Ford’s veto override rate tops postwar presidents
President Ford sees seven overrides in 14 months, as Congress enacted a $2.75 billion child nutrition bill over his veto. House votes 397 to 18 and Senate 79 to 13. The tally marks the seventh override, boosting Ford’s veto record to 39 blocked bills with 18 percent overridden.
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Corry Candidate Moves to Consolidate Erie County Offices
Corry Home Rule Study Commission member and Republican candidate William P. Waterhouse proposes consolidating clerk of courts, register of wills, prothonotary, and recorder of deeds into a single raw office under Erie County home rule. The plan aims to streamline administration and cut costs.
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Home Rule Study Commission
Erie County
William P. Waterhouse
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Prothonotary
Recorder of Deeds
Study Commission
Albion
Robert Chase
Waterhouse
Police Chief Brock Tackles Juvenile Crime in Bunnell
Bunnell Florida appoints 19 year old Donald Brock as permanent police chief after six weeks as acting head. He cites juvenile delinquency and lack of teen recreation, urges community cooperation to curb crime. The town council unanimously approved his appointment.
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Donald Brock
Brock
Bunnell High School
Daytona Beach Community College
Cease-fire in Lebanon collapses amid Beirut clashes
In Beirut fierce fighting between Christian and Moslem factions escalated ending a five day lull. Mortars hit a bakery and a hospital district as curfew was reimposed. At least six thousand killed since April. food and fuel shortages worsened as banks and shops closed.
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Chiyah
bin Rummaneh
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Clashes Leave 28 Dead in Argentina Violence
Argentine security forces and leftist guerrillas clashed across scattered areas, killing 28. The toll raises the political violence death count to about 800 since Isabel Peron took office after her husband’s death 16 months ago. Violent unrest prompted Peron to transfer presidential powers to Italo Luder due to stress and illness.
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Argentina
Isabel Peron
Peron
Italo Luder
Senate
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Luder
Franklin PNG Armory to Ford Transfer to Corry Guard
The Franklin Armory of the Pennsylvania National Guard will close on December 1 and its men transfer to the Corry unit. Guardsmen can drill in Meadville or Oil City to avoid long travel. Franklin unit strength is 43 percent with 36 enlisted and one officer of a 78 enlisted quota. Corry’s unit stands at 95 percent.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Corry
Meadville
Oil City
112Th Infantry
Too Much Schooling Should Be Shortened in U.S.
Former U.S. education chief Harold Howe argues 16 years of schooling is excessive and calls for shortening high school or college by a year or more. He urges adult education opportunities later in life and links TV time and gender shifts to test-score declines.
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Washington
U.S
Harold Howell
Washington Journalism Center
Howe
Ford Foundation
Pennsylvania Drinkers Favor Different Liquor Trends
A Frost & Sullivan study shows Pennsylvanians prefer Seagrams 7 Crown as a top seller, and Windsor Canadian outranks Smirnoff Vodka. Jim Beam Bourbon ranks 38th nationwide but not in Pennsylvania’s favorites. Thunderbird Wine, at $1.41 a quart, sits No. 4 in the state.
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Loot Hits 3000 In Sparta Burglary
Daylight burglary at the home of Robert E Morris in Spartansburg netted over 3000 in goods including 11 guns 100 pounds of meat a portable TV stereo console microwave oven and a western saddle Police report the entry was through an unlocked garage door and the burglars left undetected Corry state police are investigating ongoing search for clues.
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R.D. 2
Spartansburg
Corry State
Ford rejects governors bid for more federal funds
President Ford, pushing a large tax cut tied to spending curbs, rebuked Appalachian state governors led by West Virginia's Arch Moore for more federal money. He warned deficits could jeopardize state and municipal finances, while Congress critics called the plan untenable and questioned corporate tax relief.
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Knoxville
Tenn
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Southern Governors Conference
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House Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Local Utility Tax Rebate Totals $22 Million Statewide
Gov Milton J Shapp announced 3078 rebate checks totaling about 22 million under the Public Utility Realty Tax Act were mailed to local governments and school districts. Corry will receive 4735 dollars, with Corry Area School District expecting 9443. Other area refunds include Wayne Township 3594, Union City 4790, Wattsburg 7004, Elgin Borough 158, Concord Township 195.
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Corry
Corry Area
Milton J. Shapp
Commonwealth
State Department of Revenue
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Union City
Wattsburg
Elgin Borough
Concord Township
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