Driver’s license mixups spark PennDOT chaos in Corry
Norbert Bachomner, longtime local notary and former alderman, mediates PennDOT blunders that produced duplicate licenses and mismatched registrations. Reports cite four cases: a 1977 license vs 1976 plate mix up, early card arrivals, erroneous fees, and a senior license fee dispute, with a state senator’s help sought to resolve plate reissues and police stop incidents.
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Ly Ateinton
Penndot
The
Journal
Norbert Bachomner
West Church Street
Corry Area
Ralph Nader
Nader
Norby
Corry
Bachofer
Tax form problem with trailer prompts repeated mailings
A reader describes ongoing frustration with a trailer tax form and check, noting it was sent three times and returned unresolved, costing 24 cents postage each way and the bureau the same. A separate case mentions a couple finally receiving a vehicle plate CX76042 on April 25, followed by a second plate for the same vehicle.
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Bureau
U S Tryed To Purchase Greenland in 1946
Copenhagen Denmark AP historian Tage Kaarsted says Denmark rebuffed a 1946 U S attempt to buy Greenland. Byrnes told Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen at a UN meeting that Greenland was strategically valuable but a burden to Denmark. No price was discussed.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
United States
Greenland
Tage Kaarsted
Kaarsted
U.S
James F. Byrnes
Gustav Rasmussen
United Nations
Tidal Wave To Hit Caracas
Rumor of a tidal wave hitting Caracas circulates as residents plan weekend departures. Officials and experts deem the forecast absurd while authorities prepare for possible exodus and protect vacant homes under Operation Alpha.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Mars
Caribbean Sea
Sniper Shoots Six Then Commits Suicide in New Jersey
Emil Benoist, 20, a former boxer and Marine reject, killed six people along a railroad right of way near Hackettstown and Mansfield Township before shooting himself. Police say he hid behind bushes, fired a .4 caliber rifle at hikers and workers, and died after an officer confronted him. Investigators tracked the shooter for hours as authorities and canine units searched nearby fields and rail corridors.
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Hackettstown
N.J
Emil Benoist
Benoist
New Jersey
ConRail
Mansfield Township
James Courter
Warren County
Nixon Gifts Probe Stirs Deep Hurt At White House
The Nixon family denies preserving foreign gifts beyond legal limits and faces a government search for items such as a carpet paintings and jewelry. Aides say Nixon and Mrs. Nixon are deeply hurt by insinuations of deliberate retention. A court fight blocked an attempt to halt the inventory.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Nixon
San Clemente
Ken Khachigian
Nixons
State Department
Washington Post
General Services Administration
U.S
Evan Dobelle
Federal funding backs downtown street line repainting program
City officials explain that federally funded safety work repaints crosswalks on highways and tightens center lines on city streets. The project, ongoing despite late season timing, widens crosswalk markings and adds reflective material for visibility with lines expected to last about a year to eighteen months.
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Hickmarta Tf
Robert Grice
Grice
Altaaugh
Change To French Fought In Canada
Quebec faces a potential federal constitutional challenge to a Quebec law making French the official language. Prime Minister Trudeau opposes the bill and may seek a court review. Postmaster Jean-Jacques Blais said a cabinet meeting in Ottawa will determine next steps.
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Quebec, Canada
Quebec
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Jean-Jacques Blais
Ottawa
Penn Central to pay about half of back taxes in Ohio
Cleveland AP reports Ohio county treasurers oppose a state law allowing the bankrupt Penn Central to pay roughly 50 percent of delinquent real estate taxes. The plan, approved by a U.S. District Court, redirects settlements to districts under $100,000 in back taxes, with about $170 million in checks by month’s end to accepting communities.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Penn Central Railroad
James A. Rhodes
General Assembly
Penns Central
Philadelphia
U.S. District Court
Lss
Penn Central
Willow Brook Manor Dedicated In Clymer Rural Housing Project
The Hall Memorial Housing and Community Development Corporation of the United Church of Christ dedicated Willow Brook Manor, New York's first rural rental housing financed by a Farmer's Home Administration mortgage. Two new buildings on Mohawk Street will house sixteen one bedroom apartments for residents aged 62 and over with low to moderate incomes. Each unit includes modern baths and kitchens, carpeting, TV hookups, plus storage, laundry, and recreation areas. Preliminary applications are being taken on a first come basis by Edward Conk of Clymer. Congressman Stanley Lundine and County Executive Joseph Gerace attended, along with county and town officials.
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Hall Memorial
Corporation of the United Church of Christ
Willow Brook Manor
Clymer
Mohawk Street
New York
Farmer’s Home Administration
Edward Conk
Hall Corporation
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Eaton
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Ovidlio Peres Morales
Episcopate
Jack Brennan
Floyd D. Wetherbee
Nancy Elofson
J.norman Herby
Len Faulk
Joseph Gerace
Stanley Lundine
Joseph Lepkowski
James Lictus
James Smucker
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