Corry Area Schools map long range plan changes
Corry Area School District forms a curriculum committee to draft a 10 year plan aimed at improving the curriculum. Dr. J N Johnson will head the project with input from board members, teachers, administrators and public representatives. The panel notes obsolete buildings and a lack of local vocational schooling while planning year round schooling, a middle school option and a high school addition.
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Bill Eaton
Corry Area School
J.N. Johnson
John A. Harvey
Northwest
Tri-County
Erie
Warren
Crawford Counties
Ray Elsen
Board of Education
Corry
Dr. Johnson
LeRoy Rieck
Corry Area
Pennsylvania
Rieck
Shapp Moves Ahead With Pa State Government Shakeup
Harrisburg AP report says Governor Shapp will push a 28 bill plan to consolidate agencies, cut jobs, and save money. Key proposals merge personnel offices, parole and corrections, horse and racing commissions, and turnpike with transportation. Aims to create a single highway agency and study privatizing liquor stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Shap
Ralph Tive
Shapp
Tive
Fon
Geneal State Authority
Department of Property and Supplies
Personnel Bureau
Office of Administration
Civil Service Commission
Justice Department
Horse and Harmness Racing Commissions
Pennsylvania Turnpike
State Transportation Department
Liquor Control Board
Snowy weather boosts winter sports at Peek n Peak
The weatherman reports about three inches of damp snow and 25 degree temps inspiring snow lovers as Corry Area Jaycees push for continued precipitation through early March. Peek n Peak in Clymer notes fair to good ski business with advanced snowmaking keeping the slopes open and attracting skiers. only overflow slopes remain closed midweek. Roger Westling reports the base up to 12 inches and hopes for improvement as the season ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Area
Jaycees
Peek ‘N Peak
Clymer
Roger Westling
Westling
Peek 'N Peak
State hospitals face smaller subsidies under Shapp plan
Harrisburg AP Pennsylvanias general hospitals mark 94th anniversaries as the Shapp administration proposes total subsidies of 3.5 million for the year starting July 1, about half of the current 6.9 million. Deficits stem from low occupancy, bill collections, and service rates as a $3.5 million deficiency appropriation clears the House and awaits Senate action.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shapp
Commonwealth
Was
Jet crashes into Alameda apartment building killing several
Rescue crews scoured charred debris after a Navy A7 Corsair struck a four story apartment block in Alameda California igniting a fire that spread to two nearby buildings. Four dead at least 17 injured and hundreds believed housed there with many Navy families nearby. Authorities feared many more bodies in the rubble as search teams worked through heat and smoke.
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Alameda
Calif
Navy
Ernest Servente
San Francisco Bay Area
Malcolm Longaker
Penn Central Shutdown Shocks Northeast Rail Service
Penn Central workers strike at 12:01 a.m., halting 40 daily New York to Philadelphia trains and Amtrak services as 28,000 conductors and brakemen walk out. Trustees warn a five day stoppage could trigger a cash crisis. the dispute centers on cutting 9,700 jobs and two-man freight crews amid bankruptcy and federal aid rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
United Transportation Union
District of Columbia
Amtrak
Northeast
Boston
Washington
New York
Jervis Langdon Jr
Detroit
Chicago
U.S. District Court
John P. Fullam
Hopkins Joins Hunt For Pa Naval Post
Erie County Assemblyman Forrie Hopkins joined 29 other Pennsylvania lawmakers on a three day tour of a Key West naval base. The delegation toured ships submarines and shore installations and planned meetings with naval personnel to push for a military installation in Pennsylvania. Hopkins noted Pennsylvania lacks a major base while stressing the trip covered meals lodging and round trip flights funded by the Guard unit.
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Key West
Fla
Erie County
Forrie Hopkins
Pennsylvania Air National Guard
House
Senate
Pennsylvania
Hopkins
Commonwealth
Four-way talks edge toward POW release in Vietnam
In Saigon the four parties to the Vietnam ceasefire met to arrange the weekend release of the first group of American prisoners held in South Vietnam. A senior U.S. official said the initial group would be freed Saturday, but details remained unsettled.
Salt truck crash and wartime prisoner transfers reported
A city salt truck was struck by a car at Northwest and West Pleasant streets at 6:45 a.m. No injuries occurred, but the truck and car sustained material damage. Separately, Defense Department reports indicate 27 POWs will be handed over Sunday as U.S., North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong work out final transfer details near An Loc. Kissinger’s Hanoi visit looms. Viet Cong accuses Saigon of violating the cease-fire by releasing 10,600 POWs who allegedly switched allegiance.
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Northwest
West Pleasant
Ronald Geer
R.D.2
Spartansburg
Northwest Street
City
Sylvester Krupa
Mead Avenue
Defense Department
Washington
U.S
United States
North
South Vietnam
Pentagon
An Loc
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
Viet Cong
Joint Military Commission
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Solete
Wright
Hatch
Sparta
Spring Creek
St. Thomas
Elsea
Ting
Shakeup
Bruce C. Lindsay
Parole Board
Bernard Ditmore
General Hospital
Philipsburg
Centre County
William Roberts
Ashland
Schuylkill County
State Welfare Department
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
Jet
Servente
Hunt
Naval Post
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