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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1976
Page
1
London AP Princess Margaret reaches Windsor Castle with the Queen Mother after announcing the end of her one year marriage to the Earl of Snowdon. They plan to spend the weekend together at Windsor as public interest grows in royal affairs.
AP dispatch notes Meany lamenting a canceled speech criticized Burns and Arthur of the Ford Council of Economic Advisers. Rockefeller departs with wife for Tunisia while Kennedy travels aboard Air Force One. Israel and the PLO slated for their first UN Security Council debate, with a possible U.S. veto looming.
AP reports Dr Charles Burks head of Black Action treatment center on Pittsburgh's North Side faces 3 200 counts for alleged drug ring activity. He is charged with criminal solicitation conspiracy and dispensing drugs in bad faith.
Washington AP The State Department will stop publishing the foreign service list and biographic register once widely available to the public. Access will be restricted to those with a need to know due to the Privacy Act of 1974, with significance tied to a December 1975 Athens assassination and media reliance on public biographical data.
The U S Court of Appeals, in a 5 4 decision criticized by industry, upholds EPA authority to order reductions of lead in gasoline before any public health hazards are positively established. The ruling allows preemptive controls to prevent damage to tests and test results, with ongoing disputes over the breadth of authority and evidentiary gaps cited by critics.
Evanston report states Wolfgang Wieck, linked to wartime industrialist ties, quit his Rotary International bid amid media pressure and adverse public reaction. Ernesto Basselty De Mello, president, said Wieck withdrew for personal reasons and that the organization felt relief at his departure after thousands of hostile letters and calls.
A short feature notes the vernal equinox arriving at 6:50 am as days and nights near balance across much of the world. While folklore hints at a young man’s romantic turn, the piece jokes that interest shifts to basketball and outdoor activities as warmer weather begins in the north.
In San Francisco a jury of seven women and five men deliberate on Patricia Hearst’s case for eight weeks. Judge Carter instructed careful consideration of intent in the 1974 bank robbery linked charges as family emotions surfaced.
WILLIAMSPORT VA AP A Pennsylvania state trooper faces charges linked to a burglary ring that burglarized about 300 locations in nine central Pennsylvania counties and southern New York. James Finn and Robert Finn are named in the cases. About twenty people have been arrested as the ring operated from 1973 into the current year.
State police say Robert E. Yoder attempted to pass Edwin M. Smith in Bear Lake last night causing a sideswipe. Smith’s car hit a utility pole, $500 damage to Smith and $200 to Yoder. No injuries reported. Yoder allegedly was traveling too fast.
Police responded to a call about a suspicious scene last night and found a woman present. Officers noted odd details including a locked room and attire described in unclear terms. The woman was escorted home as investigators assessed the situation.
A United Refining Co crew battled a gasoline spill near Elgin after a tank car fault released fuel into the ground. Firefighters from Elgin Beaverdam and Corry, each with specialty teams, uncoupled the tanker about 1,000 feet from Route 89. The tanker carried 30,100 gallons. officials planned Monday for further details and loss estimates. Nearby streams and French Creek were at risk without quick containment.
Carter forecasts a Democratic win in Tuesday's North Carolina primary as he tours the state declaring he expects victory. Reagan's bid for the GOP nomination continues with stops planned in Asheville Spruce Pine and Hickory while Wallace campaigns in High Point and Greensboro.
A Spartansburg area man, William Carter, 50, was sentenced in Crawford County Court for a July Hydetown Route 1 fatal crash. He received three years on probation and must pay prosecution costs after pleading guilty to manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. The victim was Mrs. Terry Hoover, an Oil City resident and former Franklin High School librarian.
In New York a plan to charge anyone in the custody battle over Catherine 7 and Elizabeth 5 Mellon, abducted from Brooklyn by three men posing as FBI agents, drew attention as police later said the children were safe with their father Howard P. Mellon. The case centers on a Pennsylvanian custody dispute between Mellons, with the daughter’s mother Karen Mellon seeking custody in New York.
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