Taxpayers Move To Block Directors In Sparta Merger Fight
Sparta merged district taxpayers at a Grange Hall meeting voted overwhelmingly to fund a taxpayers suit against Sparta and Corry jointure directors to stop attendance at a merger convention set for April 29 at Corry High School. State Police helicopter crash reported near Franklin, with two troopers unharmed, remains under investigation.
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Spartansburg
Sparta Township
Grange Hall
Corry Area
Corry High School
Robert Nichols
Sparta Merged School Board
Franklin
Victory Township
Franklin Hospital
Robert L. Eakin
James Dibler
Mercer
Chess Lamberton
Sparta Board
Sparta
Crawford County
State Supreme Court
Daylight Saving Time Reminder for Churchgoers
Do not forget the lost hour. Tomorrow morning churchgoers should turn their clocks ahead one hour before bed tonight to avoid arriving when others are leaving. The official advancing hour is 2 a.m., but no mandate requires staying up late.
Capitol Braces For Violence In Washington Protest
Washington braces for up to 100000 demonstrators marching downtown to protest the Indochina war while Capitol police and military forces reinforce the area. Jeep convoys and barricades appear as nations officials seek to maintain order amid a weekend of protests and veteran actions.
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Washington
White House
Justice Department
Ang Cts
Capitol
Nixon
Camp David
National Peace Action Coalition
Navy
John Kerry
Supreme Court
Congress
Hopkins Asks PUC to Clarify Penelec Hike
Representative Forest Hopkins of Corry protests the recent PUC approved electric rate increase for Penelec. He seeks a full explanation from PUC Chair George Bloom after citing 1969 and 1970 profit figures and noting a raised return on investment ceiling from six to 7.25 percent used to justify the hike.
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Hopkins
PUC
Forest Hopkins
Corry
Public Utility Commission
George Bloom
Commission
George
Pennsylvania Lectric Company
Penelec
Devorris
Salt Erodes Cable Halting Corry Phone Service
Salt water from winter snow operations corroded a General Telephone cable at East South and South Center streets in Corry, knocking out hundreds of phones. The break, first reported around 4:30 p.m., left lines noisy and unusable. crews dried and replaced the cast iron cover, restoring service by 8:30 p.m. The company noted such salt-related damage is not uncommon to underground cables.
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Corry
William
the Journal Today
East South
South Center Street
Schilling
Journal
Teletype
The
Journal Today
General Telephone
South Center
East South Street
No Fault Car Insurance Cuts Costs 36 Percent in Mass
Massachusetts no fault auto insurance cuts claim costs 36 percent in the first quarter year to year. Governor Sargent says insurers not passing the savings to consumers. Average paid claims drop from 205 to 131 dollars. Rules limit pain and suffering awards unless medical costs exceed 500 dollars.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Guv
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts Association of Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers
Sargent
Christ J. Armstrong
Ex-Aerospace Chemist Advances Diabetic Help Drive
A laid off chemist aided USC researchers in developing a sensor to measure blood sugar without altering body chemistry, enabling potential artificial pancreases within four to five years pending about 1 million dollars in funding. Dr. Samuel P. Bessman and Dr. Robert P. Schultz credit fuel cell expertise from spaceflight tech and chemistry knowhow from Newport Beach lab layoffs. The work targets a glucose-sensing implant to benefit over a million diabetics in the United States.
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Los Angeles
California
University of Southern California Medical School
Samuel P. Bessman
USC Pharmacology Department
Robert P. Schultz
McDonnell Douglas
Astropower Laboratory
Newport Beach
Bessman
Schultz
USC
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Franklin SP
Troopers
Edward Zarger
Ross Bailey
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Pryor
Capitol Hill
National Cathedral
Air Force
William Benedict
6Th Weather Wing
Andrews Air Force Base
Benedict
Concerned Officers Movement
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
David Mead Inn
Meadville
M. Mitchell Devorris
Driver
Union City
Union City Memorial Hospital
Ormal J. Brown
A.D. 2
Brown
Samuel Lowery
Lowery
Armstrong
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