Crowded CAHS Faces Space Strain Amid Growth
Corry Area High School grapples with overcrowding as 1,570 students in grades 7–12 stress spaces built for 1,400–1,500. Classes overflow into nonclassroom areas, study halls spill into the cafeteria, and staff expansions require extra offices. A drop in enrollment this year offers a glimmer of relief, but merger talks with Spartansburg and nearby influxes threaten future crowding.
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Tim Pryor
Corry Area High School
AeroFlow Dynamics
Corry
Spartansburg
Sparta
Fatal plant accident kills Grand Valley machinist
Dennis B. Hebets, 24, a Grand Valley father of six and McInnes Steel Co. machinist, died instantly when a large impeller disc flew from a vertical boring lathe during a first cut. The disc struck him and he died from a fractured skull. Statements from plant officials noted Hebets’s meticulous chucking technique. The incident occurred about 10 p.m. at the McInnes plant in Grand Valley.
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Grand Valley
McInnes Steel Co
James St. George
Dennis B. Hebets
St. George
Hebets
Hebers
McInnes
Burglars Break Through Wall at Murphy Co Store
Police reported burglars punched through a concrete block wall at the Murphy Co. store in Corry Plaza, stealing cigarette lighters and women's watches valued around 500 dollars. Officers found tracks in the snow, entered the building, and removed debris to avoid detection while two suitcases were left behind. investigators from the State Police were summoned to collect footprints and evidence.
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Snyder Circle
Leo Neckers
Corry Savings and Loan Association
Neckers
Murphy Co
Corry Plaza
Kenneth Nichols
Murphy
Nichols
the Journal
Birie
Pay Board Sets Solid (Almost) Increase Limits
A dissent ridden Pay Board adopted rules allowing raises up to 7 percent in special cases with a 1.5 percent over 5.5 percent guideline cap. Exceptions include tandem relationships and cost‑of‑living adjustments, with a March 31 deadline for certain relief. Labor members condemned the rules as too narrow, predicting appeals.
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Washington
Labor
Henderson Acquitted Of Covering Up My Lai
Col Oran Henderson, the last high ranking officer tried, is acquitted of all charges alleging he concealed the My Lai killings. Only 28-year-old Lt William Calley was convicted of criminal responsibility, with his life sentence reduced to 20 years in an appeal process underway. The jury found Henderson not guilty after four hours of deliberations, while Calley awaits appeal outcomes.
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Meade, Md
Oran K. Henderson
Meni
Willian J. Calley
Calley
St. Benning, G
Henderson
Charles M. Mount
Sion
Pentagon
Army
Pakistan Protest Grows Over Yahya Khan War Handling
Pakistan President Yahya Khan pledged a representative government as protests swept Lahore and Peshawar against his war leadership. Bhutto led the Pakistan Peoples party protests while calls for Yahya's resignation mounted from bar associations and crowds at a Lahore racetrack.
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Radio Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
India
Yahya
Pakistan People’s Party
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Lahore
Peshawar
Rawalpindi
Bar Association
Pakistan
Bhutto
New York
United Nations
People's Party
West Pakistan
Awami League
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LeRoy Rieck
Mary Ellen Downey
Hess
James D. Waldemarson
R.D. 2
Wattsburg
Waldemarson
Hem
Union City
State Highway Department
Vernon A. Stafford
Waldermarson
Wrightsville
Susan EB. Reynolds
R.D. 4
Probe
Harold Beckwith
St George
Gerald Hebets
Patricia Dean
R.D. 1
Tammy
Melvin
Darla
Denise
Craig
Gary
Roland
Glenn
Charlotte Hoban
Titusville
Phyllis Weidner
Patricia Erickson
Gladys Edwards
H. Richard Hays
Spartans
Excelsior
Spring Creek Road
REA
Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
REA Express Inc
PUC
Murphy’s Plaza
Journal
Pryor
My Lai
New Delhi
Jagjivan Ram
Punjabi
Mendhar
Kashmir
Ram
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