Draft Extension Approved Amid War Opponents Fight
Washington AP Sen John C Stennis says Senate will back a two year extension of the draft despite opposition. The measure would end college deferments, trim armed forces by 100000, and set a 150000 yearly draft ceiling while allowing current freshmen to finish college. President Nixon seeks pay boosts and fewer manpower needs to reach draft zero by mid 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Armed Services Committee
Senate
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Nixon
House
Stennis
U.S
Inochina
Mike Mansfield
Senate Committee
VA Hospital to cut admissions in Pittsburgh beginning July
VA officials in Washington ordered a reduction of admissions at Pittsburgh area hospitals. Director Herbert Moore said daily census will drop from 619 to 542 starting July 1, creating a waiting list for the first time here due to rising costs and a 10 percent budget rise not matching cost increases.
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Pittsburgh
Veterans Administration
Herbert Moore
Pennsylvania
Oakland
Aspinwall VA
Jaycees Giveaway Bike for Drug Abuse Program
Margie Bimber and Loretta Shumsky display a Kawasaki Mini Trail bike to be raffled by the Jaycees to fund their drug abuse program. Tickets are on sale today through Saturday in front of Dean Phipps store and Grice Jewelers on North Center street. Drawing is at 4 p.m. Saturday.
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Margie Bimber
Loretta Shumsky
Jaycees
Dean Phipps
Grice Jewelers
North Center Street
Journal
Pryor
Twenty Six Plead Innocence In Sports Betting Case
Twenty six defendants named in sealed indictments plead innocent in U S District Court on federal gambling charges. Key figures include Robert Elia Jannelli and William Cihal linked to multi state sports betting networks with ties to Erie New Castle Cleveland and West Virginia. Additional defendants from Pittsburgh area. Potential trials in fall. max penalty twenty thousand dollars and five years per count. Foreign bred winners noted in Hialeah Widener Handicap with Primordial II from Argentina and Yumbel from Chile.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. District Court
U.S
Joseph “Jo Jo” Lorigo
Erie
Joseph J. la Nese
Cleveland
Ohio
Thomas A. “Sonny” Ciancutti
New Kensington
Louise Faiella
New Castle
William “Rags” Regan
Sharpsburg
Ned T. Lehr
Mechanicsburg
U.S. Atty
Richard L. Thornburgh
Miami
Fla
Hialeah
Argentina
Yumbel
Chile
Bank robber drives off in tractor trailer escape
A Mellon Bank Swissvale teller robbery unfolds as the suspect flees in a car and crashes into a garage door, then forces a truck driver to drive east in a tractor trailer. He abandons the rig 30 miles later in Jeannette and disappears.
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Pittsburgh
Swissvale
Mellon Bank
Jeannette
Senator Urges U S Work For Thieu Re-Election
In Washington a Senate supporter of Nixon era policy urges U S aid for Thieu's re election in South Vietnam. McGee argues self determination needs conditions absent hindrances while Church says U S should stay out of Vietnamese politics and criticizes propaganda.
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Washington
Church
United States
U.S
Saigon
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Van
Minh
McGee
South Vietnam
Two Gunned Down After Tavern Row
In Pittsburgh Strip District a 69 year old North Side man Thomas Duckett surrendered and faced murder charges after a shotgun attack in a tavern. Robert Jones Jr. 26 was killed and Earl Brown his half-brother wounded critically as witnesses say a man returning with a 12 gauge shotgun opened fire after an argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
North Side
Thomas Duckett
East Liberty
Robert Jones Jr
Earl Brown
Pollution concerns and student thoughts from Concord School
A Concord Elementary fourth grade class discusses pollution in a set of student reflections. They describe air and water pollution, litter, noise, and the impact on wildlife, urging small actions to help. The item is part of a reader letter section and a brief report from Harrisburg on license renewal proposals and a note on the growing pet industry in Britain with large expenditures in 1970.
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Robert Ludwig
Concord
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Aaa Federation
Charles E. Pugh
Pets Big Business
Harrogate
England
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Aayasari
Mtts
Sevings
Kitchen Village, Inc
Corry
Kitrhen
Tita
Maine
IGA
North Center St
Bor
Beaver
Corry Evening Journal
WOTR
Paula Orner
The
Junior High
Concord School
Datley
James Dailey
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