Guatemala Cleanup After Quake Focuses On Wheat Harvest
One week after Guatemala's quake officials shift to long term tasks including wheat harvest restoration of villages and towns and highway clearance from Guatemala City to the coast. The toll stands at 17,082 dead about 55,000 injured and over a sixth of the population homeless. Aid is flowing and disease outbreaks are limited while rebuilding adobe homes and prioritizing small towns remains urgent.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Chilmaltenango
Lago de Los Cisnes
Swan Lake
City To Vote On Radio Setup
City council members are expected to approve joining a radio network built by Corry Memorial Hospital and area agencies to improve emergency communications. CMH President Samuel Antrim said the move aims to speed ER service and prealert staff. Representatives from ambulance, fire, police, and hospital teams participated in discussions.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Hia
Samuel Antrim
CMH
Corry Ambulance Service
Corry
Village Pub Tavern Owner Cited For Gambling Violations
A PLCB agent and a city officer served a citation on Thomas Jewatsky owner of The Village Pub Tavern on First Avenue for violation of liquor laws. Police say the charge alleges he allowed gambling for cash and participated in the games himself. He may request a hearing.
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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Thomas Jewatsky
First Avenue
PLCB
Robert German
Cpl
Dana Scouten
Corry
Zewatsky
Witness Snafu Slows Hearst Trial Proceedings
In San Francisco AP report three witness probes protect against self incrimination while immunity is granted. The witnesses Faul the tape admission of Patricia Hearst joining the SLA before the 1974 bank robbery. Judge Carter limits immunity to keep future prosecutions possible. Hearst faces up to 48 years if convicted.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
SLA
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Carter
Jamellea Mumtaz
Oakland
Ronald Tate
Reumah X
F. Lee Bailey
Miss Hearst
Bailey
Thomas Dean Matthews
Los Angeles
William and
Emily Harris
Matthews
Donald "Cinaye’ DeFreeze
Grap
AWOL Boy Returns After Salvation Army Stop
A year-old boy wandered from home after 8 a.m. and stayed away until 7 p.m. He joined a Salvation Army program at the Citadel, prompting his family and Lt. Leroy Lyle to coordinate a return home with police notified.
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Howard Rowland
Wayne Rowland
Lemon Street
Salvation Army
Leroy Lyle
Howard
Housing Aide Quits In Huff
Harrisburg AP report says John McCoy resigned as executive director of Pennsylvania's Housing Finance Agency after sharp criticism of Gov. Shapp over the agency's near default on February 2. The shakeup follows a ban on financing new elderly and low income housing, with layoffs likely as funds run out and legislative bills seek permanent project bans.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Housing Finance Agency
Gov. Shapp
John McCoy
Shapp
William Wilcox
Senate
Wilcox
McCoy
John
Wileaps
Pothole plagues Pennsylvania worsen in winter freeze
A Associated Press report shows potholes multiplying across eastern and western Pennsylvania as freezing cycles widen cracks. PennDOT and motorists blame severe cold, water seeping under surfaces, and drainage problems. West Penn Motor Club runs Operation Pothole to locate owners and route repairs while garages report surge in realignment work and costly fixes.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Michael Gittens
Penndot
Pittsburgh
Chancey Saupp
Pennsylvania
Hils
West Pen Motor Club
West Penn
John Haver
State Police Chief Barger Charged With Perjury in Report Tampering
Harrisburg AP The State Police Commissioner James D Barger and two aides face arraignment on perjury and conspiracy charges for allegedly approving a policy change to remove drinking references from accident reports involving troopers who drank. The grand jury heard 76 witnesses. potential penalties include seven years and fines up to 15000 dollars for perjury and two years plus 3000 dollars for conspiracy.
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Harrisburg
James D. Barger
Willon Caldwell
Dauphin County
Barger
Roy
Wellendorf
Charles J. Buchinsky
Lal
Bachinsky
Electric heater blamed in fire fatal to tot
Fire officials determined an electric space heater caused a Sparta home blaze that killed 4 year old Laura Michelle Silvis. Police Fire Marshal Robert Bellotti said the child likely played with the heater and may have tipped it onto bedclothes. The upstairs was gutted, four people escaped, but rescuers could not reach the girl amid heat and smoke. The child died of acute carbon monoxide asphyxiation.
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Spartansburg
Pennsylvania
Robert Bellotti
Laura Michelle
Shelly) Silvis
Ralph Silvis
Bellotti
Mechanic Street
Sparta
Corry
Elgin-Beaverdam
Centerville
Sparta Fire Department
Woman Struck and Dragged by Car in Warren
Victoria McClelland, 54, remained in serious condition at Warren General Hospital after a freak accident on Warren's south side. Police report the parked car rolled in reverse as she walked behind it to mail a letter, dragging her about 55 feet and pinning her against a curb before rescue.
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Warren
Warren General Hospital
Victoria McClelland
Warren Borough
Corry Foam Adds Millions To Economy In 1975
Corry Foam Products boosted the local economy by nearly 2 million in 1975, says plant manager George E. Cote. The 140 employees earned 3.16 million in wages and salaries and about 380 thousand was spent locally. The plant, opened in 1960, makes urethane foam and related products for furniture, bedding, carpet and auto industries nationwide. It contributed 2,999 to the Corry Area United Fund and supports multiple local groups.
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Corry
George E. Cote
Cote
United States
Corry Area
United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
American Cancer Society
Corry Memorial Hospital Association
Red Cross
Stanford Hose Company
Explorer Scouts
Corry Foam
Firestone Foam Products Company
East Providence
R.I
Elkhart
Ind
Conover
N.C
Milan
Pothole Patrol Could Cure What Ails Roads
A brief letter from George 5 Pulskas former acting secretary of PennDOT says $120 million set aside for road maintenance will be used only for highway maintenance and reconstruction. Rep Forest Hopkins had requested reassurance and Pulskas notes the funds will be directed to those purposes but he has since resigned due to ill health. The Corry Evening Journal continues the Pothole Patrol with daily coupons printed on page 10 and ongoing coupon needs.
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George 5. Pulskas
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Pulakos
Forest Hopkins
Corry
Forest W. Hopkins
Leter
Palakos
Journal
Hopkins
Corry Evening Journal
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Capitol City
Snafu
Hearst
Huff
John Bronson
Associated Press
Dick Fabian
Harry Corcoran
Keystone Automobile Association
Auto Clinic
Hallway Prior
Mouse
Grand Jury
Buchinsky
State Police Academy
Hershey
Barger and Wellendort
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