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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1968
Page
6
A New Life Teen Club event for teens 13 and up is planned from 7:30 to 8:30. A Thanksgiving Day service at the First Church of Christ Scientist at 10:30 a.m. will include testimonies and readings from the Bible and Christian Science text.
Pittsburgh inventor Carl Giada has developed an electronic gadget that starts the car, runs the heater, and defroster while the owner stays indoors. The device emits a radio signal to a receiver in the car’s ash tray connected to the electrical system. Giada has turned his patents disclosures over to Westinghouse Electric Co.
A homemade anti-Communist mortar aimed at the White House misfired and exploded in a toolshed near 15th Street and Constitution Avenue. The device, signed by a group called Minutemen, was packed with explosives and leaflets. Police say the first blast would have sent shrapnel toward the Ellipse if the can had not tipped over. Similar, more successful shots occurred in Dallas and Kansas City earlier.
The county hears appeals from multiple districts over a merger plan. Union City objects merging with LeBoeuf and Wattsburg but not LeBoeuf alone. Hearings run December 16 to 20 with a January restart. If appeals fail, districts may take the case to the county court where the merger sits. Potential Erie or Crawford County venues are noted for Sparta, with Warren County Proctoring remote option seen as unlikely.
Naples AP reports two masked bandits used a flame thrower during a bank truck hold up. They burned three employees, including a cashier and two guards, who were saved when bystanders smothered the flames. The robbers fled with sacks of non negotiable receipts and bank documents, leaving the vehicle damaged and scorched.
Charles Dodd of Dodd Farms Corry and Carroll Curtis of Elm View Dairy Columbus joined county agent Bernard Wingert and 30 Northwestern Pennsylvania dairy leaders to study dairy marketing in Ontario and Western New York. The Northwestern Pennsylvania Mobile Dairy Marketing Short Course aimed to compare milk markets in two countries and examine the emerging dairy substitute sector in Buffalo led by Rich Company.
The Farmers Home Administration in Erie and Warren Counties launches an interest supplement program under the HUD Act of 1968. Low income families earning as little as $3,000 could qualify for up to $8,000 to purchase a home, with interest rates reduced to as low as 1 percent depending on income and family size. Applications are accepted at the local administration office.
Miami Florida AP reports Dade County and Florida State Employment Service will end the nine month traveling job office, the jobmobile, in December after failing to meet goals. The program aimed to assist slum dwellers though a final report on accomplishments had not been submitted. Harry Tyson, director of the employment service, called it experimental and said it cannot be labeled fully effective or ineffective.
Peggy Osborne and Adolph Hamm, recently a Corry Hospital patient, have returned home. Ted Smith of Long Beach Calif is visiting his parents for a funeral in Busti. Norbert Whitley admitted to Corry Hospital. Elizabeth Hamm’s surprise birthday at Sugar Grove hosted by Patty Hamm and Shirley Straight. Rey Went to Pont Allegheny for turkey hunting with Lynn Ostrand. Alton Sperry and Albert Sechriest visited Sunday. Dairy substitute industry now 490 million yearly, spends 10 percent on advertising and promotion.
The Farmers Home Administration outlines an act widening interest supplements for rural housing loans. Families with five children and $3000 annual gross income may receive $222 yearly on a $2000 loan, with adjustments at renewal. The measure also adds subsidies for nonprofit rental and cooperative housing and boosts self help, site purchases, training facilities, and rural housing credits.
A reader laments rising taxes and loan burdens as Corry’s development brings sewer costs and higher school taxes. They note a 2.5 mill property tax hike and a dwindling mortgage balance, warning inflation will erode value and salaries. The piece shifts to India’s 1967 68 agriculture boom, with Morarji Desai stating industry will not contribute to growth.
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