Convention moves to end property tax exemptions in state
Harrisburg AP Committees of the Constitutional Convention wrapped hearings on apportionment and taxation to gather input for revising four constitutional articles. Local Government urged eliminating all property tax exemptions including church exemptions, arguing exemptions erode local tax resources. Proponents cited a 1964 study showing high exemption shares in several cities.
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Harrisburg
Taxation and Finance Committee
Judiciary
Local Government
Richard G. Marden
Pennsylvania League of Cities
General Assembly
Marden
Williamsport
Wilkes-Barre
Johnstown
Milton W. DeLancey
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
Erie Man Hurt When Car Hits Steel Truck On Route 8
Melvin Mando, 22, of Erie, was injured in a crash four miles south of Union City on Route 8 when his 1967 auto rammed the rear of a steel truck owned by Erie Concrete and Steel Supply. He suffered multiple lacerations and a possible right leg fracture, was treated at Union City Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Doctors Osteopathic Hospital in Erie. Condit, the truck driver, escaped injury as both vehicles suffered damage totaling about $4,500.
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Erie
Union City
Melvin Mando
Union City Memorial Hospital
Glenn Ambulance
Doctors Osteopathic Hospital
Terrence Haskins
Corry
Cyrus L. Condit
Erie Concrete and Steel Supply Company
Haskins
Condit
Mando Auto
Union City commuter hurt in 1968 rail crossing crash
Herman Adler 58 vice president of Tri State Hardwoods was hospitalized after his car struck by an Erie Lackawanna freight at Union City Sixth Avenue crossing. Adler stopped looked both ways and tried to cross but was hit. he was kept overnight for observation and to be released from Union City Memorial Hospital today. Police showed the crossing had long sought signals with three PUC hearings held since 1963 without action.
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Tri- State Hardwoods
Union City
Sixth Avenue
Union City Memorial Hospital
Herman Adler
Tri-State
Richard Steadman
Adler
Steadman
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Public Utilities Commission
H. S. Ascherman
The
Hardwoods Company
Journal
PUC
Ascherman
Jets Strafed South Vietnamese Troops By Mistake
US canberras strafed a South Vietnamese irregular unit amid a jungle fight with Viet Cong in Binh Thuan Province killing four irregulars and wounding 32 plus two American advisers. The raid occurred midafternoon as weather was clear with 20mm cannon and 50 cal machine guns. An investigation was ordered by Gen. William Momyer.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Binh Thuan
U.S. 7Th Air Force
William Momyer
Air Force
da Nang
Mekong
U.S. Navy
Delta
My. m0
Law Set To Descend On Errant Corry Area Drivers
Governor Shafer urges media and law enforcement to join a New Year weekend safety push after a Christmas traffic toll. State Police and Corry officers will patrol all city streets and area roads to curb highway deaths and reduce reckless driving. The governor’s telegram stresses publishing safety messages and mobilizing the public to support this life saving program.
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Corry
Journal
Raymond Shafer
Evening Journal
West South St
Penn
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Bureau of Traffic Safety
Sihanouk Signals Talks on Cambodia U S Viet War Issue
President Johnson may accept Sihanouk’s indirect invitation to discuss Viet Namese use of Cambodia as sanctuary. Sihanouk says Cambodia would not intervene militarily in hot pursuit but would strike back if border incursions or bombings occur, seeking fuller military aid. He also welcomes Averell Harriman or Mike Mansfield for talks, and cautions about large Communist units entering Cambodia.
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Washington
Johnson
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
U.S
Sihanouk
Washington Post
Post
Stanley Karnow
Karnow
United States
Ir Am
Southeast Asia
Averell Harriman
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Jackson accuses De Gaulle of sharing material with Soviets
Senator Henry M. Jackson says French President Charles de Gaulle has given material the United States considers secret to the Soviet Union. Jackson, a Senate Armed Services Committee member, attacked de Gaulle in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce at Mount Vernon and in an interview in Seattle.
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Seattle
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Soviet Union
Jackson
Senate Armed Service Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Vernon
Wash
Elect Weber To Head Corry Chamber of Commerce in 1968
Ray Weber, ex city councilman, elected president of the Corry Chamber of Commerce for 1968 at a noon meeting in Hotel Corry. The slate includes Robert Bracken as first vice president Clifford Buesick as second vice president S A Long as manager and Fred Scherzer as treasurer. Long was retained as paid manager and secretary of the Corry Area Industrial Development Corporation. Directors elected include Bracken Buesink J Harle Bliley and Richard Frye for three years with other directors present Ron Willman Ross Bailey C Conrad Monroe and Roy Reed.
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Corry
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Bracken
Ray Weber
Clifford Buesink
5. A. Long
Fred Scherzer
Eaton
Milk discount stores expand beyond Pittsburgh area
United Dairy Farmers Cooperative Association opened outlets in Ford City and Freeport with three more planned in Greensburg New Kensington and on Pittsburgh Northside. The five stores offer 15 to 20 cents per gallon savings and a monthly dividend based on purchases, touted as a path to higher farmer payments despite a court injunction on UDFCA picketing Otto Milk Co. outlets.
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Pittsburgh
United Dairy Farmers Cooperative Association
Ford City
Freeport
UDFCA
Ernest Hayes
Greensburg
New Kensington
Morthside
United Dairy Farmers
Hayes
U.S. Third Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Otto Milk Co
Gerald McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Otto
Pennsylvania
Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association
Seaman Dies After Drinking Compass Fluid Afloat
In Philadelphia the Benny crew members who drank methyl alcohol from a compass aboard the 7500 ton ship died or remained hospitalized. Mikko Toivonen 27 died at Hahnemann Hospital after nine hours on care. Veli Kortelainen 19 remained serious and Esa Kinikka 17 in critical condition at Jefferson Hospital. The ship arrived from Spain and is anchored in the Delaware River.
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Philadelphia
Hahnemann Hospital
Mikko Toivonen
Toivonen
Benny
Jefferson Hospital
Hahnemann
Veli Kortelainen
Esa Kinikka
Jefferson
Spain
Delaware River
Delaware Enacts First Meat Inspection Law
Dover, Del. Gov Charles Terry signed the states first meat inspection act. The measure goes into effect in six months with $52660 appropriated to the State Board of Agriculture to set up enforcement machinery.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Charles Terry
State Board of Agriculture
El Paso Man Swallows Toothbrush After Tooth Brushing Habit
En rique Monreal, 23, of El Paso underwent surgery Thursday after swallowing a toothbrush. He said the incident happened because he enjoys brushing his teeth far back in his mouth.
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EL Paso
Tex
Enrique Monreal
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