City and school clash over demolishing East Main laundromat
Corry Area School District directors refused to share the $12,000 cost of demolishing a dilapidated East Main Street laundromat. City administrator Robert Grice sought formal district participation, citing public safety, but the eight directors unanimously turned the request down. The partially standing building remains a safety hazard as efforts stall.
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East Main Street
Corry Area
Robert E. Grice
Board of Education
Grice
William Kafferlin
Frank G. McKnight
Robert Joy
Police Search Of Car Nets Pound Of Pot
City police stopped a parked car at night and found about a pound of marijuana after a search warrant was obtained. Driver Mark Crawford, 22, of Jamestown refused a search, three other men faced charges, and Crawford was jailed on drug possession counts. A separate report notes a newborn son died at Corry hospital, ruled a crib death after two twins were born January 14.
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Daniel McClellan
Hady Avenue
McClellan
Dana Scouten
William Stroup
Mark A. Crawford
R.D. 1
Jamestown
Crawford
Erie County
Kenneth Nichols
Corry Memorial Hospital
Elgin-Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company
Daniel Christopher
David Gocal
R.D
Corry
Elgin- Beaverdam
Hamot Hospital
Erie
Daniel
Dole Backed Tariff Compromise To Ease Ford Rift
Senator Robert Dole proposes a narrow fix to Ford energy policy delaying further oil import taxes for 90 days while allowing the initial $1 per barrel levy to take effect. The amendment would keep the first tax and suspend the remaining $2 until a Congress plan emerges.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Robert Dole
Dole
Senate Finance Committee
Philharmonic To Offer Nostalgic Tunes In Corry
The Corry Area Fine Arts Council presents An Evening of Nostalgia featuring the Philharmonic Orchestra under Harold Bauer and guests Carmen Romanenko and John Rossbacher at the Corry Area High School auditorium 8 15 p m Saturday. Tickets are available from Rossbacher Insurance Grice Jewelers and Marine Bank. patron tickets cover all 1975 76 events.
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Corry
Corty Area
Fine Arts Council, Inc
Birth Control Pill Approved
The FDA authorized use of the drug DES as an emergency postcoital contraceptive, signaling rising use though links to cancer have raised concern. Regulators require warnings and brochures while physicians assess emergencies such as rape for treatment.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Des
PDA
Thatcher elected first woman leader of Britain Conservative party
Margaret Thatcher, 48, won the Conservative leadership vote, 146 to 79, becoming the party’s first female leader. If the Torys win the next general election by 1979 she would become Britain’s first female prime minister. Thatcher’s victory shifts control of the party and signals a focus on tight money and spending curbs.
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London
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Thatcher
House of Commons
Edward Heath
Heath
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Oxford
Conservative Party
Kissinger Seeks Progress in Middle East Talks
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger expressed optimism after a second meeting in 12 hours with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Jerusalem. Rabin aides warned that hard bargaining would start after Kissinger’s Cairo visit on Wednesday, with a breakfast meeting at Rabin’s residence followed by a working session with advisers.
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Jerusalem
Henry A. Kissinger
Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Kissinger
Cairo
Middle East
Corry Area School District Opens Community Planning Meetings
Corry Area School District launches an educational planning program inviting residents to opinion meetings. Beginning Tuesday March 11 and running into early April, at least 15 citizen sessions will be held plus nine student input meetings. Rossi and his firm run the process. directors select invitees from constituencies and attend as observers only.
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J. David Rossi
Chautauqua
N.Y
Corry Area
Rossi
Nab Plumber Tools At Red Barn Site
Police investigate theft at the Red Barn restaurant construction site on North Center Street. Edward Bean of Erie found a 5 by 5 by 3 foot fiberglass gang box of plumbing tools missing outside the building. Loss estimated over $1,000 with a fuller itemized list to follow.
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Red Barn
North Center Street
Edward Bean
Erie
George Althuf Co
Bean
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Harvard University
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