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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1975
Page
6
Sam Smith, a Texas farmer, recalls Easter Saturday March 24 1951 as the day rain returned after seven years of drought. The scene in San Antonio that day shows relief as drought‑scarred landscapes revive, with farmers and residents celebrating with muddy joy while photographer Harvey Belgin captures Sam in the rain.
Christmas Island transfer to Australia in 1958 is noted in a brief reference on the Corry Evening Journal sports pages. The item highlights Australia’s governance links and places the region in historical context alongside sports coverage.
The Associated Press reports at least six people died during three days of flooding in Pennsylvania. Victims include Joseph Cunningham 41 Wellsboro who died of a heart attack while escaping a swept pickup, Wilbur Waite 66 Spruce Creek dying trying to move a trailer, Lodell Rudy 83 drowning near York, Jacob Flaud 21 months swept away in Franklin County, John S. Rosenberry 62 found in a creek near Carlisle, and R T Peebles 39 Philadelphia drowned under a Penn Central underpass.
Joseph Feldman surrendered after a newspaper report noted police hunt for the man who failed to return 15000 library books from the New York Public Library. Books valued at 100000 to 150000 filled Feldman’s Greenwich Village apartment, cleared by 20 men, seven trucks over three days. Feldman, 58 and an attorney, faces up to seven years for criminal possession of stolen property.
HUD plans to fund elderly housing at about 312 dollars a month for two bedroom apartments, higher than current Erie rentals of 170 to 270, prompting a rush of builders. HUD says higher costs come from standards and union wage scales, plus elder friendly features like bathrooms and railings. Local sites eyed include the Richford Hotel, Gannon College’s South Hall, the old St Joseph’s orphanage, and vacant renewal land near 15th and Ash.
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