State lawmakers blamed for highway funds shortage
Washington AP report quotes U.S. Rep. John R. Saylor urging Pennsylvania legislators to accept responsibility for highway funding gaps and stop blaming the federal government. Police describe a robbery where a short unarmed man stole 16 000 in checks and 900 in cash from Lillian Cohen, a 47 year old secretary, outside a produce company.
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Washington
Sylvania
U.S
John R. Saylor
R-Pa
Pittsburgh
Lillian Cohen
Demase and Manna Produce Co
Miss Cohen
Corry Hospital Admissions and Local Notices
The excerpt lists admissions and discharges at Corry Memorial Hospital including JoAnne Sickler 13 and Curtis Simmonson 5 along with several residents by name and street. It also notes a Kodacolor reprint offer and various local business posts. A separate item reports Pentagon plans to move about 1 245 personnel from the Ford Arsenal drawing bipartisan criticism.
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JoAnne
Richard Sickler Sr
East South Street
Edward Wettenburg
Sherman
Robert McIntyre
Corry
Curtis
Donald Simmonson
Lemon Street
Harold Sphon
North Clymer
Frederick Thomas
Spartansburg
Gerald Perrin
Pittafield
Lyle Cochran
Marvin Armagast
Cambridge Springs
Gerald English
Spring Creek
Mississippi Flood Crest Reaches Century High in Midwest
Flood crests along the Mississippi stretch from Libby Minnesota to Cape Girardeau Missouri as communities brace for a crest expected at Dubuque Iowa and Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Army engineers warn the danger remains with weak levees and emergency dikes while past floods haunt relief efforts and evacuations persist.
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Mississippi River
Iowa
Illinois
Mississippi
Libby
Minn
Cape Girardeau
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Dubuque
Army Corps of Engineers
Minot
N.D
Souris
Soo Line
Minnesota
Des Moines
South Dakota
Red River
Minnesota-North Dakota
Pembina
Canada
Wisconsin
la Crosse
State consultant proposes 25 percent fines hike for police funding
AP says Victor B. McCrea of the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs urged raising all fines by 25 percent except fish and game to generate about 2.7 million dollars yearly for police training schools. He spoke at the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors convention and noted the lack of statewide training standards. He compared a police officer to a civilian in uniform. Mesta Machinery Co. announced it bought The Chester Engineers, to run as its subsidiary in water and waste services.
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Arsenal
Washington
Pentagon
Frankford
U.S
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Richard S. Schweiker
Defense
Melvin Leird
William J. Green
D-P
Joshua Eilberg
D-Pa
Nixon
Defense Peretons Research and Development
Raymond T. Reid
Army
Office of Legislative Liaison
Pittsburgh
Victor B. McCrea
Department of Community Affairs
McCrea
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
Ise
Shafer
Mesta Machine Co
Chester Engineers
Mesta
Wiscon sin river floods hit Cassville as levees hold
The Cassville area on the Mississippi, hardest hit by record 1965 depths, saw three families evacuated while new levees built this year held. The Weather Bureau warned of rain and flash flood risks for southern Vermont western Massachusetts and Connecticut as the Housatonic River rose above its banks to first floor level in Dalton Massachusetts with no damage reported.
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Riverside
Cassville
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau Flood Control Center
Hartford
North Korea accuses U S of building up forces near Korea
North Korea charged the United States is increasing forces around Korea preparing for a new war. It alleged U S forces in South Korea fired into North Korean territory and said it reserves the right to shoot down U S planes violating its air space. The KCNA and Radio Pyongyang cited a U S Navy plane downed April 15 and claimed renewed provocations with heavy weapon mobilization near Jaokdong and Sewoon, southeast of Kimhwa.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United States
Korea
U.S
South Korea
Demilitarized Zone
Sonic booms claimed to extend house life in sci tech talk
In Anahem AF a boom expert asserts mild sonic booms slow deterioration and aging of houses. J H Wiggins Jr told Institute of Environmental Sciences that booms may relieve accumulated stresses though the exact mechanism remains unknown. He previously directed government boom tests at White Sands New Mexico in 1964 and 1965.
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Anahem
J. H. Wiggins Jr
Institute of Environmental Sciences
Wiggins
White Sands
N. M
Voice of Apollo announcer ousted at Space Center
Paul Haney, 40, known as the voice of Apollo, says he was relieved of his duties after weeks of harassment by NASA public affairs chief Julian Scheer. He reports to Washington for a reduced post and may appeal, speaking as he weighs options with his attorney. Haney is under Civil Service status.
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Space Program
Boss Space Center
Houston
Paul Haney
Apollo
Haney
Washington
Julian Scheer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Scheer
Cabbie Nick Aravanis Offers Free In-Car Service
Washington cabbie Nick Aravanis fills his taxi with 14 cigarette brands four cigar packs gum candies and lozenges and adds a friendly sign welcoming riders. A newspaper lies across the front seat as part of his unique free service.
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Washington
Nick Aravanis
Nick
Reagan Warns of Welfare Invasion From Other States
Governor Ronald Reagan asserted the Supreme Court ruling abolishing residence requirements would flood California with 3000 to 4000 migrant poor each month, raising costs by about 35 million dollars annually. He called the decision a boon for migrating to California to obtain welfare benefits.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Supreme Court
California
Reagan
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