Beef supply push seen raising prices for consumers
Washington AP report cites Herrell DeGraff of the American Meat Institute as saying beef demand will force a larger industry expansion but only if cattlemen can secure a reasonable price. He notes price jumps since 1968 and predicts higher costs even as production grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herrell DeGraff
DeGraff
John W. Wydler
R-N.y
Attorney General’s Office
Wydler
Federal sewage fund cut could hit Corry’s treatment plant
A $1 billion water pollution bill failed in the House by two votes, leading to a $400 million cutback. The reduction may affect Corry’s mandated sewage treatment system and its funding prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Corry
Corry United Fund hits 25 percent of $85,000 goal
The Corry United Fund second report breakfast at the Corry Motor Inn announced 25 percent progress toward the $85,000 goal. The schools division leads with 45 percent, followed by government 39 percent, service 34 percent, and other reports showing varied gains.Rep. Vigorito urged support for a billion-dollar Clean Water Restoration Act and noted potential cutbacks to Corry projects and other district upgrades. Florence report: Semifonte citadel ruins likely buried under a olive grove southwest of the city with artifacts and wall fragments found nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry United Fund Drive
Corry Motor Inn
Hotel Corry
S.E. Anderson
Industry
Joseph Vigorito
Corry’s
Vigorito
Lake Firis
Lake Erie
The
Journal
2Th
Edinboro
Saegertown
Florence
Italy
Semifonte
Here
Tomatoes Reach From Second Floor Window Farm Harvest
Joseph Strahosky of near Shamokin Pennsylvania tends a 15 foot tall tomato plant and has already yielded two bushels from a unique second floor window harvest. A separate New York AP report notes Cardinal Spellman’s rare coin collection sold to Harmer Rooke Numismatists Ltd for at least 500000 dollars, with proceeds aiding youth through the archdiocese. The sale involves a 7,500 coin array including a gold ducat and U.S. proof sets. The collection will tour New York and other cities before final disposition, Spellman having died December 2, 1967. The same dispatch covers Senate probes into Vietnam era club kickbacks, the marred awards for Maj. Gen. Turner and Sgt Maj. William Wooldridge, and the Marehem Corp. involved in illicit profits from service clubs.
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Joseph Strahosky
Shamokin
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Archdiocese of
Harmer
Rooke Numismatists Ltd
Fifth Avenue
Spellman
Washington
Senate
Vienam
June Collins
Army
Vietnam
Ruben Noel
Noel
Maredem Corp
Germany
Maredem
Carl C. Turner
William C. Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Turner
Chicago
James Conlish
Conlish
Carmine Bellino
Marehem Corp
Augsburg
Ft. Benning
Bellino
Marehem
Benning
Abraham Ribicoff
U.S
Belling
Weathermen clash with police in Chicago unrest violence
In Chicago near North Side clashes between police and SDS Weathermen sparked a four day action. About 500 demonstrators fought officers. two shot victims were Marshall Berzon of Connecticut and Elizabeth Gardner of Seattle, both in satisfactory condition. Ninety people were detained, including photographer Duane Hall of the Chicago Sun-Times, amid broader demonstrations tied to the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Young
Near North Side
Marshall Berzon
Connecticut
Elizabeth Gardner
Seattle
North Side
Duane Hall
Chicago SumTimes
Hall
U.S
Clark Street
Old Town
Lincoln Park
Berzon
Miss Gardner
Revolutionary Youth Movement
SDS
Black Panther Party
Ernesto
Che” Guevara
Teachers Busy Students in Erie Convention Week
The Corry Area School system begins its 1969-70 vacation with teachers in Erie for the Northwest District of the Pennsylvania State Education Association convention at McDowell High School. The 9 a.m. session features Dr. Arthur Secord on human relations in the classroom.
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Corry Area
Northwest
Pennsylvania State Education Association
McDowell High School
Erie
Arthur Secord
Brooklyn University
Brooklyn
N.Y
Richard Brickley
Bureau of Curriculum Development
Department of Education
Vacation plans shape Harrisburg school day agenda
Teachers split into groups after a briefing on changes in secondary curriculums and future plans. Brickley will visit groups while Ted Davis discusses ungraded schools to elementary staff in the high school auditorium. Afternoon tours include Vo-Tech at Oil City and seven local industrial plants, with 104 teachers already signing up for plant visits. Potato farmers report yields of 400 to 500 bushels per acre as a photo caption highlights workers and locals at Ivan Miller’s Corry farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Brickley
Ted Davis
Girard
Vo-Tech
Oil City
Ivan Miller
RD. 3
Corry
Allene Costello
Pearl Raymond
Vivian Page
Linda Martin
Jan Goold
Dorcas Purlingham
Willard Hershberger
Miracle child born to sex‑change author and black partner
Dawn Langley Hall Simmons, a British born white author who married a Negro mechanic after a sex change, says she has a 7 pound daughter born in the Midwest on Sept 16. She plans to bring the child to Charleston and parade her on the Battery. Doctors at Johns Hopkins had said pregnancy was impossible after the operation. Simmons calls the child a miracle and says she will bless black people. She is the former foster child of Dame Margaret Rutherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S.C
Dawn Langley Hall Simmons
Battery
Gordon Langley
Simmons
Midwest
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Hopkins Presses PAC Official Over Scotts Crossing
Forest W. Hopkins urges action from Harrisburg on Scotts Crossing after a tragedy. He forwards a letter to George Bloom, chairman of the Public Utility Commission, asking what steps the commission will take to protect the crossing and whether Erie-Lackawanna Railroad will be ordered to correct the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Hopkins
Harrisburg
Scotts Crossing
George Bloom
Public Utilities Commission
Journal
George J. Bloom
Commissioners Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania
George
Corry
Public Utility Commission
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Forest W. Hopkins
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American National Cattlemen’s Association
Association
C. W. McMillan
Innocent XI
NCO
USO
SDS Battle Police
Endsley
Hopkins
PAC
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