Charles Lucey Day Highlights Nostalgia At Corry Dinner
Charles Lucey, longtime presidential confidante and chronicler, spoke at a Corry Motor Inn dinner during National Library Week. He recalled interviews with presidents from FDR to LBJ, lauded John F Kennedy’s steel and charm, and noted Lucey’s own career in journalism and his book Ireland and the Irish. The event drew about 150 attendees and featured schoolmates from the Class of 1923.
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Corry Motor Inn
Nixon
Lucey
National Library Week
Corry Public Library
Corry
Ireland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Scripps-Howard
Trenton
N.J
New York Times Book Review
John Kennedy
Kennedy
West Virginia
Lacey
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Prices Rise Little as Housing and Cars Offset Grocery Jump
Washington AP reports March living costs rose three tenths of one percent with the Consumer Price Index at 119.8. Grocery costs climbed 1.1 percent while housing fell 0.2 percent and new car prices dropped 0.8 percent. Used cars rose 1.2 percent and overall transportation costs increased 0.3 percent. Medical costs rose 0.8 percent as doctors and hospitals charged more. President Nixon’s adviser called the overall gain good news, noting a 2.7 percent annual rate for the first quarter and a 4.6 percent rise over the year. AFL-CIO economist Goldfinger warned the cost of living remains high.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Paul McCracken
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
McCracken
Afl-Cio
Nathaniel Goldfinger
Lottery bill gains momentum in Pennsylvania Senate
Senator Mazzei introduced a New Jersey style lottery plan with a 50 cent ticket price and a special Revenue Department division to run it. 30 percent of receipts would aid elderly tax relief, 45 percent for prizes, with remaining funds for relief and costs. Lamb predicted swift passage amid broad party support.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Frank Mazgei
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Senate
Thomas F. Lamb
Allegheny
Lamb
Mazzei
Revenue Department
Associated Press
Milton Berkes
D-Bucks
Berkes
County Seeks Closure Of Oliver Landfill In Waterford
Erie County commissioners urge the State Department of Health to suspend or revoke the Oliver Landfill permit after chronic violations at the Waterford Township site. They cite uncovered refuse, debris littering farms, polluted streams, torn fences, and unbearable odors as grounds for action.
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Erie County
State Department of Health
Oliver
Waterford Township
Harry Steigman
Health Department
Bureau of Housing and Environmental Control
Corry's Hare Creek Wins Dirtiest Stream Again
Hare Creek in Corry was named the county s dirtiest stream for a second time on Earth Day anniversary. State waterways patrolman James Carter of the Fish Commission blamed inaction locally while noting progress in Union City and Edinboro.
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Corry
James Carter
The
Fish Commission
Carter
Union City
Edinboro
Beaver Dam
Elgin
Erie County
North East
Peck Run
Lake Erie
State extends license tag deadline to May fifteenth
The state extended the license tag deadline again to May 15. Rep. Forest Hopkins said he pressed the Bureau of Revenue amid a production slowdown at prisoner-made tag plants. The bureau planned a statement, likely today, as delays hinder new plates.
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Forest Hopkins
Journal
Bureau of Revenue
Bureau Aere
Biotoriati
Hopkins
Rule Consolo Guilty Of Zoning Breach
James Consolo of 919 East South street was fined 25 dollars and costs after three hearings for operating a snowmobile sales and service business in a residential garage without proper permit. He claimed sales and repairs as improvements on machines previously sold, citing engineering defect corrections.
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James Consolo
East South Street
City Zoning Board of Adjustments
Consolo
Burials Halted as Gravediggers Strike at Allegheny Cemetery
Pittsburgh AP reports talks between striking grave diggers and Allegheny Cemetery administration failed over wages. The 20 workers from Local 23134 began striking in April, halting all burials with morticians asked to store bodies as no agreement was reached.
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Allegheny Cemetery
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