Ponder Millage Problem Hints at Budget School Funds
The state budget approved in Harrisburg provides Corry Area School District with 265,163 dollars in state subsidies. Officials question if this can offset a four mill property tax increase enacted two weeks earlier, with June 30 budget deadline looming. If no action, the windfall will be carried as a balance into the 1974 75 year.
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Harrisburg
Corry Area
Department of Education
R. Budd Dwyer
Board of Education
Delay Wharton Sentence Set for August 6 in Corry case
Confessed embezzler Robert Wharton former Corry Area School District treasurer and delinquent tax collector faced a postponed sentencing in Erie County court. Judge Lindley McClelland delayed the 9 am session to August 6 after the accountant handling the case was unavailable and to allow time to determine the exact amounts involved. Witnesses spoke in Wharton’s defense focusing on his operation of the Corry Ambulance Service and his renewed city contract. Wharton’s attorney noted 14 items missing, with 13 admitted for funds in the treasurer case and eight of nine items in the delinquent tax case agreed to, leaving one item per category unchecked. Restitution details and bonding company funds to be addressed by August 6.
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Robert Wharton
Corry Area
Erie County Court
Lindley McClelland
Wharton
McClelland
Erie
Root, Spitznas
Frank McKnight
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McKnight
Whartons
Humphrey Mills Aides Face Questions On Illegal Campaign Cash
Senate Watergate committee report alleges Hubert Humphrey and Wilbur Mills aides received and solicited illegal corporate gifts totaling 137000 dollars. It names Jack L. Chestnut and Joe P. Johnson who invoked the Fifth Amendment, with AMPI and Mid-America Dairymen linked to 25 000 and 75 000 dollars respectively. Both campaigns also got undisclosed 1000 dollar gifts from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Minneapolis
Jack L. Chestnut
Wilbur D. Mills
Joe P. Johnson
Mills
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc
Humphrey and Mills
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, Co
Iowa
Oklahoma
Kansas
South Dakota
Sen. Humphrey
Sketchy details emerge on Spring Creek crash injuring five
State police coordinate two reports from Corry and Warren stations after a two vehicle crash at Spring Creek. A PennDOT truck and a Ford Ranchero collided early yesterday, sending five people to Corry Memorial Hospital. Victims include PennDOT passengers Fred Brown and Louis Bunting and driver Neil McKay. Ranchero driver Harold Harmon. Damage to the state truck is listed at 1500 dollars with incomplete figures for the Ranchero.
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Spring Creek
Corry Station
Warren
Penndot
Tionesta
Corry Memorial Hospital
Fred Brown
Louis Bunting
R.D
David Parker
Garland
Neil McKay
Harold Harmon
Tionests
Ranchera
Corry
Harmon
New Budget May Hike Taxes
Harrisburg AP A $4.5 billion state budget became law, with aims to reduce local property taxes this year but potential tax increases in July 1975. Gov. Shapp signed it, citing $140 million more for schools and local government to offset rising costs, while warning of future revenue needs. The measure totals about a 14 percent spending rise over the prior year, with more than $1.7 billion in school subsidies and new programs, including a solid waste facility loan plan.
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Dwyer
Senate House Conference
Harrisburg
Shapp
Richard Tilghman
Montgomery
Thomas Lamb
Dallegheny
Revenue Department
Treasury
House
Senate
Nixon Arrives in Moscow for Nuclear Summit
President Nixon landed at Vnukovo as crowds near the Kremlin cheered while police redirected onlookers. Brezhnev greeted him warmly and both leaders waved to supporters. Officials said the summit aims to limit underground tests and slow arms development, with no permanent missile ban expected.
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Nixon
Kremlin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vnukovo
Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Brussels
America
Atlantic Alliance
Belgium
Baudouin
Fabiola
Melsbroek
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
PSPD Reports Two Crashes At Same Spot On Route 6
State police investigated two accidents at the same time and place on Route 6 near Union City. Stephen Kerr driving west lost control and flipped. Howard Phelps slowed to avoid the overturned car and was struck by a second truck driven by John Percy. Phelps sustained $500 damage, Percy $300, Kerr’s car valued at $200.
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Stephen EB. Kerr
East Pleasantstreet
Route 6
Union City
Kerr
Howard Phelps
Phelps
John H. Percy
Waterford
Percy
Railroads Face ICC Hearing On Track Abandonment
Witnesses told the Interstate Commerce Commission that 22 miles of Western Maryland Penn Central track in York County should not be abandoned, warning of up to 900 potential jobs lost. Governor Shapp and officials urged a rail trust fund, while hearings consider ConRail's formation and broader Northeast rail policy.
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Harrisburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Penn Central
Maryland
Donald W. Dorr
H-York
York County
Dorr
Northeast
ConRail
U.S. Transportation Department
Pennsylvania
Richard Master
Gov
Shapp
Public Utility Commission
George J. Bloom
Pittsburgh
Peter Flanferty
Chamber of Commerce
Rail Trust
Bloom
Flaherty
Northeastern
Sound Off Pet Peeves Tonight in The Journal
Readers are urged to phone 665 8291 tonight before 9 p m to vent pet peeves and problems. The Journal will publish Sound Off letters in Saturday’s column seeking issues to be solved by responsible bodies.
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