City approves 12 percent police pay rise for two years
City Council unanimously approved the first negotiated wage package for police officers. The contract provides a 12 percent across the board increase over two years with a wage reopener at year three. It also grants $2.50 per hour for each off duty hearing or court hour up to a $10 cap, plus eight cents per mile for Erie County courthouse trials. Mayor Joseph Furst led negotiations with Police Chief Frank Carnegie, noting the settlement was a compromise. Fire department talks will follow similar patterns under a new state law enabling wage negotiations and arbitration if needed.
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Joseph Furst
Erie
Erie County
Furst
U.S. Gth
Saigon
9Th Division
U.S
US 9Th Infantry Division
Long An
North Center jog to be removed amid curb plan
The city will remove the jog on North Center street starting at the Pennsylvania Gas Co. office to straighten the avenue. City Engineer David Johnson will seek quotes to curb 230 feet and install new sidewalks. The mayor’s property could bear much of the curb cost and two large maples may be removed if roots hinder the project.
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North Center Street
Pennsylvania Gas Co
David Johnson
Johnson
Joseph Furst
County OKs Demolition of Substandard Erie's List
County property chief Essick tells Corry that six city structures on the substandard list may be demolished with no county objection. He says the county only collects taxes and does not own the properties, and city officials may proceed after clearing legal angles and owner permissions.
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Howard Essick
Carl Hixson
Corry
Hixson
Columbus Avenue
Essick
Byron Baur
Erie
Douglas Rozelle
Baur
Indict 4 Men For Murder and Burglary in Mercer
Four Mercer area men Gary Lee Batley Arthur McConnell Donald Hosack and Kenneth Perrine were indicted by the Mercer County Grand Jury for the murder of Ford City resident Kenneth Frick 20 and for the rape of two Slippery Rock coeds in March. The group was also charged with burglary of two shovels from a State Highways Department shed used to dig graves.
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Mercer, Pa
Ford City
State Highways Department
Kenneth Frick
Mercer County
Gary Lee Batley
Arthur McConnell
Donald Hosack
Kenneth Perrine
Mercer
Night Quiet Police Pull Out Of Watts
Los Angeles police abandoned the Watts command post at Ala Locke High School after 24 hours of controversial saturation patroling in the Negro district. A Sunday night outbreak caused three deaths and 48 injuries, while Monday night saw mainly minor fires. A quilting plant four miles away suffered $35,000 in damage. origin undetermined.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Southcentral
Ala Locke High School
Graf
Killer Calls Cops Pleads Catch Me
Fort Lauderdale police hunted a man directing them to a young girl and her wounded mother by phone and pleading to catch him. An 8 year old girl and her mother Dorothy A. Clark were found shot, boat mother in critical condition near the airport. Authorities warned the public the suspect is mentally disturbed and may kill again. Transcripts reveal the caller claimed to have killed three people.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Dorothy A. Clark
Clarkston
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Marilyn
Hollywood
James Rice
Ric Rice
Rice
Heaviest Fighting In Month in Saigon Valley Action
Heaviest fighting in the month erupts as troops sweep toward approaches to Saigon. From fortified positions in the A Shaw Valley South Vietnam gunners provide strong fire support to advancing forces below.
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Saigon
A. Shaw
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
Corry jointure seeks six district merger plan and state action
In Erie county offices today Superintendent Ray Eisen plans to present a Corry jointure plan seeking to keep six districts united, then add Spartansburg and Union City in that order. State officials demand a reorganization by October under new legislation, with Corry facing years of cross fire from nearby districts.
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Corry Area
Spartansburg
Union City
Ray Eisen
Erie
Kenneth Franz
Corry
Sparta
State Board of Education
Commonwealth
Motorcycle Crash East of Corry Injures Dormitory Resident
Trooper Norbert Irish and Trooper Carl Buckshaw responded as State Police took over the scene of a motorcycle crash one mile east of Corry on the Corry Spring Creek road at 45 yesterday afternoon. Dennis Crowell, 22, of Corry now living in Grand Island New York was eastbound and failed to negotiate a right curve causing the bike to strike a concrete abutment. Crowell was taken by Corry Ambulance to Corry Memorial Hospital and admitted in satisfactory condition with a severe laceration to the left thigh and multiple bruises. Motorcycle damage was about 400 dollars.
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Norbert Irish
Carl Buckshaw
Corry
Corry Spring Creek
Dennis Crowell
Dormer Corry
Grand Island
N.Y
Crowell
Corry Memorial Hospital
Pays Bill With Full Interest
An Omaha clothing firm received a check for 243.49. The payer said he found a bill for 70 dated October 1926 from Nebraska Clothing and offered to pay the amount plus six percent interest for the years elapsed.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Nebraska Clothing
City Asked to Pay Damages Over Sciota Street Swamp Land
Erie attorneys from MeNelis and MeNelis claim Corry must compensate for damages to the Scott property on Sciota Street caused by sewer line work and road grade elevation. They say the higher roadbed blocks access and floods land, though Army Corps engineers dispute the flood claim. The case was discussed at a City Council presentation with attorney Gerald McNelis Sr. present.
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Erie
Corry
Sciota Street
Gerald MeNelis Sr
MeNelis and MeNelis
Scott
MeNelis
Erie County Court
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
McNelis
Walter
Corry Schools Hire Three Teachers and Two Resign
The Corry joint schools system accepted two resignations and hired three teachers. Resignations: Patricia Carrig elementary remedial reading and Alvin J. Fennell high school art. New hires: Betty J. Pate high school mathematics at 6900 plus 100 coaching. Mary Knickerbocker elementary at 5700 with Lena Ayers as substitute until September 30. Vivian A. West high school art at 5700. Carol Baker hired as high school guidance secretary at 3200.
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Corry
Patricia Carrig
Alvin J. Fennell
Betty J. Pate
Mary Knickerbocker
Limb Falls Kills Area Man Near Stockton
MAYVILLE A Portland New York man was killed instantly when a falling tree limb struck him while cutting timber in the woods near Stockton. Gerald Boardman aged 47 was pronounced dead at the scene by the Chautauqua County coroner. He and a companion had just felled a large maple tree when a dead tree nearby fell, sending a limb that struck the victim on the head.
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Mayville
Portland
Stockton
N.Y
Chautauqua County Corsoner
Gerald Boardman
Boardman
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