Hopkins Bill Seeks Welfare Work Requirement in Statehouse
Rep. Forest Hopkins introduces a bill to require all employable welfare recipients to work on public projects at area prevailing wages. Exclusions apply to dependent children, their mothers, the aged or blind. Co-sponsors Wendell Good and David Hayes note local pressure after CWT program ended in Union City and surrounding areas.
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Forest W. Hopkins
North East
House of Representatives
Hopkins
Commonwealth
Department of Public Welfare
Wendell R. Good
David S. Hayes
Union City
Corry
Corry Plans Housing Survey With Private Funding
Corry eyes a 45 day housing appraisal by Mullin and Lonergan Associates to map city needs. The project costs 3200 dollars, funded by local industry contributions and donors, with a 16000 dollar total aimed to run a turnkey program. If approved, funds returned to donors and delays noted for Firestone Foam plant opening until spring.
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Corry
Corry Area Industrial Development Corp
Housing Committee
Mullin and Lonergan Associates
Chamber of Commerce
CAIDC
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Fourth Ward renewal in Corry eyed for 1970 start
The Erie County Redevelopment Authority heard that Corry plan to begin the Fourth Ward urban renewal in 1970, with Phase II underway after HUD approval and a $584,000 federal grant. Officials cautioned federal funding favors housing over commercial revival, delaying broader downtown redevelopment. March 1 next year requires a public hearing, then land acquisition and demolition followed by rebuilding, with a 30 unit housing area planned among limited details on other units.
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Joseph Furst
Corry
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
City Housing Authority
County Planning Office
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Furst
John Blackson
Linda Burke
Blackson
Miss Burke
Peter Seedding
Fourth Ward
Soldier Charged In Massacre Testifies
Washington AP Army board heard Ist Lt William L Calley Jr testify as he faces charges of premeditated murder for the My Lai killings in 1968. Capt Ernest Medina, Calley’s company commander, denied ordering a massacre and said he did not see one. Medina spoke publicly with lawyer F Lee Bailey at his side after being excused by a military panel.
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Washington
Army
Ist
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Special Army
Medina
Includea Alley
Peers
Pentagon
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Japanese Hair opens in Tokyo amid fire and mixed reviews
The Japanese version of Hair ended with a nonfatal alarm fire at Shibuya Station as smoke filled the ninth-floor auditorium where 1,200 attended. The cast reportedly stripped in Act One but darkness concealed much, with Prince Mikasa praising the show while Mishima found it lacking tension and dated as protest.
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Tokyo
Hair
Shibuya Station
Asia
Prince Mikasa
Yukio Mishima
Japan
Lefik Family Seeks Furniture After Home Fire
The Lefik family of ten, burned out on West Pleasant Street, will move to a Sample Plats area home once furnishings are found. Capt. James Korp of the Corry Salvation Army coordinates donations of usable furniture and appliances, with clothing already arriving via Lyons Trucking and St. Julia's Church. Cash gifts may be sent to The Lefik family through the Salvation Army or Red Cross. Meanwhile police seek a suspect in a separate attack on a Clarion State College coed, Mary Ann Berry, who was wounded in her dormitory room and treated at the dispensary.
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John Lefik
West Pleasant Street
James Korp
Corry
Salvation Army
Lefik
Korp
Lyons Trucking Co
St. Julia’s Church
Erie
Lyons
New York
William Halfast
Stanford Hose Company
Fourth Ward
Eugene Danielson
Vincent Buckel
Red Cross
Lefiks
Clarion Coed
Clarion
Clarion State College
Witness To Tate Slaying Tells All
LOS ANGELES AP A young woman with promised testimony before a grand jury vows to name Sharon Tate’s killer and others. Prosecutors seek to indict hippie cult leader Charles Manson for conspiracy to murder. Susan Atkins may testify to reveal what happened. The Tate killings also implicate other clan members and Terry Melcher as the timeline unfolds.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Richard Caballero
Susan Denise Atkins
Charles Manson
Independence
Calif
Manson
Tate
Los Angeles Times
Caballero
Terry Melcher
Doris Day
Melcher
Miss Atkins
Charles M. Manson
God
Satan
Bel Air
Miss Tate
Aaron Stovitz
Jay Sebring
Abigail Folger
Woitych Frokowsky
Steven Parent
Lena LaBianca
Rosemary
Hollywood
LaBiancas
Route 6 Crash Injures Two and Causes $3,000 Damage
A snow impaired Route 6 collision at 11 am yesterday sent Katheryn Kirin, 47, to Corry Memorial Hospital with a broken right wrist and multiple injuries. Donald L. Jones, 42, of Youngstown Ohio, drove east and crossed the centerline, ending up in a field after his truck skidded. Patsy Milano Jr., 38, also of Youngstown, was treated and released for a broken left arm and facial cut.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Katheryn Kirin
Mead Avenue
Donald L. Jones
Youngstown
Ohio
Union City
Kirin Auto
Im Jones
Patsy Milano Jr
Hunger conference calls for national hunger emergency and income floor
President Nixon faced calls from 3,000 delegates to declare a national hunger emergency and guarantee a $9,500 annual income floor with free lunch and breakfast for poor children. The statement urged shifting food programs to HEW and expanding food stamps immediately, while critics pressed for universal free food stamps and faster action. Mondale urged rapid response to hunger as to disaster relief.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Mayer
U.S
Agriculture Department
Walter Mondale
D-Minn
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Erie County
Leon
Erie County Redevelopment Weir
Journal
Eaton
Bailey
Vietnam
Roman Polanski
Terrence Haskins
Endsley
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jean Mayer
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