McInnes Steel Expands Plant At East Main
McInnes Steel Co to spend over 1 million dollars to expand at East Main Street, adding 12,000 square feet and new furnaces, quench tanks, a 15 ton crane, and more machine tools. Expansion to extend to Pennsylvania Avenue with dual fuel burners to conserve natural gas, funded by Erie County Industrial Authority and banks, slated for completion in 1974. The plant serves nuclear and power generation manufacturers increasing electrical power demand.
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McInnes Steel Co
East Main Street
A. Bruce Smith
Corry
Rogers Structural Steel Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Law Department
Smith
Erie County Industrial Authority
Mellon Bank
N.A
Pittsburgh
Marine National Bank of Erie
McInnes Steel Company
Raymond Plant Expansion Adds Half Million Dollar Wing
The Associated Spring Raymond Division will add a new wing costing over five hundred thousand dollars to expand operations. Lessinghaus and Ostergard of Erie will start work next week as the city advances sewer lines in preparation. Ross Bailey, the plant's general manager, expects completion by the first of the year.
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McInnes Steel
Raymond Division
Associated Spring
Erie
Lessinghaus and
Ostergard
Raymond
Ross Bailey
Australian Leader Calls For Freeze On Prices
Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam urged major companies to voluntarily freeze prices until a Prices Justification Tribunal is set up in August. The tribunal will review price hike proposals from firms with annual sales over 28 million dollars.
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Canberra
Australia
Gough Whitlam
Lightning strike at golf course leaves two golfers hurt
Two golfers were treated at Sewickley Valley Hospital after a bolt of lightning hit during a violent storm at the Coraopolis Heights Golf Course. Injured were Robert Bittner, 41, of Avalon, and Charles Angelilli, 26, of Moon Township, both reported in satisfactory condition to resume play.
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Pittsburgh
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Coraopolis Heights
Robert Bittner
Avalon
Charles Angelilli
Moon Township
Parochial Schools Angered by Supreme Court Rulings
Parochial school officials nationwide express disappointment at Supreme Court decisions striking down state tax and tuition relief for nonpublic school families. Civil rights groups praise the rulings as maintaining church state separation, while some urge pursuing a federal tax credit plan. Officials vow to seek alternative support despite the setback.
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Supreme Court
High Court
New York
Pennsylvania
High
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Joan Tuttle
Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union
Leo Pfeffer
New York City
Robert Eggold
Kansas
Pothole Patch Work On Route 426 Delayed By Funds
Erie County patch crews race to fix 426 potholes after a fatal Sunday crash. Officials say patching is hampered by limited funds and manpower, with resurfacing cutbacks forcing a hit and miss approach. County and district leaders urge taxpayers to lobby for higher road priorities.
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Rob Peter
Paul
Chauncey Saupp
District 1
Penndot
Franklin
Erie County Highway Department
Vincent Kennerknecht
John Fasenmeyer
Frank Schwabenbaur
Journal Office
Kennerknecht
Sciota
Sciota Road
Erie County
Watergate Hearings Dean Hoped Nixon Would Explain Role
Watergate testimony details John W. Dean III stating he hoped Nixon would publicly explain his role. He began informing prosecutors in mid April after Nixon failed to come forward, admitting involvement in cover up and wiretapping, while denying first hand knowledge of Nixon’s awareness. Dean said he acted under Haldeman Ehrlichman and others and that the cover up became a way of life.
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Washington
White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Dean
Senate
Fred Thompson
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Gordon Strachan
Haldeman
Committee
Cash
Democratic
Watergate
Watergate Committee
Dash
Tax-Paid Aides May Get $1,000 Raises
Harrisburg report: Commonwealth and AFL-CIO union tentatively agree on a two year contract raising pay by 1000 dollars with 6.5 percent yearly increases for about 70 000 employees and costing roughly 76 million over the period. Balloting to ratify begins across the state as costs and health fringe benefits are outlined.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
House
Senate
Afscme
Brezhnev Opens Summit Talks With Pompidou
Soviet leader Brezhnev begins two day talks with French President Pompidou in Paris after a US visit. Reports say Brezhnev may offer Pompidou chairmanship of a planned December super East West summit to push arms controls. France must wait for Helsinki talks to finish. France wary of Soviet nuclear concessions and independent stance.
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Paris
Leonid 1. Brezhnev
Georges Pompidou
United States
Pompidou
Nixon
France
Helsinki
Finland
Brezhnev
Washington
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McEldowney
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