Winter of 77 Tops AP's Top News Stories
The year 1977 opened with a deep US cold wave freezing rivers and crippling gas supplies. The Associated Press list ranked the winter weather, energy crisis, and numerous crises among its top ten stories, with January severe and widespread disruption followed by economic strain and social impact nationwide. Minnesota Governor's office weighs two-person job sharing to keep families together.
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The
Republic
National Weather Service
Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Bert Lance
Elvis Presley
Gary Gilmore
Tenerife
Sam
Tongsan Park
Federal Energy Administration
Ohi
New England
Florida
New York
Buffalo
Paul. Minn
Minnesota
Rudy Perpich
Corry Portable Steam Engine Shown At Ford Museum Display
Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn will feature a 4 portable steam engine built in Corry around 1900 from Corry Novelty Works. Peter H. Cousins seeks historical details on the firm established on East Pleasant Street by King Shafer and Co later renamed H King and Sons and H King and Son. He requests corporate dates, product range, and graphics for operation views or factory ads.
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Corry
Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn
Mich
Corry Novelty Works
Greenfield Village
Wich
Peter H. Cousins
Kepple Tiffany
Corry Area
Shafer
H., King and Sons
H. King and Son
King
Harmon, Gibbs and Co
Center Street
Ajax
Corry City Iron Works
Main
Concord Streets
Ford Museum
Cousins
Consumer advocates in state government face limits inside
Harrisburg AP reports consumer activists, led by Joel Weisberg and Mark Widoff, struggle with red tape and politics while shaping policy. The rising Consumer Advocate Office and Bureau aim to push public needs in utility rate cases, yet officials warn progress comes slowly and requires credibility across agencies and lawmakers.
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Harrisburg
Joel Weisberg
Consumer Protection Bureau
Weisberg
Consumer Advocate Office
Consumer Advocate
Mark Widoff
State
Widoff
Public Utility Commission
Bell of Pennsylvania
Betsey Mikita
Pennsylvania Citizens Consumer Council
Widotf
Mikita
PUC
PAC
Quake felt 2600 miles away epicenter in Iran
Vienna institute reported a 6.6 magnitude earthquake distant from Austria with probable epicenter in southern Iran based on seismograph readings. A separate Iran quake earlier in the coal basin killed at least 519 people and injured 671, in a disaster affecting three villages and thirteen more.
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Vienna
Austria
Vienna Meteorological Institute
Iran
Ms. Mikita
Households May Get Utility Cuts
Erie County residents may qualify for reduced food stamp purchase prices if heating or utility bills rise by more than 25 dollars. Using recent bills, households can get larger deductions even if bills are not yet paid, with immediate review possible. Affected services include heating, electricity, water, sewer, trash, and telephone.
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Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Erie County Board of Assistance Office
Robison to Name Lucht and Schneider for Erie posts
RIE Erie County Executive-elect Russell Robbie Robison plans to name Gary Lucht director of corrections and consider Thomas Schneider as personnel director. Lucht currently runs rehabilitation at the Erie County Jail and would replace retiring Warden Al Skonieczka. Schneider, head of the county manpower program, is a candidate to replace James T. Casey. The announcements, at Robison courthouse press conference, follow his anti-politics theme and come with other appointments, including finance.
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Erie County
Russell
Robbie
Robison
Gary Lucht
Thomas Schneider
Lucht
al Skonieczka
Schneider
James T. Casey
Robison Courthouse
Warden
Willis Cardot
Brian Fargo
Fargo, Dowling
Rush
William Garvey
Vedder White
Wallace Kneeounty
No Hike For Area County Pensioners
Warren County commissioners voted unanimously to deny a cost of living increase for retirees next year citing budget constraints. Commissioner James Marshall urged against the increase due to unfunded mandates, as the 2 percent millage hike in property taxes funds state mandated programs.
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Warren
Warren County
James Marshall
David Rice
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Corry Journal
WEUNE
Bok
United States
Consumer Bureau
Detroit
Olympia Stadium
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus
Ee Eco
Barney
Watire, Service and Furniture Headquarters
LOS
CPP Saiers
Bae
Berkey’s Greenhouse & Floral
Spartansburg
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