Ugly Side Of The Coin Welfare Abuse In Pennsylvania
A Bill Eaton investigation exposes widespread welfare abuse in Pennsylvania with cases of heavy support for mothers with multiple children and plane fares paid by taxpayers. It contrasts this with severe underfunding of the elderly, listing numerous seniors living on Social Security as low as $10 to $179 monthly, highlighting a stark disparity in aid distribution.
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Bill Eaton
Pennsylvania
Corry
Welfare Department
Cooling tower erection begins at Cooper-Pentax plant
Four massive cranes lifted girders into place as construction started yesterday on the cooling tower at the Cooper-Pentax plant on First Avenue. The project, a $200,000 anti pollution device by Air Pollution Industries of Englewood, aims to leave only steam at the stacks by October. Air Cooling Industries of New Jersey leads tower construction, with Masterweld Company handling welding for the Pennsylvan ia contractor Erie Inc.
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Cooper-Pentax
First Avenue
Penjax
Air Pollution Industries of
Englewood
N.J
Air Cooling Industries
New Jersey
Masterweld Company of Pennsylvania, Inc
Erie
Pryor
Media Aids Police Hunt Driver In Child Burial Case
State Police enlist Midwest news outlets to publish appeals for the driver who allegedly struck Autumn Diana Will, 4, near Wrightsville, as her father Lawrence Will, 24, of Waterford leads investigators to a grave on the Sanger farm. Autopsy links death to vehicle injuries. Will faces possible charges only for failure to report a death. A fourth set of twins born in Covington, Angela Peniston, 32, delivered a boy and girl Tuesday night.
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Warren Substation
Midwest
Wrightsville
Edward Pass
Warren Barracks
The
Journal Today
United Press International
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Nebraska
Lawrence A. Will
Waterford
Des Moines Register
Towa
Will
Sanger Farm
Autumn Diana Will
Grabi
Pennsylvania State University
Lawrence Park
Warren County
Ronald Simonsen
Pennsylvania
Covington, Ky
Angela Peniston
UC Teachers File Charges Against Board
The PSEA has filed unfair labor practice charges against Union City Area School District after directors reportedly sent a letter to 90 teachers about salary and benefits, seen by board president Ronald Webb. Negotiations paused under mediation by John S. Wood. The letter described proposed raises, longevity steps, higher insurance, life coverage from 3 to 5 thousand, and a 185 day six and a half hour work year, while noting projected revenue impacts and a planned 4 million K-4 school building.
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Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Union City Area
John S. Wood
Ronald Webb
Drugged Gum Case Goes To Court
A juvenile hearing in the Corry Area High School gum case moved through Erie County court with witnesses including the allergic girl, the fellow student who gave the gum, and school principals. State Police chemist testimony was anticipated on traces of an acid base drug in the gum. The trial had been postponed previously due to a scheduling mixup.
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Corry Area
Erie
Lawrence Park
Charge area man who shot himself in diner incident
Cambridge Springs man David Cowhick, 24, will be charged with violation of the Uniform Firearms Act after shooting himself in the stomach at Union City Diner. Police say he had no permit to carry the .22 pistol and only had a Crawford County target practicing permit at the time. He was in satisfactory condition at Union City Memorial Hospital. he earlier aimed at the ceiling and demanded service.
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Cambridge Springs
Union City
Paul Behan
David Cowhick
Union City Memorial Hospital
Erie County
Behan
Cowhick
Crawford County
Nixon and Soviets sign fifth naval accord at Moscow summit
President Nixon and Soviet leader signed the fifth U S Soviet accord in three days aimed at preventing incidents at sea between warships. John Warner and Adm Sergei Gorshkov signed as talks focused on arms limits and broader European Asian issues with Brezhnev. a trade deal and grain sales were planned for later. The agreement excludes merchant ships and fishing vessels, enhances signaling and deconfliction rules, and follows a lengthy summit with a dacha dinner meeting and Swan Lake performance attended by the Nixons.
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Moscow
Nixon
Washington-Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
U.S
First Space Rescue Program Created By U S Soviet Pact
The Moscow agreement signed by Premier Kosygin and President Nixon enables the first space rescue capability. The 1975 rendezvous of a Soviet Soyuz with two cosmonauts and an American Apollo with two or three astronauts will test emergency rescue techniques and launch a $250 million boost for North American Rockwell. NASA head James Fletcher warned employment could rise to about 4,400 by late 1974.
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Washington
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Nixon
U.S. Aerospace Industry
North American
Rockwell Space Division
Downey
Calif
James C. Fletcher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fletcher
Soyuz
Apollo
Police Investigate Larceny Cases In City
City police probe two larceny cases one at First Baptist Church of Corry where Mrs. Warren Lewis’s clutch purse containing 75 dollars and cards vanished after an elderly man in green work clothes entered the unlocked basement. The second larceny involved Mrs. George Cooklis whose groceries worth seven dollars disappeared from her car in the West Smith street plaza lot while she shopped elsewhere.
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First Baptist Church
George Cooklis
North Enter Street
West Smith Street Plaza
Jaycees Plan Major Projects For Corry Area
The Corry Area Jaycees at a special meeting outlined a bold long term community service plan. They discussed projects from a community swimming pool to a Corry community college to provide major financial direction for the growing group. President Thomas Grice cited a $25 000 budget this year as a small start and said the sky is the limit if they think big. He noted that hosting USSA snowmobile races could attract large funds, pointing to Marienville where race proceeds support a medical center and attract corporate purse money, suggesting Corry could replicate this success.
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Corry Area
Jaycees
Corry
Jaycee
Thomas Grice
Grice
Corry Group
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