Shapp veto blocks abortion override in Pennsylvania
Governor Shapp vetoed a strict antiabortion bill and a House override failed 102-76, keeping the 10 year old law in legal limbo as courts already questioned its vagueness. Mullen vows to run for governor, while aides framed the delay as timing to shape opinion and prevent an override.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
House
Senate
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
Mullen
Richard Doran
Russell J. LaMarca
D-Berks
Ken Steel
Budget keeps millage at 17 amid federal aid plan
City Council, choosing the most realistic option from three, kept property tax millage at 17 by using federal revenue sharing to balance a 705,341 budget. The plan avoids a tax increase and creates a revenue sharing trust fund to monitor federal funds.
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Benjamin Calderone
Calderone
No-Fault Bill Dies Ungraceful Death in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the no fault car insurance bill died amid charges of deception and delay as lawmakers adjourned the 157th session. Gov Shapp vetoed an abortion bill and Penn State Temple and Pitt appropriations were approved. Conferees blamed political maneuvering, while Yohn delayed signing the no fault measure.
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Harrisburg
Benjamin R. Dondlow
House
Shapp
Martin Mullen
Philadelphia
Penn State University
Temple University
University of Pittsburgh
Herbert Fineman
Skidding Truck Hits Inn Car and Residence in Colu mbus
A westbound tractor trailer slid on ice on Route 957 in Columbus, plowing into a parked car, the Columbus Inn, and the adjacent house. Damage ran into the high thousands. the driver Perry Moore 21 of Sugar Grove owned by Troyer Equipment Co. was cited. The Hamilton house suffered major structural damage with windows broken. repairs estimated in the thousands. A separate Rome Township crash left a car damaged about $100. Charles Slocum of Slocum’s Electronics received additional recognition from the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.
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Columbus
Columbus Inn
Corry
Troyer Equipment Co
Waterford
Perry Moore
B.D. 1
Sugar Grove
Holland Morgan Jr
Morgan
Hamilton House
Hamilton
The
Journal Today
Hamiltons
Rome Township
Franklin D. Horn
R.D. 4
Titusville
Horn
Kissinger peace talk marred by war's continuation
Washington report notes five weeks after Kissinger said peace was at hand the Vietnam war persists with ongoing U S air losses and prisoner counts. North Vietnam questions talks while Saigon presses for troop withdrawals and a new DMZ at the 17th parallel as Kissinger visits Paris for renewed negotiations.
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Saigon
U.S
Phong
Air Force
Tuy Hoa
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Kissinger
Laken
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
le Duc Tho
Paris
Nixon
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D-Clearfield
Montgomery County
Ammerman
Fineman
Charlie
Charles Slocum
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Slocum
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William Kurelowech
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