Mobile Home Fire Destroys Home on Whitney Run Road
Corry Sparta and Spring Creek fire crews battled a mobile home blaze on Whitney Run road last evening. The trailer owned by the Thomas Kuss family was a total loss valued at about $10 000 with no one inside. Fire chief Thomas Lathrop said the origin could not be determined. About 60 firefighters responded and the family arrived while crews worked. A second call reported a small fire at 621 North Center street causing only slight damage in the studding beneath a fireplace.
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Corry
Sparta
Spring Creek
Whitney Run Road
Thomas Kuss
Thomas Lathrop
Lathrop
Nixon signs speed limit and rail rescue bills
President Nixon signed into law a measure to compel all states to set 55 or 56 mph speed limits or risk losing federal highway funds. He also approved a $1.5 billion federal loan and more than $500 million in subsidies to reorganize seven bankrupt Northeastern railroads, creating the United States Railway Association to oversee a new privately operated rail network. The list of bankrupt lines includes Penn Central, Central of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley, Reading, Erie Lackawanna, Boston and Maine, and Ann Arbor. Nixon praised the rail bill as a turning point while noting some subsidies were high. He spoke after contacting several GOP leaders and top aides. his wife Pat was named temporary chair of a National Voluntary Service Advisory Council.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
America
Congress
United States Railway Association
Consolidated Rail Corp
Penn Central
Central of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
Reading
Erie Lackawanna
Boston
Maine
Ann Arbor
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
William E. Brock III
Tennessee
John G. Tower
Texas
GOP
John J. Rhodes
Robert H. Michel
Illinois
Henry A. Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ronald L. Ziegler
Rose Mary Woods
White House
Pat
National Voluntary Service Advisory Council
PSP Arrest Columbus Man After $1,300 Hit-Run Crash
Richard E. Petty of Columbus was arrested after a Monday hit and run at Route 6 and Scotts Crossing Road. Police say a fast driver rammed two stopped cars, fled east on Route 957, and abandoned the vehicle. Damages were $1,000 to Roberta Ayers and $300 to Harold Andrus. Petty was arraigned and released on a $500 property bond.
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Columbus
Bend
Route 6
Scotts Crossing Road
Corry
Richard E. Petty
Roberta Ayers
R.D. 2
Harold. Andrus
Kane
Ayers
Andrus
Ayers Auto
Andrus Auto
Petty
Elwood Beardsley
Beardsley
James Fiebelkorn
R.D. 1
Little Valley
Fiebelkorn
Union City
William Finney
Apache Avenue
Spartansburg
John D. Glenbach
Meadville
Paul Dean
Pleasantville
Arthur Jordan
R.D. 4
Robber 16 Located Will Be Returned
A Corry youth aged 16 who robbed Karen's Gift Shop on December 13 with a butcher knife is in Lockport New York to waive extradition. He is held as a youth offender and faces adult-style extradition proceedings. Police expect to escort him upon waiver. Witnesses identified him from mug shots, and he and a girl friend fled south on North Center Street after the robbery.
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Corry
Lockport
N.Y
Karen
Kenneth Nichols
Charles Rhodes
David Turner
New York State
Nichols
New York
North Center Street
39 Die As Italian Plane Crashes In Turin
An American family of five and 34 others were killed when a twin engine airliner crashed at Turin airport in rain and fog. Police said 39 people died, four survived, most aboard were Italian passengers. The Breckheimer family from New York and Geneva headed a subsidiary firm.
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Turin
Taly
Robert Anthony Breckheimer
New York City
Sheila
Jane Margaret
Robert Anthony Jr
Joyce Breckheimer
Breckheimer
Geneva
See Price Hikes Coming Fresh Gas Allocations Should Help
The new year brings fresh gasoline supplies for many motorists but officials warn price hikes may follow. Official quotes say conditions should improve today and Thursday while allocations arrive monthly. Across states, stations reopen as January supplies arrive and prices potentially rise by March. Weather and shortages depress travel with distress calls rising in Milwaukee and Seattle reports. National fatality projections for the four day holiday were updated to 396 by 1 am EST.
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Associated Press
Anthony Ippolito
Automobile Club of New York
Washington State
Arco
Bill Merry
Automobile Club of Washington
Seattle
Milwaukee
Wis
American Automobile Association
AAA
Midwest
National Safety Council
No One Knows How Much Oil Available
Washington AP reports uncertainty over U S oil reserves with estimates like 36.3 billion barrels and 11.0 years of production seen as company driven. Government relies on industry data, while insiders flag weak, infrequent reporting and calls for a new reserve estimation approach.
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Washington
U.S
William E. Simon
Federal Energy Office
Census Bureau
Columbus Fire Losses Drop In 773
Fire losses in Columbus Township fell in 1973 to 21,500 from the prior year. Chief Thomas Messinger reported the Columbus Volunteer Fire Department logged 647 hours handling 38 alarms, including 11 buildings and 9 grass fires, plus mutual aid calls, 6 vehicle incidents, 2 missing persons, and 2 resuscitation calls.
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Columbus Township
Thomas Messinger
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department
New Year Baby Timothy Dale Born in Corry 1974
Corry Memorial Hospital welcomed the year’s first baby born at 6:13 a.m. a boy weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces. Timothy Dale Wilkinson is the couple's second child, with parents Larry L. and Judy Oesch Wilkinson of R D 1 Spring Creek. A prize bundle from local merchants awaits the newborn. The family’s older child is a son named Larry.
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Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
Larry L. Wilkinson
R.D. 1
Spring Creek
First Avenue
Garfield Plumbing
Johnson Brothers
Lehman's Tire Service
Rossbacher Insurance Service
Wilkinsons
Erie Catholic Diocese Buys Maplecrest Complex
Maplecrest Sales and Service on Hyde Road in Corty near Spring Creek Township has been sold to the Catholic Diocese of Erie. Purchase price was 155458 dollars. Owner Dr. Thomas Kalkof plans a move to a Erie to Spring Creek location and a large snowmobile inventory sale is planned. Diocese hints at using the property as a youth center but decision not yet final.
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Maplecrest Sales and Service
Spring Creek Township
Hyde Road
R.D. 2
Corty
Thomas C. Kalkof
Erie
Kalkof
Spring Creek
Maplecrest
Kalkos
Santa Claus House operator reports oversized phone bills
North Pole Alaska AP Don Miller owner of Santa Claus House Trading Post says about 5 000 calls a year come to Santa from across the U S and overseas. Parents inquiring about $97 phone bills call his number and wonder if Santa is real. A four minute call from Miami costs about 6 30 plus tax.
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Alaska
Virginia
Alabama
Washington
California
Santa
Don Miller
Santa Claus House Trading Post
Japan
Bermuuda
Miami
Fla
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Tansburg
Journal
McEldowney
Bruce Campbell
PSP
Charles Binsted
National Congress of Petroleum Retailers
Dan Asner
New Orleans
State Service Station Association
Holly Walk
Tyrone
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