City Council Advances Land Deals And Fire Rules
Council sold two city lots at 520 Spring Street to John Williams for 412 contingent on an easement to neighbor Kenneth Nichols who bid 405. Redevelopment Authority may sell the West Main laundromat by sealed bids. Bid results: water pipe 2100 ft to Trumbull Co at 0 921. sanitary sewer project to Lee Taylor Construction at 163 695 using clay pipe, with plastic option, and council prefers clay. Two ordinances on first reading, one fire code rewrite from the old red book and street drainage measure, plus second reading on municipal borrowing. Street resurfacing top priority with funding to come from various sources. Continue care for East Washington street block event on August 13.
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Spring Street
John Williams
Spring
Williams
Kenneth Nichols
Nichols
Council
Redevelopment Authority
West Main Street
North Hills
Oter
Lee
Corry Area School Board Briefs Include Open Funds and Programs
Corry Area School District weighs effects of federal and state education programs on teachers and students as the 1977 1978 term nears. Discussions cover individual education plans for exceptional students, potential St Thomas School sprinkler installation, Public Works funding adjustments, and a hot meals pilot at Concord School with bid processes and approvals forthcoming.
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Corry Area
St. Thomas School
Fred Davids
State Labor and Industry Department
Cyril Cooper
Cooper
Dids
Erie County
Iit
Ottis Rapt
Tdan Saaber
Entie
Vo-Tech
Krepps
Corry
Concord
3 500 Steel Layoffs May Hit Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel plans to cut 3500 jobs in Johnstown if forced to fund costly pollution controls while rebuilding its plant. The move follows a 200 million flood recovery and a 75 million pre tax loss for the first half of 1977. Local leaders react with concern.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Centrol
George R. Walter
Bethlehem
Paul Lewis
United Steelworkers District 15
Lewis Foy
Feneral
Washington
Foy
Pipes mixup at Pa hospital linked to 35 deaths study begins
Norristown Pennsylvania doctors probe a six month error where oxygen and nitrous oxide pipes were cross connected at Suburban General Hospital. Officials dispute the 35 death figure while noting some patients died or were unaffected. The emergency room opened December 1 and a state health team investigates records and causation.
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Norristown
Suburban General Hospital
Pennsylvania Health Department
William K. Myrtetus
Myrtetus
Richard B. Anderson
Philadelphia
Myrietus
Anderson
Mrytettis
Winterization Warms Up Local Homes
Rick Moran reports on a government funded effort to provide free home winterization through the Redevelopment Authority. The program now allows renters to qualify if landlords meet criteria, expands income guidelines, and notes storage and distribution improvements.
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Rick Moran
Redevelopment Authority
Eric Legenzoff
Legenzoff
Corry
Son of Sam Victim Dies in Brooklyn Rampage
The mother of Stacy Moskowitz tells reporters she hopes no other mother experiences the loss as Brooklyn police reveal her daughter died at 5 22 pm Monday after she and Robert Violante were shot in a car. Moskowitz is the sixth victim of the .44 caliber killer's rampage this year, which has left seven wounded. Police and investigators, including Detective John Keenan, continue to pursue the case as the killer demands attention from 300 officers.
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New York
Stacy Moskowitz
Sam
Robert Violante
Brooklyn
Miss Moskowita
John Keenan
Carter Energy Plan Passes House Amid Debate Over Gas Tax
Washington AP Democrats forecast victory for President Carter’s energy plan to keep price controls on natural gas as House debate starts. Senate panel backs higher mpg rules with 10,000 dollar fines. administration not opposing, officials say. If approved, policy could save oil by cutting car fuel use, while penalties rise for automakers failing to meet 18 mpg target.
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Washington
House
Carter
Thomas P. O'Neill
Senate Energy Committee
United States
Senate
Senate Energy Panel
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Metzenbaum
Sixth Budget Impasse Deepens as State Faces Pay Delays
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania wrestles with a stalled budget as 944 workers are laid off and 108,000 employees face furloughs. The budget conference plans another meeting while lawmakers debate a plan requiring 275 to 300 million in new taxes including a 2.3 percent income tax. Additional payrolls of 11.5 million and 11.1 million are due to state agencies this week amid wage delays at Commonwealth Court, Tax Equalization, and other departments. The dispute centers on tax exemptions and revenue measures, with Gov. Shapp ordering further furloughs by Sept. 1 if no austere budget passes. The public impact appears limited beyond longer birth certificate waits.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth Court
Tax Equalization Board
Departments of Agriculture, Health, Labor and Industry
House
Legislative Budget Conference Committee
Henry Messinger
Lehigh
Messinger
Senate
Agriculture, Labor and Industry and
Tax Equalization and
Shapp
Budget Conference
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Wayne Township
Trumbull Company
Youngstown
R.F. Schneider
Conneaut Lake
Keystone Construction
Meadville
McCormick Materials
Erie
Weiss Brothers
McKeesport
Milano Construction
Uns
David Jonson
Fred Schwab
Auled
Water Department
Dan Alexander
The
Chamber of Commerce
East Washington Street
By Bill Eaton
Charles Krepps
Pa. Hospital
Somme
Martin
Carter Energy
Addie B. Lookenhoune
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