Swift Smooth Meeting Night For Council
Last night’s City Council meeting ran smoothly with bids, ordinances, and tax matters. Cross and Company of Union City bid $22,130 for 990 tons of asphalt, while Charles H. Fry of Erie bid $23,000. Ordinances amending fire regulations and street drainage were approved on second reading. The defunct Penn Central check of $2,167 paid back taxes, bringing total railroad debt to $2,423. council approved the payment in full through 1978. Reports from officials were received. letters of appreciation and resignation were noted. Anchor House funding standards were outlined. the state guard requested support for recruitment. parking and school bus issues were discussed. pay parking and golf debt concerns were raised for further action.
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Cross and Company
Union City
Charles H. Fry
Erie
Penn Central Railroad
Conrail
Robert Grice
Council
Student Loan Defaults Cost Over $400 Million
The GAO reports nine year taxpayers’ cost for federally guaranteed student loan defaults just over 400 million, rising yearly. One in six borrowers default. between 1968 and 1976 four million loans worth 4.5 billion were guaranteed, with 287 million reimbursed to lenders for over 780,000 defaulted recipients. By next month defaults reach 436 million with only 33.8 million recovered. The GAO urges tougher bad debt collection and nationwide action, citing a San Francisco regional office 946 thousand collection in three months. Examples show wage garnishments and negotiated settlements as agencies pursue repayments.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Congressional
GAO
Office of Education
Justice Department
San Francisco
Old Fashioned Bazaar Daze prize drawing winner
Mayor Mary Ann Kibler drew the grand prize at the merchants Old Fashioned Bazaar Daze event. Mary Berkhaus of Corry won a five speed bicycle for two, with other winners Juanita Murdock, Ann Leek, and Debra Kosmatine receiving an electric ice cream maker, a spaghetti dinner for two, and a family portrait respectively. Prizes can be claimed at the Chamber office on 2 South Center Street.
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Mary Ann Kibler
Chamber of Commerce
Michael DeCorte
Center
Daniel Alexander
Fetal
Chamber
Mary Berkhaus
Corry
Juanita Murdock
Ann Leek
Perry’s Inn
Debra Kosmatine
Dave's Photo Service
South Center Street
7 Journal
Martin
Son of Sam killer pleads innocent at arraignment
David Berkowitz's lawyers enter an innocent plea by reason of insanity at his Brooklyn arraignment on murder and assault charges in the July 31 Moskowitz slaying. He is remanded to Kings County Hospital for psychiatric examination to determine trial competency.
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NEW York
David Berkowitz
Sam
State Supreme Court
Leonard Yoswein
Brooklyn
Berkowitz
Kings County Hospital
Mark H. Heller
Leon Stern
Stacy Moskowitz
Robert Violante
Yoswein
Philip Peltz
Peltz
Brooklyn Criminal Court
Correction Department
Grand Jury
Son of
Yonkers
New York City
Westchester
Berkowita
New York Daily News
The
Daily News
New York Post
Iris Rhardt
Ft. Dix
N.J
Iris
Co-Op City
Bronx
Detroit
Welfare funds in Erie face delay as budget stalemate grows
Officials at the Department of Welfare in Erie arrange interim aid for local welfare recipients after the General Assembly fails to pass a budget and halts checks statewide. Banks coordinate loans to bridge the gap, but bureaucratic delays slow expected relief.
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Department of Welfare
Erie
General Assembly
Banks To Handle No-Interest Welfare Loans
Welfare recipients in Corry will soon obtain no interest loans through local banks. A Salvation Army representative will process applications tomorrow at the Citadel, with loans available Thursday. Ada Grande of Erie welfare reports Corry residents traveled there to arrange loans, but banks require welfare official verification. Marin e Bank will handle Corry loans tomorrow followed by National Bank of Corry, ending the need to travel to Erie.
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Salvation Army Citadel
Welfare Department
Corry Bank
Erie
Ada Grande
Mariné’ Bank
Corry
National Bank of
Pa Colleges May Have To Close
The Pennsylvania budget crisis threatens higher education as private and state related institutions like Penn State Temple Pitt and Lincoln University face potential funding gaps. Temple and Penn State borrow to cover costs with rising interest and looming tuition hikes. If no funds arrive universities warn of possible closure and chaotic finances.
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Philadelphia
Penn State
Temple, Pitt and
Lincoln_University
Commonwealth
Penn State University
Temple University
Phone Worker Finds Boy Hanging in New York Apartment
In the Bronx, a phone company worker found Bruce Alvarado hanging in apartment 6S at 580 Castle Hill Avenue. Relatives described family tensions with Bruce often clashing with his older brother George, who sometimes blamed or mistreated him. their mother was away when the incident occurred. Police began investigating the scene as neighbors recounted the troubled home life.
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New York
Castle Hill Avenne
Bronx
George
Bruce
Ee Semey
Robert Alvarado
Jade
Hit
Welfare Stopgap Rejected by House Democrats
Harrisburg report shows Democrats rejected a $27 billion welfare stopgap that would fund welfare payments medical assistance and county administration for a full year without a normal budget. The measure was recommitted 87 to 4 and not brought to a full vote due to a three-seat shortfall in the 102 vote threshold.
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Harrisburg
House
Looans
Bags Check After Threat Shuts Capitol Entrances
Capitol police checked bags and briefcases at entrances after four Philadelphia Republican representatives reported threats from a caller who said they would be dead in 44 hours if they did not vote for the budget. Troopers protect the lawmakers as Democrats criticize the tactic.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Philadelphia
Vna
Frank Salvatore
Hampton Knight
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District Justice
James Kelsey
Kelsey
State Department of Justice
Anchor House
Department of Labor and Industry
Department of Public Welfare
Council Acton
Pennsylvania National Guard
Deas
Wright School
Grice
Benjamin Calderone
Calderone
Readvise Council
Schwab
Fred Schwab
Golf Commission
U.S
Education Agency
Marvin Wachman
Temple
John W. Oswald
Oswald
University Park
Boy
Tetbo
Alston
Wall
George Curet
W. C. Merritt
Carmel Sirianni
Susquehanna
Gay
Shapp
Rudolph Dininnt
Dauphin
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