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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1973
Page
1
Governor Shapp accepts a Republican plan to raise Pennsylvania's gasoline tax from eight to nine cents per gallon. The compromise, supported by a bi partisan conference committee, would generate about 48 million dollars annually and fund road resurfacing and minor fee increases.
City police logged two crashes last night with damage over 1000 dollars but no injuries. Kevin K Sorenson 527 West Washington drove off the road near Gates Street hitting George Kozads garage. damage 250 to car, 150 to garage. Raymond L Matthews 24 422 South Second Avenue struck a parked car on East Main with 400 damage to his vehicle and 200 to the other car.
Corry finds Philip Hopkins, son of State Representative Forest Hopkins, starting a new law practice with Orton and Nygaard on West Smith Street. A Denison and Michigan Law graduate, he clerked for Justice Samuel J. Roberts, served as a captain in the U S Air Force, and worked in Phillips Petroleum Company tax department in Denver before joining Edward Orton and Richard Nygaard in North East.
In Washington County Court Aubran W. Buddy Martin was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the Yablonski slaying. His attorney said he will seek an immediate appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court despite the state’s ban on capital punishment.
Fundraising for Bobby Darling, 13, awaiting a kidney transplant, includes a card party at Moose Lodge next Tuesday night and a radiothon September 30 by Corry Citizens Band Radio Club on WOTR. Transplant to be at Cleveland Clinic.
Washington AP says vice presidential troubles may signal changes in how parties pick running mates. It cites Eagleton’s 1972 replacement and Agnew probe as likely prompts for reforms. Proposals include joint presidential and VP primaries, campaigning by VP hopefuls, or a delegated list with separate convention days to pick the second nominee.
Ballots for the November election are being proof read by Erie County commissioners clerks and show a quiet county race with mayoral, city council, and board of education contests in Corry. A proposed Union City Dam recreation project at 166000 dollars over 40 years is dropped from this year’s referendum. Democratic candidates appear above Republicans on the ballot, and a yes or no retention vote will appear for county judge James Bowyer and Commonwealth Judge Glenn E. Mencer. The ballot also asks if county courts may file criminal actions without grand jury indictment with Supreme Court permission. Final ballots likely to ship to printers by week’s end.
Washington AP reports White House lawyers again met with special prosecutor Archibald Cox to seek a settlement in the court fight over access to presidential tapes. A Court of Appeals panel had urged a compromise and asked for replies by today, while sources warned progress remained uncertain and Cox’s position remained firm.
McInnes Steel Company will cohost a national Open Die Forging Institute seminar with National Forge Company of Erie, drawing 55 members from the United States and Canada. Sessions will be at the Holiday Inn South in Erie with plant visits to McInnes and National Forge.
Former White House counsel Charles W Colson invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to testify before the Senate Watergate committee after immunity from testimony was rejected. The closed session left unresolved questions as Colson remains under federal grand jury scrutiny for possible involvement in the Watergate affair.
Saigon reports prompt military action possible against 12 airfields North Vietnamese forces are alleged to have built in northern South Vietnam. Government spokesman warns that failure to comply could lead to armed hostilities. In Tay Ninh province Viet Cong attackers briefly assault a government outpost but are repulsed with 10 enemy dead. government casualties are not listed.
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