Celoron derailment cleanup ends as service returns
Cleanup at the Erie Lackawanna main line in Celoron continues this afternoon after a 17 car derailment caused an explosion and fire in a propane tank car. Service was restored late last night as crews replace track sections and move damaged cars while residents return home. Public health officials warn of possible private well contamination from potash seepage after the wreck.
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Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Celoron
N.Y
Chautauqua County
Hamburg
Chautauqua County Health Department
Senate kills bid to tax union political contributions
The Senate killed Sen. Paul Fannin's proposal to tax labor union political contributions, keeping unions' tax exempt status in political activity. The measure, part of a larger tax reform bill, faces a Nixon veto risk and follows hours of fraught debate coloring the battle between parties over campaign finance and tax rules. Mondale called the amendment unfair and anti-labor as Congress moves toward final passage amid linked Social Security increases and broader relief provisions.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Paul Fannin
R-Ariz
Congress
Fannin
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Corry educators weigh future of scholastic honors program
Corry Area Joint School Committee debated ending the traditional valedictorian and salutatorian selection in favor of broader honors criteria. Superintendent Ray Elsen argued that fixed percentages fail to reflect true student superiority and that grading can reflect teacher bias. He urged subcommittee study with a goal to decide by term end, with consideration of honor rolls and increased grade points for tougher subjects.
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Corry Area High School
Corry Area
Elsen
Corry Middle School Plans Advance Amid DOE Process
Corry area joint school officials pushed a proposed middle school concept with an occupancy target of 1972 while awaiting state DOE approval. The plan hinges on completing a 10 year building and curricula outline and on resolving the Corry Sparta merger, with census data set for 1970 in Malaysia referenced as a separate item.
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Corry
Corry- Area
Ray Elsen
Harrisburg
State Department of Education
DOE
Elsen
DOH
Better Government Associates, Inc
Corry Jointure
Sparta
Nixon Plans Christmas Troop Withdrawals Amid Vietnam War Push
President Nixon said new U.S. troop withdrawals would be announced around Christmas as part of a plan to end the war regardless of negotiated peace. He cited rising but contained infiltration, warned of possible changes if enemy action escalates, and urged Congress over tax reform while discussing My Lai questions.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam
My Lai
Senate
Congress
Paris
Solons Sail Toward State Income Tax
Harrisburg AP reports legislative leaders from both parties agreed to back a $460 million tax package this year, anchored by a 3 percent personal income tax with a $1,200 deduction per dependent. The move follows Gov. Shafer's long urging and aims to fund remaining programs using new tax revenues after a decade of tax strategy shifts.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
House
Senate
K. Leroy Irvis
D-Allegheny
Irvis
Lee A. Donaldson
Allegheny
Donaldson
Irgis
Fire Gutts Glass Warehouse in Connellsville Pa
Authorities investigate cause after six fire companies battle a Monday morning blaze that gutted a warehouse owned by the Pennsylvania Wire Glass Co. No injuries reported. damage estimates not yet available.
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Connellsville, Pa
Pennsylvania Wire Glass Co
Martha Carlson Dies in Meadville House Fire
Fire at the Carlson home in Meadville killed 10 year old Martha Carlson and left 14 year old Molly Carlson injured after she escaped from a top floor window. Parents suffered burns and shock. blast believed to start in the kitchen prior to 12 45 a.m. Fire crews from Vernon Volunteer and Vernon Central VFD remained at the scene.
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Meadville
Richard Carlson
Martha Carlson
Meadville City Hospital
Molly Carlson
Martha
Vernon Volunteer Fire Department
Vernon Central Vfd
Missing Son Hoped To Be Astronaut
LT Petersburg Fla AP Retired Maj Gen Edward H White says his youngest son Capt James B White is missing on a flying mission over Laos He hoped to follow his brother Edward H White II who walked in space on Gemini 4 in June 1965 and later died in the Apollo program during a practice countdown on Jan 27 1987
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Petersburg
Fla
Air Force
Edward H. White
James B. White
Laos
Edward H. White II
Edward
Educators Reorganize Corry Board of Education Officers
At last night’s reorganization, Mrs Alice Brown was elected president of the Corry Board of Education with Robert Davidson as vice president. Brown will serve on the Corry Area Joint School Committee with Darwin Wolcott Dale Webster and Davidson. Alternates named were Dr John Mohr James Howard and Roger Lansberry both new directors. Howard fills the vacancy from Barney Bennett’s resignation and Lansberry won the post in November. Attorney Frank McKnight was reappointed as board solicitor at the same $1000 annual salary. The Corry Area Joint School Committee also held its organizational meeting.
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Corry
B.G
Barney) Bennett
Lansberry
Frank McKnight
Corry Area
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John Mohr
James Howard
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