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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1968
Page
7
About 400 teachers paraded and cheered as Albert Fondy, head of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, delivered a $6 million salary package demand to the Board of Education. The proposal calls for raises ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 for teachers.
The state corrections bureau reported the Shah is in good condition and meeting state specs. Union City may receive recreation funds via the United Fund of Erie, with the borough secretary to contact Tom Coatoam. A Cartburg property viewing on Bridge Street failed to occur as scheduled on November 5, with no new date set after three years pending. A Caflisch family memorial at Carlisch Park is to be dedicated May 1.
Fondy urges a crisis budget approach using month to month funds until state aid arrives. He backs operating schools with limited funds and warns of closure if state support fails. Recommendations include evening and weekend use of facilities, expanded athletics, new lunch programs, and annual hearings for school employees.
FBI agents arrested 10 escaped inmates from the Northumberland County Jail in Sunbury Pennsylvania. Robert Lee Carr 22 and Michael Lynn Clark 20 were captured at a Las Angeles service station after Carr was named on the ten most wanted fugitives list for robbery hostage taking conspiracy and prison breach.
The Union City Hotel at 30 32 North Main Street remains a chronic code problem as falling brick endangers passersby. Council plans action while awaiting legal footing, with the building eyed for possible demolition or repair after years of inaction. A May 3 1988 labor department ruling labeled the hotel as condemned yet left responsibility to the borough.
British designer Rowland Emett, famed for his airy humor and impossible contraptions, creates three dimensional nonsense seen in Punch and the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. His Works include quirky gadgets, a breakfast machine, and a Glassed egg delivery device, built since 1951 with seven to eight month builds. Police report a blackened apartment scheme as a separate tale from Holyoke.
Miami AP reports Cuba begins the 1970 sugar harvest with volunteers from Havana joining experienced farm workers at the Landing mill in Cabanas thirty miles west of Havana. Prime Minister Fidel Castro stresses the goal of ten million tons and dedicates manpower and resources to the effort.
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