Corry Area Schools confront EQA controversy and plan
Corry Area Schools will administer the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment to fifth, eighth, and eleventh graders during the first two weeks of March. Questionnaires are available at the district office on South Street but cannot be removed or copied. parents may request to opt their child out in writing by February 27.
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Harding School
Corry
Partic Oo Educational
Qualit East
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Erowrainsverdinaire
Sylvani
State Board of Education
Department of Education
State Department of Education
Pennsylvania Department of Nation
Penndot
Erie County
C.P. Saupp
Franklin
Saupp
PennDOT Promises Pothole Fixes Amid Survey Efforts
West Pleasant area reports state highway plans under the Twelve Year Highway Improvement Program. Route 89 between Wattsburg and Beaverdam to be widened and resurfaced. Route 277 West Pleasant to be resurfaced. Route 426 rerun from older plan but deteriorated. PennDOT cites limited funds and focuses on maintenance until funds allow widening. The journal notes ongoing Pothole Patrol and public form submissions.
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Penndot
Forest Hopkins
North East
Corry
New York State Line
Wattsburg
Beaverdam
Probe to study rising auto repair part costs
Washington AP report says the Council on Wage and Price Stability will study why replacement auto repair parts cost more than cars themselves. The investigation covers crash parts like fenders hoods doors and bumpers, with some maintenance parts included.
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Washington
Driver Unhurt As Soft Berm Topples Semi
A tractor-trailer on Route 77 in Sparta toppled onto its side after a passing car forced it off the road. William Conner, 46, of Guys Mills, was unhurt. Damage estimated at 600 dollars. The other driver's identity was not released.
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Sparta
Corry Stale
William Conner
B.D. 2
Guys Mills
Conner
Hydetown
Robert Hummel
Titusville
Donald F Wagner
Centerville
Hummel
Wagner
How To Raise Terrific Children, Harvard Study
Boston AP reports Harvard professor Burton L. White outlines a study on early child development. The brightest children gain from varied home stimuli, frequent direct conversation, and freedom to roam before age three. Key factors include mother’s influence, language exposure, steady staring, and spacing between siblings.
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Boston
Burton L. White
Harvard University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
White
Harvard
Uie
Nobel laureates urge stronger anti smoking action in Senate hearing
Two 1975 Nobel Prize winners in cancer research told a Senate panel that the government bears blame for lung cancer deaths. They support a heavy tax on high tar and nicotine cigarettes as a first step and warn that lighter cigarettes could be taxed proportionately. The hearing faced opposition from tobacco-state lawmakers and industry allies amid fears for farmers and economic hardship.
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Washington
Renato Dulbecco
Howard M. Termin
Senate
U.S
Hoth
Senate Health Subcommittee
Up Bra Ag
Kissinger Heads To Brazil On Latin American Tour
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger left for Brazil aboard a U S Air Force jet and was due in Brasilia at about 2 30 p m EST. He planned talks with President Ernesto Geigal during the third leg of his Latin American tour amid warnings to Peru's military regime about bloc policy.
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Lima
Peru
Henry A. Kissinger
Brazil
Bloc of Nations
U.S. Air Force
Brasilia
Kissinger
Ernesto Geigal
Hearst Hearst Cross-Examined In Bank Robbery Trial
Patricia Hearst faces cross examination over her account of life with the SLA and fears of death from terrorists. Prosecutor Browning aims to press the theory she willingly aided the April 15 1974 bank robbery while defense counsel Bailey blocks questioning about 1974 to 1975. Hearst describes abduction, rape during captivity, and belief the SLA controlled her fate as FBI closed in.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
U.S
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
F. Lee Bailey
Browning
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Bailey
SLA
Sacramento
Donald
DeFreeze
William
Emily Harris
Los Angeles
FBI
City Reads Sewer Study Immediately
The city plans to hire a consultant to draft a sewer study after a state order halts all new sewer projects until the study is completed. Two high priority projects are eyed in Random Russell road area and the west end near West Washington Grand York and Warren streets. City Engineer David Johnson will solicit proposals and a plan must be submitted to the state within 45 days. costs could reach 50 000 dollars.
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Random
Russell Road
West End
West Washington
Grand
York
Warren Streets
David Johnson
Johnson
Congress Hopes To Nix Veto On Jobs Bill Override
Washington leaders push to override President Ford’s veto of a 6.1 billion dollar jobs bill as unemployment falls. House vote planned today with Senate action to follow. Democrats seek about 25 Republican votes to reach a two thirds margin. Local officials back the measure, claiming it would create over 600,000 jobs.
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Senate
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