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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1974
Page
1
President Ford faced public protests in Pittsburgh over his unconditional Nixon pardon. A top aide resigned in the backlash as demonstrators urged amnesty for war resisters. crowds rallied outside a hotel where Ford spoke. Washington aides assess political damage from the pardon.
Gerald F. terHorst resigned as White House press secretary saying mercy must be even handed and he could not support the President's decision. Democrats condemned the pardon as a double standard, while Republicans like Nelson Rockefeller praised it. Ford aides disclosed a three year plan to preserve Nixon White House files, with permission to destroy tapes after September 1979.
Ford says he cannot prolong the bad dreams reopened by the Nixon chapter and that only the President can shut the book. He argues that Nixon and his loved ones have suffered enough as he addresses the issue of federal prosecutions during Nixon’s time in office.
The scene inside the Oval Office followed Ford's decision as Horst, 52, resigned after questioning the move's conscience. Democrats and some Republicans call it a dangerous precedent and accuse a double standard in justice amid Watergate fallout.
Evel Knievel blamed a metal failure in the parachute system for aborting his rocket ride into the Snake River Canyon. He was lifted from rocks after the fall and wore facial cuts. Despite the crash, promoters expect telecast proceeds and up to millions in potential earnings.
A 17-year-old Bear Lake youth was to be arraigned on a murder charge for the late Saturday shooting death of his stepfather John E. Dean at a hunting camp on Dead Man's Run road. The youth, Patrick Dean, adopted son of Mrs Patricia Dean, was held for arraignment before District Justice Ruth Mills in Russell and jailed in Warren County. The incident reportedly followed a quarrel between the Deans in the camp kitchen during dinner preparations. the youth allegedly used a .22 revolver after Dean began striking the mother. Police and medical personnel transported the elder Dean to Corry Memorial Hospital where he died on arrival. an autopsy at Hamot Hospital Center in Erie was ordered.
Moonlighting administrators in Erie County's mental health program earn extra pay from Family Crisis Intervention Service, with several holding second jobs at Corry Memorial Hospital and other agencies. The practice, labeled a necessity by officials, draws scrutiny from county commissioners amid a four million dollar program to aid the mentally disabled. Names cited include Daniel Hatton Howard Henderson John Huegel Carl Triola and others.
City police conducted a high intensity siege from 8 p.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Sunday with officers stopping nine traffic violators, detaining a public drunk, managing three crashes and opening a theft investigation. Councilman Jack Downey spent eight hours at the station observing patrols.
A 23-year-old Union City man Thomas A. Keener is in satisfactory condition at Union City Hospital after fleeing Union City police and wrecking on a rural LeBoeuf Township road. He faces driving under the influence charges. the weekend had three state police investigations from the Corry substation. Other traffic counts list riders on Dale L. Black’s car and multiple red light and stop sign violations among several locals, with an early morning report at Ike's Billiards ending mid-page.
In Falconer New York a six year old boy died after falling from his father's northbound truck when the door opened during a left turn. He was struck by a southbound car driven by Melody J Batmore 21 of Ellington. Coroner Frederick Hitchcock ruled accidental death due to brain damage. Falconer state and town police assisted at the scene.
Erie County Plastics Plant on East Main Street faced a Saturday night fire revealing a landfill within city limits. Councilman Halfast said the city never issued a landfill permit and Paul Campbell pledged to cover and cease the practice, moving the site toward lawful closure.
Washington reports that President Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon ends his political honeymoon and revives Watergate tensions. JerHorst resigns as press secretary amid backlash from Republicans and Democrats, while GOP leaders praise some voices and condemn others. The move arrives two months before pivotal congressional elections.
Corry state police report a late Saturday or Sunday morning bike theft in Beaverdam. Two families reported missing bicycles from their front yards, a turquoise 26-inch three-speed owned by Fred Walsh's daughter and a black 20-inch three-speed owned by Nobie A. Kent's son. Investigation continues.
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