Five Drownings Mark Memorial Day Weekend in PA Region
The Associated Press reports at least five drowning deaths in western Pennsylvania over Memorial Day weekend. Meanings include McKean County boy Mark Eugene Larson, 13, who drowned trying to help a companion in a creek near Farmers Valley after his clothes tangled on a submerged log. Also, William Henry Proctor, 19, of Titusville, and Richard MacKey, 20, of McKees Rocks, both drowned while swimming in the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers respectively. A Fayette County youth, Richard E. Gifford, 19, died after leaping from Cheat Lake and hitting a companion. Gregg Gresko, 24, of Greensboro, perished when his waterski accident sank him in the Monongahela River near Dilliner. At least eight motorists also died in PA during the weekend, including Montgomery County motorcyclist Robert Hippe, 45, and Pittsburgh area driver John C. Neiderst, 64, in separate highway incidents.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
McKean County
Mark Eugene Larson
Smethport
Farmers Valley
Larson
William Henry Proctor
Titusville R.D. 2
Allegheny River
City
Richard MacKey
Pittsburgh
McKees Rocks
Ohio River
Fayette County
Morgantown
W Va
Richard E. Gifford
Uniontown
Cheat Lake
Gregg Gresko
Greensboro
Monongahela
Greene County
Dilliner
Montgomery County
Wittsburgh
Robert Hippe
Harleysville
Hippe
John C Neiderst
Union City Driver Held In Speedy Chase
Gregory G. Davis of Union City was jailed in Chautauqua County after a high speed pursuit and Route 17 collision in Westfield. He faces charges including first degree reckless endangerment and DWI, with additional counts from the sheriff and local police.
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Westfield
Gregory G. Davis
B.D. 4
Union City
Chautauqua
Route 17
West Held
Davis
Westfield Hospital
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office
Burglars Hit In Area Over Long Weekend
Memorial Day weekend saw the busiest Corry area police activity in months as burglars struck several sites near Titusville. Victims include Cherry Hill Service Station on Venango Road with 330 dollars lost in tools hot dogs and cigarettes, a cottage on Keys Road with multiple small items taken, Ronald Ross 36 of Esrie reporting a 260 dollar loss, Lyle Bisbee 114 dollars, Northwest Bus Service in Titusville reporting 192 dollars in tape decks and speakers from four buses, and a roof-top mischief case at Edward Huelat's home on Hillcrest Drive Corry where rocks were thrown but no damage.
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Corry
Cherry Hill
Venango Road
Titusville
Filmore H. Kellogg
R.D. 3
R.D. 2
Keys Road
Tage
Ronald 0. Ross
Esrie
Lyle F. Bisbee
R.D
Fennell Road
Union City
Bisbee
Northwest Bus Service
Northwest
Edward H. Huelat
Hillcrest Drive
Poice
Huelat
Cows Found Tied Up In Front Yard In Union City
Three whitefaced cattle were found in Leo Duda’s yard on Parker road Union City by his awakening. Police reported campers in the area left the wandering cows there and the owners, who likely own hundreds of dollars in cattle, may claim them by contacting Duda.
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Leo Duda
Duda
Parker Road
R.D
Union City
Hope for release of hostages in Zaire stand remains
U S Ambassador Beverly Carter says there is hope for freeing two American students and a Dutch woman held by guerrillas in Zaire, despite Tanzania rejecting the demands of the Marxist group. The captors want $460,000, jail releases, rifles, cannons and ammunition, with a 60 day deadline. President Nyerere’s aide calls the demands blackmail and the government will not yield. The hostages are Carrie Jane Hunter 21, Kenneth Stephen Smith 22, Mike van Zinnick Bergman 24, and Barbara Smuts 24, taken May 19 at an animal research center near Lake Tanganyika. Stanford students were nearby.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
U.S
Beverly Carter
Zaire
Nyerere
Lake Tanganyika
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garden Grove
Mike van Zinnick Bergman
Netherlands
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
Stanford University
Miss Smuts
Tariff hike eyed as Ford to air energy plan
President Ford prepares to announce a new energy package including a second one-dollar tariff per barrel on imported oil. Kissinger said the plan aims to cut oil imports by about 1.2 million barrels daily by year end 1977, with Congress urged to act as Ways and Means advances an energy tax package.
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Washington
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
International Energy Association
Paris
U.S
Oval Office
White House
United States
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Laos AID clash ends with eight point plan to leave Laos
In Vientiane Laos residents and students watched as U S officials and Pathet Lao negotiators forged an eight point accord to withdraw all U S AID personnel and combat the compound takeover. The plan calls for returning AID vehicles and funds to the coalition government and dissolving the AID operation by June 30 with local staff paid through the closure.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
U.S
Steven Johnson
Pathet Lao
Seth Pethrasy
U.S. Asd
Foreign Ministry
Economics and Plans Ministry
Chapman
Weir Speaks At Memorial Day Service Here
In Mead Park Memory Lane Corry residents honored war dead at the annual Memorial Day service. Erie County Commissioner Lea P. Weir gave the main address tracing the holiday from Civil War times to today. The Corry Area Junior High School Band performed directed by Ronald Bairie. Taps by Wendell Gage.
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Company C
112Th Infantry
Pennsylvania National Guard
Dorothy Bailey
Mead Park
Memory Lane
the Park
Corry
Erie County
Lea P. Weir
Weir
Corry Area
Ronald Bairie
Taps
Wendell Gage
Neil Gates
12Th Infantry
Corry Vew
Don Sherman
Olin W. ‘Ace
Bracken
Wiliam Eaton
Reed J. Hurst
Cyril Cooper
Mary Ann Kibler
Weekend City Crashes Reported No Injuries
Police logged two Memorial Day weekend crashes with no injuries. On Saturday a vehicle driven by David I. Hetrick 29 pulled from a lot and struck Roberta A. Goodwill 42. Damage totaled 379. Hetrick cited blocked vision from a stalled car near the lot. Last night at Country Foods parking lot Maxine A. Harrison 47 backed into Wallace L. Clark 74 causing 125 in damage. Harrison’s car had no damage.
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Ity
Smith Street
Plaza
David I. Hetrick
East Main Street
Roberta A. Goodwill
Columbus
Hetrick
Country Foods
Maxine A. Harrison
R.D. 3
Corry
Wallace L. Clark
Buffalo
Clark Auto
Harrison
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R.D. 4
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McEldowney
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Marxist Popular Revolutionary Party
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Carter
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