Pa Knew Of Cages At Polk State School Earlier
Harrisburg AP report shows Pennsylvania Welfare Department officials inspected Polk State School and Hospital in fall 1972 and witnessed wood-slat cages used for the mentally retarded. Secretary Wohlgemuth ordered cages dismantled and supervisor fired after a later inspection, amid debate on departmental authority workload and reform in care. A separate note reports the nude body of 7-year-old Browine Girl Scout Jean D Allessandro found in Harriman State Park, with local teacher Joseph McGowan arrested for her murder.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Welfare Department
Polk State School
Edward Goldman
Stanley Schneider
Venango County
Goldman
Helene Wohlgemuth
Polk
Department
McClelland
Wolgemuth
Jean D‘allessandro
Harriman State Park
Stony Point
N.Y
Joseph McGowan
Supreme Court Studies Judges Busing Orders
The Supreme Court weighs if federal judges can order cross district busing for desegregation. A Richmond Va case would move about 78 000 pupils across city county lines. The 4th Circuit blocked Merhige Jr. order. NAACP Legal Defense Fund seeks reversal. Other cases in Detroit Grand Rapids Dayton Wilmington and more.
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Richmond
Henrico
Chesterfield
U.S. District Court
Robert H. Merhige Jr
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Merhige
Naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund
Virginia State Board of Education
Nixon Administration
Teacher Held After Girl Raped Slain in New Jersey
In Hillsdale New Jersey a 7 year old Brownie scout Joan D Allesandro was found dead in Harene State Park near Stony Point New York. James McGowan 26 living nearby is charged with her murder. Medical examiner cites sexual abuse. Bail set at 50000. Also local civil defense programs on Hurricane Agnes shown on WQLN Channel 54.
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Hillsdale
N.J
Joan D'Allesandro
James McGowan
D’allesandro
Rockland County
Fred Zugibe
Harene State Park
Stony Point
N.Y
Here
Mary Lou Dumanovski
Dain
Ann Hoppe
McGowan
WQLN
Channel 54
Pennsylvania
Civil Defense
Clifford Holcomb
Holcomb
Agnes
Corry
Easter at Home and Abroad Tests Faith and Peace
Easter observances united religious leaders and world figures in pleas for compassion and peace. Cardinal Cooke urged understanding for conscientious objectors, Nixon attended church in Florida, Pope Paul VI called for paix in Indochina and Ulster, as Northern Ireland marked the 1916 Rising with marches and Belfast gunfire. Thousands joined services in Jerusalem and New York’s Easter Parade drew about 20,000 spectators.
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U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
New York
Fifth Avenue
Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church
Florida White House
John A. Huffman Jr
Pope Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Indochina
Middle East
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
Jerusalem
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Supreme Court
Washington
London
Department of Employment
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Journal Daily
Compassion
Terrence Cardinal Cooke
Arca
Hardwick Gas Ranges
Hardwick
Hardwicks
Hawaii
Allehe New
Mary Ann Kibler
North Center Street
Erie County
Edmund T. Rogers
Hilborn Road
Erie
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