Rabin forms Israeli cabinet amid close Knesset vote
Israeli parliament approves Yitzhak Rabin as sabra premier in a 61-51 confidence tally. His 18 member cabinet preserves a hard line on peace, keeping military strength, rejecting a Palestinian state, and pursuing negotiations with Egypt while Cairo criticizes Israel. Separately Algeria lifts oil embargo to the Netherlands and suspends cuts to Denmark.
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Associated Press
Yitzhak Rabin
Knesset
Sabra
Rabin
Israel
Golda Meir
Palestine
Netherlands
Denmark
Youth Seen Trying to Burn Wright Street School Fire
Police investigate arson at Wright Street School where a youth allegedly stuffed papers around a rear window and set them ablaze. A nearby girl extinguished the blaze with water before firefighters arrived. the incident ended with the youth riding away on a bike after alarms were raised on the final day of school.
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Journal
Wright Street
City to sue District Justice over broken meters
City Council voted to sue District Justice Porter Auer to recover 134 dollars for two parking meters he admitted knocking over in February 1972. The city treasurer and police records confirm the incident and billing, with Auer and his attorney denying liability.
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Porter Auer
Auer
Douglas Rozelle
Council
Rozelle
District Justice
William Peiffer
City eyesore abatement shifts to controlled burn plan
City Council revises the Eimers house debris disposal after years of nuisance abatement. Mrs. Hartley proposes burning remaining boards if the fire department can treat it as a drill, while the city weighs releasing a $1,000 demolition grant and requiring Hartleys to clear tracks. Deadline to resolve the nuisance is Friday.
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Eimers
North Center Street
George Hartley
Railroad and
East Main Streets
Hartley
Board of View
Thomas Lathrop
Hartleys
David Johnson
Western Union
Corry Industrialist Wins ACES Outstanding Citizen Award
Corry native A. Bruce Smith, president of McInnes Steel Co., received the Northwestern Pennsylvania ACES Outstanding Citizen Award at the annual Erie luncheon held at the Boston Store. Douglas Smiley presented the award, recognizing Smith for his civic leadership and notable career since 1925, marked by threefold growth in daily shipments.
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Corry
Northwestern
Pennsylvania
ACES
Americans For the Competitive Enterprise System, Inc
A. Bruce Smith
McInnes Steel Company, Inc
Boston
Erie
Douglas Smiley
Root, Spitznas and Smiley
O Smith
Smith
McInnes
Impeachment Probers Face Dairy Donation Scrutiny
At least 16 House Judiciary members accepted donations from three dairy cooperatives under investigation. Two members Rangel and Railsback returned money after AP questions. Rodino kept $4,100 while Mezvinsky received $11,000. Other donors included Butler, Cohen, Conyers, Dennis, Flowers, Froehlich, Hungate, Kastenmeier, Lott, McClory, Owens, and Railsback plus Rangel from the same groups.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Charles B. Rangel
New York
Thomas F. Railsback
Ilinois
Associated Press
Rangel
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Railsback
Peter W. Rodino Jr
Edward Mezvinsky
Dairymen, Inc
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc
M. ‘Caldwell Butler
R-Va
William S. Cohen
Rmaine
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
David W. Dennis
R-Ind
Walter Flowers
D-Ala
Harold V. Froehlich
Rwis
William L. Hungate
D-Ma
Robert W. Kastenmeier
Dwis
Trent Lott
Rmiss
Robert McClory
R-lill
Mezvinsky
Wayne Owens
Utah
Corry Area budgets $4,026,035 for 1974-75 tax rise approved
Corry Area School District Board passed a $4,026,035 budget for 1974-75 by 5 to 3. The millage will be 25, four mills higher than this year. Directors Bennett Helmintoller Nichols opposed, trying to cut the tax rise and seek $20,000 restitution from the Wharton embezzlement case. the motion failed. The plan keeps $40,000 in Capital Reserve for future needs and holds $27,000 restitution already included.
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Corry Area
Bennett
Helmintoller
Nichols
William Kafferlin
Roger Lansberry
T. Allan May
Robert Joy
Margaret Morrow
Capital Reserve Fund
Council Notes File Gas Hike and That's All It CAN Do
City Council received and filed an information sheet from Pennsylvania Gas Co announcing a 15 percent pass along effective yesterday. The 1.93 cent per hundred cubic feet fuel cost adjustment was cited as a pass through of gas costs with no company profit, tied to higher synthetic natural gas costs. Council debated legality but kept to filing the information.
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Pennsylvania Gas Company
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania
John M. Brown
FCA
Brown
Penn Gas
FDA
Renew CAS Contract At Same Figure
The city of Corry and surrounding municipalities approved maintaining the Corry Ambulance Service subsidy at the current year’s rate. City Council voted unanimously after a May 20 meeting following a letter from Robert Wharton, owner, noting upgrades to equipment and staff. The $5,000 city subsidy will be joined by $2,000 from Wayne, Concord, Spring Creek, Columbus townships and Elgin Borough, allocated publicly by population.
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Corry
Robert Wharton
Wharton
Wayne
Concord
Spring Creek
Columbus
Elgin
City approves police shakeup replacing Turner with clerk
On the recommendation of Police Chief Kenneth Nichols and Mary Ann Kibler the City Council accepted Officer David Turner’s resignation to pursue another position and named Dennis Anderson to replace him. Anderson 21 from West Smith Street has studied criminology at Jamestown Community College and will enroll at Mercyhurst College in Erie to continue the same field under the mayor’s new college program for officers.
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Kenneth Nichols
Mary Ann Kibler
Nichols
David Turner
Turner
Dennis Anderson
Anderson
West Smith Street
Jamestown Community College
Mercyhurst College
Erie
Lewis campaigns to unseat Shapp in Pennsylvania
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Drew Lewis and his wife toured the northwestern region of Pennsylvania on a bus trip. He criticized road conditions, urged decentralization of the highway department, and said victory hinges on mobilizing Republicans while hoping disenchanted Democrats back his bid. The stop included a visit to The Journal office in Corry.
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Drew Lewis
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Journal
Erie
Corry
Highway Department
Harrisburg
New York State
Shapp
Marilyn
Gov. Shapp
GOP
Montgomery County
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McEldowney
Corry High School
Grove City College
Rodino
CAS
Gop Lewis
George R. Sample
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