Gas rationing debate in small towns stalls near end of week
In Corry the first day of Gov Shapp’s voluntary gas rationing shows no need for odd plate day limits. Truckers strike easing, local supplies ample, while larger cities face shortages and lines. Officials debate plate versus inspection sticker systems as legislation nears drafting.
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Corry
Milton Shapp
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Richard Doran
Shapp
Pittsburgh
The
Journal
Titusville
Meadville
Erie
Police Probe Pill Sale Incident at Corry High School
Police investigate after two Corry area girls, both juveniles, were hospitalized following a pill incident at Corry Area High School. A bus driver was bruised in a scuffle on the bus. One girl reportedly bought sleeping pills for 50 cents from a classmate who obtained them by prescription. The second girl was hospitalized after an apparent overdose. she remains in satisfactory condition.
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Corry
Corry Area
Kenneth Nichols
Union City Hospital
Corry Memorial Hospital
UC Dam Plan Ordered By Commissioners
Erie County commissioners ordered officials to list minimum priorities for the Union City Dam recreation area. Parks and Recreation Director Peter Russo and Planning Director Chris Capotis will prepare the list for submission before the spring primary. Prosecutor Hill withheld a callot question resolution until the report is done as supporters and opponents spoke, including Amity Township Treasurer George Gregory who warned land deterioration and ongoing losses. the project would cost about 80,000 dollars annually for 40 years with the federal government paying an equal share.
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Erie
Union City Dam
Commission
William C. Hill Jr
Parks and Recreation
Peter Russo
Chris Capotis
Hill
Russo-Capotis
Amity Township
George Gregory
Gregory
Assassination Plots Foiled In Argentina and Uruguay Route
About 30 suspects, linked to Peronist urban guerrillas and the Tupamaros, are being questioned in Buenos Aires over plots to kill Argentine President Juan D. Peron and Uruguayan President Juan M. Bordaberry as their motorcade passed. Carlos Alberto Carides, of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, was arrested with explosives near the route. Bordaberry had come to Buenos Aires to sign a treaty.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Uruguay
Miguel Iniguez
Tupamaros
Carlos Alberto Carides
Revolutionary Armed Forces
Juan D. Peron
Juan M. Bordaberry
Bordaberry
Hearst Father Faces SLA Food Demand in Kidnapping Case
Randolph Hearst contemplates the SLA demand for 70 dollars of free meat and produce for California's poor and elderly as he pledges cooperation. Patricia Hearst, stating she is unharmed, describes comfort and medicine, while FBI officials say authorities will not arrest the SLA until Miss Hearst is safe.
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Berkeley
Calif
Patricia Hearst
California
Randolph A. Hearst
Feod
Symbionese Liberation Army
Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Hearst Corp
Miss Hearst
SLA
Ultraright
FBI
Charles Bates
Corry School Tax Burden Low End Of State List
DOE figures show Corry Area School District local effort at 19.8 mills, ranking 455th among under 500 districts. Superintendent Ray Elsen called Corry lucky as nearby districts range from 21.5 to 28.8 mills with some reaching 31.5 mills, reflecting varying local tax loads for schools.
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Department of Education
Journal Today
Ray Elsen
Corry Area
DOE
Corry
Ridgway
St. Marys
Erie
Fairview
Fort LeBoeuf
Union City
Wattsburg
Red Cross Center Nears Finish as Volunteers Gather
Polly Durham and Thomas Grice work on painting inside the new Red Cross community center on East Main Street. Robert Grice says most construction is done and the building will open Tuesday evenings for volunteers to help finish the interior. The center is hoped to serve agencies like the Red Cross and United Fund.
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Polly Durham
Thomas Grice
New Red Cross Community Center
East Main Street
Robert Grice
Red Cross Building Committee
Red Cross
United Fund
McEydowney
Energy Chief Rejects Short-Term View On Gas Shortage
Federal energy chief William Simon lashed out at budget director Roy Ash for labeling the energy crisis a short term problem. He warned shortages will persist, while Ash and President Nixon push for adjustments and potential rationing amid rising gas station curbs. Senator Weicker vows action to enforce nationwide rationing as energy bills move in Congress.
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Washington
William
Simon
Roy L. Ash
Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Nixon
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Lowell P. Weicker
R Conn
Weicker
American Automobile Association
Senate
Solzhenitsyn Deported to West Germany on Arrival
Alexander Solzhenitsyn arrived in West Germany after being expelled from the Soviet Union. An airport spokesman confirmed his plane from Moscow, while reporters were kept away for security. The Kremlin notified Bonn Solzhenitsyn might settle in Germany, possibly at Heinrich Boll’s Eifel house, with no permanent decision announced.
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BOM
Germany
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
West Germany
Soviet Union
Moscow
Frankfurt
Solzhenitsyn
West Ger
Heinrich Boll
Boll
Eifel Mountains
Bonn
Rhine River
Eifels
Ruediger von Wechmar
Kremlin
von Wechmar
Energy Confab Ends with France US Rifts Unsettled
Washington AP reports a three nation energy conference closes without resolving key US France tensions over oil policy. Kissinger fails to shift Michel Jobert on a follow up mechanism and the dispute shadows a hoped communique. Diplomats warn the meeting must end by midday with or without France’s acceptance.
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Washington
United States
France
Henry A. Kissinger
Michel Jobert
Jobert
Gas Explosion Injures 55 In Derailment At Oneonta NY
A Delaware and Hudson train derailment near Oneonta New York caused a gas explosion injuring 55 people. Mickey Hirten of the Oneonta Star reports a ball of flame shot into the sky as cars exploded and debris riverward, with 20 hospitalized and one in critical condition.
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Oneonta
N.Y
Mickey Hirten
Hirten
Delaware & Hudson
Here
Hirton
Oneonta Star
Binghampton
Mechanicville
D&h
C. B. Sterzing Jr
Sterzing
Susquehanna River
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