Meadville area fire death linked to murder arson charges
Crawford County DA Shafer may file murder and arson charges after a fatal Meadville area fire that killed a couple and their 3 year old child. Two injured men are being treated for burns. Fire officials described a gasoline odor at the scene as investigators continued into the night.
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Meadville
Crawford County
Paul D. Shafer
And
George Whitesell
William
Thomas Robinson
West Mead
Loren Black
Robert Ryan
Wilbur C. Thomas
Spencer Hospital
Black
Whitesell
Pitt U Faces Triple Tuition or Shutdown Over Funds
The University of Pittsburgh warns it must triple tuition to survive without state funds or suspend operations temporarily. Pitt, Penn State, and Temple all report heavy borrowing and rising interest costs as Harrisburg stalls on a tax package, forcing program cuts and reduced student aid.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Pitt
Pennsylvania State University
Temple University
Harrisburg
Temple
Penn State
Board of Trustees
Higher Court Cases Unique For Corry
Corry faces potential historic rulings as both taxing bodies brace for actions in the states two highest courts. The city argues annexation in the State Superior Court in Pittsburgh on April 13 while the Corry Area School Jointure heads toward the State Supreme Court over its mandated merger with Sparta Merged Schools. Both stem from appeals of lower court rulings. Wayne Township appeals Erie County court ruling favoring the city in the annexation case, while Sparta appeals Crawford County court decision to stay outside the merger. No date yet for Supreme Court review of the 1968 School Reorganization Act. City Council weighs mounting costs amid the legal clash.
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Corry
State Superior Court
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
Sparta
Wayne Township
Erie County
State Supreme Court
Crawford County
P. Richard Thomas
State Board of Education
Wiil
Four Hurt In Area Highway Accidents
Three people were admitted to Union City Hospital after a two car crash on Route 8 five miles south of Union City. Michael B. Keaveny, 54, and Melvin R. Morrison Jr., 19, were treated for cuts and bruises along with Morrison’s 16 year old sister Deborah. A second incident on Sciota road near Mayville caused $800 damage to two vehicles and left a driver with a sore neck.
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Union City Hospital
Route 8
Union City
Michael B. Keaveny
Guys Mills
Melvin R. Morrison Jr
Titusville
Morrison
Deborah
Richard Gambino
Carl Buckshaw
Keaveny Auto
Morrison Auto
Sciota Road
Robert Sayers
Mayville
N.Y
Leonard Groters
Clymer
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Three Routes For Nixon Urban Aid Outlined
Washington AP three Republican urban aid approaches emerge for cities. Break up rather than rebuild ghettos, give the poor money not services, and shift work to local government industry and volunteers rather than Washington. Moynihan outlined a 10 point program but stressed not a formal policy. Nixon urges returning power to the grass roots and dispersing slum populations toward suburbs with new transit, rental subsidies, and open housing enforcement.
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Washington
Nixon
Daniel P. Moynihan
Moynihan
Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
Big City
Plan Search For 7 Year Old Body
Pittsfield and Warren County fire and emergency squads will conduct an all out search for 7 year old Brian Barnes presumed drowned after falling through the ice into Little Brokenstraw Creek. A dragging operation will run from Pittsfield toward a four mile western point where the incident occurred as volunteers are invited to join. Small units from Youngsville Garland Grand Valley and Warren Rescue have combed the area all week, recovering only a mitten possibly linked to the boy who had been out last Sunday with cousins and his sister.
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Pittsfield
Warren County
Brian Barnes
Little Brokenstraw Creek
Scott Stewart
Sugar Grove
Stewart
Youngsville
Garland
Grand Valley
Warren
Corry Plastics Firm Plans $350000 Expansion
The Corry Area Industrial Development Corp. agreed to a plan enabling Erie County Plastics Company to expand by $430,000, potentially adding 25 jobs. CAIDC to yield title on property to secure bank financing, with a 34,727 still owed on the site.
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Corry Area Industrial Development Corp
Erie County Plastics Company
CAIDC
ECPC
North Corry
Boron Plans Station Here on Center Street
Boron Oil Co has options on two South Center street buildings to be used as a gas station pending approvals from the State Health Department and the Department of Highways. John R. Tansey, Boron’s Pittsburgh office, says Patterson property and a neighboring Sinare unit housing Perkins Pizza Stop and Montgomery Ward are involved. Awaiting Harrisburg approval, Boron plans to apply for a city permit and begin construction.
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Boron Oil Co
South Center Street
John R. Tansey
Pittsburgh
Boron
The
Journal Today
South Center
West South Streets
Merrill Patterson
James Sinare
Patterson
Perkins
Sinare
Montgomery Ward
Tansey
State Health Department
Department of Highways
Health Department
Highway Department
Harrisburg
Gasoline Vapors Close Roads Evacuate Nine Homes
Gasoline vapors forced road closures around a Vernon Township service station area. Nine nearby homes were evacuated as crews tested for fuel in the ground. Officials say about 5000 gallons spilled last July may have seeped into soil and are being drawn to the surface by groundwater.
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Meadville
Vernon
G. Howard Sharrar
Vernon Volunteers
Vernon Central Fire Departments
Richard Lansbury
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