Low Bid On Garbage Runs $48,000 Yearly
The Superior Refuse Company was the low bidder for a five year city garbage contract at $48,000 annually, with City Disposal Co of Greenville at $59,880 but lacking a bidder's bond. Council delayed decision until next Monday, potential per family monthly cost drops from $1.76 to about $1.60, and March 1st the charge moves to city taxes. The dump on Avenue A will close to nonfill dumping and Superior will haul to the West Main street landfill under Pete Robertson supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Refuse Company
City Disposal Company
Greenville
Corry
At & P.m
Avenue A
Superior
West Main Street
Emmanuel
Pete Robertson
Youngsville Debates Fluoridation Measure at Meeting
Youngsville borough council discussed fluoride levels after a lab found 0.06 ppm natural fluoride in the water. A minority urged boosting to 1.0 ppm per health guidance, but the motion failed 4 to 2, and a referendum to place fluoridation on the May primary ballot was approved unanimously for submission to the county.
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Youngsville
James Malone
Charles Seekings
Richard Brown
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Myron Nelson
Council
William Hill Jr
Warren County Commissioners
Seek Petition Signers To Head Off Compulsory Collections
Citizens file petitions to repeal the Garbage Ordinance and push an amended Housing Code requiring disposal facilities and city landfill access. A 20 percent voter petition under Section 1051 of the Third Class City Code triggers reconsideration, with a decision due next Monday.
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Harry Coulter
Prospect Street
Percy Corbin
18 More Face Action In Back School Taxes
The Corry School Board received a list of 18 delinquent property owners facing civil suits or sheriff sales for unpaid school taxes. Delinquent tax collector R Elwin Fuller prepared the list and J Earle Bliley urged handing it to School Solicitor Franke McKnight for action after a Finance Committee review. The committee includes Dr John Mohr Clifton Buesink and Bliley. In a separate item, Sylvester S Kreiser Sr 58 of Jonestown R D 2 Lebanon County was killed accidentally in a coal mine near Good Spring, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
R. Elwin Fuller
J. Earle Bliley
J. Bliley
Franke McKnight
McKnight
Eas Finance
Good Spring
Sylvester S. Kreiser Sr
Jonestown
R. D
Lebanon County
Schuylkill County
Shafer open to possible tax hike as revenue needs rise
Gov elect Raymond P. Shafer says a tax increase is possible but details depend on reports from his budget secretary and a four member tax commission. He cites a need for about 200 million dollars in extra revenue to fund recent legislative programs and says he opposes a graduated income tax though a flat tax could be considered if recommended. He unveiled an emergency report deadline of March 1 and aims to have a March budget ready.
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Harrisburg
Raymond P. Shafer
Special Tax Commission
Shafer
Tax Commission
Commission
Bipartisan Commission
Eye Broad Changes In Schools Here Details At Joint Meeting
The Corry Area Joint School Committee began a drive to upgrade local education with a focus on sequential programs. Superintendent Ray Elsen said new programs start in kindergarten and continue through twelfth grade including modern math. A revised science program for junior and senior high is planned.
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Corry Area
Ray Elsen
Corry
Kafferlin
Jointure
Joseph Pit Scavage
Columbus
Joint Committee
Piteavage
Elsen
Siz
Cupid Wins Out at Maryland Wedding Plea
Ensign Manuel Lopez, a U S Naval Academy graduate on leave from Vietnam service, wed Sally Smayling of Wichita after Maryland officials issued a special order to override the anti miscegenation statute. Lopez, Filipino heritage, resides in West Hyattsville Maryland.
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Manuel Lopez
U. S, Naval Academy
Vietnam
Sally Smayling
Wichita
Kaw
Mary
Ensign
Upper Marlboro
Lopez
Washington
Cornelio Lopez
Maryland
Ensign Lopez
West Hyattsville
Johnson to Seek Great Society Adjustments in State of the Union
President Johnson, addressing a 90th Congress in session, is expected to propose revisions to draft laws and continued Great Society programs with reduced funding for Vietnam, while maintaining a wait-and-see tax stance. House and Senate leadership battles unfold as Powell faces removal calls and seating disputes loom.
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Washington
90Th Congress
Johnson
House
Congress
69Th Congress
Vietnam
Senate
Capitol Hill
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Joseph S. Clark
Pennsylvania
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
George Murphy
California
Hugh Scott
Murphy
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Soldier Dies In Viet Cong Mine Trap Near Saigon
A U S 1st Infantry Division trooper was wounded when a Viet Cong bobby trap exploded as he entered a hut in Minh Tan 30 miles northeast of Saigon during a search and destroy mission. The blast occurred as the man inspected a tunnel entrance under roof debris from air strikes.
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U. S. 1St Infantry Division
Minh Tan
Erie School to Hire New Architect for Wright Project
Erie Board drops Johnson Horigan and Yaple after cost estimates rose from 29 710 in 1965 to 37 220 in 1966 and 51 000 in 1986. The Building Committee cites lack of supervision and unacted corrections, opting to retain Hallgren Restifo and Loop for Wright School heating system renovations.
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Corry
Wright
Erie
Johnson, Horigan Andtaple
Dale Webster
Webster
Johnson
Horigan
Yaple
Hallgren, Restifo
Loop
All Youngsters Map New Kindergarten Concept
At the Corry Area Joint School Committee meeting the push to expand kindergarten appears. Discussion covers age requirements and the committee may assume full control of the program similar to secondary education. Transport issues limit rural participation and enrollment.
US launches biggest offensive of Viet War near Saigon
U S forces backed by planes armor and artillery launch a multi division assault in the Tron Triangle 20 to 30 miles north of Saigon aiming to seize a major Communist headquarters and clear enemy troops. In three days 92 Viet Cong killed 16 captured as reinforcements and peasant evacuation continue.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Tron Triangle
William
Westmoreland
Thanh Phu
Mekong
South Korea
Tiger Division
Qui Nhon
U.S
North Vietnam
Corry School Board Reconsiders Investing Funds
At a Corry meeting the board debated investing school funds for profit. Dr John Mohr and others questioned feasibility while Bliley noted local banks have long held funds for home loans and only a few times have funds been invested for profit.
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Corry
John Mohr
J. Earle Biley
Bliley
Wright School
Bisley
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George Downey
East Pleasant Street
City Hall
LBJ
Cupid
Wright Project
Tointure
William Kafferlin
Spring Creek
Concord
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