Miners To Strike Sunday In Britain
London AP reports Britain's coal miners vote to strike from midnight Saturday, halting much industry by spring. The National Union of Mineworkers represents 280,000 men led by Joe Gormley, after an 81 percent strike vote. Government fears two day weeks amid energy stock shortages.
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London
Britain
National Union of Mineworkers
Joe Gormley
Edward Heath
William Whitelaw
Gormley
City to Hear Two Legal Actions Soon
City Solicitor Douglas Rozelle told the City Council two court actions are slated soon involving a suspended fire truck driver and a potential public nuisance case. Alan Benson seeks a hearing in his pending suspension case with Judge William Pratt to preside, while Erie attorney William Lesler represents him. A board of viewers will review the East Main Street bleacher factory owned by Mr and Mrs George Hartley to determine nuisance status under Third Class City Code, following a prior adjacent Eimers property case near the Corry Motor Inn.
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Douglas Rozelle
Erie County Court
City Civil Service Board
Alan Benson
Benson
William Pratt
Rozelle
William Lesler
Erie
East Main Street
Railroad Street
George Hartley
Eimers
Corry Motor Inn
Pass City Ordinance Creates Local Redevelopment Authority
City Council unanimously passed Ordinance 1192 to create a local redevelopment authority. The move shifts Fourth Ward Urban Renewal oversight from Erie County to the city, with early surveys of North Center Street from the railroad tracks to Clinton Street guiding potential small area projects.
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Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Fourth Ward
David Johnson
Clinton Street
North Center Street
Johnson
North Center
Double Feature Car Crash Near East Main and Pennsylvan ia
Owen Jaggi, 27, of 746 East Main Street, lost control at the East Main and Pennsylvania intersection when the traffic light went red. His car hit a pole and damaged the control box. a Corry Foam Products truck later struck the signals, lowering them with minimal further damage. Damages: Jaggi’s car about 900 dollars and pole equipment about 1,000 dollars. No other injuries reported.
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Owen Jaggi
East Main Street
Main.street
Pennsylvania
Jaggi
Journal
McEldowney
State Senator John Scales resigns amid partisanship rancor
Harrisburg AP Scales quits after two years in the Pennsylvania Senate representing Westmoreland County, faulting excessive party infighting and gamesmanship. He says Democrats and Republicans clash over control, risking legislative paralysis and public welfare. The move narrows the Democratic majority to 25-23 and sparks threats of a legal challenge over vote thresholds.
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Harrisburg
John Scales
Scales
Senate
George Wade
Thomas Lamb
House
Seales
Westmoreland County
Legislative Branch
Democratic State Committee
U.S. Senate
Louis Coppersmith
Dcambria
Robert Rayner
Philadelphia
Charles Dougherty
State pledges rural bus plan inclusion for Erie County
The Journal reports a firm commitment to include southeastern Erie County in the state funded rural transportation program after questions about its exclusion. A phone call from state officials provided double barreled assurance that area busing will proceed.
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the Journal
Erie County
Freezing Temperatures Grip City and County
Bitter cold sent temperatures plunging to 11 degrees below zero in the city with some readings as low as minus 15 in Spring Creek. Mayor Mary Ann Kibler announced bus service for senior citizens and others, funded by the state Department of Agriculture, will operate in Corry on a limited basis after state checks ensure no conflicts with PAC carriers.
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Richard Mountain
Spring Creek
The
Journal
Ron Gargano
State Ag Department
Nixon Moves to Appease Striking Truck Drivers
Washington AP report says Federal Energy Office chief William E. Simon signaled the Nixon administration was near action to ease the diesel fuel crisis for independent truckers. He briefed Senate House conferees on the strike, but declined to reveal negotiating details. Talks continued into the night with no immediate compromise.
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Washington
Federal Energy
William E. Simon
Nixon Administration
Simon
Senate House
Harley O. Staggers
Dw.va
Congress
Federal Energy Office
Wharton Bemis Trials Postponed in Erie County Court
Two Erie County criminal cases were delayed to the May term after continuances granted at request of defense. Robert E. Wharton, former Corry Area School District treasurer, faces embezzlement charges over 34000 dollars. Harry J. Bemis stands trial on seven counts including jailbreak theft robbery and kidnapping tied to a gunpoint abduction and store robbery. Bemis lawyer seeks delay to resolve a federal kidnapping case before state proceedings.
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Erie County Criminal Court
Robert E. Wharton
Harry J. Bemis
Lindley R. McClelland
Wharton
Corry Area
Ricard Scarpitti
McMahon
Arco
East Main Street
Bear Lake
Bemis
George Schroeck Jr
City Eyes Fairer Paving Assessments for Property Owners
City engineers propose a formula to equalize paving and curbing charges across streets. Four 1973 projects showed wide front foot assessments, with Sciota $5.18 and Sixth Street $5.92, while East Pleasant varied at $2.97 to $3.43. Council backs equitable plan and authorizes drafting details for next meeting.
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David Johnson
Johnson
Sciota Street
East Pleasant Street
East Street
William
Sixth Street
East Pleasant
Council
National Guard Escorts PennsylvaniaTrucks In Fuel Crisis
National Guardsmen began escorting trucks on Pennsylvania highways to keep vital supplies moving amid a diesel fuel cost dispute. Four man units in jeeps would patrol trucks carrying food and medical supplies, with a state task force coordinating escort requests. State Police reported 53 incidents of violence in the prior period, including injuries from rocks and 10 arrests, while Gov. Shapp pledged to keep commerce moving despite protests.
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Pennsylvania
Jim Cox
Cox
Milton Shapp
Eugene Knopf
Ernest P. Kline
Snyder slayings linked to Queensbury suspect held in New York
Harold E. Gormley, 26, of Queensbury, N.Y., in custody on three New York state murders and later eyed in the Titusville 18 year old Mélanie Snyder slaying. Ballistics ties and police notes point to possible further deaths as detainers and warrants proceed. Gormley was arrested in South Glen Falls and held in Saratoga Prison while authorities pursue charges and cross state detainers.
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Harold E. Gormley
New York
Gormley
Pennsylvania
New York State
Mélanie Ann Snyder
Titusville
Queensbury
N.Y
Saratoga
South Glen Falls
Wattsburgh
Miss Snyder
Steven Ostrowski
Snyder
Ivig
Patrick J. Hankinson
Troop E
Lewis Penman
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Nixon
National Guard
Associated Press
Melanie Ann Snyder
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