County Home Rule Study Group Aims for November Ballot
Erie County commissioners will vote Tuesday on placing home rule on the November general election ballot after the Erie LWV pressed for earlier action. County officials cited the 26 day window and older voting machines as reasons not to list the measure on the May primary ballot. The LWV and party chairs support exploring home rule, with a November ballot plan favored to allow candidates for a study commission time to prepare. Act 62, signed in 1972, created options for local governments in Pennsylvania.
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Erie County League of Women Voters
LWV
Erie
Leo Weir
Weir
Community Services
Schaaf
League of Women Voters
Roger Fischer
Register of Wills
Richard Chase
Sharon Craig
LWY
Study Commission
League
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Home Rule Meaning For Us And Our County
Home rule broadens local government powers beyond current limits while preserving existing units. It allows changing form of government and developing new local solutions without waiting for state permission, subject to state and federal law. A study commission would evaluate accountability, efficiency, and possible changes, with ballot questions and steps outlined.
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Study Commission
City and County Tax Bills Levy Over Half Million Dollars
City and county property tax bills totaling 578 765 were mailed to Wilmington homeowners. City Treasurer Mary Hubley cited a one mill cut to city millage from 17 to 16 affecting the decline from 587 147 last year. county millage stays at 12 5. Bills are due with a two percent rebate until May 1, then face value May and June, with a five percent penalty after July 1. Calley released on 1 000 bond while appealing a 1968 My Lai murder conviction.
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Mary
Hubley
Woman Injured in Route 77 Crash Near Little Cooley
A 46 year old woman, Julia Tubbs of Centerville, was hospitalized in guarded condition after losing control on Route 77 east of Little Cooley. Her car rolled and ended up on its side. Police report total damage at 1700 dollars.
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Little Cooley
Meadville's Hospital
Tri
Berm
Bloomfield Ambulance Service
Corryman
Route 6
Paul McDonald
Paul G. Kehe
Cassadaga
N.Y
Centerville
Arlene Looker
R.D. 3
Union City
Bonnie C. Buckman
la Grande
Ore
Ruckman Alto
Looker
Nixon vows veto of emergency energy bill
President Nixon said he would veto the emergency energy legislation passed by Congress, arguing the oil price rollback would worsen shortages and trigger nationwide rationing. He urged action on administration plans to raise petroleum supplies, speaking at a Young Republican conference in Washington amid protests for more years.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
White House
Henry M. Jackson
Cash
Senate
Capitol Hill
Watergate Complex
House Commerce Committee
U S and Egypt to resume full diplomatic ties
Washington and Cairo announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations after 1967 severance. Kissinger, visiting Cairo, and President Sadat were key to the agreement. Ambassadors Ashraf Ghorbal and Hermann Eilts named. Disengagement talks for Syria and Israel on the Golan Heights remain central to the pact.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
White House
Cairo
Henry A. Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Gerald L. Warren
Nixon
Suez Canal
Kissinger
Israel
Syria
Ashraf Ghorbal
Hermann Eilts
Golan Heights
Sinai
Sadat
Geneva
Golan
Britain Votes as Cold Weather Dampens Turnout
London observers report bleak weather and a nation facing belt tightening as voters go to polling stations. Prime Minister Edward Heath’s Conservatives led early polls against Harold Wilson’s Labour, with Liberal Jeremy Thorpe steadily gaining. Economic strain and coal shortages shadow the outcome as austerity looms.
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London
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
Jeremy Thorpe
Heath
Nab Driver After Chase Find Pistol
Police chased Barry C. Randall through North Center street at high speed before stopping in a state substation parking lot. A loaded .22 pistol with five rounds was found on the seat. Randall refused to discuss a permit and faced charges of reckless driving and carrying a gun without a permit. Information was filed with District Justice Porter Aver.
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Fred Corbett
North Center Street
State Police
Corbett
Barry C. Randall
Apache Avenue
Shawnee Village
Porter Aver
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State County
Commission
Wilmington
Del
Ali Z. Hameli
John E. Bradley
Bradley
John Doherty
Calley
My Lai
Ann Moore
William Calley
Columbus, Ga
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Golda Meir
Center
The
Simcha Dinitz
Abba Eban
Jerusalem
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