Explosion at Lake City Variety Store Kills Six
An explosion at a Lake City Minnesota variety store near Halloween prizes left at least six dead and nine injured as police and volunteers searched in cold rain for more victims. Survivors described a bright flash and a collapsing roof just before closing time as authorities secured the scene and identified victims, including Mrs. Ray Kehren, her son Timothy, and Kristine McElmury.
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Lake City
Minn
Ana
Jerry Nihart
Ray Kehren
Timothy
Rochester
Kristine McElmury
Ray Rodewald
Buck Page
Zoning Board Allows Nursing Home Here
The Corry Zoning Board of Adjust ment unanimously voted to allow a conditional use of an A-1 residential area on Wayne street for a rest home. The proposed single floor brick facility, by Dr. TS Gabreski, will be about 35,000 square feet with a cost near half a million dollars and require a qualified administrator and a sizable staff. The board cited rest and nursing homes as acceptable conditional uses in R-1 zones, despite a small local petition and concerns it could affect Corry Memorial Hospital and local physicians. Dr Gabreski plans to file for a building permit soon.
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Corry
TS. Gabreski
Old City
Gerald Lloyd
Corry Memorial Hospital
James St. George
Louis Hanna
S.A
Doc) Long
Gabreski
Train Crash Kills 44 Injures 300 In Chicago Station Collision
Federal safety investigators questioned the strength of lightweight steel cars after a double train rear end collision at a South Side station. IC and IC Electric trains, carrying about 500 passengers each, were involved as the first train backed into the station and was struck by the second. President Nixon and Sen. McGovern canceled or altered events. Volpe led the federal probe as Gov. Ogilvie ordered a state inquiry.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
South Side
Transportation
John Volpe
Hendy Wakeland
Department
Bureau of Transportation Safety
Nixon
George McGovern
Pittsburgh
Volpe
Washington
Elizabethport
N.J
Richard B. Ogilvie
27Th Street
Charges Reduced In Local Drug Raid Hearing
Six people were arrested in a city drug raid on October 20. One defendant had possession charges dropped and five others saw felony charges downgraded to misdemeanors after a hearing before District Justice Porter Auer. The State Police chemist was absent due to illness.
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Porter Auer
Mark Ristau
Warren
Daniel Kuhn
Union City
Lonny L. Bowersox
R.D. 1
Venango
Auer
Jack H. Ahenger
John Gaber
East Columbus Avenue
Robert D. Ahenger
Waterford
Charles
William Gunther
Sarah Shultz
North East
Ristau
Kuhn
Lawrence Park
Columbus Avenue
Riad
Jack
Kids Steal Gas and Admit It in Late Night Arrest
Two youths were questioned by police after siphoning gas from vehicles at Corry Jamestown Plant 3 on East Columbus. Larry J Davids, 19, of 66 Elk Street, and a juvenile were charged with larceny after admitting the theft following a brief release. Larry Brown, 68 Snyder Circle, reported gas siphoned from his car and Robert May’s on the same street.
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Larry J Davids
Elk Street
Corry Jamestown
East Columbus Avenue
Larry Brown
Snyder Circle
Brown
Robert May
Shady Avenue
Davis
Corry housing bids exceed estimates by about 200000
At a noon meeting CAIDC reviewed three bids for 50 modular housing units on South Center street hill. Bids ran roughly 200000 above estimates. Architect Michael Marcelli of Philadelphia seeks authorization to negotiate with the low bidder to trim costs, aiming for about 18 to 194 dollars per square foot. Final cost requires HUD approval.
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CAIDC
Marcelli
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Try To Draw City Into Housing Suit
CAIDC faces rising construction costs for a housing project atop South Center Street Hill and must contend with a court challenge. At a City Council budget meeting CAIDC representatives sought the city’s position on an appeal filed by the Concerned Homeowners Association, backing the development, with the Commonwealth Court hearing looming on the case against the City of Corry.
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Corry Area Industrial Development Corporation
CAIDC
South Center Street
New Commonwealth Court
City of
Let’s Vote Election Fever Not By Bill Eaton
The 1972 general election nears with Nixon leading polls and McGovern gaining. In area races Congressman Joseph Vigorito faces Alvin Levenhagen, while state assemblyman Forest Hopkins fights Kingsley Blasco in a tight General Assembly contest.
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Bill Eaton
Nixon
George McGovern
Joseph Vigorito
Alvin W. Levenhagen
Linesville
Vigorito
Levenhagen
McGovern
Ralph Nader
Erie
Corry
Forest Hopkins
North East
Hopkins
Kingsley J. Blasco
Wattsburg
GIs Left Thousands Of Illegitimate Vietnamese Orphans Behind
AP reports U S troops withdrawal from Vietnam leaves up to 20 000 mixed race children in Vietnam most with Vietnamese mothers some adopted abroad. Officials say policy avoids special programs. Saigon cites citizenship and social concerns. Adoption efforts exist but demand far exceeds supply. local aid programs deemed essential.
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SMGON
U.S
Vietnam
Indochina
France
United States
Romi
Wells Klein
International Social Service
Saigon
Tran Nuon Phien
Klein
Juanita Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Nguyen van Thien
Rosemary Taylor
South Vietnam
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Illinois Central Gulf
Robert W. Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Michael Reese Hospital
Pryor
Williams
Hosea Williams
Atlanta
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