Meadville and area updates across budget, dress code and crime
Meadville school board approves a dress code allowing pants suits for girls and teachers. Meadville City Council approves a revised 1971 budget at 1 843 882 dollars, 66 124 higher than tentative, with a 17 mill real estate tax rate. Erie County grand jury indictments include three Union City men for motor vehicle code violations, while another resident faces a charge of attempting to kill his daughter by electrocution. Divorces granted and complaints filed in Erie County court. local police attend narcotics and dangerous drugs training at Hershey. Egg prices fall in Pennsylvania and individuals in Corry, Spartansburg, and surrounding areas are noted for deaths, wrecks, and hospital stays. Other items include YMCA drive in Bradford and state funds for Mill Creek Dam in Venango County. A Bogota caption and a garbled end note about Corry stores appear.
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Meadville
Erie County
Union City
Theodore 5
Almacy
Floyd K. Bailey
Benjamin B. Brooks
David E. Higley
Connally faces questions on Texas stock-fraud case
Washington AP reports John B. Connally may be questioned today about a Texas stock-fraud case involving many of his political allies, while his Treasury secretary nomination gains likely Senate Finance Committee approval. Some members doubt the impact, others doubt it delays confirmation. Nixon’s Texan pick faces scrutiny over potential political motives and possible 1972 VP speculation.
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Washington
John B. Connally
Texas
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Connally
Security and Exchange Commission
Waggoner Carr
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Navy
Proxmire
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Nixon
GOP
David Kennedy
Apollo 14 Ships Undergoing Final Mechanical Buildup
The Apollo 14 command ship Kitty Hawk and lunar module Antares undergo final adjustments at Cape Kennedy as engineers remove test gear and replace panels before a Sunday 3:23 p.m. EST liftoff. Astronauts Shepard Mitchell Roosa prepare for moon surface activities in Fra Mauro Highlands.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Kitty Hawk
Telimar
Antares
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Lunar
Stuart A. Roosa
Shepard
Mitchell
Moon
Snowstorm Casualties and Crashes Across Crawford County
A storm-related crash left Steinable with internal injuries and in serious condition at Warren General Hospital. In nearby Crawford County, Jean McCaslin, 37, of Conneautville died from carbon monoxide poisoning after her snowbound car was buried to its roof. The blizzard caused widespread damage, power outages, blocked roads, and many school closures as winds up to 60 mph created deep drifts. A newborn was reported at Corry Memorial Hospital, while snowmobile violations emerged as a new enforcement headache for state police.
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Steinable
Warren General Hospital
Crawford County
Meadville
Jean McCaslin
Conneautville
Wilbur Thomas
McCaslin
Allegheny College
Corry
Raymond Division
Spring Creek
Sik
Erie
Cameron
Warren
Jefferson
Clearfield
Bradford
Potter
Corry Jointure
Allegheny County
Raguet Club
Monroeville
National Weather Service
Meadville Advances Phase I of Waste Plan for Woodcock Township
Meadville follows the 1968 Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act as it files Phase I planning with the state Department of Environmental Resources for its Woodcock Township landfill. Phase I covers site description municipal approval soil and geological data. Phase II will assess solid waste characteristics. A countywide disposal plan is also under study to potentially replace the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
State Department of Environmental Resources
Woodcock Township
Russell Crawford
Department of Environmental Resources At
Edward C. Bennett
Leroy Myers
County Plannings
Plans Progress For Erie Redevelopment Project
The city and the Erie County Redevelopment Authority have met all requirements for the project relocation plans. Families to be moved out of the area will incur very little inconvenience and no cost. The commission, in annual officer elections, retained all current officers: Louis Miller as chairman, Paul Taylor as vice chairman, Erkki Rainesalo as secretary treasurer, with Henry Frontroth and Gus Sprovers as remaining members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Commission
Louis Miller
Paul Taylor
Erkki Rainesalo
Henry Frontroth
Gus Sprovers
Arctic Cold Slams Northeast Trapping Roads and Causing Closures
A severe Arctic storm froze the Northeast with 50 to 80 mph winds, shutting a 7000 square mile area of Upstate New York from the outside and halting travel across 11 central and western counties. The blizzard drove five deaths and over 50 injuries, with snow drifts, school closures from Ohio to Vermont, and travel advisories across the region.
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New York
Midwest
New England
Deep South
Dakotas
Georgia
Lake Ontario
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio Turnpike
Ohio
Vermont
New Hampshire
Great Lakes
Maine
North Carolina
Corry man struck after tractor pull in snow drift
Leon B. Shumsky, 43, of R D 4 Corry, was pulling a car from a snow drift with his tractor when Mack Benton, 23 of Findley Lake, driving north, blinded by snow, hit the tractor. Benton’s car damage estimated, no injuries reported. state police involved.
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Leon B. Shumsky
R.D. 4
Corry
Mack Benton
Findley Lake
Benton
Hircraden
Bss
Aad
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The
Forest Are
Leona K. Sanden
Terrance L. Sanden
Frances M. May
R.D. 2
Arlo M. May
Charles F. Black
West Washington Street
Vera M. Black
South Center Street
Patricia L. Swan
East Washington Street
Donald M. Swan
Portland
Ore
Jane Malek
Snyder Circle
Robert P. Malek
Livonia
Mich
Dana Scouten
Richard Steadman
Hershey
William H. Reitzel
Reitzel
Betty Warner
Harrisburg
Lucy Baldwin
Warren, Ohio
Mia
Claude Kenyon
Wilbur Baldwin
William A. Morris
RD. 2
Spartansburg
Donald E. McCray
West Smith Street
Lena T. Hulett
Spitzer
Clymer
Donald Merkle
Corry Memorial Hospital
Merkle
Mikes
YMCA
Adford Group
Int of the Interior
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Mill Creek
Venango County
State of
Yee Piiiag
Spehessian
Bogota
Boron
Apollo
Storm
Donald Alexander
Prospect Street
Alexander
Sally Hazeltine
John Holt
Dan
Food Club
Applesauce
Bor
Sugardale
Jerry Clayton
Jerry
Polaris
Phursday
Enn Agth
Yod Jaanuary
North Center Street
Voy
Bevings Aatoan
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