Final Stamp On 1977 Budget In Corry Council Vote
Corry City Council unanimously approved a second reading of the budget and tax levy ordinance raising property tax from 21 to 22 mills at a municipal building meeting. Mayor and officials noted delays in state sewer subsidy and a six month extension to install a fire escape, with unbudgeted revenue and fund transfers approved.
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Corry
Benjamin Calderone
Council
Robert Grice
Funos
General Assembly
City Water Fund
General Fund
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Harrisburg
R. Budd Dwyer
State Public Utility Commission
National Fuel Gas Distribution Co
Pennsylvania
Louis J Carter
PUC
Dwyer
New York
Ohio
Boston minister claims first half of Declaration found
In a Dorchester attic a minister and historian claim two fragile yellow pages bearing the first half of the Declaration of Independence may be Jefferson's original. National Archives experts say authentication will require fiber and ink analysis, with the discovery resisted pending proof.
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Peter Brewer
Associated Press
Boston
Thomas Jefferson
National Archives
James K. Allen
Allen
Dorchester
George Terg Ty
Mr. Allen
George
Robert MacClaren
MacClaren
Holland
Jefferson
City considers new sewer billing tied to water use
Corry City Council plans an ordinance to base sewer charges on water consumption and merge sewer bills with monthly water bills. Current sewerage is a flat 27 per year paid as 9 every four months. The change aims to reduce inequities and raise sewer revenue from about 95 000 to 146 000 yearly while keeping water charges unchanged.
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Corry City
Ineligible Food Stamp Payouts Reported At 215 Million
Washington reports the government paid about 215 million in food stamps to ineligible recipients in the first half of 1976. The USDA survey notes 748000 of 19 million top users were ineligible and 18 million received too many stamps. Overpayments reached 105.4 million while ineligible payments totaled 109.3 million. States must review caseloads to curb waste and errors.
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Washington
Alt
Ney
Agriculture Department
Department
Food and Nutrition Sevtion
Thenalising
Usda Food
Nancy Snyder
Amtrak Battles Bum Rap Over Derailment Count
Amtrak defends its safety record amid six derailments since mid November noting 96 derailments for the year vs 8 in 1975 38 in 1974 and 34 in 1973. Spokesman says there has been no fatality since 1973 and compares rail safety favorably to highway deaths while detailing roadbed upgrades and a 1.6 billion bridge and track project from Washington to Houston.
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Washington
Amtrak
Downingtown Pa
Ford Amnesty Issue Closed After Hart Request
President Ford says he does not plan to reconsider blanket amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters, though he would review the idea after a condolence call to Jane Hart. He reiterates no blanket pardon while Carter pledges a broad pardon for resisters in the first week of his presidency.
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Vail
Colo
Ford
Michigan
Philip Hart
Jane Hart
Hart
Senate
Phil
Carter
Rouse Home Resident Killed By Tractor Trailer
A Rouse Home resident Warren County aged 66 Cleon J Sanford was killed in a parking lot crash at the facility hospital authorities said he died from multiple internal injuries ruled accidental. The pickup driver Thomas Knott 31 of Jamestown NY said he did not see Sanford walk into the path of the vehicle while laundry was being moved in a grocery cart.
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Youngsville
Rouse
Warren County
Warren
Cleon J Sanford
Warren General Hospital
Ronald Simonson
Sanford
Simenson
Thomas Knott
Jamestown
N.Y
Veterans Get Higher GI Insurance Dividends for 1977
The VA announces 1977 GI insurance dividends totaling 408.4 million with 3.5 million World War II veterans receiving an average 104 dollars as dividends. Surviving World War I holders will gain 202 dollars on average, while about 580,000 Korean era veterans receive 22 dollar averages. Vietnam era veterans receive none as their policies expired or converted.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Richard L Roudebush
Roudebush
Milan
Five more bodies linked to mob graveyard search in Erie County
Authorities hunt for five additional victims believed buried north of the Brant site after James Harper’s body was found on a Cat-taraugus Reservation shallow grave. Cosgrove declines details, says arrests or indictments are expected, while labeling those involved as ruthless and intelligent.
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Buffalo (Ap
Erie County
Buffalo Courier-Express
Brant
James Harper
Buffalo
Dist. Atty
Edward C. Cosgrave
Harper
Cattaraugus Indian Teeservation
Cosgrove
Tmne
Organized
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