No Students Aboard School Bus Collision Near Corry
A bus heading to Corry to pick up students near a one lane bridge on Route 89 collided head on with a car. No students were aboard the bus. The car driver, David R. Johnson, 33, of Gerry, was treated for cuts and bruises. Bus driver Joseph McCray, 52, of Corry, the front end of the bus sustained about $1000 damage while the car was totaled at $1400. A substitute bus was arranged for the students. Police logged two more local crashes on Route 27 near Diamond and Route 957 near the Post Office in Columbus with minor damage to all vehicles.
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David R. Johnson
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Corry
Joseph McCray
R.D. J. Corry
Journal
McEldowney
R.D.J. Corry
Corry State
R.D.1
Gerry
Johnson
McCray
Diamond
Titusville
Leona
Cone
R.D
Carl Frutiger
Frutiger
Cone Auto
Columbus
Tody E. Davis
Louis B. Abbott
Bear Lake
Davis Auto
Abbott Auto
Corry District Considers Computerization with Burroughs Option
Corry Area School District weighs computerized office equipment as a potential savings plan. Intermediate Unit V offers computer services to Erie Crawford Warren districts, with Davids and Lansberry noting savings may be smaller after charges. Board of Education to review both approaches. regional director Franta outlines curriculum materials and business services for 17 districts.
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Corry Area
Erie
Crawford
Warren
Fred Davids
Roger Lansberry
Board of Education
Burroughs
Corry Motor Inn
Kenneth Frantz
Ray Elsen
Franta
Corry
Davids
Lansberry
Wattsburg
Conneaut
Pakrview
Girard
Northwestern
Edinboro Sheraton Motor Inn
Crawford Central
Ft. LeBoeuf
General McLane
Penncrest
Senator Credits Journal Coverage for Housing Funds Breakthrough
Senator Richard Schweiker credited persistent Journal coverage and a TV interview with Publisher George R. Sample for unlocking funding for elderly housing in the Fourth Ward Urban Renewal Project. The Office of Management and Budget approved the funds and routed the Corry application to HUD, then to Pittsburgh for routine action. Virginia Nuzzo of the Erie County Redevelopment Authority said updates were completed, with Sample and Mrs Nuzzo both cited for their roles in breaking the stalemate.
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Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Pittsburgh
Fourth Ward
Virginia Nuzzo
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Journal
George R. Sample
Richard Schweiker
Schweiker
Heath Calls Election As Miners Pause Strike
British Prime Minister Edward Heath announced a national election for February 28 and urged coal miners to defer their strike during the campaign. The miners union head said the Executive would decide on deferral, with a strike set to begin Sunday. The walkout threatens Britain’s energy supply and may trigger job losses and power shortages. Labor leader Harold Wilson attacked the government and warned of chaos if Britain is left without governance. Queen Elizabeth II will return from Australia to appoint the new prime minister.
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London
Edward Heath
Joe Gormley
Heath
Britain
Australia
House of Commons
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Truckers urged to approve tentative end to eight day shutdown
Striking independent drivers say they will back acceptance of a tentative agreement reached with government negotiators in Washington to end the eight day violence marked stoppage. A temporary surcharge to raise freight rates was under consideration by the Interstate Commerce Commission with details to be announced later. No diesel fuel price rollback is planned and the current freeze may last about a month.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nixon
Eabor
Peter J. Brennan
NBC News
Brennan
Possible Violence Reported In Area During Truck Strike
Reporting from Meadville indicates tensions rose as area truckers pressed for a shutdown while negotiators neared a tentative agreement. Meantime about a dozen drivers halted four diesel tankers at Erie Lackawanna yards, police reported a shot narrowly missing a tractor trailer on I 79, and demonstrators were moved off EL property by police.
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Route 6
Corry Drive-In
Corry
Meadville
Frederick L. Heim
Heim
Independent
Erie Lackawanna Railway Co
Jones Motor Co
Robert W. Hammond
Cheektowaga
N.Y
All Ended Well In UC Rescue
A 13-year-old Union City girl waiting for her father to pick her up called firefighters after getting trapped inside a friend's home. The door locked from the inside. a key from the owner failed. Firemen used a ladder to access a second floor window, entered, then helped the girl unlock the door.
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Union City
Assurance CMH Supplies Will Be Delivered
Corry Memorial Hospital reports no stoppage of medical supplies despite trucker strike. President Samuel Antrim says shipments from Cleveland are steady, Pittsburgh shipments irregular, Buffalo area deliveries continuing. Hospitals told to expect heating fuels and priority gasoline. Civil Defense project aims to ensure drugs and supplies flow. Erie County CD Director David Parmenter oversees local information campaign.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Samuel” Antrim
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Antrim
The
Civil Defense
Ernest Kline
Area Politico Hit By Local Watergate Scandal
Erie County legislator David Hayes, seeking the Republican lieutenant governor nomination, reports campaign mailings found in a Democratic copying machine. State Police investigate possible criminal mischief after copies emerged from a capitol building partition near Democratic offices. Hayes denies involvement and questions why Democrats copied or possessed his materials.
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Harrisburg
Erie County
David Hayes
Hayes
Pennsylvania Jaycees
Republican State Committee
Nomina
Mhder PuberhaLsrial
Andrew L. Lewis Jr
Capitol
John P. Cowan
House
Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Cowan
Lineman
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