City council backs funding applications for renewal and upgrades
City council unanimously approved submitting applications for Community Development Block Grant Discretionary Funds and Hold Harmless Funds for downtown urban renewal senior center east access fire alarm upgrades the old laundromat razing and reservoir repairs. Projects include downtown renewal cost about 872000, four parking lots, covered walkways, and relocation expenses for displaced residents.
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Fourth Ward
City Council Tackles Insurance, Downtown Renewal and Appointments
City Council approved paying the general insurance bill to Horton J. Davis Insurance Co for 17,834, about 1,000 above 1975 with a 20,000 budget. Downtown renewal development at North Center and East Washington is confirmed to proceed. Benjamin Calderone recommended Alice Brown for the Combined Earned Income Tax Committee vacancy, a unanimous vote. Streets Director Fred Schwab criticized meter maintenance lapses and asked City Administrator Grice to relay concerns to Police Chief Nichols. Barbara Mack reported skating at Mead Park despite crew cleanup efforts.
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Horton J. Davis Insurance Co
Fred Schwab
David Johnson
Johnson
North Center
East Washington Street
Benjamin Calderone
Alice Brown
Wallace Young
Brown
Barbara Mack
Mead Park
Traffic Woes From Snowstorm Strikes Roads
Yesterday's bitter cold snowstorm created a string of traffic accidents blamed on slippery roads and poor visibility. State police investigated four incidents as crews worked to clear routes and assist motorists.
Losses exceed slice of CB radio thefts in Corry area
Police report seven CB radio thefts from unlocked vehicles with losses totaling over 1120 dollars. Victims include James Edwards Union City and George Bilis Union City RD 3 among others. Separately, traffic incidents in snow caused injuries and property damage on Route 6 and Lindsey Hollow Road with several collisions and a skid into a snowbank.
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Corry
James Edwards
Union City
Harry Webter
R.D
Roger A. Faris
Snyder Circle
Faris
Faris Leyes
Lindsey Hollow
Rexford Morris
R.D. 1
Pauline Lindstrom
R.D. 3
Columbus Township
Vigorito Set For Institute Dedication
City Council heard Congressman Joseph Vigorito will speak at a June 26 land dedication in Corry launching a Bible institute. Rev. Ellwood Sunden is named dean of men and Mrs. Sally Anne Carr dean of women. Sunden will head the men’s dormitory and Carr will teach and assist in education programs.
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Joseph Vigorito
Corry
Juine
Bible Institute
David Carnicke
Carry
Carnicke
Institute
Ellwood Sunden
Sally Anne Carr
Sunden
Center City
Minn
Carr
Miami Beach
Fla
Assemblies of God
The
Evangelical, Missionary Fellowship
Ees
Halli
Florida
Florida Technical University
Moynihan quits UN may seek New York Senate bid
Daniel Patrick Moynihan resigns as U.N. ambassador at month end to return to Harvard teaching while eyeing a Democratic bid for New York’s Senate. He suggests no rift with Ford or Kissinger, though reports cite private tensions. Sources note new pressure from Democrats to challenge Senator Buckley with names like Bella Abzug, Bess Myerson, and Ramsey Clark mentioned.
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Washington
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Harvard
Senate
New York
U.S
United Nations
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Moynihan
Kissinger
White House
Harvard University
Harvey Mansfield
Government Department
American Foreign Policy’ and “Ethnicity In Politics.” Mansfield Said Moynihan
Cambridge
U.N
Security Council
James L. Buckley
R-Con
N-Y
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Bess Myerson
New York City
Ramsey Clark
Hijacking of School Bus in Afars and Issas Territory
An armed band hijacked a school bus in Djibouti and took 21 children of French military families and the driver hostage. The group demanded independence for the territory and an official renunciation of the referendum. The bus halted in no man’s land near the border as France faced regional claims by Somalia and Ethiopia.
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Djibouti
Afars
Issas
Somalia
No Man’s Land
Red Sea
France
Ethiopia
Paris
Olivier Stim
Overseas Territories
Coffee risks to pregnant women prompt call for warning
Washington AP reports the Center for Science in the Public Interest urges HEW to warn pregnant women to cut caffeine. Animal studies show birth defects with caffeine levels equivalent to eleven cups of coffee. Officials advise minimizing coffee tea cola and stimulant drugs in early pregnancy.
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Washington
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Center
HEW
Michael Jacobson
Wallace leaves hospital after campaign plane injury
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace wore a plastic inflatable cast on his sprained right leg after an aide dropped him when lifting him from a campaign plane in Pensacola. He departed Montgomery for Florida later and planned to resume campaigning. In political developments, Lloyd Bentsen dismissed claims he will exit the race before the Texas primary, while Jimmy Carter questioned Bentsen’s viability and led Maine caucus delegates with 44 percent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Panama City
Fla
Florida
Pensacola
Florida Panhandle
Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Bentsen
Carter
Maine
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
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Central Business District
Senior Citizens Center
Northeast Central Busiess di
Ageia
Count
Streets
Robert Grice
Kenneth Nichols
Mortis
Raymond Mortis
Spartansburg
Aeposet
J. Glover
Centerville
Carlex Shambaugh
George Bilis
Frederick H. Beall
Walter
Hajee
Mand M- Bennink
Vigorito
Morning News
U.N. Post
George Wallace
Panama City, Fla
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