Firestone Invests In Corry To Create Jobs
Firestone will invest more than 1.5 million dollars in Corry real estate sustaining an eight year CAIDC effort with the Rubber and Latex Division. George Sample CAIDC president commends board members and secretary S A Doc Long for maintaining ties as the company expanded from 30 workers to shipping over four million dollars of urethane foam annually. Immediate hiring targets total 140 with a longer range goal of 225 within three years.
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Firestone
Corry
Corry Area
Carroll D. Kearns
Pennsylvania
Caide
Long
Fall River
Mass
DPC
Aero
CAIDC
Firestone to Build Modern Foam Plant at Corry
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company will construct a new urethane foam plant in Corry with a tentative spring startup. The $1.85 million facility, to employ about 140, represents a major expansion by Corry Foam Products Co and CAIDC, replacing the current West Main Street plant. The one-story steel building on Shady Avenue will house advanced equipment for cushions, mattresses, and automotive foam products and fortify Foam’s regional market presence.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Corry
Leon Brodeur
Corry Foam Products Co
Milan
Tenn
Corry Area
West Main Street
George Cole
Brodeur
Shady Avenue
CAIDC
City to Register Bicycles in Erie Unit Launch
City police will hold the first bicycle registration on Saturday at the Number 1 fire station East South Street in cooperation with the Erie County Motor Club. Bikes will be inspected on a bike ramp, with reflectors and ID tags issued, plus safety literature. The program aims to aid young riders and aid police in handling stolen bike cases, though no license is required yet.
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City Police
East South Street
Frank Carnegie
Erie County Motor Club
Carnegie
Graham Warns of Dictatorship If U S Fails to Change
Pittsburgh AP Billy Graham told 30 000 at Pitt Stadium that a political dictatorship could arise in the United States within five years unless the nation undergoes a sweeping spiritual revival. He warned that spiritual blindness among leaders threatens the country and urged a personal faith in God. In a separate civic address he warned of social and racial dangers and called for collective action guided by faith.
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Pittsburgh
Billy Graham
Graham
Pitt Stadium
Civic Club
United States
Still Pursue Church Street Traffic Plan
City Council weighs an equitable solution to angle parking along East Church Street by the Raymond Mfg Div. after residents petitioned for relief. The plan aims to ease a bottleneck caused by tractor trailers and loading docks, with prior discussions leaving the matter largely unchanged.
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Raymond Mfg. Div
East Church Street
Raymond
Paul Orner
Hospital Rates Peak At 132.99 Per Day In 1968 69
Albany report shows hospital care costs rising with semi private room rates up to 132.99 daily at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York, while Kingsbrook Jewish Hospital Center charges 48.62 and Lafayette General in Buffalo 38.10. Western New York and Rochester regions list multiple facilities with varied rates, and audits may adjust interim charges.
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Albany
New York
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua
Erie
Genesee
Niagara
Wyoming
Lafayette General Hospital
Buffalo
Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital of
Hollis S. Ingraham
Kingsbrook Jewish Hospital Center
Memorial Hospital For Cancer and Allied Diseases of
Rochester
Allegany
Chemung
Livingston
Monroe
Ontario
Orleans
Schuyler
Seneca, Steuben
Wayne
Yates Counties
Dansville Memorial
St. Mary's Hospital
Monroe County
Bradford Backing Mayor Referendum Planned
A Bradford petition seeks to place a November ballot question to revert Bradford to the mayor council form under the Third Class City Code. About 1200 signatures were filed with the McKean County Board of Elections by Meigs Beam and William Burns, and will be checked by the county solicitor. Bradford currently operates with a city council and a city manager as chief administrator.
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Smethport
Bradford
McKean County Board of Elections
Meigs Beam
William Burns
Ready New Parking Site
The city readies a new off street lot east of the Number 2 fire station after purchasing and demolishing the Abbey property on East Washington Street. It will add 26 downtown spaces for shopkeepers and employees with 14 long term meters and 12 four hour meters. City engineer David Johnson favors gravel and metering now with paving next year after settling time.
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East Washington Street
Parkers
David Johnson
Wattsburg Phone Office to Close in October
Wattsburg Telephone Corp announces the Wattsburg business office will close October 1. Pennsylvania Bank and Trust in Wattsburg becomes collection agent. Customers may pay in person at 18 East Park Place Corry or call 7382777. Mail payments to Erie with the monthly bill envelope. Gene Combs, longtime Wattsburg general manager, transfers to General's Erie plant department. Mrs. Combs retires.
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Wattsburg Telephone Corporation
Wattsburg
Pennsylvania Bank and Trust Company
General Telephone Company
East Park Place
Corry
Erie
Gene Combs
Special Voter Registration Set Here Monday
A last chance voter registration drive will be held Monday from 2 to 8 PM at the Number 1 fire station on East South Street Corry. Mrs. Robert Galbreath said those not registering locally must go to the Erie County Courthouse to vote in November and ride options are available by calling 663 5382 or 865 6825.
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Corry
East South Street
Robert Galbreath
Republican
Erie
Galbreath
City to remove jog on North Center street to allow sidewalk work
City Engineer David Johnson urges removal of the North Center street jog near the Pennsylvania Gas Co to restore driving lanes and permit planned curb and sidewalk upgrades. He says funding may be found in the current budget or via short-term borrowing as bids sit at 1,380 dollars, with property owners potentially replacing walks. In other news, Walter T. Wyke, 23, of Greensburg dies from injuries after a Tuesday night single-vehicle crash in Unity Township, near Greensburg.
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North Center Street
Pennsylvania Gas Co
East Park Place
David Johnson
George Tinko
Johnson
Greensburg
Walter T. Wyke
Pittsburgh
Unity Township
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Barbara Walker
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