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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1972
Page
4
Local line ad notes 37 cents per line and posting deadline as moon on publication day. Mentions The Happy Gang performing Saturday night from 10 to 2 with members and guests. Elks work bee at 7 p.m. tonight inviting attendees to see the new look.
In the Cocos Islands a Scotsman, John Clunies-Ross, rules a neofeudal realm with 483 Malay workers. An Australian report cites no written law, a single court of Clunies-Ross and aides, token pay, and restricted mobility for villagers. Australia plans to reexamine relations and potential reforms.
The News Today reports as of 1 A.M. that Memorial Hospital cannot summon a physician in emergencies. Corry Memorial Hospital and Corry Ambulance Service are referenced. The piece lists admitted and discharged individuals including Lucile Davis, Ray Troyer, Mildred Bailey, and several children with last names Lepkowski, Rittenhouse, and Kasper among others across multiple towns.
The widow of volunteer firefighter David DePew, who died June 19 1970 fighting the Amalie Refinery fire near Franklin, filed a federal suit in Erie against Wilco Chemical Co. for negligence. The suit seeks a substantial damages amount and cites inadequate fire protection and missing equipment. Five people died in the blaze, four Witco employees not named in the suit. DePew last lived at Idelwood Trailer Court, Franklin, now in Oil City area. represented by Thomas Hollander. Trial is listed to begin next week. exact date to be determined.
Kenneth Thess and Matthew Buckley survived after their car plunged from a parkway interchange in Queens. Buckley crawled free. Thess, trapped under the dashboard, lay hidden amid weeds for 31 hours as passersby walked by. Rescuers freed Thess with an acetylene torch and admitted him for minor injuries. Buckley died at the scene.
The American Red Cross filed a quiet title suit in Erie County Court of Common Pleas against heirs and interested parties for property in Corry described by lot lines and street boundaries. The notice requires an answer within 20 days or risk the court establishing the plaintiff's title. Dougla s Rozelle, attorney, Corry, Pa.
Pursuant to state law Mark S. Harvey Jr and Virginia E. Harvey intend to file a certificate with the Pennsylvania secretary of the commonwealth and Erie County prothonotary for carrying on a business under the name Corry Chrysler Plymouth Dodge. The business will operate Route 6 Bypass Corry PA and involve purchasing renting repairing and selling motor vehicles and related parts and supplies. The filing is planned for about September 13 1972 and donations go to the Cancer Society.
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