Corry Council Approves 600000 Grant for Elderly Center
Corry City Council unanimously approves a 600000 grant from the U S Department of Commerce for a center for the elderly and a community complex, with the Corry Redevelopment Authority as coordinator and Marine Bank as depository. Construction must start by March 23 at 35 per square foot, four bids to be invited. Governor Shapp criticizes the Public Works Act funding as biased toward large cities, noting only four of 17 major cities in Pennsylvania received funds while 58 counties and smaller communities will gain some share.
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Corry
U.S. Department of Commerce
Corry Redevelopment Authority
Marine Bank
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Chester
Reading
Easton
Legionnaires' linked to bird diseases and snow contest notes
In Ames Iowa government researchers link bacteria causing turkey and parrot diseases to Legionnaires' disease. Contests in City Park discuss snow moisture and a hose solution while officials urge entrants to register.
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Ames
Iowa
Philadelphia
Nab Three Robbers In Bizarre Garb
Pittsburgh police say three armed men wearing heavy makeup wigs false noses and eyeglasses robbed United Insurance Co in Shadyside of 4000 to 5000. A sergeant was wounded in a shootout as officers arrested Wayne Hawthorne Rodney Jackson and George Jones, who fled in a van then on foot after a failed attempt to seize a delivery van.
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Pittsburgh
Insurance Company
United Insurance Co
Shadyside
Wayne Hawthorne
East Liberty
Rodney Jackson
George Jones
Hill District
Stolen Corry Eagle cover valued by philatelists
A prized 1861 Corry to New York envelope with the rare Eagle postmark vanished from a private collection. The APS seeks information, listing contact in St. Petersburg Florida. collectors note other valuable Corry postmarks like a cork “boar” cancel from 1860.
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Corry
A.F. Messenger
New York City
Mathews & Taylor
Duane Street
Stamps
American Philatelic Society
APS
Twenty-third Avenue
North
St. Petersburg
Fla
Fred Broughton
Erie
Broughton
Hearst-Samson
Erie man sentenced in Eckerd Drugs burglary case
One of three Erie men charged in the Eckerd Drugs burglary last July was sentenced in Erie County court to 18 months to years after pleading guilty to conspiracy. Donald Murray, 33, of Erie, had a burglary count dropped. The trio was caught as Corry police responded to a 1 25 a.m. break in on July 19. Covel was captured inside. Murray fled from the roof and $280 in loot was recovered.
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Erie
Donald Murray
James Trefonoff
Philip Covel
EaWard Carney
Murray
Corry
Eckerd Qrug
Corry Plaza
Charles Rhodes
Paul Goodman
Donald Raisley
Frederick Day
Cove
Holdup Men Not Taken Seriously
Barbara Coyle a 20 year old clerk at a late night Amherst New York area grocery store recounted a holdup when a masked man entered demanded money stating I will shoot you. She looked out and saw another man in a car smiling and she simply smiled as the gunman left without taking any money or harming anyone.
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Buffalo
Barbara Coyle
Amherst
Raymond Div Tabs 2 For Promotions
Maurice DellaVeccia named division manager of the Raymond Division Barnes Group Associated Spring Corp. He replaces Ross Bailey who moves to Midwest Region overseeing three plants in Wisconsin and Illinois. DellaVecchia has been factory manager since January 1 1976 Donald Smith to replace him as factory manager formerly a labor slide foreman in the Corry plant.
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Maurice DellaVeccia
Hincrest Drive
Raymond
Barnes Group
Associated Spring Corp
William Helmintoller
DellaVecchia
Ross Bailey
Bailey
Midwest
Associated Spring
Wisconsin
Illinois
Donald Smith
R.D. 4
Union City
Della Vecchia
Smith
Pennsylvanias Worst Snow Storm Paralyzes State
The storm caused widespread closures and traffic chaos across Pennsylvania with about four inches in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, up to seven inches in western highlands. Three Snyder County youths died in a head on crash on Pa. 22 west of Kreamer. Schools closed statewide, major roads blocked, and minor accidents reported as crews worked through the night and into dawn.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Snyder County
Kreamer
Richard E. Keister Jr
Brian
Dean Bowerson
Penns Creek
New England
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
National Weather Service
Schuykill Expressway
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Donegal
Milesburg
Kylerstown
Clearfield County
Keystone
Liberty Bell
God Tells Bradford Man to Yield Pot Case Shocks Bradford
William McFarlane of Bradford claimed God ordered him to lead police to 220 pounds of marijuana hidden in his apartment. He told officers and police chief Neal Frekds about divine guidance before admitting the possession. Police found marijuana stashed in multiple home locations. He was arraigned on a felony drug possession charge and jailed.
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Bradford
William McFarlane
Pollcn
Bratton
Mc ¥Urlayie
Polic
Neal Frekds
Earl God
McParlane
McFarkine
Trucker and Corry Woman Report Seeing Missing Girl Amanda Maples
Police received a tip from a truck driver who claimed to have given a ride to a girl he believed to be Amanda Maples, 16, last seen wearing a blue jacket, pink slacks, and tan boots. A Union City resident reported seeing the girl with a black Labrador, matching the state police description.
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Amanda M. Maples
Meadville
Pittsburgh
Miss Maples
Het
Union City
Corry
Verna Carnicke
Ald. 4
Bandits Escape With $8,000 From Equibank Bank
Two armed men robbed an Equibank branch in Smithton Pennsylvania taking more than $8,000. State police reported the bandits entered the bank Thursday afternoon and demanded cash from tellers.
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Smithton
Westmoreland County
Equibank
Helicopter Crashes at Alameda High School Construction Site
A helicopter crashed inside the under construction Alameda High School courtyard after the pilot tried to land on a sloped area. The 500 pound air conditioning unit slid, the craft hit a skylight edge, and pilot Ron Garlick was hospitalized in serious but stable condition.
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Alameda
Calif
Ron Garlick
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Congress
Uuspot
Yssiie
Corry Evening Journal
Legionnaires’ Discovery
Barbara Mack
Leslie Page
National Animal Disease Laboratory
Page
U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Center
Peoria
American Legion
Eens
Philip O'Berry
Turkeys
Thie
Eckerd
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