Air Transport Association seeks court halt to pilots seven hour work stoppage
The Air Transport Association seeks a federal court order to bar American airline pilots from a seven hour Monday work stoppage that could affect up to a million passengers across 64 nations. Federation head Forsberg says the protest, backing stronger airport security and hijack accords, is on. Pilots in several countries indicate varying participation. Swissair will suspend operations Monday, while United Air Lines and Braniff pilots plan minimal or no disruption. The UN Security Council and ICAO are urged to act on anti hijacking conventions. Waldheim expresses disappointment over the protest.
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New York
Air Transport Association
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Ota Forsberg
Federation
U.S
Washington
George Hart
Airline Association
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Braniff International
Tokyo
Japan Airline Pilots Association
London
Britain
Swissair
International Pilots Federation
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Forsberg
U.N
Finland
Security Council
International Civil Aviation Organization
Cutbacks Hit Pony Express Style Postal Service
Nationwide postal cuts take effect around July 1 slowing service from Corry. Corry post office closes weekends 5 30 p m to 7 a m locking doors and halving daily truck arrivals. Mail after 5 30 p m Saturday would wait until Tuesday, moving via Erie collection point.
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Corry
Pony Express
Erie Collection Center
Union City
Erie
Two Crashes Reported. Horse Killed in Route 957 Collision
State Police at the Corry substation investigated two early morning crashes. A horse owned by Burdett Spencer was killed on Route 957 near Columbus when it collided with David A. Tutmaher’s car, causing $1,800 in damage to both vehicles, and Tutmaher sustained minor injuries. A second crash near Hemlock Lakes Park in Spring Creek Township damaged a car driven by Michael E. Shatto, who was treated for minor injuries. his vehicle suffered about $300 in damage.
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Corry
Columbus
David A. Tutmaher
R.D
Sugar Grove
Burdett Spencer
Bear Lake
Tutmaher
WCA Hospital
Jamestown
Micahel E. Shatto
Erie
Memorial Hospital
Hemlock Lakes Park
Spring Creek Township
Shatto
Trains Collision in France Kills Dozens in Tunnel
Two fast passenger trains collided in a debris filled tunnel near Vierzy sixty miles northeast of Paris killing about 35 and injuring 78. Officials said the trains carried some 500 people and that rescue teams worked through the night amid wreckage and shifting lights.
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Soissons
France
Paris
Laon
Jeannine Michel
First Methodist Post Accepts New Pastor Rev Hurst
Rev. Reed J. Hurst is installed as pastor of the First United Methodist Church replacing the transferred leader. A Bemus Point native and Allegheny College graduate, he earned a Garrett Bible Institute diploma and a master’s in evangelism from Scarritt College in Nashville. He and his wife Barbara, from Meadville, have four children.
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Reed J. Hurst
First United Methodist Church
Rev. Hurst
Bemus Point
N.Y
Allegheny College
Garrett Bible Institute
Scarritt College
Nashville, Tenn
Barbara
Meadville
Pa. May Never Fix Roads Just Not Enough Money
Harrisburg officials warn Pennsylvania needs at least 75 million dollars annually for a decade to fix 5000 miles of unsafe highways. Transportation Secretary Kassab and Insurance Chief Denenberg press safety plan to identify hazardous highway features. Denenberg cites dangerous booby traps blamed for up to 500 deaths yearly.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Jacob G. Kassab
Transportation
Kassab
Kassal
Herbert Denenberg
Denenberg
Transportation Department
the Home Insurance Co. of
New York
Hospital Rates Compare Across Western Pennsylvania
Corry Memorial Hospital with 91 beds, offering 13 services, keeps room rates at $54.95 daily while semiprivate charges are $35, lower than larger Erie County hospitals such as Hemet Medical Center and St. Vincent. Union City Memorial Hospital lists $51.50 for rooms, with semiprivate around $?. Local administrator Samuel Antrim cites payroll boosts as a factor. Other area hospitals show higher rates: Allegheny General $96.71, Children’s Hospital $107.11, Magee $67.37, Miners’ Hospital $47.29, DuBois General $49.69, Maple Avenue $52.12. (Continued on Back Page)
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Corry Memorial Hospital
General Hospitals
Pennsylvania
Union City Memorial Hospital
Union City Hospital
Corry
Samuel Antrim
The
Journal
Erie County
Hemet Medical Center
Erie
St. Vincent Hospital
Union City
Erie Osteopathic
Allegheny General
Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital
Pitt- Magee United Hospital
Beaver Falls
Miners’ Hospital
Spangler
DuBois General
Maple Avenue Hospital
DuBois
Linda Olson and Jameila Meachum Advance in Miss Pennsylvania
In Hershey, Linda Kay Olson of Corry and Jameila Nan Meachum of York won rounds of the Miss Pennsylvania pageant. Meachum, 19, recovered after a tumble during a dramatic monologue, saying she ignored the mishap and pressed on.
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Linda Olson
Robert Olson
West
Columbus Avenue
Pennsylvania
Hershey, Pa
York County
Jameila Nan Meachum
York
Miss Meachum
Meachum
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Linda Kay Olson
Corry
Erie County
PC Loses Appeal of $6 Million Suit PC Loses Appeal of $6 Million Suit
The Penn Central Railroad lost its appeal of a $6 million damage suit over a 1965 Bala Cynwyd fire. The state Superior Court upheld a Common Pleas ruling that the railroad was responsible for the 18 day blaze at the Connelly Container plant, with the boxcar allegedly improperly repaired and loaded with cornstarch.
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Philadelphia
Penn Central Railroad
Common Pleas Court
Connelly Container Corp
Bala Cynwyd
Penn Central
Connelly
Irving Hughes Book Hoaxer Sentenced in New York
Clifford Irving wife Edith sent to prison for 24 and 2 months respectively over a faked Howard Hughes autobiography hoax. Both fined $10,000. judge postponed Irving’s report until after Edith’s release to keep the couple together. Richard Suskind jailed six months. McGraw-Hill ordered to recover $750,000 plus costs.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Edith
John M Cannella
McGraw-Hill Inc
Hughes
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Kurt Waldheim
Lazar Mojsey
Council
Italy
International Federation of Transit Workers
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Corry Evening Journal
Red Cross
Vierzy
Paris- Laon
Hershey
Olson
Butler County
Nancy Adele Moffitt
Allegheny County
Barbara Lou Verlander
Atlantic City
Valparaiso University
Indiana
Joseph Bush
Indiana University
Irvings
State Supreme Court
Joseph A. Martinis
Martinis
Richard Suskind
Suskind
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