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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1973
Page
2
A Wednesday editorial notes lawmakers largely defeated changes to the death penalty and urges caution on any move to replace it with life imprisonment for drug pushers. The piece argues crime victims deserve stronger penalties and cites a past case of first degree murder as context for deterrence and justice.
The judge condemned a law allowing mercy in first degree murder cases, saying it could lead to prison escapes and danger to guards. The state later abandoned that mercy provision, aligning with the view that verdicts should be death or life with parole, not an intermediate option.
In Harrisburg House Bill 59 dominates agenda with a funding dispute over highway repairs. Republicans push short term financing and remove resurfacing from the bill, passed 167 to 22. Debates cover fluoridation local option, adoptions of bills on adultery and bingo, and state hospital funding. A later Washington note reports on Haldeman's request to CIA to limit Watergate probe and internal memos detailing White House efforts to curb the investigation.
A June 28 1972 memo details Haldeman Ehrlichman and Walters pressuring FBI Director Gray to curb the Watergate investigation. It states the CIA was not involved while noting Nixon later praised the aides as they kept using White House offices and limousines amid the case.
A long collective piece critiques a Senate Antitrust Subcommittee inquiry into mail-order health insurance, arguing it failed to tighten regulation or affect big players. It notes deceptive ads, two year contestability clauses, and poor outcomes for policyholders, with examples of costs and payouts.
The market shows volatile price spreads as institutions, handling large sums, move stocks in tandem. A Wall Street meeting cited banks receiving retirement funds and directing major blocks to a few stocks, while many solid firms with lower ownership attract little interest. Investors risk higher costs to raise capital as demand fades for previously strong names.
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