Girl to Challenge District Over Playing on Boys Team
A 11 year old Conelway girl Ericka Freeman sued Corry Area School District and athletic director Lou Hanna after being cut from the boys basketball team claiming discrimination under equal rights laws. Judge Pratt set a show cause hearing for January 9. Hanna opposes girls on basketball but supports other sports. This case may set Erie County precedent on girl participation in boys teams.
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Conelway
John Freeman
R.D. 3
Corry
Eiricka
Corry Area
Hanna
A Thearts
Linda Yeaney
Erie County
Fromme gets life for attempted assassination of Ford
Lynette Fromme, 27, bursts of defiance in court as she is sentenced to life for trying to kill President Ford. She screamed at the judge and threw an apple at the prosecutor. The decision follows the federal statute’s harsh penalty for attempted presidential assassination. Fromme will be eligible for parole in 15 years.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette
Fromme
Ford
Miss Fromme
Charles Manson
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
Secret Service
Starry
Manson
MacBride
Sandra Good
Dwayne Keyes
Keyes
U.S
Arthur van Court
Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
John Virgo
Tax Pinch Squeezes Tighter House Upholds Ford's Veto
The House sustains President Ford's veto of a bill extending 1975 tax cuts, likely raising taxes for most workers starting January. Debate centered on spending caps and a potential emergency measure to freeze withholding. Senate override prospects appeared favorable for passage in the upper chamber. The measure would extend $14.87 billion in individual tax cuts and $1.95 billion for corporations for six months.
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Washington
House
Ford
White House
William S. Greener
Albert
Rhodes
John J. Rhodes
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ullman
Congress
Carl Albert
New York Flash Fire Kills 7 at East Side Club
A four alarm blaze swept a posh East 54th Street nightclub killing seven people, six found in the club’s rear rest area and one died en route to hospital. Firefighters, hindered by intense heat and smoke, battled the blaze for hours as residents evacuated nearby apartments. Several entertainers may be among the dead, and six firefighters were treated at the scene.
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New York
Jean-Claude Baker
Paris
Blue Angel
East 54Th Street
Park Avenue
John Hess
Snow Returns Overnight At Edmund Potocki Pond
The Journal captures ducks on a pond at Edmund Potocki property on Shady avenue. Overnight winter returned with six inches of snow by morning and rising. The U S Weather Bureau forecasts ongoing snowfall for most of the day as Mrs. Paul Mountain notes accumulation.
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Journal
Edmund Potocki
Shady Avenue
Paul Mountain
U.S. Weather Bureau
McMichael
Heinz Took 6000 Gulf Contribution in 1971 72
U S Representative H John Heinz acknowledged accepting six thousand dollars from Gulf Oil lobbyists for 1971 and 1972 but said he did not report the gifts. He claims unawareness and cites donor funds from Gulf employee groups. The SEA probe prompted inquiry into Gulf related contributions.
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Philadelphia
U.S
H. John Heinz
Gulf Oil Corp
Heinz
Senate
Hugh Scott
Washington
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Gulf
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Pittsburgh
Arthur Harris
Pennsylvania
Bond Set In Sparta Man Slaying Case
Two Cleveland men, Willie Jones and Jimmie Lee Clark, charged with the December 7 slaying of 46 year old Joseph Bradshaw Jr. at a Sparta area service station, were bound over to the Lake County grand jury with bonds set at 200000 each. Jones faces another murder hearing in Ashtabula County for a December 10 Kingsville Township shooting. A second suspect, Preston Fayne, was bound over to the Ashtabula County grand jury in the Kingsville case.
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Cleveland
Joseph Bradshaw Jr
Lake County
Willoughby
Richard House
Willie Jones
Jimmie Lee Clark
Associated Press
Jones
Ashtabula
John McQuiston
Elderly Home Project Faces More Delay
Corry Housing Authority to meet in an afternoon session to decide on new start January 20 1976 and finish November 20 1976 for the Fourth Ward Urban Renewal elderly housing project. Delays stem from title clearance and financing issues.
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Corry Housing Authority
CHA
Fourth Ward
Virginia Nuzzo
John Blackson
Towne Development Corp
Blackson
Housing and Redevelopment Authorities
West Pleasant Street
Bomb Scare At Corry Area High School Prank
Corry Area High School was evacuated after a bomb threat phoned to a janitor at 7 a.m. Police, state troopers, and 15 firefighters searched the building for two hours before students returned to class. The caller warned of an explosion at 9 a.m. Principal Brant and Police Chief Nichols coordinated the response.
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Corry Area High School
City
Kenneth Nichols
Nichols
Russell Brant
Corry
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