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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1976
Page
7
A local pastor will lead a prayer gathering at the park this evening at 4 pm. The event, labeled School ng, invites community members to join in a communal reflection and worship.
In Harrisburg AP report hearings into Farview State Hospital were recessed until mid November amid new accusations of guard brutality. Former inmate Charles Sipes and Gerald Alexander testified while lie detector tests were planned for accusers and for Alexander. Guard Vic tor Ortalano and others were named as possible targets for polygraphs and further scrutiny. The committee questions the treatment of long‑term inmate William Frazier and whether economics drive Farview’s confinement decisions.
Gov. Shapp issues a proclamation of extreme emergency for flooded areas across south central central and northeastern Pennsylvania covering Adams Columbia Cumberland Dauphin Franklin Lebanon Luzerne Mifflin Schuylkill Snyder Susquehanna Wayne Wyoming and York. The action lets local officials hire temporary workers rent equipment and enter contracts for flood relief without standard bidding while Civil Defense surveys damage to determine needed aid.
Bette Davis will be the first woman honored with the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. The dinner and televised ceremony are set for March 1, 1977 in Los Angeles.
An Erie teacher at Academy High School was assaulted by two teens not enrolled there. Matt Crosby, 18, faces assault and defiant trespass charges after an investigation led by Officer Randy Baldwin. A 16-year-old is also sought in connection with the incident.
Gertrude Gravink hosts annual oyster dinner at Hartfield home with Roy Gravink and several Gravink and Legters family members attending. Community items note hospital patients, Ladies Night Out at Camp Findley Dining Hall, and a Niagara Falls Gaither Trio trip with bus option. GAC meeting at Dutch Village Restaurant, coin talk by Jerry Russel, and obituary notice for William Huthman of Sacramento who served as a Vietnam War captain.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court unanimously upholds the Sunday closing statute barring larger Maine stores from Sunday openings. The 1963 law, amended in 1965, restricts stores with over five people or more than 5,000 square feet, while retail chains like S S Kresge faced prior fines for Sunday garden shop operations. The decision preserves the exclusion, reflecting the long-standing Sunday closing policy.
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