PennDOT trims highway plans across districts
A Transportation Commission approved 12 year lists for districts 1 through 4 and 9, outlining which road and bridge projects will be funded. The plans reflect a sharp cut from earlier hopes of a large building program, with financing likely limited to current revenues and a move away from substantial borrowing.
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Harrisburg
State ‘Transportation Commission
Transportation Department
James Chiles
Penndot
Bureau of Economic Research
Thomas Kratosky
Chiles
William Sher
Sherlock
Heri
Crawford County
Commission
Clymer Senior Citizen Housing Called Miracle
A modern six unit apartment complex for senior citizens will be built in Clymer through a mortgage arrangement between Chautauqua County and the Farmers Home Administration. The project, planned for nearly two years, aims to spur similar developments across the county on Mohawk Street near Main Street. The two eight unit structures will offer independent living for seniors.
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Clymer
Chautauqua County
Farmers Home Administration
FMA
Mohawk Street
Main Street
Len Faulk
Faulk
PHA
David Carson
Faitk
Department of Housing and Urban Devalau
Urban Development Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Len
Dawson
Clymer Community Club
Wal Polit
Hall Memorial Housing and Community Development Corp
Hall Home
Jamestown
Town of
Citizens’ Advisory
Edward Conk
Arthur Goggin
Donald Reslink
Robert A. Lund
Four Killed In Istanbul Airliner Hijack Attack
A staff aide to Senator Javits was among four killed when Palestinian hijackers attempted to seize an Israeli airliner at Istanbul airport. The two gunmen surrendered after officials reported 26 wounded, including two American women.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Jacob Javits
Ran.y
el al
Tel Aviv
U.S
Harold Wallace Rosenthal
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Jerusalem
Middle East
Rome
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Wholesale Prices Show Slip But Inflation Risks Linger
The Labor Department reports July wholesale prices rose 0.3 percent, slowing from June and May, with year over year gains at 4.9 percent. Food and farm costs fell, while industrial commodities jumped 0.7 percent, the largest since November, signaling ongoing inflation pressures despite moderation in overall consumer prices.
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Washington
Labor Department
Wichita Sniper Kills 2 in Downtown Shooting
An 11 minute hail of gunfire from the Holiday Inn Plaza top floor in Wichita left two dead and seven wounded. Michael Sales of Sand Springs Oklahoma was detained after officers fired through a wall, is hospitalized in fair condition with leg wounds, and faces charges. Victims included a photographer, a glass company worker, and shoppers among others near the hotel.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Michael Sales
Sand Springs
Olla
Holiday Inn Plaza
Joe Goulart
Treelance
Elmer W. Hensley
Glass Company
Oklahoma
Government jobs surge on state and local levels
A study notes one in 14 Americans on public payrolls with state and local roles expanding by about 40 percent from 1965 to 1974. Education dominates expenses, and comparisons across Britain, Sweden, and Japan show varying public employment shares. The analysis, by Louise Cook, cites Census data and a 1975 Commerce report.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Sweden
Spain
Japan
Italy
West Germany
Mexico
Aoe
The
Tax Foundation Inc
Piriyad
Commerce Department
America
National Coal, Steel and Gas Industries
British Airways
Bank of England
Civil Service
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Ting Penndot
Crawford
Erie
Forest
Lawrence
Mercer
Venango
Warren
Cameron
Centre
Cleaffield
Clinton
Elk
McKean
Mifflin
Potter
Columbia
Lycoming
Montour
Northumberland
Snyder
Sullivan Tioga
Union
Branford
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Pike
Susquehanna
Wayne
Wyoming
Bedford
Blair, Cambria
Fulton
Huntingdon, Somerset
Ume
Orly Evening Journal
Corry
Pennsylvania
Clymer Senior Citizen
PFLP
Air France
Uganda
Entebbe
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Siberia
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