Workers may get 94 dollars weekly under new bill
Senate approved a bill to raise workmen's compensation to two thirds of the state average wage about 141 dollars a week about 94 dollars for injured workers. current benefits top at 60 dollars. The measure also covers agricultural workers and would not be retroactive. In Meadville a man, George Lawrence 55, was killed when a flywheel piece struck him during snowmobile work in Woodcock Township.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
Labor and Industry
Paul J. Smith
Meadville
Saegertown
George Lawrence
Woodcock Township
Lawrence
Crawford County
Wilbur ‘Thomas
Spencer Hospital
Meadville Ambulance Service
Thomas
Commonwealth
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
Mullen
Allegheny Counties
James J. Gallen
Berks
Pennsylvania
Temple Medical School
Pitt
Medical School
Penn State
Hershey
Penn
Hahnemann
Jefferson
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Schedule Tightens For Renewal Road Project
Virginia Nuzzo heads the Fourth Ward renewal project and warns the April 21 deadline for West Main Street work, including tearing down the Boston House and Hartley property, to allow Route 277 realignment. Hartley fights the offer, triggering a condemnation and court action even as bids for demolition must be set and rat poison placed five days before work. City ordinances must approve the street reconfiguration with two special meetings on April 17. The project proceeds despite delays, Nuzzo insists.
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Virginia Nuzzo
Fourth Ward
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
West Main Street
First
Second Avenues
First Avenue
Boston House
George Hartley
Hartley
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Nuzzo
City, Council
Mrs. Nixon braves snow to tour Evergreen Commune
Mrs Nixon visits the Evergreen People's Commune west of Peking amid a North China snowstorm. She mingles with schoolchildren, observes winter cultivation under glass, and visits a commune clinic where acupuncture is performed. A 68 year old woman receives tong needle treatment as Nixon watches and the two young practitioners explain the therapy.
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Peking
Pat Nixon
North China
Mrs. Nixon
Corry Driver Injured In Crash
Rodney J. Ricketts a 19 year old from 33 Marion street was treated and released from Corry Memorial Hospital after a one car crash on Route 9 three miles south of Wattsburg at 9 50 p m. He lost control hitting banks on both sides causing the vehicle to roll over with about $2 000 in damages.
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Rodney J. Ricketts
Marion Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Wattsburg
Corry
Ricketts
Nixon Chou hold third talk in China amid thaw and cordial displays
In Peking Nixon and Chou Enlai wrap a four hour session seen as progress toward a friendly U.S. China accommodation, though Vietnam remains unsettled. Chou hints reporters may stay longer, while capital gym performances underscore warming ties. The talks extend beyond private meetings, hinting at broader future relations.
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Peking
Nixon
Chou Enlai
China
Vietnam
Chou
Nixons
Capital
Kremlin
Mao Tse-tung
U.S
Choli
Chiang Ching
Teng Ying-chao
Department of Information
Kennedy son freed from Aden hijack ends uneventful ordeal
Young Joe Kennedy III, son of Robert F Kennedy, was released after 18 hours aboard a hijacked German jet at Aden airport. Five Palestinian hijackers demanded releases of Palestinians and held crew and male passengers, with Lufthansa sending a second plane to retrieve others. Kennedy spoke of fear but called it not the worst moment of his life as diplomats reported possible demands tied to West German and Cairo trial-linked releases.
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Aden
South Yemen
Joe Kennedy
Asong
Kennedy
Rober F_ Kennedy
Beirut
Frankfurt
Lufthansa
Frankuurt
Arthur Kellas
West Germany
Cairo
Wash Tell
Jordan
Yemen
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Mr. Kennedy
Young Kennedy
Edward M Kennedy
Washington
Ethel Kenedy
Harrison Munday
el Segundo
Calif
Horn
Laos
Zionist Occupation Vicims Organization
Gaza Strip
Witnesses Refuse to Testify in Berrigan Trial
Four women tied to FBI informer Boyd Douglas Jr. say they will invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to testify against antiwar priest Philip Berrigan and six others in the Harrisburg 7 conspiracy case. Immunity may be granted to secure their testimony, while Douglas remains unseen since his public emergence 14 months ago. The defense notes concerns about safety and questions the government’s linking of witnesses to a broader plot.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Boyd Douglas Jr
FBI
Philip Berrigan
Allen Black
Jane Hoover
Patricia Rom
Mary Elizabeth Sandell
Zoia Horn Galloway
Chie
William Lynch
Black
Philadelphia
U.S
R. Dixon Herman
Douglas
Berrigan
Lewisburg
Lynch
Miss Ram
Miss Sandel
Joseph Wenderoth
Father Berrigan
Ramsey Clark
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People’s Republic
Peking Hotel
Legislative Action Committee
Information Department
Thou
Great Hall of the People
RFK Son
Henry Kissinger
Draft Board
Bucknell University
Hoover
Sandell
Miss Rom
Mrs. Galloway
Bucknell
Turlock
Galif
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