Red Cross Buys Felver Building for Corry Chapter
The Corry Chapter of the American Red Cross has purchased the Felver Market building at 134 East Main Street for 25000 dollars and will move in around June 1. The purchase, approved by the Board of Directors and National Headquarters, follows four years of planning to create a community service center housing offices, Blood Program, Junior Red Cross, disaster program and first aid facilities along with future agencies.
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Felver Market
East Main Street
Robert Grice
National Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross Blood
Grice
YMCA
Felver
Bliss
Planning Safeguards Approved By City
City Council unanimously approved 16 planning commission ground rules for a 50 unit housing development on South Center street hill. The plan requires adherence to city codes, grading and drainage approval, and a future city option to dedicate entrances as public streets with maintenance by the city.
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City Planning Commission
South Center Street
CAIDC
City Zoning Board of Appeals
Planning Commission
City of Corry
Nixon halts air attacks above 20th parallel near Haiphong
U S officials say President Nixon suspended bombing in the Hanoi Haiphong area to pressure North Vietnam. Air strikes Monday and today totaled over 1 000 missions with no clear sign of enemy withdrawal as Saigon reports near 700 North Vietnamese troops killed.
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Nixon
U.S
Hanoi- Haiphong
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
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Hanoi
Haiphong
North
Vietnam
Washington
Pentagon
Two-Car Crash Injures Driver Near Buell Corners
One person injured and damage totaling 2600 dollars in a noon two car crash near Buell Corners. Hazel Kunz twenty two of Centerville treated and released from Titusville Hospital after a head on collision with James Redfoot fifty nine of Aan Pa. Redfoot car left the road and struck a tree. Kunz was taken by private conveyance. Kunz car 1000 dollars damage. Redfoot car 1600 dollars damage.
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Buell Corners
Titusville
Hazel Kunz
Centerville
Corry
Kelsey Named New Officer by City Council
City council unanimously approved Mayor Edward Zarger s recommendation to appoint John T. Kelsey 28 of Scotts Crossing road to the police force. Kelsey a Corry native and Corry Area High School graduate ranked top three in a Civil Service test and will start today. He is a four year Air Force veteran with three years as an air policeman and is married to Janelle Spiesman with one child. Chief Charles Sutton was placed on a disability pension effective April 26.
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Edward Zarger
John T. Kelsey
Scotts Crossing Road
Kelsey
Kenneth Nichols
Corry
Corry Area High School
U.S. Air Force
African Airways Crash Kills 60
An East African Airways VC10 failed on takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Rome and London. Of 106 aboard, more than 60 were killed, with many passengers believed to be British. Survivors were found near a brook after the plane exploded and burned. The flight had stopped in Nairobi and Addis Ababa before continuing.
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East African Airways
Rome
London
Nairobi
Kenya
Britain
Welfare Aides Institutions Keep Retarded Patients For Free Labor
Pennsylvania officials condemn institutional peonage where mental patients are kept in state hospitals to perform unpaid labor in laundries kitchens and maintenance. Welfare Secretary Wohlgemuth and Dr Beach testified seeking 3.1 million dollars to hire 1 059 laundry workers to reduce reliance on more than 3 000 patients, while noting many could work outside the hospital if allowed.
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State Welfare Department
Pennsylvania
Helene Wohlgemuth
William B. Beach Jr
Beach
Wohlgemuth
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Quizzes Laird About Bombing North Vietnam
In Washington the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed Defense Secretary Laird to answer questions on U.S. air strikes deep in North Vietnam after backing a plan to halt most funding for combat activities in Indochina. Secretary Rogers defended bombing around Hanoi and Haiphong, with a White House vow to thwart the invasion of South Vietnam. A prior note to the Soviets addressed Haiphong damage while avoiding direct blame, urging responsibility for supplying North Vietnam.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Indochina
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
Laird
Senate
William P Rogers
Hanoi
Haiphong
White House
Nixon
South Vietnam
Rogers
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Vietnam
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Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Clifford P. Case
R-Nj
Frank Church
D-Idaho
George D. Aiken
Rvi
TMZ
Ronuld L. Diegler
United States
State Department
Apollo 16 guidance glitch calmly solved en route to moon
Space Center reports Apollo 16 faced a momentary inertial guidance lock causing no danger. Mission Control fed commands to restore platform alignment while Mattingly performed star sightings. Young and Duke completed checks on the lunar lander Orion and declared it ready for transfer to the Moon.
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Misson Control
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Earth
Moon
Mission Control
Hars
Young
Duke
Orion
Harley Davidson Motorcycle Restored After 15 Years
Built in 1948 the Harley spent 15 years in decay until Lynn Dingfelder of 404 West Washington street revived it. The bike, now about 300 miles since completion, is on display this week at The National Bank of Corry.
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Washington Street
National Bank of Corry
Dingfelder
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