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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1975
Page
1
The city took delivery of a new street sweeper at a cost of 19000 dollars. City workers tested the machine yesterday and plan to put it into service immediately to replace the unit in use since 1958.
Thirty-five million Americans on Social Security or adult welfare will begin a per cent benefit increase in July. Checks for retirees will be $7.60 to $37 fatter, SSI recipients in about half the states may not see the extra money if states do not act to pass it along. The 8 per cent rise, promulgated by Caspar Weinberger, will add to the federal budget deficit and inflation pressures. The last Bloodmobile visit of the year is set for Tuesday at the Red Cross Building, with a goal of 125 units.
Corry state police investigate a theft at Colza garage Colza Corners. Thieves removed three tires and rims from a car parked at the garage and were removing a last tire when the jack slipped pinching the tire between the fender and axle. Fender damage listed about fifty dollars. total loss estimated over two hundred dollars.
Lawrence Grean announces the next Regional Planning Council meeting at the Royal Motel Ridgway to consider subgrant applications under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. The Corry Police Department seeks 3724 for officer training including two officers at the regional academy in Meadville and one officer at Quantico.
Thailand announces recall of its ambassador from Washington to protest U S use of Thai bases in the Mayaguez operation. Kukrit Pramoj accuses the United States of violating sovereignty by keeping Marines at a Thai air base beyond his withdrawal request. The note will demand a review of U S Thailand military and economic accords and threatens future incidents. Saigon imposes a curfew as authorities arrest curfew breakers and Laos sees Americans seek safe conduct from U S Embassy amid regional unrest.
Gulf Oil Corp chairman Bob R. Dorsey testified before a Senate subcommittee that the company made 4 million in illegal political contributions to Korea’s ruling party, 460 thousand to Bolivia’s ruling party, and 50 thousand for a US public education program on the Arab Israeli conflict. The Korea gift involved 1 million in 1966 and 3 million in 1970 after pressure from high party officials.
Four Brownie scouts died and six others were hospitalized after a collision on U S 50 near Rowl er Colorado. Eleven scouts and two adults were riding in a station wagon en route to an outing when a semitrailer grain truck attempting to pass struck the wagon from behind. Most passengers were thrown from the vehicle and three were found on the opposite side of a neighboring railroad track. Three hospitalized children were in serious condition. the station wagon driver was treated and released.
As the freighter Mayaguez heads to a safe port, U S officials insist the naval rescue shows Washington is not a paper tiger in Asia. The operation aims to deter North Korea amid fears of attacks after South Vietnam's fall, with two Americans killed and 14 missing as Marines were lifted from Tang Island after heavy gunfire. The ship and 39 crewmen are due in Singapore, with rescued crew flying home from there.
In Wayne Township the annexed residents are now city voters but voting sites were not updated. Local officials, led by District Justice W Porter Auer and aided by Norbert Irish, arranged for these residents to vote at Wright School in the Second Ward. About 30 annexation area voters who recently registered will cast ballots there.
Four Corry organizations including the YMCA the Chamber of Commerce and the Senior Citizens Center have signaled participation in the Neighborhood Youth Corps program this summer. NYC jobs pay $2.10 per hour via GECAC with federal funds for youths ages 14 to 21 who qualify as disadvantaged. Applications are from the Corry Area High School guidance department with SECAC officials aiming to fill funded positions. more nonprofits are hoped to join.
In CREWLA Alabama a massive oil strike could spawn a new class of millionaires among North Mobile County locals. The Getty Klein well near Creola yields 6.8 million cubic feet of gas daily, with Smackover and Northlet oil formations adding hundreds to thousands of barrels daily. Union oil near Chunchula and other wells signal vast potential, but profits may take a decade amid drilling, tubing, and refinery needs. Mrs Simitherman, a widow, remains far from wealth as land yields hopes for easing her finances.
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