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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1969
Page
7
A terse note outlines a committee's motion on money for alary fund, referencing $245 and $90,000 figures, staff tax losses, and possible emergency transfers. The text hints at a fund exhaustion, a month left, and a tense House session as funds balance and validation are debated.
The Franklin School Board plans a five mill tax increase to fund the first year of the Venango County Area Vocational-Technical School in Oil City. The tentative 1989-70 budget totals 430,000 with current year expenditures at 2,895,710. Board Secretary Albert Walz notes possible another five mills might be needed next year for the vo tech, bringing the district real estate levy to 58 mills.
Scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory report tiny living forms found on an Antarctic island, a site described as similar to Mars polar regions. Microbiologist Roy Cameron says algae grew in lava rubble after volcanologist Benoit stayed six weeks, with samples from three crater areas revealing marine algae and no life on slopes. Penguins with blistered feet noted as volcanic byproduct. Clyde Ice Day marks aviator Claude Tee’s 90th birthday.
In Venango County about 1,000 residents of Cooperstown crafted a $240,000 bridge from old trailer beds and wooden beams after a lumber truck toppled the prior 70-foot span over Sugar Creek. They acted after state plans to replace the bridge at an estimated $150,000 and 90 days stalled. The new structure spans 14 feet and serves as a temporary crossing while officials prepare a formal replacement.
Donald Diehl state comptroller says salary payments for area and Philadelphia County court judges cannot be made due to a constitutional requirement. Funds for common pleas salaries are depleted, with retroactive payment to May 5, 1969, as the House works toward an appropriation to cover judges salaries.
A 61 year old Hammermill Paper Co. employee Edmund Ruetttenauer of Erie died after inhaling chlorine gas from a ruptured bleach delivery line at the Erie plant. He was dead on arrival at Hamot Hospital as investigators probe the accident.
The 1969 Dairy Princess contest, sponsored by the Dairy Institute of the Erie Area, will be July 15 at the Holiday Inn Adrian Sharpe. DIEA officers Bruce Batchelor and Walter Fromknecht will co chair. Open to area girls 17 to 25 from dairying families. Deadline June 20. Local winner advances to state contest September 24 25 in Harrisburg. state winner goes to the national Chicago contest. If local winner is 1988 Dairy Princess, Sherry Ilynn Henry of Wattsburg.
Donald Rosenberg, 22, of Oil City died from injuries after a one car crash west of Van at 2 15 a m He was a passenger in a car driven by Donald Alan Boyd, 21, also of Oil City Charles Henry Paden Jr., 31, of Oil City, was seriously injured along with Boyd and treated at Oil City Hospital The vehicle left the highway after failing to negotiate a curve and plunged down an 18 foot embankment
A playful New York AP piece riffs on life’s bright side and future hopes. It presents a comic catalog of ambitious, impossible, or absurd plans from tax form music to moving the Eiffel Tower, ending with a plea to discover more to hope about today in modern youth.
Harrisburg court weighs a taxpayer suit by former Erie mayoral hopeful Charles J. Schmitt challenging the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Racing Act. Schmitt argues the act originated in the Senate and assigns the first 10 million in revenue to religious schools, violating state constitutional bans on discrimination.
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