God’s Help Sought For Center Funds
Betty Kennedy leads daily prayers at the Erie County Commissioners office to raise funds for three drop in centers that aid victims of misfortune. After losing state funding, volunteers report over $3,000 raised and ongoing community support to keep centers open 24 hours. The Kennedy family provides shelter food and counseling while seeking sustained funds from officials and donors across several states.
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Erie
Betty Kennedy
Erie County Commissioners Office
Mrs. Kennedy
Drilling Plan Moves Toward Local Gas Operations at Westfield
Westfield village board approved a motion to pursue drilling for natural gas within village limits. A 14 point set of conditions for drilling, read by Mayor Richard Davies, would guide a local law draft with state DEC input to ensure compliance and safety.
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Westfield Westfield
Westfield
Zoning Board of Appeals
Richard Davies
Davies
Robert Chase
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Mineral Resources
Warren youth transferred for burns to Cincinnati center
A 6 year old Warren boy severely burned when gasoline spilled on a charcoal fire was moved from Warren General Hospital to the Cincinnati Burns Institute. Daniel Passmore, son of Mr and Mrs Deane Passmore, suffered extensive burns on his torso. Erie County officials arranged the transfer with Shriner Hospital affiliates and Erie Airways, with Dr Bruce McMillen approving admissions. The boy and his mother were en route to Cincinnati by air, expected to arrive about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday.
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Warren
Warren General Hospital
The
Cincinnati Burns Institute
Tues- Baer
Daniel Passmore
Deane Passmore
van Christy
Shriner's Hospital For Crippled Children
Erie Unit
James McKnight
Bruce McMillen
Ohio
Erie Airways
Jamestown
N.Y
Daniel
Carol
Cincinnati
Christy
National Shrine Hospital Board
State Death Penalty Under Scrutiny In Pennsylvania Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard four death penalty appeals on Tuesday, including Gerard McKenna’s case, but made no ruling. McKenna seeks relief claiming an unfair trial and arguing the 1972 statute is unconstitutional, while others challenge the sentences of two Pittsburgh men and a Philadelphia inmate.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Gerard McKenna
McKenna
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Norris B. Gelman
Sharon Coston
Sayre
William A. Hebe
Gelman
Hebe
Arthur R. Shuman
Shuman
Pittsburgh
John Rogers Carroll
Theodore Gmoody
Pennsylvania
Honeymoon Ends as Carter and Ford Trade Criticism
Washington AP report says the 38th and 49th presidents clash as Gerald Ford criticizes Carter’s economic and disarmament policies. Carter and Mondale respond at a breakfast with congressional leaders, Senate leaders blast Ford’s remarks as unseemly, signaling a rough start to Carter’s tenure.
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Washington
United States
Jimmy Carter
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Carter
White House
Canter
Walter J. Mondale
S . D Calif
Senate
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Mondale
O'Neill
Zaire seeks Coca Cola aid as Mobutu fights Katanga
Zaire pleads with the United States for wartime Coca Cola shipments as Mobutu's forces battle Katangan troops with Moroccan, French, and Belgian support. The Carter administration rejects a Coke sale under foreign military sales while supplying nonlethal aid and a C 130 transport plane remains a potential delivery link.
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Washington
United States
Carter
State Department
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seka
Angola
Morocco
France
Belgium
Mobutu
Atlanta
Rain Here Twisters Elsewhere
Unstable spring weather triggered tornadoes in four central and southwest states with fourteen tornadoes reported Tuesday eleven in Texas and one each in Kansas Louisiana and New Mexico. Severe thunderstorms produced high winds funnel clouds and large hail. Snow fell in Colorado as showers and thunderstorms spread across the plains and into the mid Atlantic coast with fair skies elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Plains
Colorado
Texas
Kansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Lower Rockies
Central
Southern Plains
Upper Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio
Tennessee
Appalachians
Atlantic Coast
The
Natin
Evanston
Wyo
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
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McKeesport
Jeffrey C. Munnell
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Burns Center
Bob Bergland
National Forest
Bergland
California
Bemus Point
Ronen
Junie Schenck
Chicago
Michael A. Bilandic
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Dennis Black
Richard J. Daley
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Sugardale
Cole Slaw
Firestone
Niture Department
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