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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1976
Page
3
A fragmentary entry notes a denial and references original dates and states. The readable text hints at an official decision process without clear names or locations. Further details are unreadable in the surviving OCR.
The council sold a York and Duane street vacant lot to Corry Memorial Hospital for 3400 to cover back taxes. It awarded a tow bid of 1146 per ton to Morton Salt Co for 600 tons of delivered road salt, a higher price than last year.
AP report tracks Pennsylvania waste problems as counties shift to landfills, raising costs from 18 to 80 dollars per month since 1986. DER enforcement and court fights strain towns like York and Columbia County while state plan aims for compliant long term disposal.
The House Committee on Assassinations will subpoena an FBI memorandum that Lee Harvey Oswald told Cuban officials he planned to kill President Kennedy. The panel plans a large staff of about 170 to pursue investigations into the Kennedy case and King’s slaying, with officials citing uncertain memo provenance and whether the document exists in other channels.
A Pennsylvania contractor received a six to twenty year sentence after being convicted of first degree manslaughter in the shotgun killing of Olean diary executive Richard L. Prasse. The 44 year old Theodore G. Shively of Shinglehouse awaited Prasse’s return at his Olean home to demand payment for construction. He rammed Prasse’s car with his truck and then fired through the car window, striking Prasse in the chest.
Three Brazil tested cars powered entirely by alcohol completed a 5000 mile tour to promote alcohol as a gasoline substitute. Sponsored by the air force, engines ran smoothly delivering 36 mpg on asphalt and 30 mpg on dirt. The trio, a Volkswagen 1300, a Dodge Polara and a Gurgel jeep, returned to Sao Jose dos Campos with a samba salute.
Harrisburg AP reports a Senate bill to reimburse small fraud victims. If a merchant cheated you out of 14 dollars you may sue less effort by the state to recover funds for groups of victims. A House vote prevailed 180 to 0 with no debate, and the compromise bill offers additional consumer protections.
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