Renewal Area Plan Cuts Housing to Thirty Elderly Units
The Housing Authority proposes reducing its plan from 100 low income and elderly units to 30 elderly units in the Fourth Ward urban renewal area. City officials weigh approval as a federal requirement to demolish or rehabilitate an equal number complicates the city’s need for more housing.
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Housing Authority
Percy Corbin
Fourth Ward
Department of Housing and Urban Develop
Ousing
David Johnson
Sparta Reassessment Under Way For Crawford County Properties
The Crawford County reassessment project costing 248000 aims to reevaluate about 44000 properties for tax purpose. Allied Appraisal Co. of Bowling Green Ohio conducts field work under James C Tagg supervision with completion expected late 1970. Spartansburg checks wrap up in a week then teams move to Sparta Township. Philadelphia fatality a 4 year old Eric Merryman struck by car in Chestnut Hill.
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Sparta
Crawford County
Spartansburg
James Simmons
Allied Appraisal Co
Bowling Green
Ohio
James C. Tagg
Tagg
Sparta Township
City faces damage claim over raised Sciota street grade
Owners of 75 acres of virtual swamp along Sciota street seek 6000 in damages from the city after the dirt street grade raised allegedly caused flooding. The estate’s attorney offers 5000, while liens totaling 5100 complicate the dispute. Erie County viewers may appraise land value before and after grade changes. The Army Corps study blames a nearby railroad trestle for floods, not Sciota street. City engineer notes access options via a gravel drive.
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Sciota Street
Ada B. Scott
Gerald McNelis
Erie County Court
Rozelle
McNelis
Wood Plain
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Scott
Sciota
David Johnson
City ends county witness fees for Corry police in future
Mayor Joseph Furst told the City Council that Corry police will no longer draw county witness fees or mileage for court appearances. Officers will receive the city’s requested pay on off duty days up to 10 dollars plus mileage, using their own cars for travel to Erie County courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Furst
Erie County
Shafer
Nelals
Furst
Local Plumbers Rescue Council With Low Bid
City council opened bids for the plumbing control at the new city maintenance building. The first bid from William T Spaeder Inc Erie was 12071 dollars. The second bid from C J Peterson and Son Corry was 5995 dollars. The council accepted the lower bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Corbin
William T. Spaeder
Corbin
C.J. Peterson and Son Company of
Corry
Johnson
Council
Erie County Plastics and Union Reach 69.6 Cent Hour Package
Erie County Plastics Corp and the Erie County Plastics Independent Union reached a three year contract totaling 69.6 cents per hour. The package includes wage raises and increased fringe benefits with improved hospitalization and major medical coverage. Holidays rise from seven to eight now and a ninth at year three. Paid vacations gain 12 days after five years. Negotiators listed for both sides include Hartman and Roche among others.
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Erie County Plastics Corporation
Erie County Plastcs Independent Union
U.S. Helicopters and Bomber Shot Down in South Vietnam
Viet Cong shelling hits major city Nha Trang as three American aircraft go down near Tay Ninh and An Khe. Rescue efforts save two Phantom crewmen while another chopper is destroyed with casualties. Overall, U.S. helicopter losses rise to 833 in Vietnam. The same day Iran's earthquake toll climbs with 11,000 dead and 100,000 homeless across the north coast.
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Saigon
U.S
Tay Ninh
Central Highlands
An Khe
Sai
Gon
South Vietnam
Nham Trang
U.S. 1St Field Force
Route 277 Relocation Planned for 1969 in Corry
City engineer David Johnson told council the State Highway Department plans a straightened Route 277 entry to Corry next year. The redevelopment project in the Fourth Ward drives the redesign, replacing two 90 degree turns with a gentle curve toward Lamon Street and West Main Street. Johnson warned the city may be asked to fund more than its fair share of the project.
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State Highway Department
Fourth Ward
Union Street
Lamon Street
West Main Street
Climax
David Johnson
Corry
Johnson
Highway Department
Islanders Return To Bikini Atoll Survey Prospects
Nine Bikini islanders, relocated 22 years ago due to U.S. nuclear tests, return to Bikini Atoll to survey living prospects. High Commissioner William Norwood notes trees are largely gone but praises the sea, beach, and island beauty as reasons to consider return. The site has seen 23 nuclear explosions in its past.
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Bikini Atoll
Marshall Islands
Bikini
U.S
Pacific Atoll
William R. Norwood
Trust Territory of the
Honolulu
89 Killed In Airliner Crash At Burgos Bulgaria
An official from Bulair said a Yakovlev Ilyushin 18 charter airliner crashed near Burgos Bulgaria killing 82 passengers and seven crew members. Nationalities of victims were not confirmed and the cause was not known. Unconfirmed Vienna reports suggested many victims were East German tourists on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Bulair
Burgos
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Resignations Hit Czech Reform Team as West Ties Move
Prague reports Deputy Premier Ota Sik and Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek resignations amid reform program upheaval. President Svoboda to decide, while Moscow calls for Hajek’s ouster and criticizes policies seeking Western trade aid and diminished Soviet influence.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Ota Sik
Soviet Union
Prague Radio
Ludvik Svoboda
Jiri Hajek
Jvestia
Moscow
Hajek
Yugoslavia
Romania
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Ie K
Erieylvania
Ennisy
Merson
Brieylvania
Eric
Ask
Philadelphia
Eric Merryman
Chestnut Hill
Wayne Street
Douglas Rozelle
Berkeley
Telegraph Avenue
Charles Hartman
Leon Henry
Beverly Kenniston
Irene van Tassel
Elmer Frankenfield
Nancy Stover
Marlene Hamilton
Helen Ohrn
Rick McCray
Paul Roche
William Hayes
Tom Lamendola
South
Associated Preva
Shah
Iran
Istanbul
Khezri
Mim
Kakhk
Amir Abass Hoveida
London
Oxfam
U.S. State Department
Armin Meyer
Tehran
CARE
Peace Corps
Turkey
The
Red Crescent
Red Cross
Rome
Leoncillo Leonardi
Italy
Lvestia
Sik
Frantisek Viasak
Stefan Gaspari
Viasak
Gasparik
Belgrade
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