Welfare Bill Passes House Faces Senate
The House backed Nixon welfare reform 243-155, routing the measure to the Senate with a plan to capably raise the assured family income amid broad party splits. The bill promises $1,600 a year for a four person family and $110 monthly for the aged, blind, and disabled, costing official $4.4 billion but critics warn of higher real costs. Senate debates hint at amendments from leaders and conservatives seeking higher floors or cuts.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Senate
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
Charles L. Goodell
R-N.y
John J. Williams
R-Del
City Police Car Loses Clash With Railroad
One Corry police cruiser is laid up with about 400 dollars of damage after a Maple avenue crossing incident. Officer Richard Farley says the cruiser rode up and down a hole on the tracks en route to a West Bend street fire. The damage includes a smashed oil pan and broken cross member, requiring a full front frame replacement. The note urges Public Utility Commission action on crossing conditions. Brazil grants the president permission to visit Uruguay for May 11 to inaugurate a road link between the two nations.
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Corry
Richard Farley
Maple Avenue
West Bend Street
Farley
Reading
Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg
PUC
Black Students Seize Edinboro Office Over Demands
About 35 Black students at Edinboro State College occupied president Dr. Chester McNerney’s office for hours, declaring 11 demands tied to a dormitory racial incident. McNerney and officials left without confrontation, police warned of injunction, students departed orderly. They seek amnesty for Black students and 150 new Black enrollments by September 1970.
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Edinboro
Edinboro State College
Chester McNerney
Association of Black Collegians
John Robinson
Greensburg
McNerney
New College Union
Collegians
College Union
Poison Stolen From Truck In Meadville Police Seek Four Bottles
Meadville police seek four three ounce bottles of chlordane stolen from a Hygienic Sanitation Co truck in a downtown supermarket lot around 9 am. The unlabeled clear liquid turns milky with water and is dangerous if ingested. Police urge contact if bottles matching the description are found.
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Meadville
Hygienic Sanitation Co
John Holt
Holt
Memorial Fund Near $13,000 Mark in Corry Area
The Corry Savings and Loan reports $492 added to the memorial fund, bringing deposits to $5,094. Marine Bank shows no deposits yesterday, totaling $12,910 across the two banks. The Journal notes over $89 received today, plus gifts from local groups including $50 from the Corry Chapter of the Women of the Moose and $25 from Messiah Lutheran Church of Wesleyville for fallen volunteers.
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Corry Savings and Loan Today
Memorial Fund
Marine Bank
Journal
Corry
The
Women of the Moose
Sam Baressi
Corry Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Action Committee
Forest Hopkins
R. Budd Dwyer
David Hayes
Robert Bellomini
Baressi
Inflation picture clouds Nixon claim of rebound
Washington AP report shows GNP rose to a $980.4 billion annual rate in the first quarter, up $3.2 billion, driven by price gains rather than output. Output of goods and services fell 1 percent, the steepest drop since the late 1960s recession, while prices climbed 5 percent annually in January to March. Federal Reserve noted slight March uptick after seven months of decline, fueling cautious optimism that the economy may be stabilizing though unemployment could rise.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Asst
Harold C. Passer
Budget Bureau
Maurice Mann
Mann
Passer
Sidney Jones
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Apollo 13 Halts Desperate Flight with Safe Pacific Splashdown
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert returned to Earth after seven perilous days in space. They splashed down in the Pacific southeast of Samoa aboard the command ship Odyssey with Iwo Jima and Hall nearby to recover them. The mission aborted a moon landing due to a service module oxygen tank rupture, yet the crew survived and were prepared for re entry with the damaged craft.
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Earth
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Pacific Ocean
Lovell
Swigert
Haise
Samoa
Pacific
Mission Control
Erie Woman Bilked Of $3,000 Savings
A 66-year-old Erie resident was deceived in a pigeon drop scheme. Two young women offered to share a found $20,000 and an alleged negotiable note, then persuaded her to withdraw $4,000 for a supposed share. They fled, leaving the victim to file a police report. Authorities describe two women about 24, one blonde 5'7" and the other with dark hair, both around 5'7".
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Irie
Westside
Erie
Cleveland
Bombs Threats Prompt Evacuations At Penn State
Penn State campus police received 17 fire calls after student protests. eight small fires were extinguished. A telephoned bomb threat claimed two admin buildings and the Wagner Building, though no bombs were found. Arrests, injuries, and a continued police surveillance followed the disturbance. Leaders urged a student strike. a class boycott failed to materialize.
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Pennsylvania State University
Wagner
ROTC
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