World In Brief: Sterilization plan and global notes
Government promotes sterilization with incentives and penalties for officials who fail to implement the policy while backing couples with single sterilized partners or pledges after two children. Nixon criticizes Helsinki Declaration as Kissinger reports basic agreement on Latin American policy during his trip. Starfighter lawsuit seeks 8.5 million from an American manufacturer. The Netherlands, Japan, and Turkey to assist starfighter crash widows. Has film star, and Bette Midler honored. Pittsburgh transit fare rises March 11, and a 71-year-old man dies after a runaway truck sideswipes him on Pittsburgh's South Side.
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Peles Easab
Eles
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Taihstiehl Concentrvereen
Kissinger
Ford
Arson spree hits barns near Mechanicsburg area
A string of arson attacks plagues a Cumberland County area north of Mechanicsburg as fires erupt every third night over a week and a half. Cars, barns, and livestock are destroyed, including 12 antique cars valued around $100,000 and other losses totaling about $200,000, with one blaze killing 12 horses. A barn owned by George N Wade Jr. is among targets while authorities suspect diversions during the string of fires.
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Mechanicsburg
Cumberland County
George N. Wade Jr
Pa. School Code Action Delayed
In Harrisburg the House scrapped plans to vote this week on a major revision of Pennsylvania school codes. Democratic Leader K Leroy Irvis cited a flood of amendments making a vote before the weekend unlikely and suggested action after the April 27 primary. He warned the subsidy amendment could cost the state 200 million dollars or more, while others argued 170 million.
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Harrisburg
House
K. Leroy Irvis
Loor
Irvis
Pennsyvania
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Jack Seltzer
R-Lebanon
Assistant DA Calls for Marijuana Legalization in Policy Shift
Erie Assistant District Attorney Bernard Siegel urges decriminalizing and legalizing marijuana under a controlled system akin to alcohol. He argues current penalties burden defendants with lifelong records and calls for DA leadership rather than reactionary stance amid growing calls for reform.
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ERIE
Bernard Siegel
Erie County District Attorney's Office
Siegel
Pennsylvania
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