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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1977
Page
1
Washington AP The Agriculture Department Outlook and Situation Board says favorable weather could push retail food prices up 4 to 5 percent in 1977, while poor spring and summer conditions could raise prices as much as 10 percent next year. Strong rains and snows later eased concerns, but uncertainties remain about final crop production.
Hartford AP reports Aetna Life & Casualty examined more than 20 million last year filings noting bizarre claims such as a kidnapped cow flying dentures and a burnt beard. Other cases include a butcher beaten with a frozen chicken and a rancher whose cattle trampled a neighbor’s garden while seeking food. Crop outlook on the West Coast remains dry with yields likely down. overall grain crops may struggle to match last year’s gains.
Two acts of criminal mischief occurred yesterday and today totaling 515 dollars. A.M. Litz Shoe Repair Shop on North Center street reported a broken front window after youths alerted the owner. Police noted a separate car incident at the high school auto shop where rear tires were aired and a hub cap damaged, valued at 15 dollars.
Corry state police served a search warrant at Jon Sutton residence in Centerville SD 4 while probing a criminal act. A second pistol with a tampered serial number was found. Sutton faces a Uniform Firearms Act violation. Investigation continues.
Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania strips Father Chester Oleszwoski of church license after he held Latin mass and offered communion water, amid vows to appeal. Diocese may lend church back to priest after removing Episcopal signs. parish relies on 50 to 60 families and a $500 monthly subsidy.
CMH shows steady births with 282 in the last year and 184 new births from July 1976 to Feb 1977, aided by an obstetrician on staff and birth classes for fathers, while nearby Erie and other Northwestern Pennsylvania counties face maternity ward closures as birth rates fall and regional planning calls for bed eliminations.
New York based Life Savers Metro area ads and letters to PTAs combat a schoolyard rumor that Bubble Yum contains spider eggs. A private detective is sought to locate the source while officials note spider eggs in gums are unlikely and not harmful.
About 300 army soldiers attempted a coup in Bangkok but failed as leaders fled the country. Gen Chalath Hiranyasiri, feared dead in a clash, and others reportedly sought refuge in Taiwan. ISOC negotiations delayed flights out, while loyal troops regained control of Radio Thailand and installations. Casualties unclear, capital calm with tanks and patrols.
The Public Utilities Commission ordered a rate decrease for Continental Telephone Co. customers in Maine, slashing monthly bills up to 49 percent for about 24 000 users. The company had sought a 510000 rate increase but faced a 920000 revenue shortfall amid a pending appeal after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court allowed Saturday implementation.
Five hour standoff in downtown Manhattan ends with the surrender of Siquam Abdush Shahid a 30 year old Moslem who held four hostages during a meeting on a loan to rehabilitate Harlem tenements He handed over a .38 pistol and the hostages were unharmed Abdush Shahid charged with kidnapping and weapons possession and to be arraigned today The incident involved a demand for a $303 000 loan to convert dilapidated Harlem buildings into living quarters under the Urban Homesteading Act
Inflation and rising costs push college bills to historic highs with medical schools in DC hardest hit. Georgetown Medical School tuition will be 12500 per year, up from 6800 last September, while George Washington University sees 10000 for freshmen plus room and board. Major private colleges like Harvard Yale Princeton and Stanford face 7000 room and board additions.
Ground was broken yesterday in Clymer for an elder housing complex along the West Branch of the Brokenstraw. It will be the county’s first Rural Housing project funded by Farmers Home Administration and Appalachia grants. The two story, walk in entry design sits on a scenic site near the shopping area. Pat Kinney, J Norman Herby, and Leonard Faulk led the ceremony, with ownership by Hall Memorial Housing and Community Development Corporation.
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