City to join protest against Penelec rate hike
Corry City Council members debated opposing a 23 percent rate increase for the Pennsylvania Electric Company and higher state official salaries. Finance director Benjamin Calderone proposed Corry ante up about 400 dollars to hire an attorney if the fight reaches court, arguing city taxpayers and businesses deserve protection amid inflationary pressures. The discussion noted federal guidelines of 5.5 percent but focused on local impact and funding for potential legal action.
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Bill Eaton
Pennsylvania Electric Company
The
Young
Commonwealth Compensation Commission
Benjamin Calderone
Edward Zarger
Corry
Calderone
Oil Spill Trash Burning Halted Over Protests
Tropical storm Agnes leaves a major inland oil spill in Douglassville as cleanup crews find nowhere to dump the goo. Officials consider burning the sludge but cancel the plan due to potential public protests. The oil coating stretches 16 miles along the Schuylkill River after being released from storage tanks by floodwaters.
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Agnes
Douglassville
Schuylkill River
Man Holds Child at Knife Point in Airport Hijack Attempt
A Buffalo man, Charles Smith, seized a young girl at knifepoint aboard an unoccupied American Airlines 707 at Buffalo International Airport in a failed hijack. An FBI agent boarded, spoke with Smith, and he surrendered the child unharmed after signaling no shooting would occur. The mother and another man were injured earlier. Smith’s motive remains unclear.
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Buffalo
N.Y
American Airlines
Buffalo International
FBI
Richard Ash
Ash
Charles Smith
Smith
Deaconess Hospital
U S Planes Strike On Edge Of Hanoi
U S jets attacked depots on the edges of Hanoi in the heaviest raids in weeks, while a Seventh Fleet task force hit 12 supply barges off North Vietnam. In South Vietnam, fighting continued on the northern front and Hue was shelled for a fourth day. North Vietnam claimed civilian casualties, the U S denied targeting civilians, and there were unconfirmed reports of two Phantoms shot down.
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Saigon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
7Th Fleet
North Vietnamese
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Hue
Quang Tri City
U.S
Youth Charged In Bear Lake Accident Case
Gregory Desmond, 16, of 17 West Church Street, faced two counts of reckless driving and leaving the scene after a car he drove struck Oscar Gilson, 26, at Route 6 Plaza Bear Lake. Gilson, a custodian at the plaza, suffered injuries to his left leg and back and was treated at Corry Memorial Hospital before being released.
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Bear Lake
Gregory Desmond
West Church Street
Oscar Gilson
B.D. 1
Gilson
Desmond
Loblaw
Route 6 Plaza
Corry Memorial Hospital
Association May Have Misled Lawyer
Douglas Rozelle told City Council that members of the Concerned Homeowners Association may have misled their attorney by supplying information on a Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. The group, led by Lawrence Chelley, argues the meeting was illegal for lacking a room number in the public notice for a 50 unit housing project on South Center Street Hill. Rozelle said listing a room number was unnecessary in the Municipal Building and questioned a claimed conflict of interest involving secretary Stewart A. Long.
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Corry
Douglas Rozelle
Rozelle
Stewart A
Doc)Long
Police Probe Stabbing Of Frank Martin In Area
State Police seek witnesses to the Friday night stabbing of 24 year old Frank Martin of 58 Cottage Street Columbus. Martin was found early Saturday on Spring Creek Garland road with multiple stab wounds and his blue Ford station wagon is missing. Police urge contact with Corry or Warren State Police and note Martin is listed in improving condition at Corry Memorial Hospital.
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Warren Barracks
Frank Martin
Cottage Street
Columbus
Dave Bedow
Centerville
Bedow
Dave Goodwill
Martin
Spring Creek
Garland
Goodwill
Corry
Warren
Corry Memorial Hospital
Annexation Again Going To Court
The city’s five year push to annex Wayne Township may reach a new Erie County court hearing this week before Judge Lindley McClelland. The case stalled after the Superior Court demanded a missing document, prompting a return to local proceedings and another chance to show no change in the public interest. City Solicitor Douglas Rozelle plans to present the city’s case again, arguing the public interest remains unchanged.
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Wayne Township
Erie County Court
Lindley McClelland
State Superior Court
McClelland
Erie County
Rozelle
Pa. Toll Rises In Independence Day Weekend Traffic
The Independence Day weekend fatalities across Pennsylvania total 43 as cars claimed most lives. An eight year old boy died in Philadelphia on neighbors steps, a Turnpike crash killed a motorist, and a Scranton tire-change incident added to the grim tally. Two Scranton teens, William T. Jones and Albert Searing, aged 16, were among the latest victims.
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National Safety Council
Philadelphia
Scranton
William T. Jones
Albert Searing
One Killed Several Injured By Holiday Accidents
A Fourth of July display turned deadly and chaotic across multiple locations. Edward G. Bulger, 24, died as a firework device exploded in Bangs Lake near Wauconda Illinois. Eight others were treated and three hospitalized, all in satisfactory condition. In Seattle a skyrocket exploded near a fountain injuring up to a dozen spectators, three hospitalized. Elsinore California fireworks on a loaded barge triggered a $3900 display, amid a crowd. A car collision in Windber and a separate Philadelphia street incident left several dead or injured, including Attley Hooks, James Stanford, and Henry Cannon, with ongoing hospitalizations for burns and injuries. The day’s tragedies spanned Illinois, Washington, California, Pennsylvania, and involve pedestrians, motorists, and bystanders.
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Wauconda,ll
Edward G. Bulger
Bangs Lake
Chicago
Seattle
Seattle Center
Elsinore
Calif
Lake Elsinore
Jones
Young Jones
Searing
Windber
Somerset County
James E. Stanford
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Attley Hooks
Philadelphia
West Diamond Street
Young Hooks
Henry Cannon
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Breezewood
James Chmiel
Scranton
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William Halfast
General Assembly
Milton Shapp
Associated Press
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