Nuisance Man's Best Friend Demoted by City Council
City Council met with a bare quorum of three and unanimously moved to start one of eight dog control plans drafted by Councilman Calderone and city engineer Johnson. The plan envisions a trial with county dog officers and city police, using the police number for complaints and keeping complainants anonymous. Options include a full time dog catcher at 8,000 to 10,000 yearly, a part time 3 hours daily at 4,000 to 5,000 yearly, or police handling duty, with other measures noted for a later page.
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Benjamin Calderone
David Johnson
Calderone
Johnson
City approves college courses for Corry police officers
Mayor Mary Ann Kibler won unanimous council support to send all interested officers to Mercyhurst College in Erie for education options. The plan offers a bachelor’s degree in law enforcement or a two-year police science certificate, with salary raises debated and potential expansion to all city employees. Chief Kenneth Nichols and Lt. Julius Watus already hold 20 transferable college credits from Warren courses.
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Mary Ann Kibler
Mercyhurst College
Erie
Fix
Mercyhurst
James Kinnane
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kinnane
FBI
Corry
Benjamin Calderone
William Halfast
Calderone
Harfast
David Johnson
Johnson
Kibler
Robbery suspects hunted as two detained after Erie jewelry store heist
Police pursue three black suspects after a Erie Jewelry Store robbery in Liberty Plaza. Two men, Joey Collins and John Vernon, both 19 or 20 from Cleveland, were arrested near I-90 as the manhunt presses along the Ohio line. Stolen jewelry was recovered but value not yet estimated.
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Corry
Erie
Ohio State Line
Joey Collins
Cleveland
Ohio Line
John Vernon
Emil Beyer
Liberty Plaza
I-90
Ohio
State Line
Conneaut
Probers Seek Five Tapes Still Needed for Watergate Case
The Senate Watergate committee says five subpoenaed White House tapes remain needed despite Nixon releasing edited transcripts. White House lawyers were given five more days to resist a showdown with the Watergate prosecutor over 64 tapes for the cover-up trial. The committee calls transcripts suspect and incomplete, insisting a full and accurate record is essential to inform the public.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Nixon
Watergate
Senate Committee
U.S. Court of Appeals
Banquet Tickets Available For Corry Alumni Event
Corry Area High School alumni banquet organizers announce tickets at three city locations for five dollars each. Chicken barbecue will be prepared outdoors and served 5 to 7 p.m. by Schuyler Caterers, with indoor dining in the school cafeteria. Reservations close May 15 to plan for a large turnout.
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Corry Area High School
CAHS
Davis Insurance
Grice's Jewelers
Alumni Centennial
Marine Bank
South Center Street
Jack Crowell
Crowell
Schuyler
Jamestown
N.Y
Kissinger Gromyko Talk Aims At Mideast Peace Progress
In Nicosia Kissinger met three hours with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and said the talk was useful and could push the Syrian Israeli disengagement. Kissinger traveled to Israel for talks with Golda Meir and plans to visit Damascus. Gromyko called the session useful and constrictive as both sides seek to influence Middle East negotiations.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Israel
Golda Meir
Damascus
Gromyko
Kissinger
Moscow
Syria
Middle East
U.S
Washington
Schmidt Nominated to Succeed Brandt as West German Chancellor
West Germany's Social Democrats nominated Finance Minister Helmut Schmidt to replace Chancellor Willy Brandt after Brandt's resignation amid a spy scandal and election setbacks. Foreign Minister Walter Scheel leads a caretaker cabinet until Schmidt is elected by the Bundestag. Brandt to remain party chairman. FDP allies hold majority in the lower house.
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Bonn
West Germany
Social Democratic Party
Helmut Schmidt
Willy Brandt
Brandt
Socialist Party
Walter Scheel
Schmidt
Heinz Kuehn
Social Democrats
Kuehn
Social Democratic
Free Democrats
Gustav Heinemann
East Germany
Guenther Guillaume
Turrn
Postal Service to use trailers as mini post offices
The Erie Sectional Center Management Area will covert five trailers into mobile post offices for emergency use across 70 offices in Crawford, Erie, Venango, Warren and Forest counties. Two trailers stay at Venango, two at Oil City, one at Tiona. Corry site not used. Remodeling aims for mid summer. trailers stored to cut costs. HUD provided the trailers. Anthony Brown notes uniqueness of this approach in the region.
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Erie
Crawford
Venango
Warren
Forest
Corry
Oil City
Tiona
Anthony Brown
Erie Postal Area
The
Journal
Postal Service abandons Corry post office plan
In Erie Sectional Center talks Anthony Brown said the Postal Service has dropped its Corry building plan. Local forces won the fight to stop a new post office. Remodeling of the existing facility will begin once an engineer is available to design the updates including ceiling lowering air conditioning and electrical work.
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Erie
Postal Service
Corry
Anthony Brown
Corty
Stroup Named To Corry Police Force
Corry city council approved Mayor Kibler and Police Chief Nichols recommendations to appoint William J. Stroup to the police force. Stroup, 27, is a Corry native and Corry Area High School graduate who has served as a desk clerk at the station for two years and earned a high performance rating. He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
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Mary Ann Kibler
Kenneth Nichols
William J. Stroup
R.C. 2
Corry
Stroup
Brandt Resignation Shocks Europe Leaders
West European leaders react with shock to Willy Brandt's resignation as West German chancellor. Joop den Uyl calls him a great statesman and says Europe is impoverished without him. Trygve Bratteli voices regret, and Poul Hartling lauds Brandt's role in detente and reconciliation with Eastern Europe.
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London
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Joop den Uyl
Europe
Trygve Bratteli
Norway
Brandt
Poul Hartling
Denmark
Germany
Burglary Loot Recovered From Crestline Plant
City police investigate a weekend burglary at Crestline Inc on Pennsylvania Avenue. Entry occurred through a north side truck garage door. Loot included two tractor trailer cabs an alarm clock blanket gloves radio sleeping bag and antenna valued at 176 dollars. radio missing until found in a ditch near the former Tri-State Hardwoods site.
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James Scheiner
Crestline, Inc
Pennsylvania Avenue
Scheiner
Tri-State Hardwoods Co
Crestline
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