Erie Escapee Shot Captured After Westside Chase
An escaped Erie County jail prisoner, Robert Adams, 23, was wounded in a knee after a warning shot and captured about 20 minutes after fleeing during a high speed chase through westside Erie streets. Adams and his wife Leone Adams, 18, of Albion, face escape and conspiracy charges. Police tracked him to 15th and Pittsburgh and he was treated at Hamet Medical Center in fair condition.
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Erie
Erie County
Robert Adams
West 15Th
Pittsburgh Avenue
Adams
Albion
Leone Adams
Michael Sweeney
Kenneth Sidon
Cinema World
David van Buskirk
John Geertson
Geertson
Bill Altmire
Altmire
Hamet
Millcreek
al Skonieczka
Corry Cutting Road Repairs Begin On Route 426
PennDOT allocates a week for repairs on the Corry Cutting Road between Corry and the New York line. Assistant superintendent John Fasenmyer says the work is not a full resurfacing but will improve the current condition. Traffic will be reduced but not closed, with motorists urged to use alternate routes if possible. The road is expected to reopen to full traffic by late next week or the following week.
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Corry-Cutting
Corry
New York State Line
Penndot
John Fasenmyer
Fasenmyer
Highway Department
City officials complete Mercyhurst course study
District Justice Porter Auer and his secretary Virginia Irish earned credits for a winter course at Mercyhurst College in Dund, focusing on magisterial management. Bach earned three credits. The pair plan further courses in the fall to continue their education and job training.
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Porter ‘Auer
Virginia Irish
Mercyhurst College
Dune
Bach
Auer
Trish
Five Nations Tour Begins Nixon Departs For Mideast
President Nixon left Washington for a five nation Middle East tour designed to bolster U S influence in the region and reassure Americans that his presidency must continue. After Austria time adjustment he will stop in Egypt first and then visit four more states as diplomats see a shift away from Soviet support toward a stronger U S Arab partnership.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
United States
U.S
Austria
Egypt
Syria
Soviet Union
Moscow
White House
State Department
Connec
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Jordan
East Lansing
Mich
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Brooks
Henry M. Jackson
D.wash
Henry A.) Kissinger
Nixon Defies Subpoenas as Impeachment Inquiry Intensifies
President Nixon again refuses House subpoenas for Watergate tapes and related materials. He warns that impeaching the president could overturn checks and balances. The White House release accompanies a six page letter to Rodino defending executive confidentiality amid advancing Judiciary Committee action.
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Washington
Nixon
House
House Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodina Jr
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Rodino
Judiciary Committee
White House
Supreme Court
U.S
Gerhard Gesell
Oday
John D. Ehrlichman
Colson Warned Nixon About Watergate Cover-Up Early
Time magazine reports former White House aide Charles Colson told Watergate investigators he briefed President Nixon on the cover-up about two months before Nixon says he learned of it. The account frames Colson as aware of the unfolding scandal ahead of Nixon’s own knowledge.
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New York
Time Magazine
White House
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
Colson
John W. Dean III
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Time
Watergate
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
Chicago
Snyder Murder Suspect Draws Stiff Sentence
Harold Gormley pleaded guilty to three counts of murder for the January 16 triple slaying at Cabaret Lounge near Glens Falls New York. He received consecutive sentences of 25 years to life on each count, with the sentences running.
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Ballston Spa
N.Y
Harold Gormley
South Glen Falls
Gormley
Titusville
Saratoga County
Loren Brown
Pennsylvania
Queensbury
Melanie Ann Snyder
Wattsburg
Brown
Glens Falls
Gormely
John Canale
Andrew P. Gliosco
Michael L. Russo
Police Probe Two Accidents In Same Spot
City police investigated two traffic crashes over the weekend at East Columbus avenue near Shady avenue, one Saturday evening and another last night. No serious injuries were reported. The first crash involved Donald L. Foster, 28, of 36% East Church street, and Jerry D. Frankson, 23, of Jamestown, N.Y., with minor vehicle damage. The second crash near a dog incident sent the Sugar Grove driver Anthony Brunecz, 26, into a guard rail and stream. passenger Perry May, 21, escaped with minor injuries, and the 1974 auto, valued at about 3700 dollars, was totaled.
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Columbus Avenue
Shady Avenue
Donald L. Foster
East Church Street
Jerry D. Frankson
Jamestown
N.Y
Frankson
Sugar Grove
Anthony Brunecz
R.D. 1
Perry May
Corry and
Brunecz
Erie Drowning Rescueer Volunteers Missing After Lake Erie Incident
An Erie man is missing and presumed drowned after a weekend Lake Erie boating accident that left Hudson Hughes 14 dead. His father Robert Hughes 46 reportedly gave his life jacket to his son before drowning. Ben Mooney 26 was rescued by a police helicopter after clinging to the capsized boat for six hours. Weather turned late Friday with small craft advisories as the trio headed to shore.
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Erie
Lake Erie
Hudson Hughes
Robert Hughes
Ben Mooney
Mooney
Radiothon Launches Sr. Citizen Drive
A street event on station WOTR raised over 200 dollars to back a Corry project providing a building for senior citizen programs. Mayor Dr Mary Ann Kibler and County officials attended as negotiations begin to acquire the former Corner Cupboard site for the center.
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Streetiess
WOTR
Corry
Mary Ann Kibler
Louis Rzymek
Charles B. Killinger
Erie
Olin
Ace” Bracken
Kibler
First Avenue
West Main Street
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National Committee For Fairness
China
James D. St. Clair
Journal
McEldowney
Snyder
Lawrence
Chapter 160 of
The
Experimental Aircraft Association
Frank Fox
Frederick, Md
Radiothon
Huyes
Coast Guard
Thomas Rudaiensky
Cleveland Based
Rudziensky
Hughes
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