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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1975
Page
6
Sandra Allen seven feet five and a half inches tall meets Mihaly Mezaros, circus performer at Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey. Mezaros stands thirty inches, living in Shelbyville Indiana.
Erie Sheriff Andrew Hanisek to ask the Prison Board for funds to buy portable hand held metal detectors to screen prisoners entering and leaving the jail and courthouse after a prisoner attempted to slice his throat with a box knife. He cites multiple incidents and notes current detectors are tethered and less mobile.
Erie County Controller A J Gehrlein traveled to Harrisburg to push quick state reimbursements of 750000 to 1000000 for juvenile and children's services. Without funds the county would exhaust its general fund by mid October, forcing a 1 million short term note at about 4000 in interest.
A Somerset County man identified as Jim my Jones, 39, of Friedens RD-2, wounded Trooper Merril Brant, 34, of Boswell, before killing himself with a shotgun after officers arrived to serve an arson warrant at Jones’s home near Waterloo. Brant was in guarded condition and to be moved to Westmoreland Hospital. Also notes a separate item about 300 volunteers from the Cooper Troopers aiding a Riverside Park cleanup in New York with Alice Cooper attending.
Moslem and Christian gunmen fight on Beirut streets with machine guns bombs and grenades as authorities report 15 killed and 30 wounded on a violent night. Premier Karami seeks national reconciliation while army intervention remains contested. Tripoli quiet after cease fire negotiations.
A Mercer tractor trailer loaded with coal plunged 80 feet down an embankment off Interstate 80. Driver Daniel Peters, 31, of Mercer, was listed in guarded condition at Shenango Valley Osteopathic Hospital after the cab split in two. State police said a right front tire blew out near Shenango Township as the rig went off the highway.
The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority questioned the state Right-to-Know law in a suit by The Philadelphia Inquirer seeking payroll records. Authority Director Augustine Salvitti refused reporter requests, citing constitutional protections and potential employee rights, while the paper investigates patronage nepotism and unqualified staff.
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