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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1970
Page
6
City officials said Meadville pays 60 000 annually for street lighting and the proposed 20 percent increase plus a 5 percent surcharge would add 8 750 for the last six months and 15 000 more each year thereafter. Current budget funds only cover the extra charge.
Mrs. Florence E Stewart 71 of 45 East Pleasant died at 11 25 last night at Corry Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since January 5. She was born February 6 1899 in Town Line road Chautauqua County New York and moved to Corry as a young girl. She worked at NaBone Corset Co Montgomery Ward and managed the Corry Chamber of Commerce credit bureau before operating it from home from 1957 to 1987. Survived by husband Donald A Stewart one daughter three grandsons two great granddaughters one sister and one brother. Friends may call Bracken Funeral Home with services Saturday at 11 a m. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery.
A Churchill painting titled The Harbor at Caen from 1930 sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries for 40,000 dollars, a record Churchill sale. The winning bidder was William Osborne, a Dallas collector, bidding by telephone from Houston, as Sarah Churchill offered the work. Expansion work underway by Pennsylvania Power and Light to upgrade distribution facilities in Exeter West Pittston and surrounding areas.
Washington AP report: Republican Governor Rockefeller and Democratic lawmakers urge President Nixon to boost federal drug-fighting funds for cities including New York Los Angeles and Miami. They cite 100000 heroin addicts in New York City and seek enforcement, education, and funding for drug centers totaling hundreds of millions.
Janna Ottaway, seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Ottaway of R D 4 Corry reaches for a banner marking Healthy Baby Week. Erle County March of Dimes chapter distributes pamphlets to educate parents as part of its work.
Funeral service held for Mr Dahl at 2 p.m. at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. George C. Vetter officiating. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. Honorary bearers included Pine Grove Cemetery Association board and church council members. active bearers listed. Attendees from multiple states and towns. Project centers on constructing a new 66,000 to 12,000 volt substation beside the existing 23,000 to 4,000 volt substation.
Clymer and Findley Lake elementary roundups scheduled May 27 and May 28 in the Clymer district. Children must have birthday by December 1, 1970 to enroll. Bring birth certificate. Registration times vary by location and last name. Immunizations for smallpox polio and measles are required.
U S and South Vietnamese commands report last week’s battlefield deaths at the war’s highest in over eight months. 168 Americans killed in action. 863 South Vietnamese killed last week. 5,898 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops killed in the 16 day Cambodian offensive. U S forces report 81 enemy killed in fishhook area and two rice caches uncovered.
A deputy sheriff foiled an escape by two convicts when he slammed on the brakes of the car in transit to trial for a December prison break. He was slightly wounded in the hand. The escapees, Lenigan of the Northside and Barnes of Philadelphia, gained access to a knife, zip gun, homemade handcuff keys and money. A third inmate, Richey, did not join the attempt. Deputy warden Carothers suggested civilian clothes may have supplied the weapons and keys.
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