Corry Youth Finds Body Nearby Mead Park Courts
A man identified as Robert Chapman, missing since November, was found dead near Mead Park tennis courts. Deputy Coroner Bracken noted long decomposition. autopsy to determine cause and identity. Police and Corry Ambulance assisted, body taken to Erie County morgue for pathologist exam.
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Alyearld West Smith Street
Hay
Mead Park Tennis Courts
Robert Chapman
Olin Bracken Jr
Chapman
Bracken
Bruno Soboleski
West Smith Street
Olin Bracken
Erie County
Charles Sutton
Corry Ambulance Service
Erie
Quiet Abilene Holds Ike Burial After Rites
Dwight D Eisenhower’s boyhood town remains hushed after the former president’s funeral. Mamie Eisenhower laid flowers on the vault as a few relatives and officials paid their respects. About 100000 people crowded into Abilene for the tribute and the Place of Meditation area saw only a small quiet audience as dusk fell.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Secret Service
United States
Buckeye Street
Eisenhower Center
Lincoln Grammar
General Services Administration
Eisenhower Complex
Trim
Vietnam War Toll Surpasses Korean Conflict Deaths
AP report shows 312 Americans killed in action in Vietnam last week, up 18 percent, bringing total US combat deaths to 33,641 in eight years. Wounded rise to 210,639 as allied losses mount. Vietnam casualty pace nears World War I totals. Continued on Page Six.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S. Command
U.S
Two Children Die in Rural Fire. Woman Burned Trying to Save Them
A 24-year-old woman suffered severe burns while attempting to rescue two daughters who died in a rural house fire near Selvisghove. Seven-year-old Anna and four-year-old Kathy Sheasley perished. Mrs Jane Sheasley and another daughter Su Ban, age six, were listed in guarded condition. father Luther and son Ruben, five, were treated and released. Fire marshal and sheriff investigate the blaze.
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Selvisghove
Here
Snyder County
Anna
Kathy Sheasley
Jane Sheasley
Su Ban
Evangelical Hospital
Lewisburg
Luther
Ruben
UC Merger Elects 9 Directors in Interim Convention
Union City Area School Jointure plans an April 16 convention at Concord Elementary School to elect nine of its current 15 directors to oversee a new merged district. Directors from Union Borough Union Township and Bloomfield Township will participate and the interim board becomes the first permanent merged board. Three methods exist for electing directors in the merged district.
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Union City Area School Jointure
Union Ee
Union Township
Bloomfield Township
Kenneth Frantz
Concord
Blue Cross Seeks 12.2 Percent Rate Increase
Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania asks for a 12.2 percent rate hike for 720000 subscribers. President William Ford says the increase, filed with the State Insurance Commission, would take effect August 1 under the merit rating program and excludes master, non-group, and 65 special hospitalization plans.
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Pittsburgh
Blue Cross
Western Pennsylvania
William #. Ford
State Insurance Commission
Ford
Soviets Issue Warning to Czechs on Protests
Moscow pressed Prague to halt anti-Soviet demonstrations or face Soviet troops. Andrei Grechio and Vladimir Semyonov conveyed the ultimatum to Czechoslovak leaders, with warnings of tanks if security steps were not tightened. Demonstrations erupted after a hockey game loss to the USSR, sparking vandalism and insults toward Russians across several cities.
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Prague
Moscow
Czechoslovaka
Andrei Grechio
Vladimir
Semyonov
Tass
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Stockholm
Sweden
Aeroflot
Kromeriz
Moravia
Raymond Parent First $100 Million Year At Associated Spring
New York Associated Spring Corporation reports its 1986 sales reached 108,562,691 with record earnings of 5,366,571 and earnings per share of 2.85 after a 10 percent stock dividend. Carlyle F. Barnes and Wallace Barnes cited six straight sales records and seven straight dividend gains. A separate item notes Robert Powell, 19, of Noblestown was killed in a crash on Pennsylvania 22 in North Fayette Township.
