Tax fight prompts Erie lawmakers to back repeal idea
Erie County legislators confront the new state taxes, with Assemblymen Forest Hopkins and David Hayes drafting a bill to repeal the insurance premium tax while exploring budget cuts. General Telephone seeks PUC relief to pass on higher utility taxes, estimating a 5 to 6 percent rate rise. Protests planned as lawmakers criticize the tax package and debate funding shifts and welfare reform.
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Erie County
Forest Hopkins
David Hayes
General Télephone Company of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Public ‘Utility Commission
R.W. Britt
PUC
Britt
Hayes
Hopkins
Wendell Good
Erie
Shafer
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Eric
Erie Insurance
John Siville
Option on 100 Acres On S Center For 50 Unit Housing
An application to build 50 low and moderate income housing units atop South Center hill will be filed with state and federal agencies. The CAIDC, Mullin and Lonergan, and the housing committee approve plans for a $23,500 100 acre option, funding steps, and a timetable aiming for spring 1972 occupancy start, with government subsidies and a subdivision plan to the city planning commission.
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South Center Street
Mullin and Lonergan Associates
Corry Area Industrial Development Corp
Housing Committee
CAIDC
William Shamburg
Joseph Bendel
Mullin and Lonergan
Bendel
Corry
Federal Housing Administration
Bender
Fourth Ward
Mullin and Lonéfgan
Ttc
City Planning Commission
Defense Industry Near Collapse Threatens U.S. Military
Sen. William Proxmire claims Lockheed’s request for up to 641.2 million in federal funds exposes Pentagon policy failures and could trigger a collapse of the defense industry. Lockheed warns it faces critical financial problems if payments are delayed while price disputes persist.
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Washington
Pentagon
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Department of Defense
Proxmire
Lockheed
Stolen Car Thefts Thought Linked In Corry State Police Probe
State Police investigate two car thefts early this morning with possible links. First report at 3:15 a.m. shows a Waterford vehicle stolen minutes earlier in Union City. Victims include Herman Adler of the Tri State Hardwood Company and Marjorie Ormabee of Waterford. a 1970 model is involved.
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Corry
Robert Fleetwood
Edwin Miksell
Union City
Waterford
Marjorie Ormabee
Herman Adler
Tri-State Hardwood Company
Trinity Dublin
Eight GIs Killed In Various Battles
SAIGON AP reports heavy action across South Vietnam with 246 enemy soldiers and eight Americans killed. Four U S crewmen fell when their helicopter was shot down near Song Be close to the Cambodian border. Ground clashes occurred in the Mekong Delta Que Son Valley and near Da Nang. South Vietnamese forces said 98 NVA VC were killed and 31 captured, while one Marine died in a three hour battle near My Lai. An Americal Division helicopter assault in Que Son Valley left one American dead and nine wounded. Rocket and mortar fire produced one American fatality and 10 injuries. An advance security train on the Da Nang Hue line was derailed by a mine wounding seven soldiers. B-52 bombers dropped 1 200 tons on targets in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Song Be
Mekong Delta
Que Son
da Nang
Mekong
U Minh Forest
My Lai
Americal Division
Que Son Valley
Mabile
da Nang-Hue
Sturday
Orr Bs2
Game Warden Shot At By Illegal Trapper
A deputy game protector near Union City was fired on by an illegal beaver trapper while surveilling a trap site in the Shreve Ridge area. State Police and game protectors pursued the shooter until midnight as investigators continue the case.
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Harold Powell
R.D
Union City
Elmer Simpson
George Gibson
Corry
Powell
Edward Pass
John Evanko
William Barbour
Robert Fleetwood
Edwin Mikeell
Shreve Ridge
Seek To Overthrow Tony Boyle Election
Washington AP The government seeks to void Tony Boyle’s election as United Mine Workers president after the triple slayings of Joseph Yablonski his wife and daughter in Clarksville Pennsylvania. Five charged in the murders as Boyle vows to fight the federal court action amid a history of union strife and violence in Appalachia.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
W. A. Tony Boyle
Joseph A. Yablonski
Boyle
George P. Shultz
Yablonski
Clarksville, Pa
Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Appalachia
Thomas Kennedy
Shultz
Justice Department
Driver to be charged after two car crash on East Columbus
William J. Stroup, 23, of Corry, will face drunk driving charges after a head on collision with William D. Morton, 50, of Union City, on East Columbus Avenue at 1 a.m. Damage totaled 1500 dollars with 500 to Stroup’s car and 1000 to Morton’s.
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Héalman
East Columbus Avenue
William J. Stroup
B.D. 2
Corry
William D. Morton
R.D. 2
Union City
Stroup
East Columbus
Morton
Jury Fast Verdict Settles Niagara Auto Crash Suit
A Niagara Falls Supreme Court jury awarded Rosario and Margaret Certo $11,750 in a fast auto negligence case arising from a February 22, 1966 crash. Deliberations lasted 90 minutes after morning testimony and afternoon charge. In a separate decision, Judge J Eugene Goddard awarded $175,586 to the Scott family from Pendleton after a January 31, 1967 fatal crash on Route 31 near Albion.
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Niagara Falls
Supreme Court
Niagara
Rosario
Margaret Certo
Paul DeSpres
J. Eugene Goddard
State Court of Claims
Rochester
Niagara County
State of New York
Carl Scott
Pendleton
Route
Albion
Orleans County
Glenna
Janice
Kevin
Scotts
Joseph Nasca
Helen
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Solons
Raymond For
Democratic House
Revere
North East Assemblyman
Son Thu Bon
An Hoa
S. Center
Erie County Court
Edward H. Carney
David Wingard
Grant Street
Allegheny County
Wingard
Evelyn Overturf
High Street
Overturf
Edith Morley
Youngsville
Melvin R. Laird
Lockheed Board
D. J. Haughton
David Packard
Haughton
Army
A.C. Kitchian
David W. Strugeon
Lowe Burrell
Westmoreland County
Tony Boyle
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