Sound Off: Citizens vent on city woes and local issues
The Sound Off column prints reader complaints about Mead Avenue parking enforcement, pollution from Corry factories, hospital billing, road quality, city staffing, tax fairness, youth activities, litter and burning, stray dogs, park plans, and traffic discipline. Readers urge action on police enforcement, public services, and urban improvements.
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Mead Avenue
Franklin Street
Ajax
Corry
United States
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Paul Harvey
Corry Evening Journal
Cotry Journal
Seneca and
Lake
Mead Park
Water Company
Water Co
Spring Street
Stans and Mitchell Case Near Jury Verdict
Former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans rested his federal conspiracy case after a tense trial with prosecutor John R. Wing. Co defendant John Mitchell completed his presentation earlier. The trial heads toward a jury verdict next week amid charges of conspiracy obstruction and perjury tied to Vesco campaign contributions.
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NEW York
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
John Mitchell
Edd
John R. Wing
Stans
Mitchell
Robert L. Vesco
Vesco
Nixon
Wing
Kidnaped Bank Aide Found
Albert L. Dantzler, 43, assistant vice president of City National Bank of Hallandale, said two men abducted him at gunpoint and took him out to sea in an 18 foot boat. He escaped by jumping overboard and swam ashore exhausted but unharmed after more than two hours in the Atlantic. Police found him in a front yard near Hallandale. He reported a ransom of 60000 dollars, which was not collected.
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Hallandale
Fla
Albert L. Dantzler
Dantzler
City National Bank of
FBI
Fort Lauderdale
Bill Mix
Mix
Anti Nixon Protesters Leave Statue After Court Eviction
Twenty one anti Nixon demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside the Statue of Liberty for 14 hours left at 6 45 a m after a court order eviction. They emerged to chants and reporters, then boarded a launch and were released with no charges. Authorities noted the peaceful exit and the protest's aim to gain publicity for future actions.
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New York
Statue of Liberty
National Monument
National Parks Service
Liberty Island
New York Harbor
Washington
Manhattan
Asst
U.S. Atty
Thomas J. Cahill
Manhattan Pier
Pep Band Brightens Birthday for the Handicapped
Corry Area High School Pep Band performed outside the high school gym for CHEER Inc at the eleventh annual birthday party for handicapped children and adults held at the Elks Lodge. Attendees included Steady Strivers Erie group, dance students of Mrs. Tarbell, and awards to Mrs. Elizabeth Jansen Lena Cohen and Rev. William McIlveen. Elk official Charles Mack presented a $200 check to CHEER during the program.
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Corry Area
Overcomers
Cheer, Inc
The
Elks Lodge
Steady Strivers
Erie Organization For
Norman Tarbell
Elizabeth Jansen
Lena
Economy Slows As GNP Drops In First Quarter 1974
New York AP report notes U S Gross National Product fell 5.8 percent annual rate in Q1 1974, the largest drop since 1958, with inflation at 10.8 percent. Housing starts slid 22 percent, energy shortages and higher interest rates blamed. Industrial output fell 0.5 percent in March, first four straight monthly declines since 1969-70 recession, with auto production recovering slightly in April.
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New York
Washington
Commerce Department
U.S
Nixon
GNP
California
New York City
Federal Reserve Board
French Creek Run Like Open Tap Freight Crash
Franklin French Creek high drink log shows a truck loaded with 900 cases of beer plunging into the creek after brakes failed on a hill near Route 8 and Route 62. Driver Frederick Swift of Edinboro escaped with a deep cut above the eye. the rig crossed Penn Central tracks and tumbled 60 feet into the water.
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Franklin
French Creek
Frederick Swift
Edinboro
Swift
Friech Creek
Penn Central Railroad
Name Local Man To Head Summit
A Corry man, Donald Carroll of West Washington street extension, has been named manager of Summit Homes local agency. The Carrolltown headquarters sat yesterday. Carroll, a Corry native, has four years in the business and six months with Summit. He led the agency in sales for the first quarter and helped develop the financing program now in effect.
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Corry
Summit Homes
Carrolltown
Donald Carroll
West Washington Street
Route 6
Carroll
Summit
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Florida
Marvel
Weo
W. Smith Street Plaza
Journal
Eaton
Journal Daily
Cc.j.peterson
Andson Plumbing & Heating
Lavings & Lawn Association
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance,Corpor
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