Corry Area School District Adopts Final Budget for 1977-78
The Corry Area School District finalized its 1977-78 budget with a 9 percent property tax increase and a starting mill rate of 0.5, reflecting a three-county district. The budget, opened for 30 days of public scrutiny, marks a total estimated receipt of 4,929,137 and expenditures of 4,999,137, with revenue from local state and federal sources. The plan includes a per capita tax of 15 and a 1 percent income tax, plus 2 percent rebate for early payment and 10 percent penalty for late payment of real estate taxes.
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Corry Area
Board of Education
Intersystems
Meeting Draws Parents Over Wright School Overcrowding
A Sparta area school board meeting grew heated as parents teachers and Mrs Barbara Mack pressed for Wright School relief. Crowded classrooms of 30 plus pupils sparked calls for change dating to the merger and bus arrangements as the session convened late in the high school cafeteria with only four board members present.
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Board of Education
Topsy
Wright School
Sparta
Sparta- Spring Creek
Spartansburg
Wright
Barbara Mack
Mack
Vo-Tech A Priority In Administrative Hiring
The Corry school board selects Dr. Louis Salerno of Warren as administrative assistant for the new vo tech program at a $20,000 yearly salary, with duties replacing those of sabbaticaling Leroy Rieck. Salerno brings vo tech and administration experience, aiming to boost funding and program organization.
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Rick Martin
Corry
Charles Krepps
Louis Salerno
Warren
Kreps
Leroy Rieck
Salerno
Krepps
Rieck
S. Rieck
Penn State
Dr. Salerno
University of Pittsburgh
Repps
Slaying of Scouts Probed at Camp Scott in Oklahoma
Authorities hunted for clues at Camp Scott near Locust Grove as they investigated the beating and strangulation of three Girl Scout campers aged 8, 9, and 10. The isolated site was cordoned off and search teams cleared timber and underbrush through the night.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Mayes County
Glen
Pete" Weaver
Camp Scott
Tulsa
Final Inmate Captured In Ray Escape
RUSHY MOUNTAIN Tenn AP The last of the inmates who fled Brushy Mountain State Prison with James Earl Ray was recaptured. Douglas Shelton 32 was jailed after authorities closed in on the area where Ray and Earl Hill were seized. Ray, who killed Martin Luther King Jr., remains in the prison with Hill in a crowded maximum security cell block.
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Rushy Mountain
Tenn
Brushy Mountain State Prison
James Earl Ray
Tennessee Corrections Department
Douglas Shelton
Ray
Earl Hill
Martin Luther King Jr
Hill
Cuba Frees 10 Americans in Cuba release
Ten Americans jailed on drug charges in Cuba were freed and flown home from Havana to Mexico City. The U S Embassy and State Department provided details on the release noting six had been arrested in 1975 and four in the current year, with names withheld. Remaining prisoners include seven on political charges and U S diplomats plan to focus on their cases. Albert Polange, freed prisoner, said he lost 25 pounds in captivity and described the arrest after a plane malfunction. he claimed charges were broad and a Cuban lawyer was provided.
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Mexico City
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
U.S
State Department
United States
Eisenhower
Carter
Albert Polange
New York
Polange
Spring Creek School Closed by Corry District Vote
The Corry Area School District voted to close the Spring Creek School at the end of the term after a months long debate in which parents urged retention. Reasons cited include falling enrollment, duplicate equipment costs, lack of contra group music opportunities, no library, no indoor PE facilities, and multi level reading duties with small remedial classes.
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Corry Area
Spring Creek
Sparta
Charles Krepps
Long Way to Go in School Closure Debate
Transportation costs and time loss from instruction plus rising fuel and maintenance bills driven a move to close the school. The board approved unanimously though some directors warned of fallout. the building will likely be handed to West Spring Creek, either free or cheaply, with possible changes in use.
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West Spring Creek
Scott Free
How Much Of Your Income is Tax Free Seminar
The Corry Chamber of Commerce and Parker Hunter Incorporated in Warren host a free one hour seminar on tax free municipal bonds. James Chaplin from Parker Hunter Pittsburgh will present and answer questions. The event is Wednesday June 22 at 7 30 p m at the Corrian Hotel. Reservations are not needed contact 665 9995 for planning.
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Corry Chamber of Commerce
Warren
Parker Hunter Incorporated
James Chaplin
Parker Hunter
Pittsburgh
Chaplin
Corrian Hotel
Corry
Corry Man Jailed For Hit And Run
A Corry man, David J Chase of 105 Hatch Street, was jailed in Erie County on hit and run charges after rear ending a truck driven by Lyle F Miles of North Clymer on Stewart Road in Concord Township. Chase, who followed Miles and pulled in too soon, fled the scene but surrendered to Carry City police later. He was arraigned before District Justice Patsy Nichols and held on $500 bond. Damages were listed as 25 dollars to the Miles truck and 5 dollars to the Chase car.
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Corry
Bine County
David J Chase
Hatch Street
Lyle F Miles
North Clymer
Stewart Road
Concord Township
Chase
Miles
Patsy Nichols
Sound Off Pet Peeves Column Invites Reader Opinions
The Journal asks readers to vent grievances and solutions in the Sound Off column. Call 665 8291 between 5 and 9 pm to share issues to be addressed by the responsible body.
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