15 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1971
Page
1
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AFL-CIO President George Meany proposes an army of housewives to enforce price controls as Nixon faces inflation. He argues voluntary measures lack adequate compliance and urges a price-monitoring system through AFL-CIO members. Javits seeks a 4 per day tax credit to spur 500,000 extra jobs. Hollings backs a relief program aiding poverty-level families with tax reimbursements.
Two people were injured in separate one car accidents in the area. James Knapp, 28, of Union City, is in satisfactory condition at Titusville Hospital after his 7 p.m. crash on Route 27 near Titusville. Alice Skodny, 56, of Hamburg DLY, was hurt about 2:50 a.m. on a rural road in Concord Township and taken to Union City Memorial Hospital in good condition. Damage totals were listed at $1,000 and $2,000 respectively. A Union City man faces a forthcoming manslaughter hearing next week in the beating death of two year old Brian Wynkoop. James Swan, 22, Center street, will appear before Justice Dustin Butters at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The National Safety Council presented driver safety awards to Corry rural route mail carriers Norman Swart, Raymond Blynt, Harold Marsh, H. Robert Johnson, Robert Bailey, and Arthur R. Knapp.
August voter registration swung the balance with a surge of young voters. Corry and surrounding areas show Democrats at 54.3 percent countywide with Republicans at 43.6, while the city of Erie remains Democratic heavy. Officials warn turnout could reshape November outcomes if GOP fails to mobilize.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said the United States must reconsider military commitments to Israel as the Soviet Union pledges more aid to Egypt. He spoke after meeting with Foreign Minister Abba Eban and indicated a prompt review of Israel’s request for additional Phantom jets. Senate Republicans push to resume warplane deliveries and oppose UN moves to alter the 1967 Middle East peace resolution.
Philadelphia AP reports the Office of Emergency Preparedness clears $8,600 expense account increases for Pennsylvania senators and representatives. A 1958 attorney general opinion underpins the reversal, saying public official compensation is not dependent on current appropriations. The September ruling had halted the increases due to timing of funding bills.
Gov. Shapp announced an experimental program to distribute welfare payments through bank branches in Philadelphia's Ridge District beginning Tuesday. Eight thousand recipients start with ID cards, banks may charge 30 cents per check, and success could lead to statewide rollout to curb fraud and duplication.
The United States will end the 10 percent tariff on noncotton textile imports after reaching restraint accords with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Ambassador Kennedy signed the pact with Japan with others to follow in Seoul and Washington. The deals retroactive to October 1 run three to five years with renewal talks.
Erie County Plastics Co Independent Union members vote 92 to 23 to accept a three year contract with annual wage increases and improved fringe benefits. About 70 percent of 165 members turnout at Central Labor Council Hall. The plant employs 250, with management citing specific raises of 40 cents first year and 26 cents in each of the next two years. Bargaining committee named Benson Stover Walters Messinger Adams, while McAvoy and Lamendola represented management. The union has survived challenges from international unions, including a failed United Rubber Workers election last month.
The piece notes government delays in fixing pollution law violations by major firms while small business owner Francis Poling of A H Poling and Son Foundry in Union City battles regulations. Poling describes his self built reverberatory furnace and coke burning cupola failing to heat iron adequately, leading to production constraints. He resisted bureaucracy after years of completing state questionnaires.
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