Board Slams Door On School Site
Corry Area School District board rejected the Sparta School site for a new replacement school. The decision cited lack of a reliable water source and insufficient acreage to meet state standards, with estimated costs over 550,000 plus required sewage. Other investigated parcels will be reconsidered for a second review.
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Sparta
Board of Education
Spring Creek
Corry Area
State Department of Education
Council Bids, Assessor Change, Water Main Plan
City Council awarded two bids and appointed Wilbur Rickers as city assessor after deliberation over potential conflicts. A water main extension to Wayne Township was approved though Halfast opposed. contract with Corry Ambulance Service raised rates for 36 months. Several bids reviewed for sewer plant chemicals and a backhoe. Discretionary HUD funds discussed for urban renewal or storm sewers. May 2 meeting set for further action. County funds sought for Gertrude Barber Center with handicapped representatives asking support.
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Wilbur
Bill
Rickers
Corry Ambulance Service
Wayne Township
West Smith Street
Hillcrest Drive
Halfast
Opalco Laboratories
McKeesport
H.K. Nuttal Company of
Sherman
Nuttal
Massey Ferguson
William Miller
Council
Betty Rickers
Carry Ambulance Service
James Schaller
HUD
East Corry
Mary Ann Kibler
Erie County
Gertrude Barber
Corry
Center For the Handicapped
Patty Hearst Pleads No Contest to Robbery Charges
Patricia Hearst faces possible prison from 15% years to life or probation after pleading no contest to armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. She must return May 9 for sentencing while free on 1.25 million bail pending appeal of a bank robbery conviction. District Attorney Van de Kamp noted the judge has wide discretion in sentencing.
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Los Angeles
Patricia’ Hearat
John van de Kamp
Miss Hearst
Superior Court
B. Talbot Callister
Sam Mayerson
Randolph Hearst
Catherine
Spectator
al Johnson
Sydney Irmas
F. Lee Bailey
San Francisco
Hibernia Bank
Symbionese Liberation Army
Pa Death Penalty Case Heard In Pennsylvania Court
In Philadelphia, Gerard McKenna’s lawyer argued before the state Supreme Court that McKenna prefers death to life imprisonment if a new trial is denied. McKenna, condemned for rape and strangulation of a 16 year old Sayre girl, seeks to overturn his conviction rather than seek clemency.
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Philadelphia
Gerard McKenna
McKenna
Thomas A. Walrath
State Supreme Court
Sayre
Sharon Coston
Supreme Court
Thomas Walrath
Towanda
Walrath
Arthur Shuman
Shuman
10 12 Killed In Galveston Hotel Blaze
In Galveston Texas a five story brick hotel burned in a rundown downtown area. Police fear 10 to 12 deaths with 28 unaccounted for and at least 14 hospitalized. One escape route was blocked by flames and could not be used. Fire alarms sounded around 1 00 am as Galveston fire units and reinforcements from six cities battled the blaze near the docks.
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Galveston
Tex
John Jennings
Central Hotel
Gulf of Mexico
Jennings
Pike Members Voted 46% Hikes For Turnpike Board
In Harrisburg the state Senate passed a bill lifting Turnpike Commission salaries by 45 percent. The top chairman would rise from 17 000 to 25 000 and the other three members from 15 000 to 22 500. The vote shifted 7 from no to yes after pressure from leaders. Critics argued full time status may be needed. The panel is funded by tolls. three of four commissioners have Shapp era ties.
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Harrisburg
Senate
State Turnpike Commission
Quentin Orlando
D-Brie
Michael Schaeffer
D-Allegheny
Newell Wood
Rluzerne
Martin Murray
Appropriations Committee
Henry Jlanfrani
Orlando
Schaeffer
Winpike Commission
Pammission
Shapp
Egidio Cerilli
Westmoreland County
Cerilli
Ding
State ‘Transportation Department
Jack Greenblat
Allentown
Peter Camiel
Philadelphia
Democratic Party
Ray Bollinger
Shafer
Monfay
Richard Tilghman
Montgomery
Carter Energy Plan Faces Uphill Fight in Congress
President Carter warns of an energy disaster and urges conservation as Congress awaits details of a broad package. Leaders anticipate tough fights over higher energy taxes, car fuel standards, and incentives for insulation and solar energy, with action unlikely before September or later.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Senate
White House
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Wright
Vie
Corry Men Jailed In Drug Case
The Associated Press reports four of six Corry men convicted of conspiracy to import marijuana have begun serving prison time. Richard Darrow and Robert Sayko, both 30 and 31, received two years in prison plus two years probation in Miami in 1975, with appeals. Loren and Leonard Stockton, ages 27 and 25, got indeterminate terms under the Youth Correctional Act. appeals upheld the Miami verdicts. Hillstrom and Keppel, both 28, face new-trial motions after four-year prison terms and two years probation. The case arose from March 1975 Coast Guard action against Hillstrom's yacht Rogona, 400 miles south of Miami.
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Associated Press
The
Journal Today
Corry
Miami
Richard J. Darrow
Robert C. Sayko
New Orleans
Loren C. Stockton
Leonard Stockton
Carl Hillstrom
Henry H. Keppel
Coast Guard
Hillstrom
Corry Area OKs Ve-Tech Budget and Middle School Absence
Members of the Corry Area School District unanimously passed the Erie County Technical School budget for 1977-78, including Corry’s satellite portion. The tentative total is 203,454 dollars with reimbursements like 26,401 dollars from Union City Area District for 40 students and 1,014 dollars for building use. Superintendent Krepps notes no middle school is needed due to Ve-Tech, saving financial strain.
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Corry Area
Erie County Technical School
Corry
Charles Krepps
Union City Area
Krepps
Vietech
Supreme Court rules corporal punishment in public schools does not violate the Constitution
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that corporal punishment in public schools, regardless of severity or cost, does not infringe the Eighth Amendment. The ruling states that constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment applies only to convicted criminals, leaving schoolchildren in different conditions. Justice Powell wrote the majority opinion, joined by Chief Justice Burger and Justices Stewart Blackmun and Rehnquist.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lewis P. Powell Jr
Powell
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Meet Candidates Tonight At YMCA Corry Event
The public is urged to attend Meet the Candidates Night at the Corry YMCA tonight at 7 30 p m in the all purpose room. AM Allender, chairman of the Legislative Action Committee, Corry Chamber of Commerce, said candidates for county executive, county council, clerk of records, mayor, city council, and school board are expected. The general election will be held on May 17. Light refreshments will be vetoed.
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Corry
YMCA
AM Allender
Legislative Action Committee
The
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Conard
James Bennett
Roger Lansberry
Margaret Morrow
Melvin Messinger
Columbus
Robert Joy
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County Line Road
Lindsey Hallow Road
Rote 277
Welsh Road
Edmund Thomas
Erie
West Congress
Corry Area High School
Oval Office
Patty
Pike
Middle School
Ve-Tech
Bulletin
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