City Council Adopts TIP Program Aims to Curb Drug Pushers
The four to zero vote approves an anonymous informant system modeled after Tampa, with tipsters given code names and rewards after convictions. Grice, streets director, pushes immediate implementation, including publicizing a contact number once assigned, to protect tipsters and deter dealers. The program will rely on anonymized tips to uncover networks and pushers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grice
Streets
Grice
Tip
Corry
Tampa
Fla
Council
73 Garbage Contract Likely To Be Tough
City budget discussions for 1973 begin October 30 as refuse pickup and landfill plans loom. City engineer David Johnson outlined a possible new landfill site beyond city limits and a higher service cost, with the Worth Street site no longer appearing as the current option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Johnson
Worth Street
Burglary Probe at Kirby Cleaner Store
City police investigate a burglary at the Kirby Cleaner Store on North Center Street where $675 in cash and items including an AM FM radio with two speakers valued at $75 and two Kirby upright cleaners valued at $800 were stolen. The back door was forced and a 2x4 propped against it. The theft was discovered yesterday by Barbara Ongley, an employee from Spar tansburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Cleaner
North Center Street
Barbara Ongley
R.D. 3
Spartansburg
David Marinelli
Kirby
Hijackers Seize Rowboat in Erie Bayfront Break-In
Erie police report thieves entered a boathouse on the lower west side and stole a 12 foot rowboat with a five horsepower motor and two oars. They rowed away with the boat containing the motor. Owner identified as James Cray, 19, of Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
James Cray
Lost In Alaska Weather Slows Search For Hale Boggs Plane
A fleet of private planes joined an Air Force HC130 in poor weather to search Alaska s southern coast for a light Cessna 310 carrying House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and three others. The missing aircraft, on a campaign flight from Juneau, had radio contact until shortly after takeoff. Strong winds and overcast hampered the effort as authorities noted the plane was likely down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Air Force
Juneau
The
Air Forces
Rescue Coordination Center
Boggs
Nick Begich
Begich
Russell Brown
Don E. Jong. Boggs
Gary Hymes
Washington
Jonz
FAA
Eyeleth
Minn
Lindy
Bethesda
Bogga
Louisiana
Edward Cocke
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Cocke
St. Mary's Assumption Roman Catholic Church
Reinhard Stump
Federal Aviation Administration
Pan-Alaskan Airways
Prince William Sound
Panhandle
William Moore
National Transportation Safety Board
Democratic Boggs
Hale Congress
Martial law declared in Seoul amid constitutional upheaval
President Chiung-hee Park, a former four star general, announces martial law suspending parts of the constitution and dissolving the National Assembly. He pledges constitutional revisions by October 27 and a nationwide referendum a month after, aiming to restore rule by year-end. The proclamation says martial law began at 7 p.m. local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Chiung-hee Park
National Assembly
Park
Corry United Fund kickoff boosts early contributions
The Corry United Fund launched its annual drive at the Corry Motor Inn with $1 570 raised, two percent of a $91 375 goal. Donations so far include $500 from industrial divisions and cash gifts from business, service, special gifts divisions, and clubs. Funds support eight local services and are backed by groups like the Corry YMCA, Salvation Army, Visiting Nurses, Red Cross, Memorial Hospital, Mead Park, Boy Scouts, and Erie County United Community Services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Motor Inn
Corry Ymca
The
Salvation Army
Visiting Nurses ‘Association
American Red Cross
Corry Memorial Hospital
Mead Park Association
Boy Scouts of America
Erie County United Community Services
Kissinger Returns To Paris Meeting
Washington AP Henry A Kissinger Nixon's top adviser returns to Paris for new peace talks with North Vietnamese negotiator Xuan Thuy after a five day pause as both sides consult with their respective governments and resume negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Xuan Thuy
White House
Refinery and Hunts Resolve Gas Fumes Issue
United Refinery of Warren and its insurer met with Mr and Mrs Richard Hunt of Spring Creek to resolve gasoline leakage problems from an underground storage tank. Officials said fumes in the Hunt home basement probably did not cause an explosion, though tests and neighborly action followed. The Hunts left temporarily but returned after fumes subsided and cleanup actions, including lighting an old furnace, were undertaken with local fire chiefs and state environmental officials verifying safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Refinery
Warren
Richard Hunt
Spring Creek
Hunt Residence
Hunt Home
United
Hunts
Willis Stroup
Hunt
Venture Inn
Corry
Thomas Lathrop
Department of Environmental Ices
Meadville
Elderly Man Dies After Minor Crash
An 83 year old Wattsburg man, Paul Turner, died after a minor Route 97 crash near Waterford. Autopsy results were pending as of today. Turner, stopped at a rural stop sign, pulled into Route 7 and into the path of truck driver Thomas Capela. Capela, 31, Spartansburg, attempted to stop but could not. Total damage listed at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wattsburg
Waterford
Merle Wood
Paul 8
Turner
RD. 2
St. Vincent Hospital
Erie
Corry
Thomas Capela
Spartansburg
Capela
Alan K. Reese
R.D. 1
North East
Charles R. Tanner
R.D. 4
Union City
Tanner
Voter signup office moves closer for Corry
Councilman William Halfast reported county commissioners favor a Corry voter registration office. They asked for a council letter requesting funding in the 1973 budget and staff. The motion to draft and send the letter passed unanimously, though staffing and hours remain to be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Halfast
William C. Hill Jr
Corry
Halfast
Also Mentioned on This Page
Johnson
Arctic
Yukon
Fairbanks
Canada
Juneai
Gulf of Alaska
Bulletin
Honolulu
Kenneth Thong
Hawaii
Corry United Fund of
Corry Area
Houston
Edward Zerger
Jeff
Steven Mahoney
Center
United Fund
Kissinger
John F. Kennedy Center
Ure
National League of Families of Prisoners of War
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!