Moon Crew Seeks Ancient Rocks in Taurus Littrow
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt resting aboard Challenger after a near perfect landing. They plan a ridge traverse and a massifs slide drive to collect up to 200 pounds of rock dating to about 4.6 billion years ago. Ronald Evans aboard America will monitor orbiting instruments as the two conduct three surface excursions totaling over 20 miles.
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Moon
Rover
America
Ronald E. Evans
Cernan
Schmitt
Challenger
Caran
Mission Control
Earth
Taurus-Littrow
Per Capita Tax Dilemma Haunts Corry School Board
Corry Area School District board grapples with reviving a $15 per capita tax or leaving it buried. They must decide soon about ordering supplies while budgeting for July 1 to June 30. A new tax collection policy for eight districts aims to standardize exonerations and methods as directors table the issue.
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James Howard
Howard
Hearing Granted For Accused Corry Athletes
Parents of two Corry Area High School varsity football players barred from sports for a year seek a formal hearing after the board of education granted the request at last night’s meeting. The case involves a disturbance at Clymer Central School during a social event and the school policy calls for a year suspension from all sports.
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Corry Area
Board of Education
Clymer Central School
Clymer
Frank McKnight
Burglars Hit Sparta Store On Main Street
State Police Investigator John Evanko says burglars broke a window in the east side of Still Sports Shop in Spartansburg between 9:30 p.m. and 8:15 a.m. They stole a Winchester rifle worth 165, a Remington rifle about 150, and 35 in Kennedy half dollars. Owner Claude Still of Sparstansburg RD 2 assisted police.
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Main Street
Spartansburg
John Evanko
Kennedy
Claude Still
R.D. 2
Sparstansburg
State Solons Set For Legislative Short Course
Corry Area High School hosts a state legislative forum with Sen. Budd Dwyer Sen. Richard Snyder and Reg. K. LeRoy Irvis. The trio will address welfare education and other issues as local clubs watch the state government. The 8 p.m. event has no admission charge and invites public attendance.
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Corry Area High School
Corry Evening Journal
R. Budd Dwyer
Meadville
Richard Snyder
Lancaster
Reg
K. LeRoy Irvis
Allegheny County
House
Dwyer
Corry
Sen
Snyder
Harrisburg
Irvis
Capitol
Erie Judge Orders Pool Recasts and Refunds
An Erie County judge ruled that Commercial Enterprises Inc of Valley View Ohio must take back all pools sold in the area and refund money with 6 percent interest. The firm was enjoined from further Ohio sales amid findings of bait and switch tactics violating unfair trade practices. About six customers were affected, with total refunds exceeding twelve thousand dollars due within 45 days.
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Vistlls
Erie County
Ohio
George Levin
Commercial Enterprises, Inc
Valley View
Cleveland
Levin
Erie
Acs
Supreme Court declines case on club discrimination ruling
Harrisburg AP The U S Supreme Court refused to review a test case upholding a Human Relations Commission order that bars the Moose Lodge in Harrisburg from discriminatory meal practices. The decision affects about 4 000 private clubs in Pennsylvania and stems from barring a black Pittsburgh legislator, Rep. K Leroy Irvis, from dinner service. The ruling preserves state court progress but leaves questions about nationwide scope.
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Harrisburg
U.S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Human Relations Commission
Moose Lodge
Commission
Frank Davis
Pittsburgh
K. Leroy Irvis
State Supreme Court
Vis
House
High Court
Man robs drive-in for cheeseburger at gunpoint
In Seattle a gunman demanded a cheeseburger at a drive-in after a water order, threatening a 17 year old waiter Allan Rodan. The assailant fired no shots and left after receiving the burger. Police Were contacted and investigation continues.
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Seattle
Wash
Allan Rodan
Rodan
Kissinger Tho Open 14th Viet Peace Talks in Paris Area
In Gif-sur-Yvette near Paris Kissinger and Le Duc Tho opened the 14th secret Viet peace talks. Kissinger had earlier dropped in on a deputies subcommittee and then joined the main group for the drive to the villa. The session marked a renewed pace after four years of tentative discussions.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Gif-sur-Yvette
Kissinger
Gif-sur- Yvette
Tho
Peking
Chou En-lai
Bangkok
U.S
Leonard Unger
School Board Won't Certify Union Bid
The Corry Area School District board heard no interest in jointly certifying a nonprofessional employees union. Superintendent Ray Elsen said janitors cafeteria workers and secretaries show no initiative toward forming Corry Area School Service Personnel Association an offshoot of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. No talks or subcommittees have begun and secrecy remains.
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Corry Area
Board of Education
Ray Elsen
Corry Area School Service Personnel Association
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Elsen
Glaze Of Ice Grips Western Pennsylvania in Freeze
Western Pennsylvania wakes to a blaze of ice with schools closed or delayed and public transit crippled. Bridges and roads including the Penn Lincoln Parkway near Pittsburgh iced over as a jackknifed tractor trailer blocked traffic. National Weather Service warns of continued rain sleet and potential flash floods as temperatures rise.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Highland Park
Allegheny River
Parkway
National Weather Service
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Texas
Eugene Cernan
Corry Area School District
Corry School
Sparta
George Farrell
Thomas Caldwell
Associated Press
Subur
Ban la Grange
Ill
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