Police cite Union City driver for speeding too fast for conditions
City police cited Larry L. Leech age 18 from Union City for driving too fast for conditions. Information on the charge was filed with District Justice Porter Auer. Two Erie men were arrested by State Police in relation to two Molotov cocktails found at the Kahkwa Club on November 1. Steven A. Close 20 and Michael S. Casper 19 were charged with possession and transporting the devices. The Youth Retreat at the First United Methodist Church runs through the weekend with a 6 pm banquet tonight and a 7 30 rally featuring Don Robertson and the New Creation Singers of Erie. Services all day tomorrow include a 5 pm pot luck supper and a 7 pm rally. Garry Ehrhardt 22 of Carterville was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital for observation after ice skating injuries. Funeral services for Sgt. Robert A. Donnell I who died in Vietnam on November 18 will be held Monday at 2 pm at Spitzer Funeral Home in Clymer with Rev. Kelvin Kronemeyer officiating and burial in Holland Cemetery. The family will receive friends tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Otis Hamilton of Meadville has been arraigned in Crawford County in connection with the stabbing of his wife Hannah. she is in satisfactory condition at Spencer Hospital with stab wounds to the back of the neck.
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Union City
Larry L. Leech
Porter Auer
Erie
Steven A. Close
Michael S. Casper
First United Methodist Church
Don Robertson
New Creation Singers
Robert A. Donnell I
Vietnam
Spitzer
Clymer
Kelvin Kronemeyer
Abbe Reformed Church
Holland
Otis Hamilton
Meadville
Crawford County
Hannah
Atpencer Hospital
Criminals May Buy Way Out Of Jails
Harrisburg AP reports a new Pennsylvania law signed by Gov Shafer allows criminals to pay restitution for property damage or bodily injury as a condition of probation or parole. Judges set timing and payment method, lump sum or installments, with nonpayment possible as contempt of court or parole violation. Restitution adds to the regular sentence.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shafer
Spectators Hamper Oil City Barn Fire and Pony Death
At the Thomas Shiner farm near Oil City a barn fire killed a pony and spread before firefighters arrived. Spectators blocked access and local traffic hampered the effort, forcing the county sheriff to move a car. Volunteers warned similar crowds could endanger people in a house fire.
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Oil City
Thomas Shiner
County Sheriff's Department
Sandy Creek
Man survives near 350 foot fall in mine shaft incident
In Brownsville Pennsylvania a 25 year old man Harry T. King of Vestaburg is listed in serious condition after a nearly 350 foot fall in the Hastings shaft of Jones and Laughlin Steel's Vesta 5 mine near Fredericktown. Three other men with King were trespassers not employed by the company and authorities investigate.
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Brownsville, Pa
Washington County
Brownsville Hospital
Harry T. King
Vestaburg
Farrell Jackson
King
Hastings
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Fredericktown
Unemployment Up Again In Erie County
Erie County mid October employment showed 700 fewer jobs than September with 200 idle due to labor disputes and 400 fewer workers than a year ago. Unemployment stood at 3,800 and 3.3 percent, while the work force declined by 500. Manufacturing payrolls totaled 43,900, down 1,300 from September, with declines across most sectors except paper products, printing, and nondurable goods. Average production hours were 41.4, slightly above September. one year ago hours were 42.6. During the week of October 22, 1970, unemployment compensation filings reached 2,068.60 percent of claimants were women. Group C joblessness remained 3.0 to 5.9 percent. PACTOKAYED GREENVILLE, Pa. United Steelworkers Local 3713 approved a three-year contract with R.D. Werner Co. ending a six-month strike by 250 workers, with a 52-cent hourly raise and better benefits.
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Erie County
Corry and
Erie
Tree hazard prompt removal traps rotted six foot diameter limb
A hazardous large tree limb, estimated six feet in diameter, is being removed after rotting through. A workman sits high in a hydraulic bucket trimming the upper branches while a Journal Photo by Pryor credit appears on the image.
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Eee
Shafer trims transition funds in Pennsylvania move
In Harrisburg Governor Shafer cut the $100,000 transition appropriation to $50,000 before signing. He told Shapp he believes the reduced amount suffices for hiring staff to aid the administration changeover. Separately in Washington the Pentagon released the names of three Pennsylvanians involved in Son Tay rescue efforts to avoid alarming families.
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Shafer
Harrisburg
Shapp
Washington
Pentagon
Pennsylvania
Son Tay
U.S
North Vietnam
General Assembly
General Fund
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R.D. 2
Carterville
Corry Memorial Hospital
J &L
Pryor
Elk Street
Mead Avenue
Corry
TX Racer
Kafferlin’s
Columbus
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