Pothole Parade Triggers Immediate Road Repairs
Corry area motorists and the Corry Evening Journal led a campaign to press PennDOT in Harrisburg and local state lawmakers to fix dangerous potholes. State Senator R Budd Dwyer and PennDOT officials outlined actions for Corry and Route 426 including patching holes, correcting shoulders, and planned surface treatments and overlays from Corry to the state line.
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Harrisburg
Franklin
Corry
Warren County
Corry Evening Journal
Journal
R. Budd Dwyer
Senate
Journal Newsroom
Dwyer
Corry Area
Franklin Penndot
Corry-Clymer Road
East Main Street
Exie County Plastics Works
Minimum Legal Fee Elimination Asked
Harrisburg Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg urged county bar associations to drop minimum legal fee schedules calling them a nation wide disgrace. The move follows a Virginia federal judge ruling that such schedules amount to illegal price fixing and comes as insurers consider offering protection against legal fees. Denenberg said minimum fees cost consumers millions annually.
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Harrisburg
Herbert Denenberg
Will Shapp Propose Tax Cut In State of the Commonwealth
Gov. Shapp is expected to propose reducing Pennsylvania personal income tax in a 7 p.m. State of the Commonwealth address from Hershey. The plan, first outlined last week, aims to boost political support amid Democratic-leaning tensions and recent personnel shakeups in state government.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Pennsylvania
State of the Commonwealth
Public Television Network
Hershey
J. Shane Creamer
Rocco P. Urella
Urella
Creamer
Pennsylvania Crime Commission
YMCA awards police free memberships to boost relations
The Corry YMCA gave complimentary adult memberships to City Police and Pennsylvania State Police at the Corry barracks to improve relations with youths. Allan Schell cited police fitness and discipline management as goals while Ronald Willman said the move aims to foster understanding between police and youths. The police families must buy regular memberships. In a separate brief ceremony at Slocum's Electronics Charley Slocum received a Senate citation for Pennsylvania Handicapped Man of the Year, presented by Sen. R Budd Dwyer, with Chamber of Commerce manager Dennis Frushone in attendance.
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Corry
Schell
Ronald
Willman
Slocum
East Main Street
Charley Slocum
State
Senate
Pennsylvania
Sen. R. Budd Dwyer
Dennis Frushone
Police Identify Sniper in New Orleans Hotel Roof Shooting
Police identified the sniper as Mark J. Essex, 23, of Emporia Kansas, killed on a hotel rooftop. Six people died and 17 injured in the sniping. Ballistics link a 44 magnum carbine found with Essex to the New Year’s Eve attack on a police cadet and a wounded officer. Police say evidence suggests possible additional snipers and a conspiracy, but details remain uncertain.
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New Orleans
Kansas
Essex
Howard Johnson's
Giarrusso
Alfred Harrell
North Vietnam bets on talks failing amid new war measures
In Saigon AP reports North Vietnam acts to harden defenses against renewed bombing north of the 20th parallel as Paris talks stall. Premier Pham Van Dong declares Tet of resistance for national salvation and imposes emergency directives. The U.S. allows limited air support above the line as clashes continue near Thanh Hoa.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Pham van Dong
Nixon
Paris
Dong
United States
U.S
Air Force
Thanh Hoa
Vietnam
Nghe An
Panhandle
Corry Area School District Revenue Outlook
Corry Area School District treasurer Robert Wharton outlined the year end revenue picture at a board meeting. Investment of idle funds via 60 to 90 day certificates yielded about $11,000 in interest while the remaining major anticipated income is a $138,000 density sparsity subsidy, for which the district has filed the needed state form.
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Corry Area
Robert Wharton
District Board of Education
Fourth Winter Carnival Parade Opens Corry Week of Fun
The 1973 fourth annual Winter Carnival begins Saturday with a snowmobile parade through Corry. Sponsors are the Corry Chamber of Commerce the Corry Snowmobile Club and the Corry Area Jaycees. Events include trail rides snow sculpturing ice skating dances and a USSA sanctioned Snowmobile Classic on January 20 21. Buttons admit to all events cost 2 with a stated value of 5.
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Corry
Airport
Moose Club
Tamarack Swamp
British Airports, Offices Closed By Union Protests
London AP Union protests halt major British air ports and government offices. About 140 Downing Street clerks walked out delaying Heath cabinet operations and delaying pay review. 2000 air traffic controllers and customs staff stopped work for three hours. Light delays at Heathrow impacted thousands of passengers.
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London
Edward Heath
Heath
Downing SL
Heathrow
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