Trump: Obama aide might have broken law — Page 2 @The_Derrick The Derrick and The News-Herald TheDerrick.com TheDerrickNews OCDerrick © OIL CITY, PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017 (800) 352-1002 (814) 676-7444 $1.00 Trump condemns Syria attack But he doesn’t indicate what U.S. might do in response Bargain hunting? WASHINGTON (AP) — His might do in response. vived the hard-hitting rhetoric of Assad’s forces, though the embattled expression grave and his words Trump issued no ultimatums in Trump’s political campaign and Syrian leader and his Russian backers Check out our emphatic, President Donald comments that were being scoured by strongly hinted some U.S. action denied it. He suggested that the as- classifi ed section, where Trump declared on Wednesday world leaders for signs of how the was coming. sault that killed 72 people had dimin- we feature 100s of items the deadly chemical attack in new president would react to a global Trump himself was noncommittal. ished his former reluctance to plunge for sale everyday. Syria had crossed “many, many crisis. “I’m not saying I’m doing any- the U.S. further into the complex and lines” and abruptly changed his In a rare reversal of roles, thing one way or another, but I’m dangerous turmoil in the Middle views of Syrian President Bashar Trump was more reserved than certainly not going to be telling you,” East. WHEELS Assad. many of his top advisers — in- he told reporters. WHEELS But he refused to say what the U.S. cluding his U.N. envoy who re- He blamed the attack squarely on See SYRIA, Page 8 The 2017 Jeep Com- pass is road tested, the 1933 Pontiac is profiled and the Auto Doctor an- ‘They’re capable of surviving on their own’ swers questions. Work starts Advertiser defections next week on new bank in Franklin By MARISSA DECHANT Staff writer Construction on a full-service bank along Elk Street in Franklin is set to begin next week. The rapid defection of The bank will be a branch office of advertisers this week from Clarion County Community Bank, which Bill O’Reilly’s show be- has been operating out of the old Film cause of sexual harass- Fest Video building at 1281 Otter St. ment allegations raises A ribbon-cutting ceremony is what once seemed an un- planned at 11 a.m. Tuesday to mark thinkable question: Can the start of construction. O’Reilly survive at Fox Whalen Contracting, of Franklin, News Channel? has been hired to complete the $772,000 project. Page 15 City code enforcement officer Chuck Gibbons said some parking and lane restrictions will be in place during Peter Greene part of the construction and that traffic Our columnist discusses may be redirected around the site. how churches would have a Photos by Richard Sayer Last March, the bank received ap- proval from Franklin City Council to tough task as a charity pro- The young cub made himself at home Wednesday morning in a tree on Bissell Avenue between vider. demolish three buildings in the city’s Plummer Street and Cooper Avenue in Oil City. historic district to make room for the Page 4 new 3,600-square-foot facility with a three-lane drive-through. Demolition of the three structures Today’s weather located in the 1200 block on lots be- tween Elk and Otter streets were the Cub attracts crowd Machault Building, a two-story brick office building at 1272 Elk St.; and Rescuers use dart to get bear down from trees two residential rental properties on By SALLY BELL the adjacent lot at 1262 Elk St. Staff writer Cloudy with showers and See BANK, Page 5 thundershowers. High 55. A young bear got a brief taste of life in Oil City Wednesday be- Page 3 fore rescuers captured and re- leased the cub into more suitable habitat. Gorsuch Index Fire personnel were dispatched at Advice, horoscopes ......22 10 a.m., said Denny Cherish, an Oil Business .......................13 City firefighter who was on the showdown Classified ................ 17-24 scene. Comics ..........................23 The bear, estimated at about one Lotteries ..........................2 year old, had scampered up a tree on Opinion ...........................4 Bissell Avenue between Plummer vote looms Sports ....................... 