Four Minor Traffic Crashes Reported by City Police
City police investigated four weekend traffic accidents with no serious injuries and total damage estimated at 950 dollars. On Saturday two cars collided near Mead avenue and West Smith street when one vehicle turned too wide into Mead. Officers identified driver Richard A. Herberg, 33.
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Mead Avenue
West Smith Street
West Smith
Mead
Richard A. Herberg
Snyder Circle
Jane P. Campbell
West Frederick Street
Campbell
Herberg
South Center
West Pleasant Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Frank Turben
Columbus
West Pleasantt Street
Rebecca A. Kirin
D. J, Corry
Victoria Gerzina
York Street
Columbus Avenue
Sciota Street
Gerzina
Kirin
West Main Street
Spring
Deborah Sue Gates
Park Street
Agencies Seek Youth Jobs Through GECAC Summer Program
Greater Erie Community Action Committee will fund and run a summer youth program placing 14 to 21 year olds with non profit agencies. Pay is $2.10 hourly for eligible low income families, with eligibility based on federal criteria. Local agencies may contact Douglas Watson at the CAC office or call 454 4581 to hire youths. In past years agencies including the school district the Salvation Army and the city used these workers.
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Greater Erie
U.S. Department of Labor
Watson
CAC
State Street
Rie
Nyc
Flag Day Ceremony At Corry Elks Lodge Honored Nation
Mayor Mary Ann Kibler and Thomas Dyne raised the flag during the Flag Day event at the Corry Elks Lodge with Wendell Gage on trumpet. Guests included the Corry VFW honor guard and Michael Yoakum of the First United Methodist Church spoke. Elks officers organized the ceremony.
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Corry
Police Plan to Cut Loss by Theft Protection Program
City police, with the Northwestern Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, sponsor Operation Ident to curb property theft. Police Chief Kenneth Nichols explains free engraving tools loaned to residents mark items with a state license number or SSN, making recovery easier and theft harder. A warning decal for windows is issued with marked property.
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Northwestern
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association
Kenneth Nichols
Pennsylvania
Nichols
Erie
Oil City
Guerillas Killed After Raid Trigger Middle East Tensions
An Arab guerrilla raid on the Kfar Yuval farmhouse near the Lebanon border left a 23-year-old Israeli wife dead along with her husband and brother. Her seven month old son and father were wounded as four attackers were killed by Israeli troops. Israeli air strikes hit Kfar Chuba in Lebanon while clashes and rocket fire continued along the frontier. The PLO claimed support for the raid, while Israel warned of ongoing retaliation and cross border fire from Katyusha rockets into Metulla.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Kfar Yuval
Kfar Chuba
Lebanon
Lebanese Defense Ministry
WAFA
Arkoub
Mediterranean
Nahariya
Metulla
Kfar Yavaim
Palestine Liberation Organization
U.N. General Assembly
India
Yaacov
Refinery Inferno Ends With Israeli Killings of militants
Mordechai, an intercity bus driver and reservist, returned to aid an Israeli rescue operation and joined troops. He was killed in the firefight while three other Israelis were wounded along with his wife and father-in-law. Four attackers from the Arab Liberation Front affiliated with the PLA were all killed, identified as Palestini, Iraqi, Moroccan, and Turk.
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Mordechai
S Bhe
The
Arab Liberation Front
PLA
Lightning Sparks Three Hour Fire At Warren Gas Refinery
A lightning bolt started a tank fire at the United Refinery in Warren around 8 15 p m as a tank with over 850000 gallons of premium gas and a nearby heavy fuel oil tank burned for more than three hours. Fire crews from many departments aided by rain prevented wider damage though several firefighters were injured. The blaze was under control by 11 05 p m and United reported the plant operating the next day.
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United
Warren
Warren General Hospital
William Welsh
Warren Borough
John Wendell
Warren County
Ian
Susan Sitler
Wendell
Chrysler To Keep 1978 Big Models
Detroit AP reports Chrysler Corp denies plans to drop all large cars for 1978 while confirming a gradual shift to smaller models is underway. sources say management targets phasing out big cars, potentially delaying until 1979 or 1980 if sales improve, as industry-wide move to smaller models accelerates.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Associated Press
Chrysler
R.K. Brown
Brown
The
Underground blast hits Rockefeller Center bank in New York
An early morning explosion at 10 Rockefeller Plaza damaged the Banco de Ponce window and shattered glass along 49th Street. A truck driver was injured by flying glass. A Weather Underground claim tied the blast to support for Puerto Rican cement workers amid a strike in Ponce.
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New York
Banco de Ponce
Manhattan
Rockefeller Center
Weather Underground
Flying Glass
Hockefeller Plaza
Sunken Plaza
Prometheus
49Th Street
RCA
Rockefeller Plaza
Ed Kane
HUA
National Broadcasting Cp
Associated Press
Puerto Rcan
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional Puertorriquena
Faln
Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Liberation
Fraunces
Wall Street
Chicago
Held For Murder After Slaying in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police say Russell Flewellen, 22, was arrested on murder and robbery charges after allegedly crushing a man’s skull with a 3 pound chunk of cement and taking his wallet. The victim, Thomas Kennedy, 29, of Penn Hills, was slain near a Brushton bar after leaving Saturday night. Allegheny County detectives say Flewellen was captured a few hours later.
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Pittsburgh
API
Russell Flewellen
Thomas Kennedy
Penn Hills
Brushton
Allegheny County
Flewellen
Tires Drop 12 Inches To Berm In Route 277 Crash
Corry police report a single vehicle crash on Route 277 south of Stewart road after tires dropped 12 inches to the berm. Kenneth Spear of HOS North Center street survived with minor injuries as the car slid into a high bank causing $2,500 damage. A PennDOT curve sign worth $100 was knocked down. Weekend traffic roundup lists four additional crashes with injuries or damage across nearby routes and towns.
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Corry
Kenneth Spear
Hos North Center Street
Stewart Road
Union City
Milton Heliker
Heliker
John M
Mark) Btoom
Rd- 2
Corry Memorial Hospital
Elgin
Craig Allen
K.D. 1
Pittsfield
Wrightsville
Allen
Hydetown
Clifford Ledbur
R.D. 1
Titusville
Michael Colbert
R.D. 2
Centerville
Ledbur Auto
Colbert
Ledbur
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Salvation Army
Journal
McEldowney
Middle East
Refinery Inferno
Warren Times Mirror
Ponce Cement
Caribbean
Students For A Democratic Society
Leo Holland
Oak Hidge
Tenn Bloom
Holland
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