Space crew heads home after Apollo 9 mission
Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Scott and Schweickart depart the carrier in three helicopters for a Bahamas stop then Cape Kennedy refueling en route to Ellington AFB. They land off Puerto Rico after a record lunar module manned flight and receive praise from Space Agency officials.
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Uss
Guadalcanal
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Eleuthera Auxiliary Air Force Base
Bahamas
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Ellington
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Sick Bay
McDivitt
Earth
George E. Mueller
Schweickart
Samuel C. Phillips
Two Youths Nabbed After Series Of Local Burglaries
Two 18 year olds from Spartansburg and Corry face burglary and larceny charges after a dawn string of break ins yielded hundreds in cash and merchandise. Michael Nadolny and Dennis Goodwill remained jailed unable to post $1000 bail awaiting Erie County transfer.
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Corry
Spartansburg
Erie County
Michael Nadolny
Dennis Goodwill
Ask OEO Be Stripped Of Powers
An unpublished GAO report urges stripping the Office of Economic Opportunity of antipoverty program coordination. It says the White House should assume responsibility for most programs, while OEO retains only innovation and Job Corps reforms. The document targets administrative gaps across agencies and calls for major reorganization.
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Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
White House
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Capitol Hill
Associated Press
OEO
PUC Sets Second Hearing on Lottsville Railroad Crossing
The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission will hold a second hearing at Warren County courthouse on March 25 to review Erie Lackawanna crossing conditions at Lottsville. The hearings involve EL, Freehold Township, Warren County, State Highway Dept, the state and State Police amid calls for updated signals and safer highway approaches.
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Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Erie
Jamestown
Freehold Township
Warren County
State Highway Department
Washington House panel trips cost huge travel tab
The House Armed Services Committee and staffers traveled worldwide last year at 123918 dollars, led by five women assigned to inspect U.S. bases. Edna Johnson said the female team aimed to gain candid input. The fivewoman tour cost about 6000 dollars, with Foreign Affairs and Labor also running large travel bills.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
L. Mendal Rivers
Ds.c
England
Edna E. Johnson
Congress
Miss Johnson
U.S
Armed Services
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Ws Baucation and Labor Committee
Appropriations Committee
Charles A. Hal’eck
R-Ind
Nixon vows no warning to Communist attacks in Vietnam
President Nixon announced a modified Sentinel ABM program to protect U S missile bases as he defended a firm response to Communist offensives in Vietnam. He said any future action would come without prior warning and urged private talks to end the war. He noted the defense budget would fall about 2.5 billion and did not commit to tax surcharge changes.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
White House
Congress
Mmi
Neon druggist earns 328000 Medicaid payments in state report
Clarke's Pharmacy in Neon Kentucky received 328000 in Medicaid payments last year the largest sum for any medical vendor in the state The small store serves a poverty stricken Appalachian town where about 8 percent of residents receive state relief Clarke estimates a 5 mile radius population of about 15000 with many on free prescription cards and notes the Medicaid program drew a federal review while noting the overall state medicine and pharmacists fees reached 10 million dollars.
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Neon
Clarke
William S. Clarke Jr
Appalachia
Kentucky
South Carolina
State Economic Security Department
Eern
CAIDC Fund Grows By 6254 In 69
CAIDC Industrial development fund grew with loan interest and deposits totaling 6254 for the year. Nine loans were outstanding to Erie County Plastics Corpp, Corry Rubber Corp, International Foam, Aero Realty and L J Wing Division of Aero Flow Dynamics. Principal repayments reached 34904 with interest 4699 plus deposit certificates. CAIDC shows 89881 in loans and 50000 in debts. The year featured Firestone Tire and Rubber’s 1.8 million plant project in the east end. Board reelected C Conrad Monroe Jerome Davis Philip Zalznck to four year terms. officers reelected George R Sample president, C Conrad Monroe vice president, Jerome Davis treasurer, S A Long secretary.
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Inndustrial Development Fund
Corry Aves Industrial Development Corp
CAIDC
Erie County Plastics Corporation
Corry Rubber Corp
International Foam
Aero Realty
L. J. Wing Division
Aero-Flow Dynamics
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Bucher Can Only Wait For Decision
Cmdr Lloyd M Bucher awaited a Navy court of inquiry to decide his fate after the Pueblo seizure hearings. The five admirals would deliberate 10 days, with possible outcomes from punishment to medals, before findings reach Adm Hyland and Washington for final review.
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Coronado
Calif
Lloyd M. Bucher
Navy
Pueblo
Bucher
E. Miles Harvey
Adm
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
Hyland
Washington, D.C
Rose
U.S
Corry Man Indicted For Draft Evasion In Pittsburgh
A Corry man Michael Gates age 22 and two others from the region were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on draft evasion charges. Gates failed to keep his draft board informed of his whereabouts and did not report for induction with a reported enrollment at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan. Also indicted were Robert L. Vaughn 20 of Guys Mills for failure to report for induction and Gary R. Pritchett 21 of Pt. Lauderale Fla for failure to report for induction at the Franklin board.
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Corry
Pittsburgh
Michael Gates
Gates
Selective Service Office
Associated Press
University of Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Robert L. Vaughn
Guys Mills
Meadville Draft Board
Gary R. Pritchett
Pt. Lauderdale
Fla
Franklin Board
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