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New York
Associated Spring Corporation
Carlyle F
Carlyle F. Barnes
Corry
ASC
Raymond Manufacturing
Raymond Merchandising
Pittsburgh
Robert Powell
Noblestown
Pennsylvania 22
North Fayette Township
Laird Says Ready To Veto Deletion Of God References
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird prepared to veto plans to delete references to God as criticism rose over the guidance program. Rep David W Dennis indicated he had complained to Laird, noting General Eisenhower's death as ironic timing.
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Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Gen
Eisenhower
Rep
David W
Dennis
R-Ind
Laird
American Civil Liberties Union
Panthers Indicted in Plot to Bomb New York Stores
21 Black Panthers charged in a 12 count indictment for conspiracy to murder arson and weapons violations. Authorities say the group planned to bomb Macy’s Alexander’s Bloomingdale’s Korvette’s and Abercrombie & Fitch and to blow railroad tracks and kill police. 12 suspects arrested in early raids. two more held in Newark.
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Black Panthers
Nyc
New York
Manhattan
Black Panther Party
Atty. Frank
Hogan
Newark N.J
Supreme Court
Charles Marks
Marks
Robert S. Collier
Lewisburg
Macy's Alexander's
Bloomingdale's
Korvette’s
Abercrombie & Fitch
Tax Protest Grows in Pennsylvania Over State Budget
Fayette County Tax Protest Committee leader Wil iam Duffield says thousands of Pennsylvanians may refuse to pay taxes rather than support Gov. Shafer's 2.52 billion budget. He cites welfare ranks, mining towns, and mandated local spending as drivers, noting bipartisan resistance to the proposed income tax and statewide aid cuts.
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Harhisburg, Pa
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
Wiliam E. Duffield
Uniontown
State House
Appalachian
Sha
Dutfield
Harrisburg
William B. Northrop
Beaver Falls
Duffield
Shafer
Sales Girls Challenge City Peddling Rules
Two women argued with Police Chief Frank Carnegie about city ped dling rules. They sought street selling without licensing. Carnegie cited the ordinance requiring applications and a 15 day wait. They left without applying and were warned any solicitation could lead to arrest. Citizens were urged to call police if approached.
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Magazie
Carnegie
Corry Tax Deadline Mirrors U.S. Filing Date
Corry residents must file earned income tax forms by April 15. William Miller, tax receiver, urged wage earners to verify forms and request replacements if needed. The Corry office in the City Building opens to aid filers with a noon closing on Monday and warns a one percent penalty on late returns. A separate note reports a British RAF Hunter jet crash five miles from Clark AFB in Manila.
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William Miller
Cuty
Conry
French Creek Flood Closes Roadway Near Waterford
High water from several days of rain forced the closure of a major highway intersection south of Waterford and covered a road south of Erie. Traffic was diverted onto PA 86 as water lapped the Pennsylvania 5 86 area while US 19 junction remained shut. Pittsburgh forecasters warned the danger was local with no broader flood threat.
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Erie
Waterford
Pittsburgh
French Creek
US &N
U.S. 19
Pennsylvania 86
Vigorito Attacks Subsidy for Foreign Cigarette Ads
Washington Congressman Joseph P. Vigorito criticizes a one year extension of a $210000 government subsidy for cigarette advertising in Japan, Thailand, and Austria. He says it shows the United States as ridiculous and mercenary and urges funds be used to aid U.S. tobacco growers to switch to other crops.
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Washington
Joseph P. Vigorito
Japan
Thailand
Austria
United States
Vigorito
House Agriculture Committee
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Wing Division Aero Flow Dynamics Gets $28 000 PIDA loan
The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority approved a 28 000 loan for the Wing Division of Aero Flow Dynamics at 916 West Main Street in Corry. The loan is part of a statewide package totaling over 104 million with EIDCO loans of 600 000 for Lord Corp and R D and D expansions.
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Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Corry
PIDA
Corry Area Industrial Development Corp
Wing
Aero- Flow Dynamics
West Main Street
Harrisburg
Erle
Eidco, Inc
Lord Corp
R, D
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Corry Youngster
Mamie
Raymond
Sales Girls Rap Law
May
Manila
Royal Air Force
Air Force
Clark
Pennsylvania B
South China Sea
Pentagon
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