Summer Road Capers Beginning Re Run
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation states no summer funds for road maintenance. Corry area sees token patches while Erie County is accused of inferior work and unequal resurfacing. A TRIP study notes Pennsylvanias roads as poor with calls to raise spending by 45 percent over 12 years to upgrade over 60,000 miles and nearly 6,000 bridges.
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Corry
Penndot
Erie County
East Main Street
Erie County Plastics Corp
Warren County
Road Information Program
TRIP
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Senate Democrats Seek Extension of Antirecession Tax Cuts
Democratic leaders plan to extend this year’s tax cuts and push for a broad tax revision, aligning with President Ford who said he would consider extensions if the economy does not rebound ahead of the 1976 election. Ford defended nuclear weapon posture in Korea questions and highlighted US energy and foreign policy moves.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
House
Senate
White House
United States
South Korea
Korea
No-Fault Noose on PA Auto Insurance Upheld by Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the no-fault auto insurance law is constitutional and sent all petitions back to Commonwealth Court. The law requires drivers to carry auto insurance and speeds claims for injuries by guaranteeing payment from insurers regardless of fault, aligning with state and federal constitutions.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Court
U.S
U C Man Dies After High Speed Crash
Union City resident Glenn Conklin, 20, died at St. Vincent Hospital in Erie after a single vehicle crash on Route 178. Police report he lost control traveling at high speed, veered across the highway, entered a field, struck a creek bottom, and rolled over. Union City Fire Department aided in extrication. he was first taken to Union City Memorial Hospital before transfer to the Erie hospital.
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Union City
St. Vincent Hospital
Erie
Glenn Conklin
Corry Barracks
Conklin
Union City Fire Department
Union City Memorial Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Street fighting in Mideast flares amid Beirut clashes
The Associated Press reports heavy street fighting in Beirut as six armed factions clash with machine guns mortars and bazookas. Casualties reach 10 killed and 35 wounded with police and security forces sustaining losses amid extended fighting between Muslim Palestinians and Christian Phalangists. Arafat appeals for peace and mutual respect in Lebanon while factions vie for sovereignty and influence.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Phalange
Chiyah
Ein Rummamneh
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Suleiman Franjich
Lebanon
Economic indicators rise for third straight month
The Commerce Department reports the Leading Indicators index up 2.1 percent in May, with a three month gain of 5.7 percent signaling a potential economic recovery. Eight of ten available components improved as layoffs and weekly hours held steady, while supplier performance and asset liquidity strengthened.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Brisk Pace Of Local Police Encounters Various Incidents
City officers handled a range of oddities yesterday and last night including the arrest of Doreen S. Wolfe for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The car belonged to her estranged husband Gary P. Wolfe. Wolfe appeared before District Justice Mary Jane Puller for arraignment. A wallet with $20 vanished from Dale Higley’s car, found missing after a brief stop. The IGA Store reported a shoplifting incident leading to the arrest of Michael W. Cowan for retail theft, who attempted to hide cigarettes under a blanket in a baby stroller. Another theft from a car occurred in the Cooper Pentax lot near the old A P building on West Washington street.
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Doreen S. Wolfe
Mott Street
Titusville
Gary P. Wolfe
R.D. 1
Mrs. Wolfe
Mary Jane Puller
Union City
Dale Higley
Fifth Street
Higley
IGA
Michael W. Cowan
Marion Street
Cooper Pentax
A&p
West
Washington Street
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Bill Eaton
General Assembly
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Jacob Kassab
McInnes Steel
Erie County Plastics Plant
Eaton
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Helsinki
Organization of Petroleum
Mayaguez
U.C
Mideast
Black Forest
Germany
Waldshut
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