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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1977
Page
12
Franklin city council set for Monday night vote on a one year labor pact raising wages 6 percent and adding a compensating holiday Play Day. The package costs about half a percent more after accounting for insurance and benefits. a patrolman may receive lieutenant pay when acting as shift officer.
Corry Ambulance Service ferried Kerr to Corry Memorial Hospital at half time where he was admitted and remains in satisfactory condition. Police arrested two minors for possession and consumption of alcohol by minors after a traffic stop at 12:40 a.m. Ricky Staples and Garry Paden, both charged, were found with beer. Minor crashes noted with parking lot damage and rear-end collision causing light to moderate damage.
Erie County Controller A J Gehrlein says he will not pay a 2625 dollar state bill for maintaining a former county man in Farview State Hospital. The per diem charge totals 175 dollars, claiming 83875 annually, and Gehrlein argues custody should stay with local courts. The inmate was sentenced in 1976 for assault with intent to kill, then moved from Rockview to Western and finally Farview by Allegheny County judges. Gehrlein awaits a legal opinion but asserts state responsibility once a prisoner enters the state system.
John A. Spenkelink, a California prison fugitive who killed a traveling companion, has been spared from execution for at least one more week as US District Judge William Stafford extended the stay. The ruling blocks the electric chair while higher courts decide the case, with an appeal planned to the Fifth Circuit.
In Pittsburgh a federal court found William Tate of Clymer and Louis Sacco of Homer City guilty of extorting political contributions from state highway contractors. The convictions mark the first outcomes from indictments tied to the Gleason Committee hearings into political racketeering.
Two obituaries found for Irwin H Crane 80 of 367 East Pleasant Street and Myrtle Hamilton 92 of 963 East Main Street. Crane, born 1896, long tied to local industries and church, survived by wife Ruth and children, service at Bracken Funeral Home with burial in Pine Grove. Hamilton, born 1885, widow of LaVerne, survived by children and many descendants, services at Corry Assembly of God Church. Also brief note on energy savings in prune drying at Fort Washington AP.
ERSE spokesman Kenneth Springirth of Harborcreek plans to protest a PUC hearing examiner's recommendation to dismiss formal complaints against National Fuel Gas Co. rate increase. He alleges the examiner ignored written testimony showing 50 million dollar higher earnings in late 1976 and fails to justify an 82.8 percent rise in earnings per share from 1975 to 1976. Springirth will file a formal protest to urge inclusion of missing data in the final report to the PUC commissioners.
In Corry the senior center hosts the noon meal as part of the GECAC nutrition and Meals on Wheels services drawing a large local turnout. Funeral and service details for Irwin Crane and Myrtle Hamilton are listed with calling hours and church services in Corry.
Readers raise concerns on welfare car use and funding, park space for different age groups, scouting revival, sidewalk repair, snow forecast, downtown parking, water billing fairness, job openings bias, and public safety issues on North Center street sidewalk with calls for city action and civic engagement.
The Corry YMCA announces a macrame course starting Wednesday September 28 at 7 p.m. Interested participants should call 684-7757 to sign up. Additional arts and crafts classes may follow if there is demand, including ceramics, pottery, drawing, quilting, crewelwork, and gift making for Christmas starting once enough signups are received.
New York AP reports the price and net change for the fifteen most active NYSE issues traded nationwide as of 4 p.m. The list reflects daily activity, showing movers and market movement across key stocks.
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