Engineer Says Corvair Test Results Covered
A former GM engineer testifies his superiors ordered suppression of proving ground Corvair rollover tests during the 1965 lawsuits era. Thelin says documents were hidden to thwart plaintiffs lawyers, aiding GM in defending unsafe model charges. Nader later verified the existence of the materials as genuine.
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Buffalo, N.Y
General Motors Corp
Carl F. Thelin
Thelin
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Cheektowaga
Ralph Nader
Nader
Corvair
Consumer Advocate
Big bounced check ties Mansfield buyer to marina fraud
Robert D. Hendricks of Mansfield wrote an 18000 check in July to buy a 1970 cruiser at Wolf Run Marina. The deck failed and $1000 of damage was found. Sheriff Donnell E. Allen Jr. said the check was fraudulent pretense. Hendricks was jailed, waived hearing, and bound over to the next court.
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Warren
Wolf Run
Warren County
Donnell E. Allen Jr
Robert D. Hendricks
Mansfield
Allen
Hendricks
Justice of the Peace
G.K. Gilmore
Martha Lawson
Nominate Knox For Federal District Judge
Erie attorney William Knox nominated by President Nixon for Western Pennsylvania District Judgeship. The move adds to three Pennsylvania nominees to the federal bench and aligns with a June expansion law. Knox may bring Erie a permanent judge as the district currently has a Pittsburgh-centric roster. He is a former partner of Judge Gerald Weber and top legal figure in the Third Circuit Conference.
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Erie
William Knox
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Knox
Senate
Commonwealth
Congress
Pittsburgh
Gerald Weber
Third Circuit Judicial Conference
Local Schools to Join Area Scouting Night in Erie Crawford
The Washington Trail Council Boy Scouts of America lists eighty three grade schools across Erie and Crawford Counties slated for School Night For Scouting. Schools across Crawford Otsego Presque Isle Wayne LeBoeuf districts will host open nights with adult leaders explaining the program to boys and parents. Registrations at the meetings will place boys into troops or dens with regular meetings starting immediately. A TV program will air on WQLN Channel 54 from 7:30 to 8 p.m. October 6.
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Erie
Crawford County
Washington’ Trail Council
Boy Scouts of America
Corry Area
Meadville
Harmonsburg
Otsego
Fairview
Manchester
Edinboro
McKean
Elk Valley
Albion
Northwestern
Springfield
St. Johns
Presque Isle
Asbury
Chestnut Hill
Kearsarge
Lakewood
Montclair
Ridgefield
Tracy
Vernondale
Council
Wayne
Wqln-Tv
Washington Trail Council
National Police Agency
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Cape Town
South Africa
HG Hough
Beaver Falls
Frank A. 'Bridgie"’ Weber
Weber
Arrow
Lavalier
Tulips
Marscari
Crocus
Corry
Penna, Avenue
Agway Co-Op
Wouter
Jong
Peet
Barney
Furniture Department
Concord
Conelway
Wright
St. Thomas
Washington Trail
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