Great Copter Prison Escape Eludes Police
Dale Otto Remling, a 46 year old check fraud and pig theft suspect, escaped from Southern Michigan Prison in a hijacked helicopter. Police released Donald Hill after questioning. Jolyne Lou Conn remains jailed for aiding and abetting. Gertrude Woodbury sought for getaway car, two other women arrested for aiding and abetting. The escape involved pilot Richard Jackson forced at knife point. Remling fled toward a grass plant yard crime scene, while guards noted the prison’s lack of anti aircraft devices. Police described the helicopter lift as rapid and the escape as highly audacious, with the aircraft seen heading north after takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Michigan
Tate
Donald Hill
Hill
Jolyne Lou Conn
Weberville
Gertrude Woodbury
Livingston County
Mexico
Charles Bronson
Richard Jackson
Friday
Remling
Nebraska
Jackson
Beause
Mettetal
Plymouth
Mich
Lee McCoy
George Weeks
William G. Milliken
Weeks
State Corrections Department
Perry Johnson
Two Persons Injured In District Traffic
Multiple minor and major crashes across Indiana County leave two people injured. Homer City resident Fred Shaw, 61, was hospitalized in fair condition after a two car collision on Route 119 south of Homer City, while driver Robert Staffen escaped injury in the same incident. Other accidents occurred near Cramer Saltsburg and Punxsutawney with minor damages and no serious injuries. Blairsville recount petition details corrected in county court filing.
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Homer City
Fred Shaw
Second Ave
Altoona
Shaw
Indiana Area Hospital
Robert Brewer
Clymer RD 1
Robert Staffen
Main St
Staffen
Brewer
Brewer Auto
Cramer
Route 403
Paul W. Swartz
Teaberry Lane
Johnstown
William G. McKinney
Wintondale RD
Indiana
McKinney
Swartz Auto
Saltsburg
Penn-Dot
Here
Loyal
Stump Creek
Howard W. Hartzfeld
E. Mahoning St
Punxsutawney
Route 119
Hartzfeld
Robert Fredrick Smith
Garfield St
Curwensville
Charles Smouse
Smith
Blairsville
the Gazette
Raymond F. Baker
A.B. Carmo
Blairsville-Saltsburg
Indiana County Court
Baker
Brush Valley Firemen Triumph in Barrel Battle
Brush Valley Firemen defeated Coral Graveton Firemen 13 to 4 last night at the Homer City Firemen's Fair to win the Battle of the Barrel. Tonight at 6:30 p.m. the Keystone Tractor Pull will be staged near the firehall as a highlighted event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Brush Valley
Coral Graveton
Keystone
Local 660 UE Meeting Notice Monday June 9
Regular monthly meeting of Local 660 IVE will be held Monday evening June 9 at 7 30 p.m. at the Indiana Ramada Inn on Route 119 South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Ramada Inn
Route 119
Train collision near Leetonia leaves one dead
One man was killed and four others were injured in a three train pileup one mile south of Leetonia in Columbiana County. Two westbound and one eastbound Penn Central freight trains collided around 11:30 p.m. Friday. Richard Radzevich, 29, of Braddock, Pa., identified as a fireman, died. Four injured men were hospitalized at St Elizabeth in Youngstown and Salem East Community Hospital in Salem.
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Leetonia
Ohio
Here
Columbiana County
Penn Central
Richard Radzevich
Braddock
Onassis Will Filed in Athens Names Christina Heir
Aristotle Onassis will filed in an Athens court designates Christina as principal heir and provides $250000 annually for widow Jacqueline. If Christina marries, she would receive $50000 per year for her husband. The 18 page document was published in Greek papers including Acropolis with confirmation from Stelios Papadimitriou, legal adviser for Springfield Shipping Co.
