Body search continues for boy in French Creek Lowville
Rescue crews from Wattsburg Fire Department state police and local divers comb French Creek near the Bessetti residence for 9 year old Brendon DeMarco who vanished after wandering from home about 4 pm The bank gave way and footprints ended at the edge with no return tracks The operation shifted between the creek banks and upstream toward the fairgrounds as skindivers from Erie County and Erie Ambulance joined the effort into the night
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Wattsburg
French Creek
Lowville
Journal Press
Brendon DeMarco
Robert J. DeMarco
Greene ‘Township
DeMarco
Gordon Bessetti
Bessetti
George Hooker
State Police
Hooker
Dan Hawley
Hawley
Wattsburg Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Erie County Search and Rescue Unit
Erie Ambulance
Erie Skindivers
Lowville Area
County Council Forges Ahead With Systems
Erie County Council discussed the county clerk hire and a sweeping reorganization plan led by Dr. William Garvey. The plan halves departments from 27 to 13, with new titles like Department of Corrections and Department of Federal Programs and a merged Elections Planning office. Candidates for the clerk post total 103 resumes, with 10 chosen for final review.
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Erie
Erie County Council
Russell
Robbie’ Robison
Robison
William Garvey
Erie County
Garvey
Council
Michael Flatley
Flatley
Department of Corrections
Department of Federal
Corry man held on six counts of bad checks
Lawrence L. Fiscus, 40, of 404 Euclid Street, was arrested by city police and held in Erie County Jail on a $3,000 bond to answer six bad check charges in Corry. He faces an additional Warrant in Wayne Township and possible further charges in Warren County after a spending spree in late November and early December. Several local businesses reported totaling nearly $2,000 in bounced checks. The case includes Means Lumber, Birk's Rod and Gun Den, Corry News & Sport, Barney's Firestone, Fox's Tack Shop and a Columbus business. Preliminary hearing set for January with restitution or possible trial.
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Corry
Erie County
Lawrence L. Fiscus
Euclid Street
Wayne Township
Fiscus
Fiscns
Means Lumber Company
Birk's Rod and Gun den
Corry News & Sport
Barney's Firestone
Lake Area Shivers From Cold Weather
Erie area endures a lakefront storm with two inch snow in the overnight, then more snow expected late today. Travel warned to stay off roads. accidents increase as plowing lags due to freezing temperatures. Seven minor injuries reported in a three car crash on Route 89 in North East as crews fight the deep snow and ice.
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Corry
Erie
Lake
National Weather Service
Erie International Airport
Erie Bureau of Streets
Hank Woeniak
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Lawrence Park
Girard
North East
Shirley Cravenger
Begin Outlines Plan For Palestinian Self Rule
Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin defies pressure to accept Egypt’s terms for a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. He outlines a plan for Palestinian self rule while keeping some Israeli military presence. A Knesset vote is expected, with opposition in Likud. Demonstrators from Yamit protested outside the Knesset as Sadat seeks peace progress. Foreign Minister Dayan resumed his seat after a secret trip to Iran to brief the Shah. regional leaders discuss Cairo talks and a second anti Sadat summit reportedly planned for Algiers in January.
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Jerusalem
Menahem Begin
Egypt
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Sa ‘Tl
Begin
Knesset
Yamit
Sinai
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Ismailia
Sadat
Likud
Moshe Dayand
Mideast
Tehran
Carter
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Hussein
Jordan
Damascus
Beirut
Algiers
Tripoli
Libya
Believe More Killed In Galveston Granary Blast
A major grain elevator explosion in Galveston Texas killed at least nine workers and injured 24, with seven more presumed missing including three federal grain inspectors. Rescue efforts continued through the night as debris and dust hampered search operations. Authorities connected the blast to a tunnel linking the elevator to a loading dock at the Farmers Export Grain Co facility, which holds 3.8 million bushels capacity. Two ships unloading grain were towed away. conditions remained dangerous as crews scoured the rubble for missing persons.
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Galveston
Texas al
New
Jeans
U.S. Coast Guard
Galveston Island
Hugh O'Lonahoe
Polwe
DK. Lark
Farmer's Export Grain Co
Houston
Don Metuy
John Sealy Hospital
Tex
Suit Filed Over New Orleans Grain Elevator Blast
A $2.9 million damage suit is filed in state court on behalf of Jody Patterson, a hospitalized survivor, against Continental Grain Co. after the deadly grain elevator explosion that killed at least 34. OSHA cites lack of direct evidence on causes. Crews search through rubble of the 6 million bushel facility, with 73 silos and a 250 foot mixing building, as 10 survivors remain in hospitals.
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New Orleans
Continental Grain Co
State District Court
Jody Patterson
River Ridge
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Robert DeMarco
Maloney
County Council
Lucinda Boldt
Paul Sita
Warren County
Columbus
Fox
Baypoint Road
Georgetown
Maine
Iran
Aster
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Marvin Schierman
OSHA
Harriett A. Adams
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