Murtha Wins Johnstown Race Ending 25-Year GOP Hold
Democrat John P. Murtha Jr. captured the 12th District seat in a tight special election, defeating Republican Harry M. Fox by about 220 votes. Murtha succeeds the late John P. Saylor and says Watergate influenced some voters while focusing on regional economic issues. turnout reached 55 percent of 223,000 registered voters amid gasoline shortages and snowfall.
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Alioto's Wife Leaves City To Punish Him In Holiday Pilgrimage
Angelina Alioto, wife of Mayor Joseph L. Alioto, said she felt neglected by his campaign duties and embarked on an 18 day Italian mission trail from San Diego to Santa Cruz after staying at La Siesta Villas. She described marital strain yet affirmed love for her husband and that he should stay in the governor race.
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Snowbound Highways Slow Travel Across Interior U S
Heavy snow stretched from the Rockies to New England slowing highway travel. Milwaukee saw up to a foot of snow with more on the way while I 94 froze impassable sections south of Milwaukee. Two elderly Minneapolis men died from exertion as the Twin Cities faced a blanket of snow and cold.
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State Money Back From PSU Legal Fight Over Auditor General Power
Harrisburg AP Commonwealth Court hears a suit by state auditor general Robert Casey to recover 271055 from Penn State University over money moved from a continuing education program. The case tests whether the auditor general has power to sue independently of the attorney general under a 1970 amendment.
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First Aid Class at Elgin Beaverdam Fire Hall
Mary Popovich and Marilyn McQueeney assist in a Red Cross first aid course at the Elgin Beaverdam Hose Company fire hall. Fifty five students attend the session taught by certified instructor Robert Benson of Columbus, with Journal photographer McEldowney on scene.
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Young Murderers Maybe Ineligible for Death Penalty
Harrisburg AP report: a capital punishment bill advanced by a House Senate committee would bar the death penalty in cases involving youth or duress. The measure allows juries to impose life sentences if factors like defendant age or duress surround the murder. The plan blends Senate and House ideas, replacing mandatory death with conditional life sentences.
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Pollution control debt approved for York County nuclear plant
The Public Utility Commission approved a $65 million note for pollution control equipment at the York County Atomic Station Peach Bottom. York County Industrial Development Authority will issue tax free bonds to finance cooling towers and radioactive waste processors with PE and other utilities from New Jersey and Delaware involved.
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