Media race at Stateline Speedway draws 20 drivers
Stateline Media Race at Stateline Speedway in Busti New York saw local media reps abandon reporting to race. Carry Evening Journal Society Editor Bertha McMichael started events with the flying grandmother dropping 1000 flyers for CEJ driver Denny Anderson as Birdie arrived from the sky. Anderson, a Journal cameraman, chased drivers from Warren Jamestown and nearby outlets in a field around twenty cars.
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Stateline Speedway
Busti
N.Y
Carry Evening Journal Society
Bertha McMichael
CEJ
Denny Anderson
Birdie
Anderson
the Journal
Warren
Jamestown
Bell Pennsylvan ia Delaware pact averts strike
Bell Telephone affiliates in Pennsylvania and Delaware reach tentative local three year contracts with five unions, averting a strike that would have idled about 25 000 workers. Immediate wage hikes up to eight percent with 3 percent raises in 1978 and 1979 plus cost of living adjustments.
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Philadelphia
Bell Telephone
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Bell
Pennsylvania Bell
Diamond State Telephone Co
Thomas Gilmore
Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Telephone Union
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Pennsylvania Telephone Guild
United Telephone Workers of Delaware
Diamond State Commercial Union
Philadelpia
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Prayer Vigil at Kent State Seeks Halt to Gym Annex Near 1970 Site
A 2½ hour vigil at Kent State University drew WE MUST Prayer Vigil supporters from several cities to protest a planned gymnasium annex near the 1970 National Guard site. Organizers hope to push the university to halt construction, with legal actions and landmark status under discussion.
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Kent
Unio
Kent State University
National Guard
KSU
Cleveland
WE Must
Joseph Kortan
Blanket
Kortan
Vigil
Louise Schroeder
William Schroeder
Capitol Hill Energy Act passage and votes
The House passed the National Energy Act 244 to 177 after a seven month push. Supporters cited new energy conservation, weatherization, utility regulation, pricing policies and tax incentives, along with a new Department of Energy. Opponents warned deregulation would raise bills. I voted against deregulation and two gas tax proposals, and against the Republican substitute energy program.
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House
House of Representatives
United States
Cabinet Department of Energy
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr
O'Neill
23Rd
America
End Free Eyeglasses For State's Blind
The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare will end its program of buying eyeglasses for the poor with cataracts and diabetes by month’s end. The policy shift follows a court ruling calling prior actions discriminatory. Powell notes many refractive errors are not covered, while those with pathological issues like cataracts and glaucoma lose aid. The Erie Lions Save-an-Eye Fund faces greater demand as furloughs reduce workforce and budgets tighten amid the change.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
William T. Powell
Erie
Bureau For the Visually Handicapped
Department of Public Welfare
Pennsylvania Bulletin
Powell
Bureau
Tose
Erie Lions Club
Tyco Swick
Erie Center For the Blind
Lions
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R.L. McCray
WWCB
Dave Webster
Jy Savko
FEA
Steve French
KSU Cym
Toledo, Ohio
Mark Harrison
Pat
Aes
Berkey’s Greenhouse & Floral
Spartansburg
Capitol Hill
Joseph S. Ammerman Cameron
Centre, Clarion, Clearfield
Clinton, Elk, Forest, McKean, Potter, Venango
Warren Counties
Blatt Bros. Corry “Drive-In
Clint Eastwood
Karen Black
Goodyear Tractor Tires
Crown Milker
Remington Mall
Wheelparrows
Johnson Bros
Corry
South First Avenue
Jeffrey Grinder
Larry Puckley
Rossbacher Insurance Service
David J. King
John H.perrin
Lehman’s Tire Service
1St Ave
Randy Tressler
Doug Mitchell
Garfield’s
William Mack
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