Funding Seen For Corry Urban Renewal This Year
Congressman Joseph Vigorito reports that HUD officials project final approval and federal funding for the Southwest Corry Urban Renewal Project by the end of the current fiscal year. Funds likely arrive in May or June despite a White House freeze, with Pittsburgh HUD noting high priority and ongoing efforts to secure the needed money.
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Joseph Vigorito
Fourth Ward
Vigorito
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Southwest
Corry
Pittsburgh
White House
Philadelphia
Washington
Peete
House Nixos Boost. Passes School Aid Bill
AP reports the House narrowly defeated a bid to greatly increase federal education aid. A $4.8 billion Education Office bill passed 354 to 7 and moves to the Senate, with $131 million more than the President’s request. An amendment to add $728 million failed 191 to 187 amid broad Education Coalition support. A separate provision would fund $167 million more than requested for districts with federal personnel. In Pittsburgh, James A. Baker, 26, was found stabbed to death near Shady Side Academy.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Office of Education
Senate
William D. Hathaway
Maine
Hathaway
Congress
Emergency Committee For
Appropriations Committee
Pittsburgh (Ap
James A. Baker
Pittsburgh
Bellevue
Shady Side Academy
Fox Chapel
Baker
Honest Boys From Cleveland Make Hit With Local Couple
Honest youths from Cleveland Heights found a wallet containing 210 dollars and returned it to the owner. Dix Brown and Paul Zech, both 16, slept in the Pages’ basement after camping on their property, earning local praise for honesty in a tale carried by the Journal and State.
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Merle Page
RD. 1
Columbus
Cleveland Heights
Dix Brown
Paul
Page
Chentauqua
Zech
Ohio
Allegheny College
Meadville
Trelis Westcott
Corry
Nixon Orders 100000 More Vietnam Troops Home By December
President Nixon increased the pace of U S troop withdrawals to about 14 300 a month aiming to reduce total U S forces to about 104 000, lowest in six years, while rejecting a fixed withdrawal date. He warned ending the war without prisoner releases would be a bargaining misstep and stated the need to keep leverage for negotiations.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Congress
United States
I Know Him Mom Nixon Salutes Boy In Presidential Moment
Four year old Kevin Taylor from Avella Pennsylvania saluted President Nixon recalling the moment Nixon awarded Kevin's father Marine Sgt Karl Taylor the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism in Vietnam. The boy and family watched Nixon on TV while Customs officials and local residents noted the ceremony. Nixon indicated plans to reduce U S troop levels and described a residual force by next year while defense officials weighed the South Vietnamese army's performance in Laos and Cambodia.
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Avella
Kevin Taylor
United States
Nixon
White House
Kevin
Karl Taylor
South Vietnam
Shirley Taylor
Mrs
Taylor
Skipper
Karl Jr
Pennsylvania
Annapolis
Othe
Vietnam
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Students protest tenure denial at Bemus Point school
Ex Corryite John Correll faces tenure denial by Bemus Point school board prompting student walkout at Maple Grove School. Students demanded direct responses while officials cited legal reasons. Correll argued he would complete required graduate hours before certification. A faculty grievance panel is reviewing the issue as lawmakers press for road maintenance funds.
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Bemus Point
N.Y
John Correll
Corry
Maple Grove
Correll
John B. Hillenbrand
Journal Today
Hillenbrand
New York
The
U S Death Toll In Vietnam Hits Nine Month High
AP reports 88 Americans killed last week in Indochina, the highest weekly toll in nine months. U S and allied forces battle North Vietnamese and Viet Cong near Da Nang and the Cambodian coast as casualties rise, with 44,876 U S deaths in the war to date and 297,258 wounded.
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U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Indochina
Highlands
Phnom Penh
United Press International
Nixon
Mary Ann
da Nang
Easter Bunny Answers Letter From Brier Hill Boy
Timothy McRanald 6 of Pittsburgh wrote to the Easter Bunny asking for a soldier set, a record, a doll, and a stuffed animal. The letter was routed to Brier Hill’s postmaster and owner of a seven-family town, who sent back an Easter card and note stating the Bunny and Santa Claus will try to grant the wishes. The boy’s mother says she knew of the letter but not its mailing. The post office is described as a tiny 12 by 15 foot facility claimed to be the smallest east of the Mississippi.
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Pittsburgh
Bunny
Bunny Rabbit Brier Patch McDonald Farm
Brier Hill
Thelma Kelly
Redstone Central Co
Fayette County
Timothy
Easter Bunny
Santa Claus
Easter
H. Gordon Council Jr
al McRanial
McDonald Farm
Brier Patch
Mississippi River
Escapees From Rockview State Prison Predicted On Burglary
Corry city and State Police search for two escapees from Rockview State Correctional Institution at Bellefonte. David L. Buell 27 Union City address and Wilson Wynn 23 Jamestown, both inmates serving time on burglary and larceny. Buell described 5'10" medium build, brown hair. Wynn 5'10" dark complexion, 165 pounds. They escaped about 5:45 p.m. while loading ice cream and milk for delivery to other institutions.
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Corry City
Rockview State Correctional Institution
Bellefonte
David L. Buell
Union City
Wilson
Wynn
Jamestown
Buell
Crawford County
Titusville
Wat
Erie
Rockview
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Cleveland
Balk
Shapp
Harrisburg
Forest Hopkins
Milton Shapp
Department of Transportation
Commonwealth
Hopkins
R. Budder
Dwyer
Central Highlands
Brier Hill, Pa
Timothy McRandal
Brier
Rockview Compound
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