Insurance Bills Signed By Gov Shafer In Harrisburg
Gov. Shafer signs two key laws to backstop property insurance in high risk riot areas creating a statewide pool via the Pennsylvania FAIR Plan and a Civil Disorder Authority to certify bonds repaid by company assessments. The actions come as Shafer tours Miami before next week’s Republican National Convention.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Miami
Commonwealth
Department of Community Affairs
Romney's Turn Today GOP Platform Focuses on Crime and City Revival
The GOP platform committee outlines a smaller U.S. Vietnam role but insists on not abandoning allies without a settlement. It calls for tougher crime policies, urban renewal through home and business ownership, and private industry incentives to train ghetto residents, while pushing budget restraint and potential tax cuts. Romney urges job creation in central cities via reform of labor laws, private urban corporations, and a national business development bank, while favoring expansion of South Vietnamese influence and negotiated neutrality in Indochina.
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Miami Beach
Fla
U.S
Republican Platform Committee
GOP
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Vietnam
United States
Laos
Cambodia
Plumbing Firms Seek Suppression of Tape Evidence
Nine plumbing firms accused of fixing prices for cast iron fixtures seek to suppress 25 tape recordings claimed to hold relevant data. Lawyers say the tapes violate the Crime Control Act and the court may hear arguments on the matter as part of ongoing civil and criminal actions. The firms named include Universal Rundle, Wallace Murray, Rheem, American Standard, Crane, Kohler, Borg-Warner, Briggs Manufacturing, and a trade association. The case involves over $1 billion in potential impacts across the industry and actions in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Department
U.S. District Court
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Housing Authority
Lindy Brothers Builders, Inc
U.S
John C. Fricano
Universal Rundle Corp
New Castle
Wallace - Murray Corp
Rheem Manufacturing Co
American Standard, Inc
Crane Co
New York
Kohler Co
Kohler, Wisc
Borg-Warner Corp
Chicago
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Warren, Mich
The
Plumbing Fixture Manufactures Association
Suit On Vietnam War Action Dismissed
Topeka Kansas AP Judge George Templar dismissed a suit challenging the legality of U S military action in Vietnam. Plaintiff Lawrence R Velvel a University of Kansas law school professor lacked standing and the case presented a political question not justiciable by the courts.
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Topeka
Meadville arrest nets murder suspect from Sandusky
A Sandusky man Donald Elder nineteen was captured by State Police in Meadville for questioning in the August murder of Cora B Knapp in Sandusky. Elder AWOL from the Marine Corps since last September faced a fugitive warrant and was held for Ohio authorities. He was committed to Crawford County Prison pending legal steps.
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Sandusky
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Elder
Ohio
Vernon Township
Justice of the
Mario Longo
Crawford County
Alfred Grill
Greensburg
Reverend Warren Lewis Named New Pastor at First Baptist
Reverend Warren Lewis will begin duties as pastor of First Baptist Church on August 25. He formerly led Grace Baptist of Youngstown Ohio and is a Tay lor University graduate. He worked as director of public relations at Tay lor University for four years and previously as an industrial engineer at General Motors Overhead Door and Cyclone Manufacturing. He is married with three children and the family will move to Corry before his start.
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First Baptist Church
Grace Baptist Church
Youngstown
Ohio
Taylor University
Upland
Ind
Rev. Lewis
General Motors
Overhead Door Corporation
Cyclone Manufacturing Company
Corry
Inmates Form Veterans Legion at Idaho Penitentiary
Boise Idaho AP Forty three inmates at the Idaho State Penitentiary organized the Veterans Legion of the United States Post No 1 Warden Orval Stiles said on Wednesday the group could grow nationwide and spread to other facilities
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho State Penitentiary
Veterans’ Legion of the United States
Orval Stiles
Housing subsidies expand in new rental program plan
A new rental program would subsidize all interest charges above 1 percent on apartment mortgages and create a Nations Home Ownership Foundation to boost low income housing. Urban renewal would require at least 50 percent of units for low and moderate income families and at least 20 percent for low income families. Cardinal de la Torre, 95, Ecuador’s first prince of the Roman Catholic Church, died of kidney and prostate illness.
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Cay
Quito
Ecuador
Carlos Maria "Cardinal de la Torre
Cardinals
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