Fire destroys Elgin area barn. $41,000 loss reported
A hay conveyor sparked a blaze that consumed a barn on Marvin Nelson’s Union City farm on Elgin Road. Nine thousand bales of hay valued at $6,000 burned, along with the building and a corn placer, totaling about $85,000. Firefighters from Corry and neighboring towns battled the flames for over two hours. no animals remained inside.
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Elgin Road
Corry
Elgin-Beaverdam
Union City
Wattsburg
Marvin Nelson
R.D
Nelson
Elgin
SEC weighs action against 15 Penn Central officers
The SEC may take enforcement action against 15 former Penn Central officers over stock sales made before the railroad filed for bankruptcy in 1970. The agency says the transactions raise questions of inside information and notes officers sold about 70 percent of their stock before the merger’s outcome. The Penn Central merger faced poor planning and mounting debt, with government loan guarantees later aiding the railroad under court supervision.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Penn Central Railroad
SEC
William J. Casey
Penn Central
House
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Congress
Casey
Corry Police Arrest Man for Marijuana Possession
Corry police late Saturday arrested 21 year old LaVerne J. Silvis of 612 West Pleasant Street after a tip led to a search of his apartment and person. A plastic bag with nearly an ounce of marijuana and a rolled joint with pipes and incense burners were found. He was arraigned on a Dangerous Drug Act charge and released on $500 bond. A separate case in Elgin involved Joseph Hutchinson, bound over on marijuana possession after a trooper sweep. Also, a Johannesburg magistrate fined 133 for stealing silverware from a department store.
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Corry
LaVerne J. Silvis
West Pleasant Street
Kenneth Nichols
Silvis
Silyis
Porter Auer
Julius Wotus
Nichols
Joseph Hutchinson
Elgin
Hutchinson
Two Youngsters Die In Locked Refrigerator Tragedy
In Starbrick Warren, Victoria Lynn Parks aged five and Richard M. Rounds aged four suffocated in a latched refrigerator on Russell Rounds property. Police say the deaths were accidental after the uncle opened the fridge and the bodies fell out following the parents’ late search.
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Warren
James Tridico
Conenango Township
Ronald Simonsen
Warren County
Victoria Lynn Parks
Richard M. Rounds
Melvin
Joyce Ann (Parks
Simonsen
Russell Rounds
Starbrick
Tridico
Rounds
Fire in Roxbury tenement kills eight people
A two alarm blaze in a Roxbury two story wood frame building killed five children and three women, injuring two more children. The Gomes family occupied the second floor. Alberta Carvalho and Catherine Ahern lived on the top floor. Armando Gomes, father of the dead, was admitted for shock. Fire caused smoke and flames to engulf the front quickly. Police identified the deceased as Maria Gomes 24 and children Michael 1 Gina 3 James 4 Anthony 5 Zire 8. other victims were Alberta Carvalho 60 and Catherine Ahern 70. Fire officials have not determined the cause.
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Boston
Maria Gomes
Michael
Gina
James
Anthony
Zire
Alberta Carvalho
Catherine Ahern
Boston City Hospital
Balbina Andrade
Candida Andrade
Armando Gomes
John Howe
Frederic Finn
Gomes
Roxbury
Palestine Liberation Leader Arafat Hospitalized
AP Cairo report says Yasir Arafat, head of the PLO, was admitted for a checkup after prior exhaustion in Alexandria. He later entered a Cairo hospital for a cold.
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Cairo
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Senerer al Gomhouriya
Arafat
Alexandria
Shriver Starts VP Cram Course For McGovern Ticket
Senator George McGovern hardens his push to energize a delayed campaign by giving Sargent Shriver a crash course for the vice presidency. Shriver, 56, lauded by aides, seeks to define the ticket and win Daley support while preparing for early nationwide appearances focusing on foreign policy and welfare.
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Washington
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Kennedy Inlaw
America
McGovern
Timberlawn
Maryland
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
U.S
France
Peace Corps
Office of Economic Opportunity
Democratic National Committee
Police Probe Four Area Burglaries
Corry area burglars hit four places over three days. At Wolf's Head Refinery in Centerville they took 290 dollars in cash 700 dollars in checks and a tape recorder from the office after prying open a desk and removing a storm window. Nearby the Marx Toy Athletic Association club house in Waterford yielded an unknown value of beer whiskey wine cigarettes and potato chips. Police also report break ins at a diner on Route 6 in LeBoeuf Township with about 23 dollars taken. State Police investigate two additional burglaries in LeBoeuf Township and Mill Village.
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Corry
Wolf’s Head
R.D. 2
Centerville
Ralph E. DeMarant
Wolf's Head Refining Company
DeMarant
Marx Toy Athletic Association
RD. 5
Waterford
LeBoeuf
Mill Village
Aven
Route 6
LeBoeuf Township
Cloudburst Drops 1.23 Inches Across City
A morning cloudburst with heavy lightning knocked out power at a Penelec substation and left industries in darkness. One wire down near Union City caused scattered disruption at General Telephone and flooded basements as rain filled catch basins while the fire department reported no major fires.
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Union City
General Telephone
Stairways Training Sessions Begin for Corry Volunteers
Orientation and training for the Corry volunteers of the Stairways movement start at Stairways in Erie on Wednesday at 7 30 PM. Local volunteers will tour the Erie facility and learn about rehabilitation and living service programs. Training will move to the 127 North Center Street facility with sessions on August 15 22 and 29, and the new local site aims to open in mid September. Two bake sales to raise funds are planned for August 18 at Route 6 Corry Plaza and West Smith Street Plaza.
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Corry
Erie
North Center Street
Route 6 Corry Plaza
West Smith Street Plaza
Six Crashes Leave Six Hurt and 10000 in Damages
Three weekend auto accidents destroyed over ten thousand dollars in cars. Six people sought hospital care for minor injuries. In Wattsburg, two were treated and released after a $5,000 crash on Route 8. A Thornton couple suffered lacerations after colliding with a parked car, with Thornton facing pending charges. Other incidents on Route 8 near Titusville and in Hydetown caused further damage and injuries. A separate quake report noted a 6.5 magnitude tremor near Guadalcanal at 3:14 a.m. EDT.
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St. Vincent Hospital
Erie
Wattsburg
Robert Thornton
Shirley
R.D. J. Clymer
Corry
Thornton
Lyle Gifford
Jeffrey Gifford
Route 8
Titusville
Richard A Turner
RD. 2
Hydetown
Bruce E. Donovan
RD. 4
Centerville
Main Street
Donald E. Harmon
R.D. 3
Harmon
Donald R. Young
R.D
Timothy Sterling
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Elgin Area
Johannesburg
South Africa
Patrick G. Reynolds
Palestine Liberation Leader
Thomas F Eagleton
Buck
His Shriver
Sargent
Washington, D.C
Boulder
Colo
National Earthquake Information Center
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
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