Two Area Men Face Attempted Murder Charge
Milton Swanson and William Milburn of Clymer face charges from Pennsylvania State Police and Chautauqua County Sheriff after a cross state crime spree. James Mason, 47, of Clymer, is hospitalized in fair condition after being beaten and left along a rural road. investigators sought a body but found no claim of a victim. Authorities planned to charge the suspects with attempted murder as dawn broke.
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Milton C. Swanson
William R. Milburn
R.D. J. Clymer
Pennsylvania State Police
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department
James Mason
Corry Memorial Hospital
Mason
Corry State
Janice Davis
Columbus Township
Chautauqua County
City Council Reorganizes With Stable Appointments
City council and appointed officials, led by Mayor Mary Ann Kibler, maintain last year’s slate in a reorganizing meeting broadcast by WQLN TV. Unanimous reappointments include Police Chief Kenneth Nichols and several authority and housing posts. new and renewed posts cover finance, safety, parks, engineering, and public works.
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WQLN
Council
Mary Ann Kibler
Benjamin Calderone
William Halfast
Jack Downey
David Miller
Kenneth Nichols
Walter Loveland
William Saborsky
Airport Authority
Embert Earle
City Parking Authority
David A. Johnson
Robert E. Grice
State To Get $39.5 Million In Public Service Jobs Push
The U S Department of Labor said Pennsylvania will receive about 39.5 million under a national plan to create 100000 public service jobs. More than 4000 new jobs are expected in the state, with roughly 2700 in the Philadelphia area, funded by the Emergency Jobs and Unemployment Assistance Act of 1974.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Labor
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Ford
Peter J. Brennan
Lehigh Valley Consortium
Southern Allegheny Consor
Ford energy plan hinges on personal sacrifice, Simon says
AP reports Treasury Secretary William E. Simon says President Ford will unveil a tough energy conservation program requiring personal sacrifice from Americans. He notes possible tax cuts and unemployment aid, with a Jan 20 rollout and no fuel rationing. Greenspan warns unemployment may remain high through 1976 while recovery lags.
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Ford
Washington
Treasury
William E. Simon
New Orleans
American Farm Bureau Federation
Police, Fire Hearings On City Schedule
Corry government faces multiple labor hearings this year with arbitration to resolve grievances. Officer Charles Rhodes contests a police suspension, hearing set January 16 with Norman Shahan and William Stonehouse Jr. as arbitrators. Alan Benson’s fire truck driver case postponed by his attorney. Additional dispute over extra pay for dispatching remains unresolved, covering Sparta, Elgin Beaverdam, and Corry entities.
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Corry
Charles Rhodes
Kenneth Nichols
Norman Shahan
Cooper-Pentax
John Spencer
North East
Rhodes
William Stonehouse Jr
American Arbitration Association
Pittsburgh
Police Department
Alan Benson
Benson
William Lesler
Erie
Sparta Fire Department
Elgin-Beaverdam
Corry Ambulance Service
Auto sales slump deepens as 1974 totals dip
DETROIT AP Americans bought 23 percent fewer cars in 1974 than 1973 as the auto industry faced its second worst year in 11 years. December sales fell 25 percent from a year earlier, signaling a slow recovery in 1975.
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Ford
Harris
U.S
Detroit
General Motors
Mack Worden
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Woman Refuses to Flee as Collier City Burns Continue
Mae Dell Smith vows she will stay in her home in Collier City despite a wave of arson fires that have destroyed 68 of 105 prefabricated houses in the past two years. Five teen arson suspects from the Knotty Head Gang were arrested, but the fires persist as residents fear for their safety and consider leaving. The crime rise, blamed on a predominantly Black neighborhood established in 1972, remains without a clear motive, according to Broward County sheriff officials.
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Pompano Beach
Fila
Mae Dell Smith
Collier City
Florida
Broward County
Tom Bateman
Crime Patrol Department
Bateman
Phuoc Binh Falls as North Vietnamese Take City
North Vietnamese forces overran Phuoc Binh after a six day siege, torching parts of the city and seizing the Tay Ninh base nearby. Saigon reports Phuoc Long Province fallen, authorities call three days of mourning, Thieu orders entertainment shutdown. U.S. denies carrier Enterprise assisting Saigon.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Phuoc Binh
Phuoc Long
Tay Ninh
U.S. Defense Department
U.S
Enterprise
Thieu
Phuoc Binh City
Song Be
1St Air Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
International Peacekeeping Force
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John Hornick
Marie McCray
Jane Swanson
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National Bank of Corry
Corry Savings and Loan Association
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Carl Hixson
Tium
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