Base realignment and hospital cuts stagger federal jobs
The Pentagon announces a coast to coast shift eliminating about 11 600 civilian jobs and transferring 11 500 Army and Air Force personnel over 20 years. Patched with local budget cuts impacting Corry Memorial Hospital by 2 000 and Mead Park Association by 3 000, the city faces reduced allocations and potential appeals as hearing delays stretch into December.
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Washington
Pentagon Today
Pentagon
Army
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Tex
Congressional
Air Force and Defense Supply Agency
Ellington
Pueblo Army Depot
Colo
Blue Grass Army Depot
Lexington
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
N.Y
Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base
Kansas City
Navy
Fire destroys John Volk home in Columbus in snowstorm
Firefighters from Corry and Columbus fought a stubborn blaze yesterday in blowing snow. The John Volk residence was completely destroyed with losses expected to exceed 30,000 for the building and contents. The cause is undetermined but thought to be near the furnace at the rear, with faulty wiring a possible factor. Insurance coverage was only partial.
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John Volk
Columbus
Corry
Journal
McEldowney
Fragmented OCR hints at sale notice details
Part readable lines refer to a sale and a social or organizational context. The text mentions an auction or sale action and a local official role, but specifics are unclear. Entities include references to a person or group and timing around a stated hour, with partial names suggesting a formal notice in a local newspaper.
Snowy highway crashes close Route 6 to traffic
A tractor trailer from Seaway Leasing Co and operated for Corry Foam Products jackknifed on Route 6 west of Corry, blocking traffic for about two hours as responders cleared the wreck. Driver Robert L. Nichols, 34, of Corry, was unhurt and a $200 damage bill was listed. A separate crash on Route 77 near Spartansburg injured Ella Lewis, 52, while Lawrence Penoyer, 53, escaped injury as his car sustained $250 damage after veering to avoid a sliding vehicle. A third crash on Route 97 near Union City involved Douglas Cornell, 20, Cambridge Springs, whose vehicle, worth about $100, struck a tree. he was unhurt. All incidents cited icy roads and slight curves as contributing factors.
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Route 6
Seaway Leasing Co
Corry Foam Products
Robert L. Nichols
B.D. 3
Corry
Nichols
Tig
Range’s Corners
Spartansburg
Ella Lewis
R.D. 2
Corry Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Penoyer
R.D. 3
Penoyer
Union City
Cambridge Springs
Douglas Cornell
Cornell
GM To Close Plants In December Cutbacks Hit Auto Industry
Detroit AP report outlines mass layoffs across GM Ford and Chrysler as the industry endures sales decline. GM will shutter nine assembly plants for one or two weeks in December, laying off about 30,000 workers with more than 20 percent of hourly staff unemployed next month. Ford furloughs 3,000 white collar workers on December 1, while Chrysler plans white collar layoffs and Windsor Canada plants cut 1,700 positions. Pinto price falls and cost cuts accompany the broader downturn, with Toyota raising Corona and Celica prices.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Windsor
Ont
Chrysler of
Canada
U.S
Chrysler
Ford
Toyota Motor Sales
U.S.A
Torrance
Calif
Toyota
Tarrytown
Lordstown
Willow Run
Dairylea Officials To Explain Levy On Members
Dairylea Cooperative leaders from eight thousand members across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and New England will explain a looming special assessment of up to ten thousand dollars for some farmers to cover an eighteen million dollar deficit. The levy averaging twenty six hundred dollars per dairy farmer will be payable in December or six monthly payments with a seven month period from April to October.
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Dairylea Cooperative, Inc
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
New England
Dairylea
The
Journal Today
Marvin Nelson
Elgin
Curry Area High School
Bruce Snow
Snow
Springfield
Mass
Bank of Cooperatives
Harold Weaver
Glenco Mills
Columbia County
Ford greeted by two million Koreans in Seoul visit
President Ford drew massive crowds in Seoul as two million Koreans lined a 10 mile motorcade route to welcome him. He planned talks with South Korea’s Park and agreed an aide would hear dissident clergy complaints. Kissinger said U.S. leverage is limited.
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Seoul
South Korea
Ford
Chung Hee Park
Ron Nessen
Richard Smyser
National Security Council
Nessen
Smyser
Korea
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Park
Grand Rapids
Mich
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Air Force One
White House
Ron Nelsen
Camp Casey
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NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
Pittsburgh
Service Employes International Union
Tunis
Tunisia
Khartoum
Beirut
Holland
Luxembourg
Palestine Liberation Organization
CMH
Mead Park Association
Kurt Ley
Acher
Tocia
President Ford
Camp
Casey
Korea Military Base
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