99th Commencement at CAHS Sees 240 Graduate Class
Corry Area High School awarded diplomas to 240 seniors in the 99th commencement held in the school gym due to weather. Valedictorians Cynthia Loveland and Marilyn Gilliland urged peers to pursue peace and morality, while class president John Crotty hoped the next reunion finds them in a peaceful world.
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Corry Area High School
Cynthia Loveland
Marilyn Gilliland
John Crotty
AFL
Silvia Lieber
Corry
Leroy Rieck
Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
County aides face crackdown on 37 hour week compliance
Erie County commissioners ordered tighter monitoring of 726 county employees after finding only two staffers reported daily attendance. The plan requires daily personnel forms from department heads and scrutiny by officials as they seek to enforce a stricter 37 hour week, amid disputes with elected row offices.
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Louis Rzymek
Vedder White
Public Defenders Office
Thomas West
Erie County Health Department
David DeHaven
A.J. Gehrlein
Rzymek
Meat Prices Head Up Again
Washington AP reports farm livestock prices rose in May to a record high of 33.10 per 100 pounds for live cattle while hogs jumped 11 percent to 24.90. With higher farm costs, beef and pork may surge at retail as middlemen pass along the increases.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Shapp No-Fault Bill Sees Senate Introduction With Bipartisan Support
In Harrisburg, the Shapp administration's compromise no fault car insurance bill is introduced in the Senate and appears to have better passage odds than seven rivals. Nineteen leaders from both parties signed the measure. Chief sponsor William G. Lesler aims to reconcile administration, industry, and trial lawyers positions. The Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association denounces it while the Insurance Federation backs it. five Republicans and fourteen Democrats signed, including Martin Murray and Robert Fleming.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Senate
William G. Lesler
Durie
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania
Herbert Denenbert
Lesler
Martin Murray
Dluzerne
Robert Fleming
R-Allegheny
18-Year-Olds Win Some Rights Not Drinking
Harrisburg PA. The Pennsylvania Senate passed 46 bills lowering the legal age from 21 to 18 for many activities while delaying a separate bill to lower drinking age. The measures grant 18-year-olds rights to marry without parental consent serve on juries enter contracts and hold some professional licenses though they remain barred from state stores and bars. Senate sponsor Sen Stanley Stroup argues extending voting rights should lead to broader rights.
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Harrisburg
Senate
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
House
Shapp
Notaries Public
Certified Public Accountant
Stanley Stroup
R-Bedford
What Rights Did Pay Youth Gain
Harrisburg AP outlines the rights, duties and offices 18-year-olds would gain if a 46-bill Senate package becomes law. It lists public offices and licenses, general rights to make wills and contracts, and miscellaneous changes to child labor, seduction penalties, pawnbrokers, tattooing, and life insurance guardianship roles. The article names officials, counties, and specific legal privileges and alterations.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Penelec Hurt By Explosion Area Outages
Western Pennsylvania power troubles hit Penelec with three outages including a Corry fault and a main plant explosion near Indiana killing one worker. A bird and tinsel caused a 50 minute outage at the main station while a steam valve blast at Keystone Generating Station injured two and killed Richard Woodrow of Saltsburg.
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
Pennsylvania
Corry
Indiana
Edward Zarger
Penelee
Targer
Zarger
Keystone
Shelocta
Penelec
Richard Woodrow
Saltsburg
Greenburg
Arena-Youngswood
Tries Again To Fight Courts House UK's $46 Million Aid
Harrisburg AP reports the Pennsylvania House passed a new 46 million dollar package to aid nonpublic schools with textbooks transportation and services. The plan shifts costs to public districts and funds counseling testing and other services while textbooks loans are provided. Supporters say it is constitutional despite past court defeats.
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Harrisburg
House
Mullen
Philadelphia
Democrat
Texbook
Nixon Returns to Address Solons on SALT Deal
President Nixon wraps up a 13 day trip in Warsaw and heads to Washington to address Congress and the nation urging support for the arms limitation pact with the Soviet Union. The treaty freezes missile counts and limits defenses while pending Senate ratification looms. Antonia Zacharia, wounded stewardess, is visited by fiance Stephen Deutch as they plan to announce their engagement.
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Warsaw
Nixon
Washington
Congress
Poland
Andrews Air Force Base
White House
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Senate
el al
Antonia Zacharia
Lod International
Stephen Deutch
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CAHS
Lodge 796
Rhae Blynt
Raymond Blynt
Timothy Hooven
Norris Hooven
Patricia Toth
Frank Toth
Ladies of the Moose
Christine Butchko
George Butchko
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Jeffery Huff
Jesse Huff
Rotary Club
Mary Kuzma
Michael Kuzma
James Balek
Paul Balek
Rieck
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Edinboro State College
William Kafferlin
Goef
House UK
Martin P. Mullen
U.S. Supreme Court
Solons
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