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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1977
Page
3
Monroeville residents vote 1,116 to 326 to approve a $245,000 three year levy, sending 900 students back to classes and avoiding district closure. Voters previously rejected a nine mill tax increase while the district faced budget problems and potential dissolution. Local officials hailed the result as keeping schools open and serving the community.
Titusville police arrested a 17-year-old girl student for making a bomb scare call at Titusville High School. About 1,600 students were evacuated after a 10 39 a m call. Police await district attorney confirmation before filing through juvenile probation.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to a two year low yesterday as the stock market suffered its fourth straight loss due to higher interest rates. Trading was the heaviest in over two months, with the index dropping 186.48 points for the year and 22.18 points in the last four sessions. Closing level marked the lowest since October 1975.
Rotterdam city council approved a plan to house about 1000 prostitutes in a floating complex along the harbor. Two brothelships would moor by the port administration building, converted into a restaurant and bar, with rooms rented at about 40 dollars daily for 400 beds. Prostitution remains illegal but tolerated.
Two Clarion County women Virginia Hartle and Mary Smith were fired from the register and recorder’s office after refusing to remove Democratic bumper stickers. Boss Republican Richard Miller demanded removal or resignation, prompting both workers to quit. Hartle and Smith, both Democrats, were employed after switching party lines to work at the courthouse.
Harrisburg AP Common Cause plans to press Pennsylvania lawmakers to open the political process by advancing bills on campaign finance ethics open meetings and agency oversight. The group wants public official disclosures strengthened and would target the Senate State Government Committee led by Sen. Joseph Smith with lobbying pressure from Thomas DeWall and support from Rep. Ronald Cowell.
A Geneva police report states a two million dollar payment to secure the safe return of a five year old allegedly abducted in Switzerland between Geneva and Lausanne. The girl is reportedly found in good health, with police declining further details. The family could not be reached at their Geneva residence.
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