Seldon Victory Challenged In AFT President Election
Pittsburgh AP David E Seldon seeks a second term as AFT president after Kenneth Miesen contests the vote claiming 150 ballots did not designate a presidency. If those ballots counted Seldon would lack a majority. Seldon defends his record and calls for stronger salaries and working conditions for teachers.
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Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
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Plans Progress For Women's Strike Day
New York reports rallies planned in New York Syracuse Chicago Los Angeles and San Francisco for the August 26 Women's Strike for Equality. Betty Friedan calls for the 50th anniversary of the voting amendment and says men are invited but will discuss on women's terms.
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San Francisco
Betty Friedan
Guard Unit Reviewing at Camp A.P. Hill
Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 112th Infantry from Erie take part in the annual review of the 56th Brigade Pennsylvania Army National Guard at Camp A.P. Hill. The ceremony underscores unit readiness and regional participation in the statewide guard program.
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Pennsylvania Army National Guard
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Building Ban Over Pollution Fear In Japan
Showa Denko Co. was denied permission to build a 300000 ton per year aluminum refinery and a 300000 kilowatt power plant. The Hiroshima State government rejected the plan and Fukuyama City government agreed, citing potential air pollution impacts.
Rules County Needn't Pay Riot Damages
Allegheny County Court Judge Arthur Wessel Jr. overturned a jury award and ruled that insurers cannot collect from the county for property damage from the 1968 Hill District disturbances after King assassination. The ruling temporarily relieves the county from about 2.4 million dollars. Wolf's lawyers will appeal to the state Supreme Court.
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Allegheny
Arthur Wessel Jr
Hill
Morris Wolf
Martin Luther King Jr
Wolf
Allegheny County
State Supreme Court
Wessel
Snowmobile Race Planned by Corry Jaycees
The Corry Jaycees sponsor the fourth annual snowmobile race for the Corry area with planning led by Paul Wascak and general chairman Larry Miller. Race location pending USSA approval before October, with the event slated for January 1971. McKeesport murder arrest shocks locals as Ernest Grene, 37, is accused in Fernando Solano’s death at the International Tavern after a recent argument.
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Corry
Mckeesport
Ernest Grene
Fernando Solano
Hammermill Workers Plan New Pact Vote
ERIE PA AP A tentative agreement between striking Hammermill Paper Co and Local 620 of the United Papermakers and Paperworkers was reported late Wednesday and will be submitted to the union rank and file Friday. The 72 day strike continues as the bargaining committee urges a recommendation amid a coal bunker fire requiring gas masked responders. Poaching problem dares Salaam Tanzania Serengeti National Park director reports poaching serious danger to wildlife.
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Hammermill Paper Co
Erie
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Lawyers Back State's Anti War Policy
Massachusetts Attorney General Robert H. Quinn announced more than 30 constitutional law professors joined as friends of the court to back the state's anti Vietnam War case with the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief, filed in Washington, argues Massachusetts citizens cannot be required to fight in undeclared foreign wars. Arguments are set for October when the Court reconvenes. The professors come from 24 schools in 15 states, chaired by Lawrence Velvel of the University of Kansas Law School.
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Robert H. Quinn
U.S. Supreme Court
Quinn
Washington
Lawrence Velvel
University of Kansas Law School
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