Mr GOP Of State Backs Out Of Convention
Harrisburg Pennsylvania George S Bloom known as Mr Republican withdraws as a GOP delegate for the April 25 primary. At 73 he chairs the Public Utility Commission and has long led state party efforts. Several candidates also quit racing including Sen Paul Mahady and Rep Michael Needham. Scales favored to win the Senate seat amid party leadership changes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
George S. Bloom
Bloom
Public Utility Commission
Senate
State Elections Bureau
Paul W. Mahady
Westmoreland
John N. Scales
Michael J. Needham
Dlackawanna
House
Needham
Nixon
PUC
Commission
Mahady
Scales
Shapp
Police Crash Details Still Not Clear
Meadville Pennsylvania State Police probe into the February 15 accident involving a state police car remains inconclusive amid contradictions. The driver of the school bus refused to talk to press under orders. A 14 year old boy, Robert Walk, was struck and injured. no charges have been filed.
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Meadville
Pennsylvania
Kenneth A. Ferry
Henry S. Miller
Joseph &. Smith
Miller
Smith
Cpl. Miller
Robert F. Walk
Baldwin Street
Walk
Spencer Hospital
Robert L. Hackett
Hackett
Oil City
Betty J. Karns
Reno
Oil City Hospital
Karns
Harold R. Karns
Senate Passes Expanded Federal Job Discrimination Ban
The Senate approved a strengthened Civil Rights era job discrimination ban with new enforcement powers and broader coverage. The measure, approved twice by 73-16 and 72-17, extends to state and local government employees and raises coverage to firms with 15 or more workers.
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Washington
Senate
Laird Envisions Air Force Planes From Navy Carriers
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird proposes long range ideas to share sea control with the Air Force by flying Air Force planes from Navy carriers. He predicts Admiral Zumwalt would agree to carrier sharing while a senior Air Force general balks at becoming tailhookers, warning against transforming carrier pilots.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Air Force
Laird
Navy
Adm
Elmo R. Zumowalt, Jr
Naval Operations
Azores
Newfoundland
Iceland
Greenland
Congress
U.S
Mediterranean
Caribbean
North Sea
Sen Jackson Tops Pennsylvania Ballot in Party Primary
Harrisburg AP Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington will hold the top spot on the April 25 Democratic presidential preference primary ballot in Pennsylvania. The lineup includes Humphrey second, McGovern third, Wallace fourth, and Muskie fifth. The primary delegates are nonbinding, with Pennsylvanians electing delegates committed to a specific candidate.
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Harrisburg
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Pennsylvania
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Gov
George Wallace
Alabama
Edmund Muskie
Maine
National FFA Week Focuses on Youth with a Purpose
Area FFA chapters at Corry Area High School and Clymer Central School join a nationwide celebration honoring National FFA Week. The event highlights leadership, cooperation and citizenship among 430 000 members nationwide, including 42 in Clymer and over 60 in Corry, aligning with George Washington's birthday.
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Howard Hammond
Bernard Fralick
Corry Area
FFA
America
Corry Area High School
Clymer Central School
United States
Clymer
Corry
Bulldozer Reaches Snowbound Group Stranded in Cabin
A bulldozer carves through six foot drifts to reach 11 people stranded by a weekend storm at a cabin near Coburn Pennsylvania. Snowmobiles reached the site and a state police helicopter dropped food as the group, many from Millersburg, reported good condition.
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Coburn
Here
Poe Valley State Park
Charles Frazier
Penns Valley Snowmobile Club
Jane Sheetz
Ron Clark
Norma Shearer
Ray Bolig
ITI
Lynee Bolig
Tanya Bolig
Carol Sheets
Carl Hoke
Terry Bailey
Linda Bailey
Bob Keefer Frazier
Millersburg
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Aaronsburg
Aout
Jury selection continues in Gilly murder case in Washington
In Washington County Court jurors enter a second day in the Paul Gilly trial as he faces charges in the Yablonski murder plot. One juror, Dorothy Andrews, a 55 year old widow from Independence, is sequestered. Prosecution relies on Claude Vealey who pleaded guilty and named Gilly as the go between in the killings. Vealey alleges payments of 5200 to a figure called Tony while Gilly handled the money. Aubran Martin, convicted last year and sentenced to death, is linked as another participant.
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Washington, Pa
Paul Gilly
Yablonski
Washington County Court
Dorothy B. Andrews
Independence
Gilly
Cleveland
United Mine Workers
Joseph “Jock” Yablonski
Claude Vealey
Vealey
Aubran Martin
Clarksville
Tony
Wesley
Martin
Leader of Outlawed IRA Arrested Today
In Dublin early today Cathal Goulding, chief of staff of the outlawed IRA, was arrested as British police hunted an IRA revenge squad after an Aldershot bombing that killed seven. 13 Catholics died in Londonderry clashes, and Tony Hefernan and Sinn Fein members were detained in Dublin.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Britain
Aldershot
16Th Parachute Brigade
Northern Ireland
TRA
16Th Brigade
Londonderry
Cathal Goulding
IRA
Goulding
Sinn Fein
Tony Heffernan
Jack Lynch
Ireland
Lynch
Birmingham
Manchester
Parachute Brigade
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D-N.c
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D-Ala
James L. Buckley
R-Con.n.y
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HEOC
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USDA
Carnival Bologna
Penna Doansp& Psd
Columbus Packing CO
Columbus-Lottsville Road
Columbus
James Hileman
YMCA
New York
Johnny Crawford
Chuck Connors
Naked Ape
Universal
Crawford
Desmond Morris
Donald Driver
Florida
Chicago
Los Angeles
Wonews
WHITE
Oxfords
Pik-um Shoes
Corry Plaza
Corry Meadville
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