City Council Tackles Sewers Ambulance Sale and Budget Plans
City council meeting covered sewer upgrades from Sciota Street to Meadow Lane and East Street to Church, with Milano Construction Co. bidding $98 586. John Steiner proposed buying Corry Ambulance Service raising local call rates to $30 while keeping city subsidies unchanged, citing improved equipment and fire department cooperation. Calderone announced he will not resign and housing development act eyed for a 50 unit project for moderate income renters in South Corry. The meeting also planned budget preparation for next year.
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Corry Ambulance Service
Benjamin Calderone
Ich
South Corry
William Street
East Street
Milano Construction Co
Erie
Milano
Cornel
John Steiner
Corry
Robert Wharton
Steiner
Council
Fire Department
Deserters in Canada reject Ford amnesty offer
In Canada and Sweden, Vietnam era draft evaders and deserters show little interest in President Ford’s conditional amnesty. About 12,500 deserters and 4,060 evaders in Canada doubt forgiveness and criticize implying guilt, while some relatives and veterans call it a betrayal. Ford’s plan would require allegiance reaffirmation by Jan 31 1975 and up to 24 months of public service.
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Toronto
Canada
Ford
United States
Gerry Condon
Amex-Canada
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Congress
Sweden
George Mears
Atlanta
Contractors pressed for aid in Mercer County probe
Harrisburg AP report summarizes Mercer County officials and Democratic leaders in a probe of highway officials pressuring private equipment renters to donate five percent of fees to the party. Testimony cites one assistant admitting a 5 percent request, others denying fixed percentages. Mayor Kibler filed a trespass complaint over a damaged parking meter post.
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Harrisburg
Mercer County
Mercer
Richard Miller
House
Area Man Charged With Rape Assault in Pleasantville
Corry state police investigate a rape and aggravated assault case in Pleasantville where Lowell J. Thomas, 38, of Pleasantville RD 1, is jailed in Venango County on $25,000 bond after arraignment before District Justice Mary Nosko. The 23 year old victim was taken to Titusville Hospital for a broken collarbone and treatment. The investigation continues.
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Corry
Pleasantville
Venango County
Franklin
Lowell J. Thomas
RD. 1
Mary Nosko
Titusville Hospital
Ford Defends Nixon Pardon as Secrecy Denied
President Ford, at a second news conference, said Nixon's pardon could imply guilt but there were no secret reasons or deals. He sought to reassure Watergate prosecutors about tapings and documents, insisting the decision aimed to heal the nation and end division despite bipartisan criticism.
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Ford
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Nixon
Watergate
Leon Jaworski
Tam
United States
Jerome Waldie
D Ir
House
Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Rodine Jr
Dnd
Sen
George D. Aikin
Rvt
Employees Protest Layoffs at Tonnard Mfg Corp Plant
A small band of pickets marched outside the Tonnard Mfg Corp plant on Spring Street to protest layoffs ordered Saturday. They allege union activity triggered the cuts, while officials say reduced work demands forced the layoffs. About 20 workers are claimed to be affected, with some low-seniority employees kept on. The plant runs 10-hour shifts weekdays and five hours on Saturdays, and the group plans to petition the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board for an election and meet UAW officials in Erie tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonnard Mfg. Corp
Spring Street
Leonard Bills
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
UAW
Erie
Ambulance theft ends in wreck injuring pedestrians
Warren two runaways from Warren State Hospital stole an ambulance, drove at high speed on Route 957 and crashed into a car at Route 62. A 3 year old and two adults were treated for minor injuries. The ambulance was a total loss with about $5,000 damage. the incident followed two prior hospital thefts and a garage break in. Joy Bailey, 18, and a 16 year old male were captured on foot at Russell Cemetery.
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Warren
Warren State Hospital
Russell Volunteer Fire Department
Joy Bailey
Bonnie Miller
Russell
Lisa Miller
Gail H. Anderson
Warren General Hospital
Richard H. Hoover
Jamestown
N.Y
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Ino
Sama
Columbus Avenue
Sciota Street
Corry Jamestown
Meadow Lane
Church Steel
Chestnut
Seventh Street
William Streets
East Pleasant
R and J Accounting Co
Calderone
Corey Memorial Hospital
By Dems
Erie County Court
Mary Ann Kibler
Porter Auer
Erie County
Auer
Miller
Thomas
Pranilin
Employes
WSH
Pulive
Ken Corle
Russell Cemetery
Mary Louise Smith
George Bush
Bush
Republican National Committee
Mrs. Smith
Des Moines
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