AGP Closes 44 Stores in 12 Months Amid Uncertainty
AGP plans to shutter 44 stores across western Pennsylvania over the next year, including four in the Erie area and eighteen in the Pittsburgh district. Company officials acknowledge closings but give no exact totals, while a Vandergrift store is slated to open. Some 40 Erie area workers receive termination notices amid ongoing contract disputes with Retail Clerks Union Local 1538.
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Corry
Us City
A&p
Erie
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Altoona
Food
Robert Layden
Layden
Jonathan L. Scott
Vandergrift
AGP
Retail Clerks Union Local 1538
Likeness Made of Spaulding Robbery Suspect
State police at Troop E in Lawrence Park assembled an Identikit from the robbery victim and companion depicting a man who pulled an armed hold up Tuesday and fled with over 400 dollars from a Spaulding Inc. truck driver. Titusville police link the description to a previous Spaulding driver robbery two weeks earlier and urge anyone with information to contact city or state police.
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Spaulding, Inc
Troop E
Lawrence Park
Titusville
Spaulding
Erie County Home Rule Commission Vacancy Notice
The Erie County Government Study Commission seeks applicants to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Hiehad Foht. Deadline is April 15. a new member will be chosen at the April 22 meeting. Two applicants, Richard M. Ludwig and Lynette D. Lang of Fairview, have been received.
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Erie County Government Study Commission
Hiehad Foht
Richard M. Ludwig
Lynette D. Lang
Fairview
Government Sudy Commission
Glenwood Hills
Erie
Behrend College
Commission
Hls
Jane Kopcke
Eliiott N LeFavien
School Ponders Moving Sparta Jr High Here
Sparta junior high students in grades seven to nine may attend Corry Area High School next year as the board weighs moving the junior high. Superintendent Krepps cites curriculum uniformity and district unification as the rationale.
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Sparta Jr. High
Spartansburg
Corry Area High School
Charles W. Krepps
Krepps
Sparta Junior High
CAHS
Secon
American orphans in need as Vietnam crisis spurs adoptions
Washington AP reports that while many rush to adopt Vietnamese war orphans, 100000 to 120000 American children remain in foster care orphanages nationwide. Experts warn about neglect, legal hurdles, minority status, and special needs hindering adoption, urging focus on children here as well.
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Washington
Ursula M. Gallagher
Miss Gallagher
Lenore Campbell
Los Angeles County
Summer Band Forming Here in Corry
The Arts Council of Corry launches a campaign to recruit local musicians for a summer band project directed by Ronald Rairie, Corry Area High School music instructor. Musicians aged from senior high school and up are invited to sign up for rehearsals and several concerts in City Park, funded by a Pennsylvania Arts Council grant. Interested individuals may contact Rainie or John Rossbacher at Rossbacher Insurance or send the coupon from page three of today’s Journal to the indicated address.
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Arts Council of
Corry
The
Fine Arts Council
Ronald Rairie
Corry Area
Pennsylvania Arts Council Project Fund
Rainie
John Rossbacher
Rossbacher Insurance
Today’s Journal
Ford Likely to Ask Congress for Indochina Aid
President Ford is expected to urge Congress in a joint session to approve both humanitarian and military aid for Indochina. The address, slated for 9 p.m. EDT, seeks bipartisanship in foreign policy and a strong working relationship with lawmakers on international issues.
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Ford
Congress
Indochina
House
Democratic
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
CBS “Morning News
Byrd
United States
Vietnam
South
Red Cross
U.S
South Vietnam
White House
Hon Nessen
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Mike Mansfield
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Jackson
Saigon
Nelsen
Pennsylvania jobless rate hits 9.3 percent in March
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania's March unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent from 8.4, with declines in autos related industries and apparel hurting employment. About 481,000 Pennsylvanians were seeking work, and concerns grow over fund depletion and possible 65 week benefits. Regional highs reached 11.9 percent in Williamsport and Scranton, with Johnstown at 7.4 percent.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Paul J. Smith
Detroit
Smith
U.S
Congress
Federal Reserve Fund
Williamsport
Scranton
Johnstown
Saigon mood shifts as Corryite recalls city’s beauty
Dan McEldowney reports from Saigon where James Powers, a 1956 Corry Area High School graduate, recalls a pleasant, green city despite war weariness. He describes deteriorating morale among Americans and Vietnamese as 1,000,000 refugees loom. Powers, with AID, aims to reform a government school while preparing to depart if conditions worsen.
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Dan McEldowney
Saigon
James Powers
Powers
Malaysia
United States
Russia
China
Corryman
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Nessen
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Case Western Reserve
Cleveland
Agency For International Development
AID
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