9-12 Street and Cooper Avenue. WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate TV .................................15 A crowd gathered as the bear de- Democrats elevated their attacks scended one limb of against President Donald Trump’s Su- a Y-shaped tree and Deaths See a photo The Oil City Fire Department brought its ladder truck in an effort preme Court nominee Wednesday, then back up another slideshow to get the cub out of the tree. Pennsylvania Game Commission portraying him as an ally of the pow- Taylor J. Stahlman, Oil City limb. and video at conservation officer Jason Amory shook the tree branches as erful and an enemy of the weak as an Francis A. Lauer, formerly of Rescuers shook thederrick. well in an effort to scare the bear back to the ground. explosive showdown loomed on the Oil City the branches of the com. Senate floor. After his first Marlyn P. Palmer, Marienville tree and eventually Republicans defended Judge squirted the bear with water. attempt failed, Lloyd Sievers Wolf, Pacific Neil Gorsuch, accusing Democrats The anxious bruin descended the Game Com- Palisades, California of trying to block him out of frus- tree and quickly went back up into the mission offi- tration over Trump’s election vic- Connie Lepley, Oil City limbs of another tree that was about cer Jason tory. Douglas B. “Doug” Ostergard, 20 feet away before a conservation of- Amory and “Democrats would filibuster Ruth Franklin ficer fired a tranquilizer dart. Oil City fire- Bader Ginsburg if President Donald Hester A. Smith, Franklin The dart hit its mark and the bear fighters Trump nominated her,” said Majori- lumbered off behind some homes be- sprayed some ty Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., (Deaths on Page 16) fore he succumbed to the medication water at the naming one of the more liberal sit- and passed out. bear and he ting justices. “There is simply no Conservation officers put the bear, came down. principled reason to oppose this ex- estimated at between 80 to 100 pounds, But he ran to ceptional, exceptional Supreme in the back of a vehicle. a nearby tree Court nominee.” and climbed See CUB, Page 8 back up. See GORSUCH, Page 5 A Personal Note From To Learn More About Our Dealership Visit PalmieroToyota.net Ed Beers I have worked at Palmiero Toyota for almost 31 years. ALMIERO TOYOTA I’ve always tried to treat customers like I would want to be treated and I feel the entire dealership treats customers the same way. Working here is a lot like working with family because everyone cares about each other and will always help one another. Conneaut Lake Rd. Meadville 814-336-1061 2 – THE DERRICK. / The News-Herald Thursday, April 6, 2017 W Briefly Focus Stories Russian authorities arrest 7 in wake of subway bombing ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — As part of a sweeping hunt for any accomplices of the Trump says Obama aide St. Petersburg suicide bomber, investigators Wednesday rounded up seven suspected Islamic State recruiters from the Central Asia region of the former Soviet Union but found no immedi- ate evidence of their involvement in the subway might have broken law attack. The Investigative Committee hasn’t caught any associates of 22-year-old Akbarzhon Dzhal- ilov, a native of the Central Asian nation of Kyr- ‘I think it’s going to be the biggest story’ gyzstan. The committee, Russia’s top criminal investigation agency, said it’s looking into the WASHINGTON (AP) — Cit- possibility that Dzhalilov, who carried out Mon- ing no evidence, President Don- day’s deadly attack, could have been linked to ald Trump on Wednesday ac- the militant group. cused his predecessor’s national security adviser of breaking the School bus crash sends 23 law, one month after he accused former President Barack Obama children, 1 adult to hospitals of illegally wiretapping him. LUMBERTON, Texas (AP) — Twenty-four In an interview with The New people — 23 of them fourth-graders — were York Times, Trump said Obama’s sent to Southeast Texas hospitals after an acci- national security adviser, Susan dent involving their school bus, a pickup truck Rice, committed a crime when and an 18-wheeler. she asked government analysts to The Wednesday afternoon crash happened on disclose the names of Trump as- U.S. 69 in Lumberton, about 15 miles north of sociates documented in intelli- Beaumont, as the Beaumont school district bus gence reports. Trump would not was taking 44 Charlton-Pollard Elementary say if he reviewed new intelli- School students and four adults back to school gence to support his claim. He from a Big Thicket field trip. told the Times he would say more Beaumont school district spokeswoman “at the right time.” Nakisha Burns says one student was airlifted “I think it’s going to be the to a trauma hospital in Houston. A hospital biggest story,” Trump said. “It’s spokeswoman says most of the others went to such an important story for our Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital for examina- country and the world. It is one of tion. A nursing supervisor said none were the big stories of our time.” admitted. Rice is the latest target for Trump and his embattled defend- March held in Amsterdam ers. She has firmly denied that AP she did anything inappropriate in Susan Rice is seen July 7, 2016, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washing- to support beaten gay couple requesting the identities of Trump ton.