Four Suspects Sought In Car Fire At Corry High Lot
About 50 students and Corry Area School District board members watched as a car in the high school parking lot was set ablaze in what police call an arson. Four suspects are being questioned after a fire alarm at 8:19 p.m. and a vehicle destroyed with an estimated loss of 300. Fire crews and 26 firefighters responded, with school officials and the journalist Tim Pryor on scene. The car owner is identified as Fred Diemer of 771 East Columbus Avenue.
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Corry Area
Holland Morgan
East South Street
Journal
Tim Pryor
Fred Diemer
East
Columbus Avenue
Corry Ave
Board Moves To Equalize Land Value In Corry District
Corry Area School District moves to adopt a 75 percent assessed value rate across Warren Erie and Crawford counties to equalize property evaluations for tax purposes. The board awaits Crawford County figures for Spartansburg and Sparta Township and threatens a writ of mandamus to compel data release.
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Corry Area School District
Warren County
Erie County
Spartansburg
Sparta Township
Crawford County
Frank McKnight
Equalization Board
Train Fare Between Cleveland and Youngstown Surges
The monthly train fare from Cleveland to Youngstown rose from 41.70 to 166.50 dollars effective immediately. Erie Lackawanna Railway operates the daily commuter run and said the increase was approved last week by the Federal Price Commission, with the hike pending since 1970.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Youngstown
Erie Lackawanna Raiway
Federal Price Commission
Corry Board OKs Three Year Bus Service Contracts
The Corry school board approved negotiating three year bus service contracts with 15 bidders for 22 routes at a total of 165 000 dollars over the contract periods Most funding will come from state reimbursements estimated at about 153 500 dollars If buses older than six years contracts will be limited to one year and concerns were raised about protection for contractors investing in new buses.
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Corry
Russell Chapin
Chapin
Bruce Bailey
Spring Creek
Bailey
South Viets Flee Second North Town Near Saigon
South Vietnamese forces abandoned Bo Duc, a second district town north of Saigon, as heavy enemy shelling and rocket attacks continued. U.S. B57 bombers reportedly destroyed a North Vietnamese tank battalion, with 27 tanks and three artillery pieces confirmed, while 400 enemy troops were killed across various fronts. A battalion of US troops was moved to strengthen Hue defenses amid ongoing offensives.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Bo Duc
Loc Ninh
Highway 13
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Kontum
Dong Ha
Dmz
Quang Tri
Hue
Kontum Cty
Highlands
An Loc
Land and air search nets Sparta youth escapee
An 18 year old Spartansburg man, Joseph Markley, fled from District Justice Ronald Cole during a preliminary hearing on burglary larceny and firearm charges. A large land and air manhunt by State Police and Titusville police ended with his capture in Buells Corners after about three and a half hours. He was returned to the Crawford County Jail and arraigned on a prison breach charge. The original hearing was postponed indefinitely.
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Titusville
Spartansburg
Joseph Markley
A.D. 2
Ronald Cole
Richard Deutsch
Corry
Markle
Deutsch
Ralph Howe
Richard Baker
Buells Corners
Crawford County
Harold Bond
Cole
Clarence Bromley
Markley
Bromley
Bruce Smith
Franklin
Postpone School Budget OK While Special Changes Made
The school board postponed tentative approval of next year’s budget after undisclosed items labeled as special changes were slated for closed session discussion. A special meeting was set for April 24 to address the budget and revise the calendar, notably a December 11 hunting day off amid prior contract negotiations.
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Ray Elsen
Hlsea
Kennedy seeks Justice Department explanation on missing probe disclosure
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy demanded a DOJ briefing on why the Senate Judiciary Committee was not informed of a federal probe into Dr. L M Radetsky, a cardiologist who treated ITT related figures, as hearings on Richard G. Kleindienst continued. The probe, referred by Social Security in 1971, targets Medicare fraud and may be presented to a Denver grand jury in early May if warranted.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kelindienst
Kennedy
Henry Peterson
Criminal Division
L.M. Radetsky
Radetsky
Dita D. Beard
Denver
International ‘Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Peterson
Kleindienst
Social Security Administration
U.S
WR. Merriam
Beard
ITT
Atty. Gell
Richard G. Kleindienst
GOP
San Diego
Car Theft Probe Extends Through Corry Area
State Police investigate a string of car thefts along Route 89 in the region. An abandoned car found south of Corry damaged in a ditch is linked to two other thefts at Titusville and Brookville. Owners Betty Cook and Paul Smock are named in the incidents, with no confirmed connection to a broader nationwide alert.
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Corry
Route 89
Here
Betty Cook
Forestville
N.Y
Paul Smock
R.D
Titusville
Smock
Brookville
New Teachers Occupy Local School Board
Corry Area School District board accepted two resignations and extended one retirement. They hired four new teachers: Raymond L. Mitchell high school math at $8,150, Robert Lindsey social studies and geography at $9,050, Linda Yeany health and physical education for elementary schools at $6,600, and Jeffrey Taylor replacing Herman Rennells at $6,800. Antoinette Baressi’s retirement date is extended by one year.
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Corry Area School District
Winifred M. Johnson
Spring Creek
Mary Lewis
Antoinette Baressi
Miss Baressi
Raymond L. Mitchell
Mitchell
Corry Area High School
Edinboro State College
Youngsville High School
Robert Lindsey
Younngsville
Lindsey
Linda Yeany
Slippery Rock State College
Jeffrey Taylor
Corry
Taylor
Herman Rennells
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Corry Ambulance Service
Stanford Hose Company
Pryor
Harrisburg
Helene Wohlgemuth
Sparta
Justie
TTT
Mrs. Beard
White House
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