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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1974
Page
1
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At the Incorporators Meet CMH Burns Mortgage during last night’s annual meeting in the hospital’s extended care facility a small fire consumed a paper mortgage worth 550000 ignited by Samuel Antrim president. The mortgage paid 15 years early funded the ECF wing. ceremony applauded as the paper burned.
President Ford opposes parts of the campaign reform bill in conference and may veto. A White House source cites concerns over unwarranted use of tax funds to finance campaigns and bias toward incumbents and Democrats. Conferees press on enforcement amid Senate hearing plans on Rockefeller's vice presidential nomination. Ford favors no public financing unless funded by voluntary tax check offs.
Carroll A Bush, a 22-year-old Jamestown resident, was found guilty in Crawford County Court at Meadville of abducting a Jamestown girl at knifepoint and raping her on a rural road in Sparta Township after taking her from a parking lot. The verdict came with sentencing set for October 11. Police from Corry and Jamestown aided the investigation.
Senate Government Operations Committee acts to compel release of Nixon Watergate tapes and documents. House subcommittee to keep tapes in Washington until public access is guaranteed. Jaworski seeks specific tapes for prosecutions while White House negotiates with Nixon's counsel on access.
In Damascus and Paris, Palestinian leadership and the Syrian government sought to dissociate from the Japanese Red Army terrorists who held 11 hostages at the Dutch French Embassy. The Paris PLO office said it never asked Syria to hand over the three men and had no involvement in the Hague incident.
Community members are invited to call The Journal at 665-8291 tonight between 5 and 9 p.m. to vent opinions for publication in the Sound Off column on Saturday. Submit thoughts on solvable problems and concerns for the body responsible to act.
An AP survey shows independent gasoline stations cutting pump prices up to 18 cents per gallon, hurting major brand dealers. Dan Lundberg notes easing wholesale prices benefiting independents who pass the savings to customers. Industry data show higher stock than last year with demand about the same, sparking claims majors keep prices high to boost profits. A Phillips Petroleum dealer in Topeka blames stockholders for price rigidity.
Former Monroe County highway chief testifies before a House committee that workers paid one percent of state earnings to the Republican party while office ran by GOP. He says payments were voluntary political contributions and tied to state contracts, with at least one employee fired for nonpayment.
Former President Nixon’s health becomes a factor in Ehrlichman defense strategy for the Watergate cover-up trial set for October 1. Ehrlichman lawyers seek a 60 to 90 day delay to allow Nixon to recover from mental low mood and left leg phlebitis to testify. A potential subpoena clash could compel Jaworski to compel Nixon’s testimony, following Ehrlichman’s earlier request delivered to the San Clemente estate.
Firefighters from seven companies battled a blaze yesterday at the Thomas Griffin home on Hill road near Wattsburg. The fire started early and gutted the house before any occupants could be found. No one was home at the time.
A rural Wattsburg residence owned by Mr and Mrs Thomas Griffin was wiped out by a mid morning fire apparently sparked by an electrical explosion. Seven volunteer companies battled the blaze for about three hours delaying water supply and manpower issues. Red Cross to aid the Griffins as state police fire marshal investigates the cause.
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