Corry Area High School vows for 1971 graduation turnout
The Corry Area High School senior class of 1971, numbering 254, marched at Howard Sheen Field for graduation ceremonies. Valedictorians Rebecca Fish and Joan Popovich spoke on world problems and responsibility, as scholarships were announced and diplomas awarded. A separate fire at a Canadohta Lake dance hall and a barn blaze at Wayne Laughery farm were noted, with damages estimated and investigations ongoing. Rep. Forest W. Hopkins urged welfare cuts in a broader state debate during the event coverage.
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Corry Area ‘High School
Howard Sheen Field
Rebecca Fish
Joan Popovich
Canadohta Lake
Union City High School
R.D. 3
Union City
Lawrence Park
Walter S. Downer
Wayne Laughery
R.D. 2
Hughery
Bloomfield Township
Sam
Ray E. Elsen
Darwin Wolcott
Corry Area
Richard Burlingame
Que
VFW Tolarship
Ag Wan Iet
Virgil Curtis
Association
Corry Kiwanis
Keith Fay
CAHS
Les
Forest W. Hopkins
Corry
House Appropriations Committee
Hopkins
Massachusetts
New York
NATO allies seek exploratory talks on European security
All NATO members except France plan a special meeting this year to discuss Soviet troop cuts and security in Europe. The United States and Britain will send senior officials to probe possible talks with Moscow. The plan aims to broaden discussions after Berlin progress, with France still part of the council, and a fallback to a later fall session to set bargaining positions.
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Lisbon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
Soviet Union
Europe
United States
William P. Rogers
NATO
North Atlantic Council
Rogers
Maurice Schumann
Moscow
Berlin
Brussels
Ajuda
Walter Scheel
West Germany
East Germany
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Atlantic
San Francisco Committee Urges Police Focus on Violent Crime
A 28 member San Francisco panel urges police to target violent crime while ignoring nonviolent acts such as discreet prostitution, pornography, and private sexual materials. Police Chief Alfred Nelder criticizes the report as defeatist and hypocritical amid claims of racial bias in gambling arrests and calls for crime policy reform funded by Justice Department grants and Ford Foundation support.
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San Francisco
Alfred Nelder
William H. Orrick Jr
U.S. Justice Departtment
Ford Foundation
Nelden
Nelder
Senate Votes Today Draft and Doubted
Washington AP reports Senate votes on amendments to hasten the Nixon goal of a volunteer military force by ending the draft or limiting annual extensions. Hatfield seeks July 1 end to all draft calls, Schweiker proposes halving a two year extension with a two year effect. Leaders aim for June 18 vote on war-funding cuts and draft-extension bills.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Mark Hatfield
Ore
Richard 8. Schweiker
White House
Planned POW Swap Fails as Hanoi Balks
The U S troopship Upshur with 13 disabled North Vietnamese POWs aboard turned back toward South Vietnam after Hanoi declared the release agreement invalid. The ship and 10 gunboats lingered off the coast, failing to enter the ceasefire area, as North Vietnam rejected the offer amid Saigon’s claim most POWs were willing to return home.
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U.S. Thu
Upshur
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Paris
Demilitarized Zone
Bien Hoa
Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Dusal
Jail Carry Man In Assault On Girl
A man in Erie County failed to post bond on an assault and battery charge after an incident involving a female victim. The court ordered the suspect taken into custody at the Erie jail following the bond denial.
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Aloity
Vanesserie County
Aller
Erie
Fannie Mae Seeks Higher Interest Ceiling On Government Mortgages
Washington AP reports Fannie Mae president Oakley Hunter urges raising the government backed mortgage rate ceiling if rising rates persist. He notes current 92 percent level hurts builder profits as HUD weighs policy, with mortgage bankers racing to adjust amid changing rate expectations.
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Washington
Federal National Mortgage Association
Association
Oakley Hunter
Inter
Fannie Mare
Fannie Mee
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Housing and Urban Development Department
Federal Reserve Board
Fannie Mae
Hunter
Judge Rules Against Sparta In Move To Halt Merger
Erie County President Judge Edward Carney denied Sparta Merged School District opponents an injunction to halt merger talks with the Corry Area School Jointure set to begin July 1. The Sparta Concerned Citizens raised funds for the appeal, arguing the interim operating committee meetings were illegal post deadline. The Corry jointure contends the Feb 15 timing is non mandatory and awaits full ruling details to be released soon.
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Erie County
Edward Carney
Sparta
Carney
Corry
Sparta Concerned Citizens
Sparta Group
Corry Jointure
Soreine
Ter Cos Pistes
Aero
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Tate
Fr Pao, Jr
Aso
Ase
Crimea
Foreign Relations Committee
Southeast
Mike Mansfield
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Laos
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
R-Md
Pentagon
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