First Day of School Goes Smoothly in Corry District
Rock Maru reports Corry schools start smoothly with 1400 students. Lou Hanna notes minor issues, bus transport centered on vo tech and parochial schools. Principal Russell Brant enforces bus use. kindergarten enrollment up slightly. 9 boys and 4 girls sports planned. football opener vs Girard anticipated. Superintendent Krepps praises transportation system and bus discipline policy as districts settle into the year.
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Rock Maru
Lou Hanna
Hanna
Vo-tech
Russell Brant
Brant
Beavers
Girard
Erie County
Charles Krepps
Kreps
Krepps
Corry
Girl Serious After Crash Ends Up in Erie Center
Cindy Ingalls 16 of Corry is in serious condition at St Vincent's Health Center Erie with chest injuries and multiple fractures after a one vehicle crash on Route 6 east of Union City. She was a passenger in a jeep driven by Dorothy Freeman of R D 3 Corry when a flat tire caused the vehicle to hit a utility pole.
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Corry
St. Vincent's Health Center
Erie
Union City
Cindy Ingalls
R.D. 3
Dorothy Freeman
Caged Charge Mom In Beating
Ravenna Ohio Aug 11 deputies charged Mary Whitenel 36 with felonious assault after a neighbor reported a 5 year old girl kept in a 24 inch chicken wire cage outside a Randolph Township mobile home. The child was found inside the trailer with severe bruises unable to walk or talk.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Portage County
Mary Whitenel
Perna A
Hurricane Anita Advances Toward Texas Coast
Hurricane Anita churns westward in the Gulf, packing near 95 mph winds as thousands evacuate along the coast. Forecasters warn of strengthening and higher tides, with advisories from Tarpon Springs to Corpus Christi. Offshore rigs evacuated, and millions of cubic feet of gas halted as shells of oil wells shut down.
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Bill Crider
Associated Press
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Anita
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Gulf
Texas
Tarpon Springs
Fla
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Tex
Louisiana
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Baytown
Pennsylvania earned extra interest during 20 day budget freeze
The 20 day pause on state spending left Pennsylvania with enough idle General Fund money to generate 544701 in additional interest at about 5.48 percent. Investments ran from 6.1 million to 201 million, with six banks winning repurchase agreements. Officials note lost interest due to overnight calls and potential penalties from missed contractor payments exceed 22 million.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Treasury
Harry Miller
Delphia National
First Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mellon
Pittsburgh National
Equibank
Pittsburgh
Erie
First National Bank of Pennsylvania
John Sullivan
Miler
Lehigh Senator Messinger named Democratic floor leader
Harrisburg AP Lehigh County Senator Henry Messinger takes over as Democratic floor leader with vows of an open leadership style. Messinger, 62, has been Democratic whip since 1973 and was elected unanimously by the 30 member caucus to succeed Thomas Nolan of Allegheny County, who resigns Thursday over budget disputes. Eugene Scanlon of Allegheny defeated Michael O Pake of Reading 17 to 12 to become whip.
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Harrisburg
Lehigh County
Henry Messinger
Messinger
Thomas Nolan
Allegheny County
Nolan
Eugene Scanlon
Michael O'Pake
Reading
Investigation botched claims by state on 146 days off
Harrisburg. Walter Sullivan, attorney for the Milk Marketing Board, says a state audit misstated his leave as 146 days last year. He asserts he took no more than 15 days of annual leave in 1976 and that auditors misused travel expense records, ignoring days he worked in Philadelphia.
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Harrisburg
Walter Sullivan
Milk Marketing Board
al Benedict
Milk Board
Sullivan
Benedict
Philadelphia Milk Board
Trial for Son of Sam findings cast doubt on fitness
New York AP reports that David Berkowitz has been ruled incapacitated in the first psychiatric examination, with experts citing paranoia and delusions of persecution or grandeur. Prosecutors seek further testing and potential eventual competence, while authorities note possible indefinite confinement if improvement stalls.
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New York
David Berkowitz
Sam
Brooklyn
Eugene Gold
Berkowitz
New York City
Gerald Held
State Supreme Court
Daniel W. Schwartz
Kings County Hospital
Richard L. Weidenbacher
Sound Off Column Call Details For Corry Tonight
Public call in prompts readers to share topical issues for Corry in the Sound Off column. Listeners are urged to call 685-8291 between 5 and 9 pm to raise problems or concerns for publication.
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Corry
Shapp Gross Cable Deal May Violate Antitrust Act
In 1964 65 Milton Shapp then in cable ventures with Shelly Gross explored a joint venture tied to Philadelphia and Baltimore franchise activity. Federal officials said possible Sherman Act violation. no prosecution due to five year limits. Letters show terms giving Music Fair Enterprises a share. Shapp disputes wrongdoing.
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Harrisburg
Milton Jerrold Stapp
Wheeling
Shelly Gross
Gross
Associated Press
Anid Gross
Shapp
Mike McLaughlin
Paleo Federal Antitrust
Adelphia
Washington
Saet
Businegamen
Paindapace
Asyiling Lina
Jerrold Corp
Gram
Music Fair
Jerrold
Justice Department
Gearing
Williamsport
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National Hurricane Center
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Journal
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Paul Carpenter
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Isadoré Bellis
Bellis
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