine location on 35 N Center St. The listing notes service and parts available through this local shop.
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