Firemen Use Training Fire Then Real Alarm In Columbus
At 9 a.m. yesterday the Columbus Fire Department simulated a house fire for training behind McInnes Steel Co. Twenty three minutes later a real alarm followed for a Shawnee Village trailer fire on East Columbia. Assistant Chief Leo Neckers said a backup truck was dispatched to keep city protection constant during both blazes. The Shawnee Village fire at 223 Apache avenue involved a trailer owned by James Foreman. Three units and 20 firefighters operated, wiring near a furnace ignited the blaze and caused extensive damage. Loss totaled 8000 dollars, 6000 to the trailer and 2000 to contents.
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McInnes Steel Co
Shawnee Village
East Columbus Avenue
Leo Neckers
Columbus Fire Department
James Foreman
Apache Avenue
Neckers
Columbus
Weekend thefts surpass crashes in city losses
Police logged five investigations over the weekend including two car crashes and three thefts. Theft losses totaled 584 dollars, higher than 275 dollars in crash damage. One theft at Lorraine Hotel proved a mislaid cash case, while another involved a stolen 14 foot Radisson canoe valued at 314 dollars from Gary Simmonsen. A separate incident turned out to be cash moved by staff. The weekend crashes included a Wayne street and East Columbus avenue collision between a Jamestown man Lawrence Miller and a Corry man James King, causing 75 dollars damage to Miller’s car.
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Lorraine Hotel
Robert Edwards
Clymer
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Gilbert Murphy
Erie Plcb
Gary Simmonsen
Liberty Street
Simmonsen
Radisson
Wayne Street
East Columbus Avenue
Lawrence L. Miller
Jamestown
James L. King
Corry
East Columbus
King
Adults Enroll in Corry School District Continuing Education
More than 50 area adults participate in Corry Area School District programs through Penn State Behrend Continuing Education in Erie. The ABE program, open to non graduates, serves about 25 to 26 participants while 14 teachers join the individualized math course and 14 individuals sign up for shop foreman instruction led by local instructors. classes begin soon at Corry Area High School.
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Corry Area
Penn State
Behrend
Erie
Joyce McKnight
McKnight
Corry Area High School
Ford budget gloomy on unemployment and deficit
President Ford sent a 349 billion dollar fiscal 1976 budget to Congress with unemployment projections averaging 8.1 percent this year and 7.9 percent next year, plus a record peacetime deficit of 52 billion dollars. Inflation is seen at about 9 to 11.3 percent, with real improvement expected in 1976 as production climbs and 2 million more workers are added to payrolls. Ford defended the plan as honest and necessary, urging tax rebates and spending cuts to steady the economy while warning Congress to accept reductions totaling 17 billion dollars.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Erie County Struck By Employes Strike Shuts County Services
Erie County workers from Local 2226 of the AFSCME walked off for a contract dispute, shutting down government services and threatening the 535-bed hospital complex. An injunction was being sought to bring back staff at Erie County Hospital and annex, with no new talks scheduled. State Police and sheriff deputies patrolled entrances as token coverage remained.
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ERIE
Erie County
American Federation of State
James Casey
Erie County Hospital
Casey
Sheriff's Department
Erie News
Denenberg verdict postponed a day in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg AP report Senator Thomas Nolan delayed a Rules Committee vote on consumer advocate Herbert Denenberg for the Public Utility Commission. Nolan cited lack of advance notice and Sunshine Law constraints. He warned Denenberg could not win if the nomination reached the floor as Shapp allies aim to block it.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Herbert Denenberg
Denenberg
Public Utility Commission
Thomas Nolan
D-Allegheny
Senate Rules Committee
Nolan
Shapp
Henry Messinger
D-Lehigh
Messinger
Herb Denenberg
Mitchell
Associated Press
Car Rolls Several Times Near Columbus. Man Unhurt
A Buffalo man, Richard Hicks 37, escaped injury when his 1969 auto rolled over several times on Route 957 near Columbus. Police say the car left the road after hitting a curve, tore down a utility pole, and tumbled at least three times into a farmer's field. The loss was pegged at 1000 dollars.
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Buffalo
Columbus
Corry
Richard Hicks
Hicks
Leaking Gas Kills Nine Near Denver City Texas
Nine residents fled a leaking oil well in the Texas Panhandle fog near Denver City but hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide fumes proved fatal. Victims included J C Patton and family members, a visiting oil field worker, and others found in or near vehicles and a house. Atlantic Richfield supervisor Cas Windham blamed an experimental injection well for the hazardous leak.
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Denver
City
Tex
Tom Merrill
Merrill
J.C. Patton
Glenda
DeeDee
Clara Peevey
Pete Amerson
Edith
Portales
N.M
JR May
Eugene Sparger
May
Patton
Amerson
Cas Windham
Atlantic Richfield
Denver City
Texas Panhandle
Texas
J. C. Patton
Plane Crash Kills 31 In Manila Philippines
An American Jesuit priest and 30 others died when a British AVRO turboprop on a Manila to Iligan City route crashed and burned near a housing project south of Manila airport. One American survivor, Roger Collins, was gravely burned and hospitalized. the pilot reported an engine fire and requested to return to the airport.
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Manila
Philippines
Philippine Airlines
Iligan City
Cagayan de Oro
Roger Collins
Maranas Timber Industries
Lanao del Sur
New Rochelle
N.Y
Xavier University
Pedro Sarmiento
Sarmiento
Adoracion Samonte
Collins
Edwin Bulseco
Kentucky Fried To Sizzle Soon In Corry
Corry will welcome its first Kentucky Fried Chicken on Thursday as the fried chicken take-out opens in the mini mall on North Center Street. The independent outlet is unconnected to nearby retail projects developed by William and Robert Hamilton from Jamestown. Kentucky Fried Chicken is the nation’s largest fried chicken chain.
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Corry
Kentucky Fried Chicken
North Center Street
William and
Robert Hamilton
Jamestown
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