Snowmobile Crash in Forest County and Widespread Local Hall
A snowmobile piloted by Robert Fellers of Youngstown Ohio struck a car driven by Charles Cochran of Marienville at 9 40 p m in Jenks Township Forest County. No injuries were reported. Separately a fire destroyed a Lonnie Oswald family trailer near Meadville leaving the home and contents valued over 10000 a passerby alerted Randolh Volunteer Fire Department at 445 p m. The cause is under investigation. Also noted were a choir rehearsal at Emmanuel Episcopal Church and multiple traffic violations and minor local incidents including a dog lost near Sciota road and two individuals charged with motor vehicle code offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest County
Tionesta
Jenks Township
Robert Fellers
Youngstown
Ohio
Charles Cochran
Marienville
Lonnie Oswald
R.D. 1
Guys Mills
Meadville
Oswalds
Randolph Volunteer Fire Department
Charles Reynolds
Reynolds
Dems Oppose School Aid Consolidation
Senate Democrats doubt Nixon’s plan to consolidate five education programs into revenue sharing. They warn loss of local effort, weaker federal goals, and fewer guarantees for proper fund use. HEW says controls remain and funds must target disadvantaged areas, with 70 percent in the five programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Senate Education Subcommittee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pell
HEW
British Can't Fight Irish Kids in Northern Ireland War
Belfast reports six days of street warfare with youths joining melee as IRA factions urge violence. A 14 year old lost a hand to a dynamite blast while hurling the bomb at troops amid raids, arson, and sniper fire across Belfast and Londonderry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Republic
Ulster Volunteers
England
Ulster National
Bernadette Devlin
Kingsport
United States
Miss Devlin
Docking Probe Brought Home After Moon Mission
Astronauts Shepard and Mitchell faced a bulky 80 pound docking probe from the command ship during the lunar approach on January 31. Believed to be a foreign object, perhaps ice, caused initial hitching but was cleared and docking succeeded. Mission Control later ordered the probe secured in the lower right equipment bay for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Orbiting Space Laboratories
Moon
Kitty Hawk
Lunar
Shepard
Mitchell
Fra Mauro Highlands
Solar System
Mission Control
Erie rape suspect charged after suicide attempt in hospital
William W. Higgins 24 of Erie was captured after a multi day manhunt for a westside rape case. He was rushed to Hamot Hospital after ingesting aspirin and another pill bottle, stomach pumped, listed in poor condition under police guard. Higgins was arrested by Officer Peete Markham and faces rape charges with bond set at 3000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Hamot
William W. Higgins
Higgins
Hamet
Erie Fire Department
Peete Markham
Yester
Westside
Hamot Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Samuel A. Rossiter Jr
Rossiter
Solid Waste Debate Weighs Disposal Methods and Costs
RCAP promotes the Solid Waste Management Act with landfills as the backbone and incineration as costly. Recycling shows promise but is in early stages. Local waste remains buried for years, with Corry facing ongoing disposal needs as the county plans to take over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RCAP
RADP
Corry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Corry Choral Society
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Roger Sheehan
Sciota Road
John M. Eckels
B.D
Girard
Newell D. Gates
Porter Auer
Lorraine Hotel
Manley Moore
A.D
Corry Ital
Loretta
Carl Clabbatt
R.D
William E. Keppel
Grove Street
Paul Clabbatt
Corry Memorial Hospital
Pennsylvania Bureau of Traffic Safety
James E. Clark
Albert M. Hamilton
East South Street
James B. Thomas
East High Street
Union City
Roger A. Williams
East Main Street
Donna L. Bean
Spring Creek
Pittsburgh
Frank Lipchik
Penn Hills
Dems
Apollo
Navy
San Diego Calif. Naval Base
TRA
Duke
Royal Scots Greys
London
Savers
Marine
Marine National Bank
Nemer Aoac
Universal
Oz Lee Ee
Dandee
Clymer
N. Y
West Smith Street
Corry Plaza
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