Ex-Corry Woman, 40, Killed In Car Crash
Two dead and a third injured in a Route 27 crash near Garland. Robert Weagraff, 50, died at Titusville Hospital from head and chest injuries. Mrs. Richard Confer, 40, a former Corry resident, died of multiple injuries. Debbie A. Boyle, 20, of Titusville, survived with a fractured arm.
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Corry
Garland
Robert Weagraff
Titusville Hospital
Richard Confer
R.D
Pittsfield
Debbie A. Boyle
Titusville
Warren
Weagraff
Thomas Foster Jr
Centerville
Weagraff Auto
Berm
Miss Pennsylvania Pageant Opens with 22 contestants
Miss Pennsylvania pageant begins in Hershey with 22 contestants seeking a Miss America berth. Talent fashion and swimsuit judging proceed Friday and Saturday as ten semi finalists are chosen for Saturday night final judging.
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Hershey
Atlantic City
Maggie Walker
New Cumberland
Massive fish kill from ammonia spill in South Branch French Creek
Thousands of fish including trout muskellunge pike bass and bluegills died after 12 tons of ammonia fertilizer leaked from an Agway pipeline when a tank truck backed into it. Officials estimate hundreds of thousands of fish killed across 15 miles downstream to French Creek. Investigations by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission DER and Erie County Waterways Patrolman James Carter are ongoing with potential restitution in six figures under Clean Streams Law and Fish Law.
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French Creek
Union City
State Fish Commission
Agway, Inc
Chemical Seaman Tank Line
Henry Browning
Olean
N.Y
South Branch
Erie County Waterways
SUL
Wayne Bellaman
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
DER
Bellaman
Agway
Jeffery Horton
Mill Village
Cambridge Springs
Cambridge
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
DEA
The
Fish Commission
Dea-Fish Commission
Conneaut Creek
Evironmental Strike Force
Agway Will
Lawmakers Face Vote On Expense Allowance Hike And Sunday Alcohol Sales
In Harrisburg legislators weigh self interest and lobbying as bills move toward votes. A bill to raise expense allowances from 400 to 700 dollars monthly pending Senate approval, with a July 1 effective date, faces House concurrence. Sunday liquor sales, backed by tavern owners and opposed by private clubs, could pass after a 1 PM to 10 PM window with food sales limits.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
Joseph Wargo
D-Lackawanna
Philadelphia
Herbert Fineman
Commonwealth Compensation Commission
U S Reports Lowest Death Toll In Vietnam In 50 Years
SAIGON reports show 19 Americans died in combat last week, the lowest weekly toll in over five decades, plus 19 nonhostile deaths and 261 wounded. South Vietnamese losses eased to 419 killed and 908 wounded as allied casualties rise. The overall war toll reaches 45,250 Americans killed in combat and 299,024 wounded to date.
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U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Cambodia
Reagan welfare plan killed in California Senate fight
California Governor Reagan faced a Senate defeat as Democrats killed his welfare reform model while approving a rival plan. Beilenson's substitute would raise taxes and boost aid, clashing with Reagan's bid to cap welfare spending. The clash centered on budgeting methods with open-end appropriations feared to drain funds.
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States
California
Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Senate
Reagan
Anthony C. Beilenson
Senate Health and War Warfare Committee
Tay Bailenson
Beverly Hills
Bellenson
Senate approves draft ceiling amid Indochina debate
The Senate set a 130000 annual ceiling for draft calls starting July 1 and capped fiscal 1973 calls at 140000, while Pentagon projects 114000. The move, part of a broader debate on Indochina policy, included new amendments and a Kennedy measure requiring authorization for inductions above the ceiling.
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Senate
Pentagon
U.S. Indochina
U.S
Iheochina
Senate Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
John C. Stennis
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Robert Taft Jr
Rohio
Corry Girl Slightly Hurt In Car Train Crash
A Corry girl, Diane Fitch, 18, was treated and released from Corry Memorial Hospital after her car was struck by a slow moving Erie Lackawanna Railroad freight at Mead Avenue. She sustained a head contusion and knee injury. The incident occurred about 10 p.m. as she drove south on Mead, saying she mistook signal lights for a train. The engineer, Gerald Bidwell, 44, said his horn was sounding and the train hit the car about 15 mph, pushing it 20 feet. Damages were estimated at $1,000 to the car and $20 to the locomotive.
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Corry
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Mead Avenue
Corry Memorial Hospital
Diane Fitch
West
Columbus Avenue
Miss Fitch
Gerald Bidwell
Saegertown
Sparta Group To Descend On Capitol Protest Over Mergers
A busload of Sparta Township and Spartansburg taxpayers head to Harrisburg on Tuesday to protest a state mandated school merger. The group supports retaining their own district and opposes the proposed one year postponement bill by Sen. A Budd Dwyer.
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Sparta Township
Spartansburg
Harrisburg
Sparta
A. Budd Dwyer
Meadville
Crawford County
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Robert
Betty) Shamp
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West Spring Creek
Templeton Funeral Home
Wayne D. Price
Grace United Methodist Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Russell
Mitchell Melton
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