Ford Damned Mad About Refugee Opposition
President Ford voiced fury at opposition to Vietnamese refugees as Senate leaders and White House aides described his stance after a GOP briefing. Rep. Fish noted 20,000 refugees have arrived with 100,000 at staging areas. 60 percent are children and 35,000 are heads of households.
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Washington
Ford
United States
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
White House
L. Dean Brown
Congressional
Scott
Rep
Hamilton Fish Jr
Rn.y
Brown
Fish
House Judiciary Committee
Pacific
Congress
Joshua Kilberg
D-Pa
House Immigration Subcommittee
Hilberg
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Subcommittee
Elizabeth Holtzman
D-N.y
Defiant Youths Flirt With Criminal Charge
Corry area high school youths facing defiant trespass near East Pleasant Street as police patrols fail to curb gatherings. Chief Nichols warns arrests may follow if behavior continues. school board to host assembly addressing the issue and potential disciplinary actions.
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Corry Area High School
East Pleasant Street
Kenneth Nichols
Nichols
School Board
Blaze Leaves 40 Students Homeless in Indiana Pa
A downtown fire at Beatty's Bakery in the Peeler Building displaced about 40 Indiana University of Pennsylvania students. The blaze started Monday in the bakery rear and spread through the structure. No injuries were reported. residents lost possessions including a student who cited $2,000 in stereo gear.
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Indiana
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Beatty's
Peeler
Don Wilbour
Shamokin Dam
Four Parcels Sold By Bid At Meeting
Bidding was brisk on four parcels of land and buildings up for sale by the Municipal Authority owning the water department. Parcel 1, the pumping Station home, drew one bid from Mr and Mrs R W Brown at 21010, above the 21000 minimum. Parcel 2 drew two bids, high from Nevin Wintrode at 7450. Parcel 4 went to the American Legion Post for 9000, above its 6500 minimum, and also included Parcel 3 bought by the Legion for 1500 from a 1000 minimum.
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Municipal Authority
Water Department
R.W. Brown
Parcel 2
Nevin Wintrode
Sciota Road
Plastics Road
American Legion Post
Legion Post
The
Legion
Special Ed Teachers Vote to Strike in 3-County Area
Intermediate Unit 5 special education teachers vote 64 for and 29 against a strike with no date set. Leaders of the Northwest Tri County Education Association hold a walkout authority. Union represents nearly 150 teachers across Crawford Warren and Erie County areas with talks ongoing since last summer. Next negotiations set for May 13 in Edinboro, no notice guarantee given.
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Northwest Tri-County Education Association
Corry Area
Local Education Association
Nwtcha
Judith Patch
PSEA
Francis P. Santicola
Crawford
Warren Counties
Nwtcea
Santicola
Intermediate Unit Board
Sancola
Venture Inn
Intermediate Unit
Edinboro
Boy Freed From Narrow Water Well During Five Hour Rescue
In Miami Florida a 2 year old boy Michael Smith was freed after a five hour effort by Dade County firefighters. The child was trapped ten feet down a narrow well in a bean field and is reported in satisfactory condition at a nearby hospital. Firemen described the tense operation with jackhammers and chisels and said the boy cried for his mother as rescuers worked to reach him. His mother Barbara Jean Smith 20 said she left him in a car while she picked beans for $8 a day. She said the field had straw baskets over wells and the accident was the sixth in four years in the county with one death and several rescues.
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Miami
Fla
Michael Smith
Michael
Dade County
Raul Chavez
Gregory Gerlach
Chavez
Barbara Jean Smith
Miss Smith
South
City Eyes Senior Center Site Remodel Plan
City Council and Erie County commissioners plan talks with GECAC to resolve site issues for a senior center. GECAC will staff operate and fund programs using federal state and county money and a minimal rental. Proposed locations include three buildings and the former water department site may be leased to fund remodeling.
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Erie County
Greater Erie Community Action Committee
GECAC
Edward Geiger
First Avenue
West Main Street
W. W. Waterhouse
Water Department
West Pleasant Street
North Center
City Council Trades Barbs Over Rail Crossing Repairs
At a council meeting Benjamin Calderone blasted the railroads cross ings issue while David Miller pressed Penn Central for a written plan and funds. Erie Lackawanna vows full maintenance work with crossings shut down one at a time for a week during repairs.
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Benjamin Calderone
Calderone
David Miller
Streets
Penn Central Railroad Company
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Miller
CMH Nurses Cite Side In Union Fight At Corry Memorial
CMH nurses publish a letter to officials stating a preference for the Pennsylvania Nurses Association over industrial unions. They argue PNA provides professional standards and collective bargaining while criticizing state board delays and hospital challenges to PNA representation.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
National Labor Relations Board
Washington, D.C
National Board
Pennsylvania Nurses Association
Washington
CMH
Carry Memorial Hospital
SEIU
Afsume
PNA
Petition Seeks Halt to Cooper Pentax Engine Tests
Mott street resident Carmen Rainieri presented a petition to the City Council requesting a stop to the engine testing at the Cooper Pentax plant. He cited cracks in plaster and rattling hair dryers in a beauty shop as evidence of nuisance and warned property values are dropping. City officials noted decibels reach 60 to 70, below the norm, while executives said they are seeking a cure and that tests occur only twice yearly. The council will study zoning implications and report next meeting.
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Mott Street
Cooper Pentax
West Washington
Carmen Rainieri
Council
North Center Street
Rainieri
Robert Grice
Philip Sample
Sample
Grice
David Johnson
Troopers Seek Four Rowdies At Sparta Tavern
Corry state police seek four suspects who disturbed patrons at the Sparta Tavern in Spartansburg, assaulting Floyd Brown and stealing a $10 bill for the Spartanburg Volunteer Fire Company's ambulance fund. They fled in a white Ford sedan after breaking two windows. Police are pursuing leads to identify the attackers and plan charges of theft criminal mischief and simple assault.
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Corry
Sparta
Spartansburg
Floyd Brown
Spartansburg Volunteer Fire Company
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Boy
Seniors’ Center
Geiger
Care and Share’ Center
Pittsburgh
Joseph Gentilman
Mary Ann Kibler
Penn Central
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