Corry area welfare protest moves to state action
A Corry protest against welfare costs fraud and excesses has reached Gov. Milton Shapp who accepts petitions with nearly 1,800 local names. The drive targets Shapp’s plan to hire 2,200 welfare department employees. Petitions were organized by Mrs. Elaine Benton of Spring Creek Road and handed to the governor by Rep. Forest Hopkins of North East.
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Corry
State Department of Welfare
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Welfare Department
Elaine Benton
Spring Creek Road
Forest Hopkins
North East
Mine Fire Death Toll Reaches 24
Kellogg Idaho AP dwindling smoke in a mine ventilator shaft indicated the fire that killed at least 24 men may be nearly out as rescue teams struggled to reach 58 miners missing three days after the blaze began. Air being forced into shafts offered hope, but carbon monoxide remained high and smoke hampered work.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine Mining Co
Edward Adams
Sunshine
Silver Summit
U.S. Bureau of
Hydrants Planned For Three City Sites
City officials survey sites to improve hydrant coverage. Councilman William Halfast and city engineer David Johnson designate three areas as critical at East street near Sixth, East Columbus avenue near Skat Oil, and Airport road between South Center and Spring. Airport road needs a light also. two trucks may be required for the gap.
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William Halfast
Stanford Hose Company
David Johnson
East Street
Columbus Avenue
Sixth Street
East Columbus
Skat Oil Co
Airport Road
South Center Street
Spring Street
Halfast
Johnson
Corry Drug Case Goes To Court
Erie County juvenile court opens its first drug case with a hearing on an incident at Corry Area High School where an acid based drug was given to a teenage girl. One girl faces charges for supplying the gum that caused the reaction. The hearing is before a judge whose identity was uncertain at noon after an 11 am start time was delayed.
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Erie County
Corry Area
Fred Anthony
Kenneth Nichols
Prosecutor Finds Link Between UMW Funds and Yablonski Slayings
Special Prosecutor Richard Sprague says later testimony will show money from the United Mine Workers Union treasury funneled into a fund used to finance the Yablonski family murders. Huddleston pleaded guilty and turned state's evidence, naming Pass and Prater as key figures in the scheme.
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Washington, Pa
Richard Sprague
Yablonski
United Mine Workers Union National Treasuery
Sprague
Silous Huddleston
UMW
Tony Boyle
Albert Pass
Boyle
Hoyle
Huddleston
Joseph A “Jock” Yablonski
Clarksville
Annette Gilly
UMW Pensioners
LaFollette
Tenn
FBI
Pass
International Executive Board
Secreary
District 19
Kentucky-Tennesse
William J. Prate
Prater
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Claude Vealey
Viet Nam paratroopers launch counterattack to reopen Highway 14
South Vietnamese paratroopers assault the Chu Pa pass eight to nine miles from Kontum and Pleiku as U.S. aides rush auto military aid. North Vietnamese casualties in the initial clash are reported, while Hue remains a prime target. Washington dispatches tanks and Pentagon analysts to Saigon to bolster equipment amid a broad air and ground campaign to reverse the offensive. A Saigon police order seeks rapid suppression of terrorism and public disturbances tied to the attack.
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Associated Press
David J. Paine
Pleiku
Kontim
Saigon
Hue
United States
Japan
da Nang
Pentagon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Nixon appoints Gray acting FBI chief to avoid election-year clash
President Nixon names L Patrick Gray III acting FBI director amid plans to delay a permanent appointment until after the November 7 election. Gray, a former assistant attorney general and Nixon ally, will serve without Senate confirmation for now, while Kleindienst’s nomination remains pending.
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Washington
FBI
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
L. Patrick Gray III
Senate
Richard G. Kleindienst
Gray
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kleindienst
Justice Department
Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
International Telephone & Telephone Corp
Bond Street Light Biggest Headache
The North Center and Bond Street intersection faces state and federal regulatory conflict over placing a traffic signal on a Wright School crossroad. City surveys urge control because police have reported red light arrests and guards note after hours crossing by students.
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North Center
Bond Streets
North Center-Bond
Bond Street
Wright School
Two Area Women Hurt In Crash
Two area women Patricia A. Smith twenty from Spartansburg and Barbara J. Gold twenty seven Hydetown were treated at Titusville Hospital after a car truck collision on Spring Creek road three miles north of Titusville. John H. Watson forty three of Titusville drove the truck and was not injured. The crash occurred when Watson failed to yield to the southbound Smith. Damage: Watson truck five hundred dollars, Smith auto demolished.
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Titusville Hospital
Titusville
Spring Creek
Corry
John H. Watson
R.D. 1
Patricia A. Smith
R.D. 3
Spartansburg
Miss Smith
Barbara J. Gold
Hydetown
Watson
Train strikes car in Concord Township crossing
A Concord Township man was killed and his wife critically injured when their car was hit by a Erie Lackawanna train at Lovells Station crossing at 1 15 this afternoon. Names withheld until next of kin notified. Man died on arrival at Corry Memorial Hospital. wife hospitalized as Journal went to press.
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Concord Township
Lovells Station
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Corry Memorial Hospital
Don’t Forget Pa Tax Deadline
More than a million taxpayers have yet to file their Pennsylvania state income tax returns with only one day left before the May 15 deadline. Secretary of Revenue Robert F Kane warned that those missing the deadline face penalties and interest and that no further extension can be granted.
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Harrisburg
Secretary of Revenue
Robert F Kane
Pennsylvania
Kane
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