Redevelopment Authority Names Local Figures in Meeting
The Redevelopment Authority discussed plans with Vigorito and Mayor Edward Zarger while Mrs Shirley Hammerlee attended, outlining potential development steps and community impact.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1972
Page
1
Vigorito Discusses Economy War Impacts In Corry Visit
Congressman Joseph Vigorito spoke in Corry on the foreign trade deficit welfare and unemployment and the Vietnam war. He criticized Nixon's handling of the war and warned of a fragile economy with rising deficits and possible dollar devaluation. He praised wage and price controls but warned inflation persists. He noted welfare fraud concerns and the link between overtime hiring and welfare usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Joseph Vigorito
Corry
Vigorito
Post Office
Legislative Action Committee
Nixon
Food Price Spiral Slows Appreciably
Washington AP report notes grocery prices fell by two tenths of 1 percent in April while overall cost of living rose by the same two tenths of 1 percent, keeping inflation modest. Officials cite progress toward Nixon’s goal of reduced inflation amid ongoing economic controls and a $165 million cost-of-living increase for retired federal workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Marina Whitman
Council of Economic Advisers
Nixon
Charge Youth In Edinboro Blast At City High
A 17 year old Erie County youth from Edinboro was charged with malicious mischief by explosives after a bomb exploded in a high school washroom causing about $200 in damage. No injuries were reported. The suspect was remanded to Erie County Jail. In a separate incident, 18 year old Thomas Gilbert Meyers of Addison, Pa, died in a head on motorcycle collision near Confluence, Somerset County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinboro
Erie County
Gary E. Mukina
Confluence
Thomas Gilbert Meyers
Addison
Somerset County
Post Prom Donations Lagging Ahead of Friday Event
The Post Prom committee told The Journal donations are lagging for the party following the prom. A $1,000 goal was set but about half is in hand, with time running short before Friday night at the Elks Club. Contributions should be sent to Mrs Ann Gould promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Today
Ann Gould
Elks Club
Mary Lewis wins top AAA Traffic Safety Poster Award
Mary Lewis, a Columbus Elementary third grader, won first place in the National American Automobile Association Traffic Safety Poster Contest. Her entry was selected from over 37,000 submissions. Teacher Florence Colegrove received a citation for outstanding auto safety instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lewis
Columbus Elementary School
Norman Lewis
R.D. 1
Columbus
American Automobile Association
Richard Hethco
Erie County Motor Club
Mary
Florence Colegrove
AAA
Pryor
State Blue Shield rate hike rejected by insurance chief
Philadelphia AP. Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg rejected an 18.3 million dollar rate increase from Pennsylvania Blue Shield affecting 3.5 million subscribers. He cited inadequate steps to economize and improve care. The plan would raise monthly rates for 65 special agreement subscribers and 19.4 percent premiums for three million subscribers, with regional variations across western PA, Capital area, Greater Philadelphia, Northeastern area, and Lehigh Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Herbert Denenberg
Pennsylvania Blue Shield
Blue Shield
Insurance Department
Pennsylvania
Capital
Lelugh Valley
Nixon and Brezhnev seek tangible summit gains in Moscow talks
President Nixon, departing for Moscow with Leonid Brezhnev, says talks should yield real progress in trade space cooperation and preventing a costly arms race. He notes possible further gains beyond bottlenecks and hints at speeches planned in Moscow and on Soviet media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Brezhnev
Vietnam
United States
Soviet Union
Journal Staffer Wins Photo Award at Keystone Dinner
Dan McEldowney, Journal sports and wire editor, will receive a second place award for a sports photo of a Corry Area High School relay baton pass. The honor marks his second PNPA award and the Journal’s first in this year’s competition, which drew over 2,400 entries statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan McEldowney
Journal Sports and Wire
Keystone Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association
Corry
McEldowney
Journal
Runaway Dads Cost Taxpayers Millions In Welfare Reform Debate
Bill Eaton reports on state push to curb welfare fraud. Senate proposals by Snyder and Good aim to locate absent fathers and link welfare support to child payments. Hopkins bill previously sought work for able bodied reliefers, with ecological angle suggested as a consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Eaton
State General Assembly
Forest Hopkins
Corry
Senate
Harrisburg
Richard A. Snyder
John G. Good
Lancaster
Beaver Counties
Hopkins
Meadville Hanging Death Ruled From Asphyxiation autopsy
Dr. Cyril Wecht, Pittsburgh pathologist, ruled the Meadville City Jail death of Harold C. Baxter Jr. an asphyxiation by hanging after his autopsy. The report was presented to over 100 people at Crawford County Courthouse by Michael Louik of the state attorney general’s Community Advocate Unit as civil tensions lingered and local fire alarms sparked false alerts for a third night. The investigation by the Justice Department will proceed in two phases, beginning with the autopsy findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews Air Force Base
Salzburg
Austria
Nixon
Bruno Kreiski
Moscow
Nixons
White House
Iran
Poland
Brettiney
Meadville
Cyril Wecht
Pittsburgh
Harold C. Baxter Jr
Meadville City
Wecht
Crawford County
Michael Louik
Community Advocate Unit
State Attorney General's Office
Baxter
French
Pine Streets
Louik
Justice Department
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