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Athens
Greece
Aristotle Onassis
Christina
Jacqueline
Onassis
Acropolis
Stelios Papadimitriou
Budget Hikes Taxes For School District 1975-76
CLYMER Penns Manor Area School District directors tentatively adopted the 1975-76 budget at a special meeting setting the figure at 1 569 458 33 and approving a 10 mill property tax increase on Teal estate. The levy will raise about 128 531 11 to cover higher costs and staff pay, with final adoption due around July 7. The 10 mill increase is earmarked for anticipated expenses and a new elementary school. Contracts for musical instruments totaling 10 931 20 were awarded to five firms and bids for six electric typewriters were opened for committee study. Superintendent George Joiner was authorized to outline procedures for the 1975-76 census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Penns Manor Area
Wurtlitzer Co
DeKalb
Medley Music
Ardmore
National Educational Music Co
Summitt
N.J
Sports Music Center
Punxsutawney
George Joiner
Teachers As Guards- High Schools Like Jails, Say Psychologists
Two California psychologists from Stanford compare US high schools to prisons, arguing teachers act as guards with absolute authority. They describe classrooms as regimented and hallways controlled, with dress codes, fixed schedules, and social divisions that mirror prison life, critiquing efficiency over creativity and noting the quiet, unobtrusive students as the system’s tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
Craig Haney
Philip G. Zimbardo
Stanford University
Psychology Today
Haney
Zimbardo
Socialists Win Lisbon Paper Dispute After Shutdown
In Lisbon Portuguese military rulers reached a peace with the Socialist party over the Republica newspaper crisis. The army allowed reopening after printers aligned with Communists seized the paper, while the church backed Radio Renascenca amid a looming church state clash. Socialists said they would stay in the government, ending a cabinet boycott as talks proceed on seals and staff at Republica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Socialist Party
Republica
Revolutionary Council
Voice
Church
Radio Renascenca
Raul Rego
Rego
Repo
Communist Party
Constitutional Assembly
Mario Soares
Dairy Princess Pageant Planned At IUP Campus
The fourth annual Indiana County Dairy Princess Contest will be held Friday June 13 at Sprowls Hall on the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus. Eleven contestants include Linda Sharp, Linda Rising, Donna McConaughey, Judi Travis, Cori Dunlap, Patty Jewart, Peggy Dick, Nancy Mack, Barbara Adamchick, Beverly Bence, and Betty Zolocsik. A Community Close-Up program on CIUP TV, hosted by Judy Brickell and Susan McConnell, will air June 11 at 6 30 p m to discuss the pageant activities and answer questions before the 8 p m start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprowls Hall
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Linda Sharp
Clarksburg
Linda Rising
Indiana
Donna McConaughey
Smicksburg
Judi Travis
Cori Dunlap
Patty Jewart
Home
Peggy Dick
Marion Center
Nancy Mack
New Florence
Barbara Adamchi
IUP Cable 9 TV
District Dam Tours Slated
TUNNELTON The Conemaugh Flood Control Dam at Tunnelton and Loyalhanna Flood Control Dam near Saltsburg will be open for inspection from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday as part of the US Army Corps of Engineers 200th birthday. Guided tours will be available and Corps personnel will explain operations. Tours also at Crooked Creek Dam and KinDua, Tionesta, Youghiogheny and Mahoning Creek dams.
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Tunnelton
Conemaugh
Loyalhanna
Saltsburg
US Army Corps of Engineers
Loyalhanna Dam
Crooked Creek Dam
Kindua
Tionesta
Youghiogheny
Mahoning Creek
Swallowed Quarter At Game
At Punxsutawney Little League park two non combatants were hospitalized after incidents at the field. Nine year old Douglas J Ecelberger from DuBois RD 1 swallowed a quarter and was transferred from Adrian Hospital to DuBois Hospital for treatment. Mrs Clayton Pearce of 114 Record Avenue was struck on the head by a foul ball and treated at Adrian Hospital then discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
Adrian Hospital
Douglas J. Ecelberger
DuBois RD 1
James Ecelberger
DuBois Hospital
Clayton Pearce
Record Avenue
Five Caught Streaking in Blairsville Route 22 Incident
BLAIRSVILLE area adults and four male juveniles were arrested on open lewdness charges after streaking in front of oncoming vehicles along Route 22 in Burrell Township. Ralph David Rager, 22, of Blairsville RD 1, and youths aged 14-17 from Loyalhanna, Latrobe, Blairsville RD 3 were taken into custody after state police pursued them. They were stopped in an open field. Rager faces a magistrate complaint in Blairsville, juveniles cited before county juvenile court authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Burrell Township
Indiana
Ralph David Rager
Loyal
Hanna, Latrobe
Rager
Angelo Cravotta
Westmoreland County
Warning Issued To Trespassers At Intake Dam
Homer City manager James Gates says the Yellow Creek intake dam area on private property is patrolled after heavy damage to the water supply. The Central Indiana County Water Authority and Homer City Borough Council own the property, and anyone found there will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
James Gates
Yellow Creek
Gates
Central Indiana County Water Authority
Labor Council Meets Tuesday in Indiana County
The Indiana County Central Labor Union Council AFL CIO will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in its offices at 632 Philadelphia Street A council spokesman said the state AFLCIO director is scheduled to attend The general membership meeting follows an executive board meeting at 7 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Central Labor Union Council
Aflcio
Philadelphia Street
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Western Pennsylvania
Richard Wolfe
Harry Reed
FMC Corp
M. P. Acee
M. P. Acee, Inc
Elizabeth Baran
Michael Komora
ITE Imperial Corp
C. Richard Cooper
Bechtel
Latrobe Area
Slickville
Mary E. Bondo
Greensburg
Hanna Twonship
Charles Louis Bowers
Mill Run
Hanna Township
Donald E. Newhouse
Franklin St
Myrna Jean Walls
Rural Valley RD
Marvin L. Hummel
Osceola Mills
Kittanning
Walls
Johnsonburg
Claude L. Pearce
Brush Valley Firemen
Raphael Pierce
Crestline
Sheriff's
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Youngstown
Victor Ellenberger
Steve Kelly
Pittsburgh
Salem Community East Hospital
Salem
James Kruhm
Salem Hospital
Staion
Princess
CIUP
Intake Dam
Labor Council
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