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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1977
Page
3
Rick Martin introduces the county race under the Home Rule Charter with a county executive and seven councilmen. Corry sits in the sixth district, each councilman serving about 4 000 people while the full time executive earns 27 500 annually and part time councilmen 3 500. No Corry candidate currently seeks either office, though several others run with party affiliations.
May 17 marks the last chance to participate in selecting candidates for the November general election. County government is described as a body delivering services and administration with millions in state and federal funds routed through county administrators. The voter obligation is to ensure county officeholders meet high standards of ability.
In Conneaut Ohio opponents to a proposed 3.5 billion U S Steel steel mill say it would ruin the rural lakefront town. The group Concerned Citizens of Conneaut and West Springfield pa pivoted to push for a public forum environmental review and a local referendum. A bus trip to U S Steel Fairless Works near Philadelphia is planned with participants from Erie and the group. The Corps of Engineers coordinates federal state action while sources say phased construction over up to 25 years may occur.
Erie County commissioners surprised by reversing an earlier decision hire James Herr, 41, as administrator of the 4.6 million Mental Health-Mental Retardation program. Herr will have a 30 month contract at 92,000 annual, replacing Dan Hatton paid 35,000. Herr previously directed Sarah A Reed Children Center and will lead MHMR program, aiming to integrate into the Home Rule Charter. Oil lobbyists relieved as measure limiting big oil to buy foreign oil is dropped from energy department bill.
GAITHERSBURG Md AP cooks opening kitchen door during meals waste energy in a federal study. 58 women cooked three daily meals for a week under observation to measure gas and electricity use. Findings show inconsistent stove use and open oven habits, with recommendations for louder buzzer alerts and rearranged oven design.
In Anderson California a swarm of swallows attacked a chimney and forced soot into the home. Dottie Sherlock described the scene as haunting and Hitchcockian. Two prior rural Shasta County homes were hit in a week, with experts unable to explain the behavior. Local fire crews removed carcasses as the birds clogged the flue.
Two men posing as Consumer Protection Agency representatives tried to gouge Erie resident Joseph Hart for 200 to resurface his driveway. The quick two men fled in a yellow Plymouth after Hart refused and threatened to call police. Area warnings had noted Diamond Asphalt as a possible contractor name. The alleged work washed away after a few days.
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