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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1976
Page
2
The text contrasts Pennsylvania and Rhode Island approaches to pothole damage liability. Rhode Island operates a program paying motorists for pothole caused vehicle damage, while Pennsylvania faces debate over using all funds to raise highway standards, with critics noting unfair burden on motorists.
A fragmentary column reflects on Ronald Reagan and the Kansas City GOP convention, noting the line city on the hill, and a broader meditation on memory, ambition, and enduring visions. It links such imagery to personal snapshots like a Montana mining town, and touches on thoughts about public discourse, letters, and journalistic notes.
Sylvia Porter explains the 76 Tax Reform Act raises both the maximum and minimum standard deduction. For married filing jointly the max rises to 2600, single to 2400, and married separate to 1400, with the 16 percent rate remaining. The change reduces the need to itemize while potentially avoiding audits.
The new Tax Reform Act raises minimum standard deductions for all filers and increases personal exemption credits. For singles with 9000 or more taxable income in 1976, credits rise to about 160 dollars, while married couples with three children gain 180 dollars. The reform favors single taxpayers with higher credits and includes a 2 percent or 35 dollar per exemption alternative credit. A companion piece discusses White House pressure to mine vermiculite on Green Springs.
The article recalls conflicts where Sansom and Connor weighed actions involving White House staff and Richard Cheney. It notes a claim that no historic value exists near proposed pit mines in Porthermore, and covers the Percy worry beads incident in Saudi Arabia. Akins faced dismissal over the gift and later defended the Percys, but acknowledged possible misgivings about the incident.
NBC airs the two hour Captains and the Kings premiere at 9 p.m. EDT detailing Joseph Armagh’s rise from Irish immigrant youth to potential mogul, with a solid cast and firm period storytelling set between 1857 and Civil War onset. ABC counters with the Nancy Walker Show at 9:30 p.m. EDT, featuring a Hollywood talent agent and Miss Walker’s 29 year Navy marriage. the note urges watching Captains tonight and Walker later. The Pennsylvania Bureau of Consumer Protection phone and address in Erie are provided.
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