Unusual tax payment and local incidents in Meadville
A Meadville taxpayer paid city taxes with three one dollar bills and a wine bottle filled with pennies claiming fifteen dollars worth. Treasurer Thane Hawkins accepted the payment and gave 25 cents change as the total due reached 17.75. The man explained unemployment caused his lateness. Also reported are a $50,000 Erie County jury verdict for damages, a 175 dollar car crash on East Sixth Street, a missing Union City girl, a Titusville woman escaping injury, a West Pleasant home fire, and several local government and industry notes including the Pellntech Paper Mill closing and area weather outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Thane Hawkins
Plane crash near Mogadishu kills seven and injures many
In Mogadishu two non passenger planes collided and fell to earth 25 houses were destroyed seven people died and 132 or more were injured according to the Somali news agency. The pilots were among the dead and the planes were not passenger aircraft. In Pennsylvania Head Trustees reelected at Penn State University with Michael Baker Jr and William Ulerich leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mogadishu
Somalia
Trustees
State College, Pa
Michael Baker Jr
William Ulerich
Pennsylvania State University
Oil odor prompts trap checks after East Smith street spill
Oil reached a point on East Smith street prompting officials to seek disposal solutions, with burning considered a possibility but not yet resolved at press time. Homeowners and businesses were urged to inspect drain traps to prevent odors. plumber Robert Garfield emphasized frequent checks to keep traps water-filled. DRAYER. The funeral for George W Drayer will be held Friday at 11 a.m. Bracken Funeral Home. Burial at East Branch Cemetery. Friends may visit Wednesday 7-9 p.m. and Thursday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Smith Street
Journal Presstime
Johnson
Robert Garfield
Condemned Area Schools Still Occupied
In Crawford County the PENNCREST District continues using Townville Elementary and Randolph High despite state condemnation of their wooden understructure. District officials say fire hazard fears guide the action, not building collapse, while a new high school plan advances amid bid totals exceeding the architect’s estimate by over eight percent under a local referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford County Community Action Association
CCCAA
Patricia Jenkins
Ford
Community Services Administration
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Meadville
Penncrest
Crawford County
State Department of Labor and Industry
Floyd Walter
Woolden
Townville Elementary
Randolph High
Walter
Department of Labor and Industry
Townville-Randolph-East Mead
Penncrest School Board
Lawmakers push Ford plan for gasoline rationing
Sen. Lowell P. Weicker and Senate colleagues plan to require Ford to set up a gasoline rationing program within 60 days. Humphrey says tax rebate will not quickly lift the economy. Treasury says borrowing about 28 billion over six months for anti recession effort, possibly raising the debt limit. Labor reports 970000 new unemployment claims in the first full week of the year, the largest weekly rise since 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Ford
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Treasury
Ford Administration
Bank Branch Opens To Cash Check And Leaves
A man waited for a bank to open, cashed his check once it opened, and then departed. The brief item notes the act without additional context or details.
Erie Gas Rate Hike Sparks Inquiry by City Council
Erie officials urge a PUC probe into National Fuel Gas Co over a 45 percent bill rise from 1973 to 1974, claiming excess charges beyond the 15 percent allowed. The council cites higher fuel costs passed as a gas adjustment, plus concerns about estimated bills. Separately, National Fuel Gas seeks storage and gas rights in Summit Township under five acres, amid an eminent domain dispute with the Ellefsons and Liquid Chloride Co. Inc., with a court injunction in place on the well until ownership is decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie City
Mario Bagnoni
National Fuel Gas
William Hill
PUC
Robert Bloom
Hill
Mike Flatley
Erie County
Summit Township
William Pratt
Richard Eilefson
Liquid Chloride Co., Inc
Waterford Pike
Elletson’s
Ellefson
Summit Pool
Federal Power Commission
Pfatt
Erie County Poorest Cutoff Raises Debate Over Aid
Erie County researchers found that a family earning up to $10,000 annually could be labeled poor under federal norms. The study estimates about 20,000 county families would be prioritized under a broad definition, sparking questions about the method and its impact on aid programs.
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Erie County
Erie County Office of Manpower Resources
Thomas Schneider
Erie County Manpower Advisory Council
Schneider
Regents adopt equal opportunity policy for school integration
The State Board of Regents voted 4 to adopt a policy that integration must be equal opportunity for learning, not fixed racial quotas. The policy, highlighting district effort over strict ratios, leaves questions about its effect on planned desegregation in Buffalo Lackawanna and other cities. Regent Kenneth B Clark warned it could impede desegregation by removing standards for quotas and measurements. In California, the CHP reports 176 women began gruelling tests to join patrol duty as part of a two year trial, with mean income of about $1,929 for working respondents.
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Albany
State Board of Regents
Regents Board
Ewald B. Nyquist
Buffalo
Lackawanna
Nyquist
Kenneth B. Clark
Clark
Calif
Sacramento
California Highway Patrol
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David L. Guelcher
Erie
Edward Carney
East Sixth Street
Danny Edwards
East Sixth
Pennsylvania
Corry
Union City
Virginia T. Dolan
Chester Dolan
R.D. 4
Titusville
Christina L. Kline
R.D. 3
West Pleasant Street
Pellntech
Johnsonburg
Charles Griffin
Griffin
L.D. and
M.M. Armstrong
Philadelphia
Elgin
Ethel Mosher
Jamestown Community College
JCC
Roger C. Seager
Board of Trustees
Naetzker, Thorsell and Gostomski
Chiautauqua
Joseph Gerace
John R. Luensman
Gerace
Luensman
Richard S. Kochan
Forest J. Walter
P. David Kafferlin
Bloomfield Township
Amy Gibbons Burrows
Wayne Township
Hamat Medical Center
Bracken Funeral Home
Marine National Bank
East Columbus Avenue
Ytex
Sian
Ascent of
Man
WOQLN
Channel 54
Pennsylvania Public Television Network
PPTN
College
Behrend College Office of Continuing Education
Gas Company
Public Utility Commission
National Fuel Gas Co
PLIC
Corry Agway Co-Op
Pennsylvania Avenue
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