Huge $54 000 CAHS scholarship for grads forever
The will of Elesha E. Phillips provides a perpetual college fund for Corry Area High School graduates. This year offers $54,000 for higher education with about $23,000 next year, awarded on need and qualifications. The fund is overseen by a committee including the district superintendent, the high school principal, and a community elector, with a third member from Erie County’s court. The Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Company serves as trustee, with Merle B. Mitcham acting for the fund. Students must reapply annually and complete a bachelor’s degree to draw funds.
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Corry Area High School
Elesha E. Phillips
Corry
CAHS
City of
Ray Elsen
Russell Brant
Erie County Orphans Court
George K. Sample
Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Company
Merle B. Mitcham
W.E. and
Betty Phillips
United States
Phillips
Back In Business Back In Business
Henry Pondel, left, proprietor of Pondel's Sungco station here that ran out of gas earlier this week, is back to running the business and serving customers. The brief item notes the repair or restocking has resumed at the local service station.
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Henry Pondel
Pondel
Sungco
Youngstown
Ohio
Ronald Savko
Journal
McEldowney
Missing Funds Challenge district faces embezzlement loss
The Corry Area School District cannot file a claim with its bonding company until investigators define losses from embezzlement. Estimated at 42000 dollars up from 34000, the figure may rise as auditors exam delinquent tax payments and the general fund. Trial of accused embezzler Robert Wharton was postponed as counsel requests more prep time.
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Corry Area
Robert Robert
Meadville Certified Public Accountant
Robert
Robert EB. Wharton
Wharton
R. Gordon Kennedy
Elderly Housing Set For Fall Construction in Fourth Ward
Erie County Redevelopment Authority advances Fourth Ward elderly and low income housing. HUD in Pittsburgh backs schedule with developer bid by June 1 and funding readiness by July 1. Turnkey handbook, site checks, and tenant applications to follow. Alexander Co. to receive deed for adjacent land expansion on Feb 20.
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Fourth Ward
Virginia Nuzzo
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Pittsburgh
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Warren Napier
Nuzza
Napier
al Xander Co
Ring theft at Grice Jewelers valued over five thousand
City police investigate a theft at Grice Jewelers where a tray of 23 women s right hand cocktail rings vanished from a display. Mrs Grice saw a man and a woman enter between 1 and 145 pm and leave with the tray after a brief visit. A precise loss figure is not yet determined.
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Grice
Thomas Grice
Frank Grice
Skylab 3 Astronauts Return After 84 Day Orbit
Skylab 3 crew Gerald Carr William Pogue and Edward Gibson splashed down safely in the Pacific aboard the USS New Orleans after 84 days in space circling the globe 1 214 times covering 34 5 million miles and collecting data on man earth and the solar system. Recovery teams secured the capsule as helicopters hovered and doctors prepared for medical exams to assess exposure to space weightlessness.
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New Orleans
Pacific Ocean
Apollo
Gerald P. Carr
William R.pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Space Agency
America
Globe
Earth
San Diego
Calif
Carr
Suspend Y Ski Bus Runs Over Gas Shortage
The MCA ski instruction bus service to Peek n Peak was canceled after a truck strike risked gasoline supply. William Lord, the contracted operator, halted the trips to conserve fuel for essential school bus runs. Refunds will be issued for prepaid trips.
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MCA
Peek ‘N! Peak
French Creek
Allen Schell
The
Schell
Peek ‘Hn’ Peak
William Lord
Lord
Most Truckers Uphold Strike and Shipments Continue
Associated Press reports more trucks moved on highways while resistance to the settlement remained strong. About 500 strikers at a Kansas City meeting led by JW Edwards pledged to stay parked until diesel prices fall. Protests spread to Joplin Branford Wildwood Coates Palmyra Moorhead Glasgow and cities in Arizona while several truck stops were closed.
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Associated Press
Edwards
Kansas City
Joplin
Branford
Hearst Kidnapping: SLA Claims Prisoner of War
Berkeley AP The underground Symbionese Liberation Army says it holds Patricia Hearst the kidnapped newspaper heiress as a prisoner of war amid possible ransom tied to freeing two men charged with murder. The group warns execution if authorities act, while Hearst’s father Randolph Hearst cites uncertainty about her fate and confirms she is alive per SLA letter.
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Berkeley
Calif
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Hearst
Oakland
Marcus Foster
Richard
Berger
Nus
SLA
Randolph Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
KPIA
S.A
University of California
Shapp Finds Pa Truckers Oppose Pact
Gov Milton Shapp visited a truck stop on Interstate 80 and faced about 100 independent drivers resisting a Washington negotiated pact to end a nationwide truck shutdown. Spokesman Edward Cherkoski urged rejection, calling the proposal unsuitable for grown men with families. Shapp credited Gov Dan Evans of Washington as a key factor in the talks.
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Bartonsville
Milton Shapp
Washington
Shapp
Edward Cherkoski
Indépendént ‘Trickers Association
Proclaim 1974 CHS Alumni Centennial
Dignitaries from Corry city government gathered at the alumni headquarters to launch the oldest continuous alumni association centennial year. Mayor Mary Ann Kibler read a proclamation designating 1974 as the alumni centennial year and signaling June celebrations with extensive preparatory work underway.
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Mary Ann Kibler
Lena Cohen
Corry Alumni Association
Marine
Corry
Ind
Kibler
Corry High School
Former Corryite Appears on National TV Show
Tom Titus, a former Corry resident and once The Journal sports editor, competed on ABC TV’s Split Second. Now in Costa Mesa, California, he serves as news editor of the Costa Mesa Daily News. He is the son of Warren and his wife, former Corry residents now living in California.
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Corry
The
Journal
Tom Titus
ABC TV
Titus
Costa Mesa
Calif
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