Meany predicts 10 percent unemployment by midsummer
AFL CIO President George Meany said a 10 per cent jobless rate by midsummer is inevitable despite Congress and administration actions. He warned the figure could rise further, contrasting with Ford advisers who saw a midyear bottoming out and recovery. Meany noted unemployment feeds on itself and benefits exhaustion could worsen the economy.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Aflcio
George Meany
Congress
Meany
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Ford
Alan Greenspan
Nixon
City Council Debates Sunshine Bill Salary Increase Plan
Council discussed a proposed raise for City Treasurer Mary Hubley tied to the Sunshine Bill and debated closed‑door session rules. Caldwellone proposed boosting the combined treasurer salary to 9,991 with city share of 1,400, but the item was tabled for a later regular meeting pending ordinance drafting and election implications.
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Benjamin Calderone
Calderone
Water Department
Mary Hubley
Kissinger Seeks Middle East Accord with Soviet Involvement
Secretary of State Kissinger affirmed that the Soviet Union will not be excluded from efforts toward a Middle East settlement. He met Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran in Zurich as oil price discussions and potential guarantees to keep shipments to Israel featured in talks.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Union
Middle East
Kissinger
Heathrow Airport
London
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Iran
St. Moritz
Harold Wilson
Moscow
Bassan Freiha
al Anwar
Cairo
Freiha
Sadat
Ashraf Natredabs
Shah
Israel
Abu Rudeis
Sinai Desert
Egypt
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
James Callaghan
U.S
Gromyko
Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Palestine Liberation Organization
Foam Pumps $2 Million Into City Economy in 1974
Corry Foam Products added more than 2 million to the local economy in 1974. Plant manager George E. Cote said that the plant employed 196 people who earned 1.95 million in wages and salaries and the facility spent 500 thousand locally for goods and services. The Firestone Foam Products division also contributed 3,676 to the Corry Area United Fund and supports local groups such as the Chamber of Commerce, Memorial Hospital Association, Red Cross, Explorer Scouts, and the Stanford Hose Company.
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Corry Foam Products
George E. Cote
Cote
Corry Foam
Firestone Foam Products Company
United States
Corry Area
United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Corry Memorial Hospital Association
Red Cross
Explorer Scouts
Stanford Hose Company
Firestone Foam Products
East Providence
R.I
Milan
Tenn
Conover
N.C
Elkhart
Ind
Thomasville
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Buck A Cup Cancer Drive Nets $802
Corry coffee drinkers raised 802 for cancer research this month in seven participating Corry restaurants. Buck A Cup buttons were sold at the Texas Lunch Ritz Minnicks Country Foods Corry Motor Inn Mike and Jerry's Pizzeria and the Venture Inn. Helen Moliwa of Corry Motor Inn sold 169 buttons. Countywide contest prizes donated by Erie merchants. County drive netted 11000 for cancer research. Top restaurant was Fergie's in Erie with 988 buttons.
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Corry
Texas Lunch
Ritz
Minnicks
Country Foods
Corry Motor Inn
Mike and Jerry's Pizzeria
Venture Inn
Helen Moliwa
The
Marlette Crosby
Erie
Fergie's
Nixon To Donate Papers To Government Library Plan
The General Services Administration accepted Richard Nixon's offer to donate 1946 68 papers totaling about 1300 cubic feet stored at Laguna Niguel California with a request to keep them accessible to his San Clemente home The donated material covers 22 years before his White House tenure and includes documents not previously donated Earlier Nixon White House materials remain under court order to determine ownership Meanwhile Nixon cited a plan for a Richard Nixon Library and presidential archive and noted a prior donation of pre presidential papers sparked controversy with taxes and deductions recorded in 1969
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Washington
General Services Administration
Richard M. Nixon
United States
White House
Nixon
Richard Nixon
GSA
Arthur F. Sampson
National Archives
Laguna Niguel
Calif
San Clemente, Calif
Corry Public Library Qualifies For State Aid
The Corry Public Library has surpassed minimum standards set by Pennsylvania for local libraries and will receive 3,000 dollars in state aid. The state librarian commended the library for meeting hours, staffing, materials, and other standards, aided by support from the Corry Area School District Board. Only three Erie County libraries have achieved these standards, including Corry.
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Corry Public
Tunnell
Corry
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Corry Area
Erie County
Erie Metropolitan Library
McCord
North East
Corry Public Library
City bids on cruisers raise bid bond questions
City Council last night opened bids on two police cruisers but did not reject a bid lacking a required bond. The matter was tabled to the next meeting as Edward Burkhart of Crotty-Ferrando Agency contends the other bid should have been disqualified. City solicitor Rozelle noted the option to reject all bids, which the council did not exercise.
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Edward Burkhart
Crotty-Ferrando
Columbus
Burkhart
Cliff Buesink Ford
Douglas Rozelle
Pennsylvania
City Council Shifts From Auction To Bid For Water Building
The Corry City Council favors selling the former water company building by bidding rather than auction, hoping for a higher price. Officials weigh gas for Will Carry’s elderly housing project as National Fuel Gas plans a decision next month. GECAC may seek another site if renovation costs exceed twenty thousand dollars, influencing mayoral and county discussions this week.
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Water Company
Carry
Corry Housing Authority
CHA
National Fuel Gas
NFG
Virginia Nuzzo
Fourth Ward
Nuzzo
Mary Ann Kibler
Erie County Commissioners
Louis Raymek
Greater Erie Community Action Committee
GECAC
Corry
Kibler
Laundro To Be Boarded As Stopgap
Corry City Council ordered the storefront boarded and a rear gate locked to secure the crumbling West Main Street laundromat. Safety director Halfast blamed school district withdrawal for rising demolition costs, pegged at 36000 dollars, prompting talk of city county funding and a potential 18000 dollar federal request for razing as part of downtown renewal.
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Corry
West Main Street
William Halfast
Corry Area
Halfast
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