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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1972
Page
1
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Florida voters faced a free for all presidential primary with Alabama Gov. George Wallace tipped to win, while Muskie Humphrey and Jackson race for second. Nixon is expected to sweep the Republican delegates as Democrats contest 8 slots. Polls run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST with widespread machine voting across all 67 counties.
At a regular meeting the Corry Area School District board split six to two to drop the per capita tax if it does not raise property taxes. One member was absent. Treasurer James Howard said the tax cost too much to collect and could be replaced by a property tax reduction or eliminated. The final decision hinges on next year’s budget, with some urging immediate reform of the tax collection system to avoid future increases.
Beirut based dispatch reports King Hussein reached a full peace agreement with Israel. The plan envisions a United Arab Kingdom with two autonomous states Palestine and Jordan, each governing internal affairs while the West Bank and Gaza become an autonomous Palestinian state. Details were handed to US Soviet UK and Arab envoys as Hussein prepares a statement on decentralization and national unity.
Harrisburg AP reports Boyd Douglas Jr. testified he enrolled at Bucknell in 1970 only for education not to spy on the campus peace movement or for any government agency. He described himself as the sole inmate in Bucknell program while serving a sentence for assaulting a federal agent and forged checks.
Superintendent Ray Eilsen told the Corry Area School District board that the drug problem in local schools has declined since last year. He described ongoing press access to drug incidents and an intensive district drive with teachers counselors and law enforcement searching for signs of drug use.
A National Weather Service flood warning remains in effect until noon for western Pennsylvania. Rain heavy at times and scattered thundershowers were expected Monday night into today. Somerset and Fayette counties bore the heaviest hits from Sunday night to Monday. About three inches of rain fell near Confluence by the Youghiogheny River Reservoir in 18 hours. Marianna in Washington County was cut off as creeks overflowed, the worst flooding there in two decades.
Harrisburg Pa. AP Sen William G Lesler D Erie announces a no fault auto insurance measure drafted with industry backing and 17 bipartisan sponsors. The bill would cap medical expenses at 50000 and lost wages at 9100 with the right to sue for pain and suffering in major cases. Other proposals from the Shapp administration and Sen Freeman Hawkins add different loss limits and court routes for further recovery.
State Police concluded an investigation into a fatal high speed chase in Corry yesterday morning. Robert L. Scott, 16, died after losing control of a stolen car and hitting a utility pole. Police denied reports that pursuing troopers fired a shot during the pursuit. His body was moved to a funeral home in Bradford.
Corry Area School District directors approved adding five teachers financed by federal funds or contingently. The package includes a home economics instructor if funds allow, a new guidance counsellor, a speech therapist, an elementary physical education teacher and a reading specialist, with salaries set for the current year and funding sought for the home ec position.
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