Sound Off letters urge public fixes and tax reform
Readers urge action in Corry Journal items on public voices and opinion calls aired Thursdays. They criticize death penalty rulings, crime effects, school discipline, and holiday traditions while asking for fair taxes and responsible agency conduct.
Erie County May Borrow Funds To Save Year
County Treasurer Neil McLaughlin warns Erie County may need to borrow up to 600000 before year end to cover operating costs as tax revenue dwindles and welfare reimbursements lag. County Controller A J Gehrlein sees no borrowing needed unless welfare funds fail to arrive, noting a planned 300000 short term note for the Edmund L Thomas Juvenile Center.
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Erie
Erie County
Neil McLaughlin
A. J
Jake’ Gehrlein
State Department of Public Welfare
McLaughlin
State Welfare Department
Gehrlein
Edmund L. Thomas
Rebuttal Letter Cites Attendance Record Against Opponent
Forest Hopkins of the 4th District says he maintained near perfect attendance in the House and at committee meetings until illness confined him to Hamot Medical Center this year. He states he continued duties by telephone and correspondence while hospitalized.
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Richard Schuster
Hamot Medical Center
Prothonotary Co-Defendant In Lawsuit
Prothonotary Alexander Sandy Maclvor named co defendant in a 5000 civil suit filed yesterday in Erie County. Plaintiffs Coleen Miller and her father William Miller say in English class at Westlake Junior High on November 22 1972 Miller was injured when a defendant ran in the classroom causing her chair to be knocked away. They seek more than 5000 in damages for pain and suffering plus 2057 in medical expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RIE
Erie County
Alexander
Sandy" Maclvor
Coleen Miller
William
Erie
Maclvor
Greg James
Miss Miller
James
Westlake Junior High School
Millers
Man seeks retrial in $170000 court award
Erie Ontario reports a Toronto man seeks a new trial after a $170000 verdict for Havens following a six day hearing on Interstate 90 collision with Robert M. Havens. Attorney John M. Wolford filed the motion for John Tanner who was ordered to submit supplemental reasons within 30 days.
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Erie
Toronto
John M. Wolford
John Tanner
Tanner
Robert M. Havens
Lindley McClelland
Havens
William E. Pratt
Local Notes From Meadville Area Happenings and Obits
Community updates list flag gifting at Capitol with Richard Schweiker help, birth of David James Evans weighing 8 pounds 8 ounces in Cleveland Heights, and multiple visits among local families. Sympathies extend to Ruth Thompson on Melvin’s death as local life events and social ties unfold, plus a note on radio stations taping live concerts for possible tape or record use.
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Bernice Marsham
Capitol
Washington, D.C
Richard 8. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Edwin Grayvik
Meadville
Amos van Barden
Glen Evans
Hill Crest Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Gary Evans
Cleveland Heights
David James
Lee
Ross Hopkins
North East
Pearl Bemis
David Albright
Mary Whalen
Curryville
Walter Szymchkec
Martinburg
Love Albright
North Clymer
Gary Kostreba
Corry
James VanEarden
Wilber VanEarden
Guild
Abbe Reformed Church
United Methodist Church
Clymer
Milton Humphrey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Fred Wallace
Amos Vanlarden
Richard Curtiss
Lisa of
Sherman
Bernice Marsh
Elouise Marsh
Garold Wassink
Niobe Baptist Church
Beverly Albright
Jamestown
Vernon Humphrey
Howard Dingfelder
B's
Dingfelders
Rita Jackson
Gary Rater
Quentin McCray
Jean
Lois Porter
Zion
Harry Hickle
Florence Linendell
Porter
Linda Short
Bangladesh
Wilma Childs
Chad
Lillian Wallace
Mary Pettingil
Robert Spoon
Ripley
Vernon Belnap Jr
B.K. Storer
White Plains
N.Y
Simi Valley
California
Myron Wallace
Amos VanBarden
Bear Lake
George Morton
Ruth Thompson
Melvin Thompson
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