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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1968
Page
4
The article notes a consultant should be hired only on a pay-as-you-produce basis, with payments due after each completed step. It also signals that funding sources for such a consultant will be a forthcoming discussion, stressing budgetary implications.
A Local health and community bulletin lists admissions and discharges from Corry Memorial Hospital with names and addresses including Garrett Bensink Claude Maynard Mrs. Jennie Brooks Carl Stump R. D. 4 Union City Victor Spetz and others. It notes ambulance numbers, and mentions the Industrial Division of the Chamber lacking funds.
Corry officials weigh how a 100 percent reassessment would affect property tax. City assessor William Miller argues current millage at 11 would rise to about 19 to match last year's revenue if Corry adopts county pricing. He says the notice 40 percent figure reflects market value and a shift could raise taxes, though not drastically.
In Philadelphia a judge removed Assistant Dist. Atty. William A. Wolf Jr. from the Harry Karafin blackmail trial amid claims of suppressed evidence. Judge Robert N. C. Nix ruled the document a statement adopted by Sylvan Scolnick, then-accused, and Wolf was told not to continue at the counsel table. The trial nears its third week with testimony including State Sen. Benjamin R. Donolow regarding a state scholarship for Karafin’s child.
The Steelworkers union urged a labor drive to aid Hubert H. Humphrey in the election. IL Abel, president of the union, said Humphrey backed labor on 149 of 169 votes in Congress, while Nixon supported labor only 10 of 69 times. Abel also noted George Wallace’s Alabama record of low wages and poor conditions.
Final rites for Clyde Messenger were held at Bracken Funeral Home at 2 p.m. yesterday with Rev. Walter Thom s officiating. Burial followed at West Lawn Cemetery in Columbus. Bearers included Thomas Messenger Cecil Messenger Grant Ross Frederick Cox Neil Gates and Bernard Ross. Out-of-town attendees included Kenneth Ottaway Janice Ottaway Buffalo NY Clebert Messenger North Clymer Frederick Cox Findley Lake Glenn Neckers Jean Hanson Clymer George Kireba Warren Raymond Barnes Youngstown Ohio Merle Gates Grie Frederick Wallace Melvin Wallace Cutting and ake Secretary from the A
A short promotional note cites working conditions, high crime, high illiteracy, and anti-union segregation as issues in Corry with a call for reform through shopper advocacy and local store involvement.
The search for two men who escaped from Venango County Jail Wednesday night continues. Sheriff Dave Berenson, state police, and local agencies raid the area for Billy Walls 31 Union City and Gary Davenport 18 Polk. A full time investigator is on the case and troopers check leads while NCIC has been notified. Walls was jailed for the burglary of the Hanlon Garage in Pleasantville.
The Erie County Health and Welfare Building is set for dedication on October 15 with public tours to follow. Commissioners question leasing versus purchasing, noting the county will pay nearly 1.2 million in rent over 20 years on a 600 thousand dollar building.
On July 18 Davenport was reported absent without leave from the Marine Corps. He was arrested most recently on September 7 in Sugarcreek and accused of burglary and larceny.
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