Vote on committee return blocks motion at board meeting
James Bennett and Robert Joy opposed sending the item back to committees while James Howard Margaret Morrow Nichols and President William Kafferlin supported it. Nichols narrowly prevented a wasted motion, but only the legal action announced today will resolve the issue.
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James Bennett
James Howard
Robert Joy
Roger Lansberry
Margaret Morrow
Nichols
William Kafferlin
Corry Area board debate over reading program grows
Corry area school board faces ongoing pressure from parents led by the CPBE to expand and improve elementary reading instruction. The meeting moved to the cafeteria as supporters press for hiring and funding details. A newly hired reading specialist, Miss Nancy Giblin, was questioned over qualifications and pay. The district allocated 35,000 for the program with three specialists planned, though tensions linger over communications and administration.
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Bill Eaton
Concerned Parents Organization
Sparta
Corry Area
Erie County Court
Equity
Sparta High School
Corry Area High School
Michael J. Visnosky
Erie
Journal Today
Soura of Education
David Maryott
Concerned Parents For Better Education
CPBE
Maryott
Nancy C. Giblin
Steubenville College
Westminster College
Worton
Giblin
Margetts
William Kafferlin
Kafferlin
Margott
Maryotts
Elsen
Estranged Husband Kills Woman At Portland Airport Standoff
Nancy Abernathy, 23, cradles her infant son Scott as she arrives in Portland. Her estranged husband William seized two hostages on a jet fuel storage tank in Bellingham and demanded their flight. At noon the husband descended and was shot by a peace officer, killing him and ending the standoff.
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Nancy Abernathy
Scott
Portland
Ore
Nancy
William
Bellingham
Wash
Abernathy
City Police Charge Two Car Vandals
City police yesterday charged Jay R. Blount and Dru K. Blount in a malicious mischief case after tampering with a car parked in the municipal lot on Park Street Sunday night. The elder Blount allegedly removed a hubcap, cut the fan belt and heater hose, punctured three tire valves and pulled sparkplug wires. Dru Blount assisted. Charges filed with District Justice Porter Auer.
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Park Street
Jay R. Blount
Erie
Dru K. Blount
Worth Street
Dennis Bittenger
Clymer
Jay Blount
Dru
Blount
Porter Auer
Corry Board Defends School Budget Amid Millage Increases
At a Corry Area School District meeting the board and administration defended the budget and millage rise including teacher pay raises. James Howard traced millage from 1969 to the current 21 mills with a $150 per capita tax reinstated, noting a 12.2 percent year to year increase. Concord Township director James Bennett compared local taxes with other districts, saying Corry remains at the bottom despite varying building programs. He urged citizen input on recommendations.
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Corry Area School District
Louis Dubrosky
East South Street
Corry
James Howard
Howard
Concord
James Bennett
Bennett
State Allows Local Dump Operation After Appeals
Pennsylvania allows Erie Disposal to continue a temporary dump handling setup at Avenue 4 after stopping open boxes. Erie took over city contract March 1 when the landfill closed and delayed transfer station work. The state agency approved limited use until the transfer station is finished. The dump operates six days a week from 9 a.m. to noon for individuals and industries.
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Erie Disposal
Avenue 4
Pennsylvania
State Department of Environmental Resources
Skylab Faces Heat and Gyro Trouble But Launch Hopes Endure
Cape Kennedy AP reporting fresh Skylab woes with 100 degree interior temperatures and a stabilizing gyroscope, while NASA aims to launch three astronauts to link with the station Sunday. Grounded by two failed solar panels halving power, officials warn the test craft needs a solution in days to preserve a 28 day mission.
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America
Cape Kennedy
Man
Space Station
Fla
Skylab Space Station
Space Agency
Neil Hutchinson
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J Weitz
Skylab
Hutchinson
Houston
Johnson Space Center
William C Schneider
Needs More Room Raymond Division Plant To Expand
The Raymond Division of Associated Spring Corporation will add a single story extension to its Corry plant, extending east and north toward Pleasant Street. The 15,400 square foot expansion, expected to start this summer and complete early in 1974, aims to relieve crowded facilities in tempering, grinding, wire storage, shipping, and inspection. The division now employs 485 people and produces extension springs and other metal parts.
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Raymond
Associated Spring Corporation
Ross O. Bailey
Pleasant Street
Bailey
Foul Weather Dampens Pennsylvania Primary Vot e
Dank weather trimmed voter turnout in Pennsylvania's primary with only a few local races drawing energy. A raw mist hung over Pittsburgh and Harrisburg as 9 617 polling places opened at 7 a m and were to close at 8 p m with intermittent drizzle forecast statewide.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
National Weather Service
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Venture Inn
Rotary
McHale
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Sciota Street
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