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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1967
Page
3
Gov Shafer urges swift passage of a stricter cigarette tax law in Pennsylvania. The bill raises the pack tax from 8 to 13 cents, aims to deter bootlegging with penalties up to 10 years prison and $10,000 fines. A companion bill tightens tax collection and stamp enforcement amid flood news from Jordan.
An aerial view shows the 1,080,000 kilowatt Fort Martin plant on the Monongahela River near Point Marion Pennsylvania. Owned by West Penn Power Allegheny Power System affiliates and Duquesne Light, it will be open for public inspection this Sunday with a formal dedication planned for tomorrow.
Kelley calls the compromise most workable as violence reaches New England with truckers shot at in Massachusetts and Connecticut. No injuries reported though three men were arrested after a Beaver Falls brawl. Four men detained near Mifflintown after a speeding car attempted to stop two machinery trucks on U S 22 near a refugee camp where thirteen thousand live.
Mayor Dunn said the aged commission recommended low cost housing and a senior citizens center. The council took no action on the report. They accepted resignations from Vaughn Rudy and Royal Steubling, with George Narby tapped to replace Steubling and no successor named for Rudy.
Jamestown area opponents of the Vietnam War prepare to join national protests with noon to 1 p m vigils at Local Draft Board 9 in the Jamestown Federal Building. Harold Thomas says about six members will participate daily. Jean Haynes chairs the Chautauqua Area Committee for an Enlightened Foreign Policy.
The Johnson team led by Dean Rusk and William Roth counters a Senate Finance Committee push for import quotas on steel mink and more. Officials warn quotas threaten liberal trade policy and risk swift retaliation from trading partners. Witnesses from dairy, fur, oil, footwear, steel and textiles sectors prepare to testify over three days of hearings.
Quotas must originate in the House for revenue bills though Senate-originated quotas may be added to a House bill. Sponsors fear attaching quotas to a minor measure could trigger a presidential veto.
Laymen debate continues as the Church insists Catholic priests conduct mixed marriages and the non Catholic partner vows to rear children Catholic. Bishops at the world synod discuss easing the rules and the Pope asks for written opinions on birth control.
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