Great Bell and Building Caper Leaves Sparta Mystery
Corry Area School District debates the fate of the Sparta high school bell and a new ticket booth building at Howard J. Sheen Field. District officials seek the bell’s location and justify a plaque base while avoiding clear authorization details. Builders and bids remain unsettled as Fred Davids, the new business manager, is asked to locate the bell and answer board questions at the next meeting.
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Bill Eaton
Corry Area
Corry
Fred Davids
Davids
Lover
Sparta Borough
Saga
Howard J. Sheen Field
William, Kafferlin
Sheen
T Allen May
Cyclist Hurt Badly In Wayne Street Crash
Police report sketchy details of a motorcycle car crash on Wayne street involving Steve Kuzma a 17 year old cyclist from Columbus. His cycle hit a parked car owned by Gary Counasse causing 200 in cycle damage and 50 in car damage. Kuzma was hospitalized then moved to Harmot Medical Center in satisfactory condition.
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Wayne Street
Steve Kuzma
R.D.1
Columbus
Gary Counasse
Moff Street
Kuzma
Corry Memorial Hospital
Harmot Medical Center
McEldowney
Citizens Oppose School Tax Hikes At Corry Board Meeting
About 40 residents filled the Corry Area School District board meeting to register public opposition to sharp increases in school property taxes. Board President William Kafferlin opened an hour and 45 minutes of heated discussion after routine reports.
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Board of Education
Corry Area
William Kafferlin
James Howard
Howard
Pennsylvania
Corry
Erie
County
Warren County
Crawford County
Crow
Edward Thompson
Corry Jamestown Corporation
Bids Sought For Building Clymer Lake
A 18acre manmade lake project near Mohawk and Mill streets in Clymer seeks bids for construction excavation and soil spreading. Bids open at 7:30 p m on Tuesday August 21. The lake will be funded by federal state and county sources and stocked by the state Division of Fish and Game.
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Clymer
New York State
Mohawk
Mill Streets
The
Clymer Community Club
State Division of Fish and Game
Weekend Burglary Probes Hit Two Local Homes
Police Chief Kenneth Nichols said city investigators are examining two weekend burglaries. At 982 East Main Street a unoccupied home was entered and $388.43 stolen, including $373.43 from the employer and $15 from the resident. Rear door was reportedly unlocked. At 1244 North Center Street burglars broke a 12 by 18 inch window to access the Harmon Brothers plant, taking a $60 radio, an $18 electric razor, and various coins. Investigations continue.
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Kenneth Nichols
Donald McCaslin
East Main Street
McCaslin
Harmon Brothers Concrete and Gravel
North Center Street
Ohio Trucker Pulls Runaway Rig Into Field
Sherman Crowder of Richville Ohio narrowly avoided disaster when his steel laden rig lost brakes on Route 6 east of Edinboro. He steered into a field, the vehicle rolled, Crowder injured lightly and treated onsite. Police cited $3000 damage. A second crash nearby involved John Doyle of Erie in fog, his jeep rolled after hitting a bank near Routes 89 and 8, with $500 damage.
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Sherman Crowder
Richville
Ohio
Crowder
Carry
Paul Faith
Edinboro
Wattsburg
John Doyle
Erie
Doyle
Nixon Preps Watergate Talk
President Nixon works on a major Watergate speech in a Camp David retreat and in his Washington office. Only a small circle of advisers has seen drafts as aides hedge on when the address will air and what it will say.
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Washington
Nixon
David
End of Cambodia air war marks long and costly bombing
Washington reports the last U.S. bomb will fall on Cambodia by midnight as the 1965 to 1973 air war ends. Despite 430 bombers and a 190000 strong Cambodian army, insurgents held 80 percent of territory. No cease-fire is in sight and estimates place North Vietnamese forces at 30000 in Cambodia. Seventeen years of U.S. air power left a heavy toll with 16 names added to the list of pilots and air crew killed.
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Washington
U.S
Cambodia
Indochina
Vietnam
Pentagon
Nixon
Hanoi
Telligence
South Vietnam
Laos
United States
Ford Joins Auto Firms in Phase 4 Price Push
Ford Motor Co to formally notify government of a proposed price increase as Phase 4 of the Nixon administration program takes effect. Chrysler American Motors had already announced hikes on 1974 models. Small and mid sized firms can raise prices now if costs justify.
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Washington
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
U.S
Midnight Sunay
Federal Reserve Board
Trash Dumping Suspect Sought After McChesney Property
State police investigate illegal dumping on William E. McChesney property in Spring Creek. About a truckload of cans bottles wood and magazines were found. Trooper Donald Raisly expects a quick prosecution based on scene evidence.
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William E. McChesney
R.D.1
Spring Creek
McChesney
Donald Raisly
Ehrlichman Says Nixon Ordered Him Out of Watergate
Seattle AP report quotes John Ehrlichman asserting Nixon directed him to stay uninvolved in the Watergate coverup. Ehrlichman admits no role in spotting or stopping the scandal and describes his later reflections, living in Lake Washington area after resigning as chief domestic adviser. Also notes a separate collision on Lake Street injuring Dale Fox, 16, with driver hospitalized briefly.
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Seattle
John D Ehrlichman
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Seatte
White House
Ehrlichmans
Lake Washington
Washington, D.C
Lake Street
Dale Fox
West Smith Street
Fox
Ridge Street
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Nichols
Bertrand Hover
Sparta
Hover
Spartansburg
Margaret Morrow
Clymer Lake
Ohio Trucker
Ford
Cost of Living Council
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