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Penn State says no records from 1976 available to evaluate claims against Joe Paterno

Penn State said late Friday night the school cannot evaluate a recent claim that late football coach Joe Paterno knew of molestation allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky 40 years ago.

A report by pennlive.com on Thursday detailed a damning line within a court order on a related insurance coverage case. One of Penn State's insurers claimed that "in 1976, a child allegedly reported to PSU's Head Coach Joseph Paterno that he (the child) was sexually molested by Sandusky."

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Penn State says it is not able to determine if that claim has merit.