Opening Day Grass Fires Prompt Multiple Engine Deployments
Corry fire crews dispatched three engines and 25 personnel to a string of grass fires likely sparked by a passing Conrail diesel engine. Calls occurred at 2:34, 2:35, 2:40, and 4:39 p.m. near the Corry Jamestown plant, West Mainstreet, Pennsylvania avenue, and the Dowell plant. Columus and Bear Lake volunteers assisted at Bear Lake and Pine Valley. Officials blamed sparks from the engine as it labored uphill amid windy, dry conditions.
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Corry
Conrail
Corry Jamestown Corp
Dowell
West Mainstreet
Pennsylvania Avenue
Crestline
Columbus
Bear Lake
Pine Valley
Journal
McCray
Norby Bachofner fights phony tickets in Harrisburg
Paul Meerdink of Wright Street received a Harrisburg police notice demanding 6 dollars total for an overtime violation. Meerdink claims no Harrisburg visit in years and plans to seek AAA help to fix the problem, mocking the ongoing ticket racket exposure led by Norby Bachofner and supporters.
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Norby Bachefoer
Philly
Paul Meerdink
Gs Wright Street
Harrisburg
Meerdink
AAA
Meerdink Ia
Norby
Tax Showdown Nears Over Cunningham Detainer
Washington AP reports a confrontation looms between Congress members on tax policy as Corry police detain a Dunkirk man, David W. Cox, serving time in Mayville for forging payroll checks. Cox’s case intersects with a broader debate over President Carter's tax plan and a Lang compromise affecting 1976 tax returns and exemptions while a House-Senate conference negotiates the final bill.
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Cox
Mayville
Corry
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
al Altman
House Ways and Means Committee
White House
Carter
Lang
Ullman
Senate
House-Senate
Corry Area School District approves tentative calendar with changes
The Corry Area School District board approves a tentative calendar rescheduling Hout amid a recent entigy crisis. Classes run through June with Memorial Day and Good Friday as holidays. Superintendent Krepps says the calendar may change if state requirements shift, with nine to eleven days of instruction planned and contingency to remove days if needed.
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Corry Area School
Charles Krepps
Krepps
State liquid fuels tax to fund local roads in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Transportation Department will distribute 26.3 million dollars in state liquid fuels tax funds to 2,567 cities towns and townships. Corry will receive 47239 dollars and other allocations include Concord Township 18834 Wayne Township 26754 Elgin Borough 1061 Wattsburg Borough 2012 in Crawford and Warren counties with further payments to Sparta Township 34444 Spar tansburg Borough 3401 Columbus Township 30963 Spring Creek Township 82795 Bear Lake Borough 2092.
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Transportation Department Today
Pennsylvania
Corry
Concord Township
Wayne Township
Elgin
Wattsburg
Crawford County
Sparta Township
Spartansburg Borough
Warren County
Columbus Township
Spring Creek Township
Bear Lake Borough
Lehighs and Leprechauns At Paddy S Sullivan S Tavern
In Tappan New York Paddy Sullivan hosts St Patrick day revelry as locals and Rockland County bagpipe players gather for a festive scene in a long standing tavern near the railroad. Paddy notes a trend toward vodka mixed with Irish whiskey and green creme de menthe while greeting cadences of bells and songs from regulars and visitors.
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Tappan
N.Y
Oak Tree Road
Paddy Sullivan
Paddy
St. Patrick's
Hennessey
Carroll
O'Rourke
Healy
Sullivan
Rockland County Bagpipe Band
Tom O'Connor
Kathleen
Tommy Dunn
Mike Connor
Kelly
Boyle Freed From Prison After Appeal Ruling
PITTSBURGH AP Ailing 75 year old W A Tony Boyle former United Mine Workers leader was freed from Western Penitentiary to await a new trial for ordering the killing of a union rival He walked out arm in arm with his daughter Antoinette en route to his Washington DC home Boyle had spent nearly a year behind bars serving three consecutive life terms for the deaths of UMW rival Joseph Yablonski and his family in 1969 His release came on a $250000 bond after the state Supreme Court overturned the conviction saying the trial judge failed to allow a complete defense.
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Pittsburgh
W.A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
Western Penitentiary
Antoinette
Washington, D.C
Boyle
UMW
Joseph
Jock" Yablonski
Clarksville
Khnene
State Supreme Court
Barber Center Faces Financial Crisis Despite County Aid
Dr. Gertrude Barber Center warns a July funding shortfall will hit over 1,000 clients including programs in Waterford and Corry. County funds labeled old may not cover summer and outreach efforts, with possible hour cuts at the Corry Campus affecting 11 adults, 7 preschoolers, and five infants to five years old.
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Erie County
Gertrude A. Barber
Erie Center
Corry
Barber Center
Erie County Commissioners
Barber
Waterford
Corry Center
Baker
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Sue) Anderson
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