Corry News Briefs Cover Elections Taxes Accidents
A Corry student Ellen Hooks is elected vice president of the Seton Hill Class of 1970 in Greensburg. Real estate transfer filed in Meadville. Nichols to Daley in Sparta Township. Elderly driver Falls into ditch on West Main injuring no one. Corry Police cite Corby for speeding 50 mph in a 35 zone and Tressler for wrong way on Maple Ave. Erie County backs grade crossing for a new Firestone plant on Shady Avenue. Last day to pay Corry property taxes with rebate is April 20. Local youths suffer injuries from trampoline and fainting spells. ambulance treats two. Council approves extending Corry Ambulance Service contract with $4,000 city subsidy.
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Seton Hill College
Greensburg
Ellen Hooks
Leo Hooks
Wayne Street
Warner L. McCray
R.D
Corry
West Main
Gates Street
Charles A. Corby
Park Avenue
Kundracik
Corby
North Center Street
T.A. Hubley
William D. Tressler
B.D. 2
Clymer
Maple Avenue
Porter Auer
Erie County
Penn Central Railroad
Firestone
Shady Avenue
Father Performs Emergency Tracheotomy To Save Son
In Nashville, Donald Durham, an aero medical superintendent, used a pocket knife to open his son's throat and provide air after Anthony Durham, a 98 pound freshman second baseman for Donelson High School, was injured on a steal attempt at third base. The wounded player was listed in fair condition at General Hospital.
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Nashville
General Hospital
Fraud Probe Alleges Philadelphia Welfare Duplicate Payments
Auditor General Grace Sloan charged that hundreds of Philadelphia welfare recipients unlawfully received both regular and emergency public assistance checks last December. She said emergency funds funded by improper use financed drugs, cars, and vacations and blamed Welfare Secretary Thomas Georges for administration failings. Gov. Shafer promised full prosecutions and a three-pronged investigation.
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Harrisburg
Grace M. Sloan
Philadelphia
Georges
Commonwealth
Ance
Sloan
Six Helicopters Lost In Vietnam War Toll Rises
AP reports six U.S. helicopters lost in enemy action or crashes. A midair collision north of Saigon killed 16 American and South Vietnamese personnel. Other losses included three Americans killed and three wounded. In total 2,549 American helicopters have been lost in the Vietnam War.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
U.S
USS. ‘Headquarters
Demilitarized Zone
11St Airborne Division
U.S. Com
Mand
Central Highlands
Reeds
Soldier to be tried in death of Meadville GI
Pvt. John K. Perry of Waddington N Y faces an Army court martial next month on involuntary manslaughter for the April 5 death of Pvt. Robert D. Parsons 19 of Meadville Pa. Both men were on sentry duty at the U S Southern Command headquarters in the Canal Zone.
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Meadville
Quarry Heights
N.Y
Waddington
John K. Perry
Robert D. Parsons
U.S. Southern Command
Canal Zone
O Neill faces showdown over one man one vote vote plan
Prime Minister Terence O Neill confronts a Unionist split as he backs a one man one vote local elections reform. Catholic civil rights protests continue with rioting in Belfast while Protestant extremists clash with police. Government unity teeters as potential party split grows.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Terence O'Neill
O'Neill
Unionist
United Kingdom
Irish Republic
Harold Wilson
Ame
Tru-Blue
Unionist Party
Hearings Continue On Compulsory Census Answers
The Nixon administration argues Americans should not face jail or fines for refusing census questions. A bill would make most of 64 questions voluntary, sparking debate with Rep. Betts and 184 co-sponsors. Officials say privacy must be weighed against information needs.
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Washington
Jackson E. Betts
Ohio
House
Congress
Betts
Nixon
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Charles H. Wilson
Dcalif
House Census and Statistics Subdomt
Anittee
Aid
Thomas J. Meakinl
R-Conn
Meakill
Stans
Labor
George P. Schultz
Memorial Service Honors 31 Airmen Killed Over Sea of Japan
Atsugi Japan memorial honors 31 Americans killed when an EC121 reconnaissance plane was shot down by North Korea. Cmdr. Lester J. Somers leads about 400 attendees including widows, children, and U.S. and Japanese officers. Names of two recovered personnel listed, ceremony held in a stadium named for Ens. Roger Reid.
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Atsugi
Japan
North Korea
Lester J. Somers
U.S. Naval Air Station
U.S
Ens
Roger Reid
Alameda
Calif
Sea of Japan
Tokyo
Joseph R. Ribar
Ambridge
Pl.i
C. Richard B. Sweeney
Chicago
All Night Talks May Solve Coleman Strike
Harrisburg AP report says Pennsylvania Labor Secretary Clifford L. Jones led an all night session with federal and state mediators to produce a definite proposal on all issues. The talks involved Local 7494 of the United Steelworkers and Coleman Co in Somerset, 80 day strike. Both sides returned to their headquarters to consider the tentative agreement.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Coleman Co
Somerset
Clifford L. Jones
United Steelworkers
Afl-Cio
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Kenneth G. Nichols
Chester H.* Daley
Sparta Township
Crawford County
Lynn Mokwa
East Frederick Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Drusella Wells
Bear Lake
Clifford Holcomb
Dad
Son
Knobloch
Liberty Plaza
Liberty Sts
Erie
Atdvertise
America
AL Benoict
Gis T
Airy HincwAglin
J Wes
Londonderry
Ian Paisley
House of
Bernadette Devlin
Britain
Anderson
Oxy
Elcome Mat
Alwaye
Heaven
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