Deferments Narrow as Med Students Lead Eligibility
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration plans to end most draft deferments except for medical and hardship cases. Only medical students would remain eligible for college deferments after a set date, with current deferments allowed to finish ongoing undergraduates. Officials expect 225,000 draftees this year, down from 290,000 previously, as Vietnam commitments shrink.
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Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
National Security Council
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Vietnam
Pentagon
Laird
Census Bureau Sets Local Poll
The monthly survey of employment and unemployment will be conducted in this area next week. John G. Gibson, director of the bureau's regional office in Philadelphia, says households will be interviewed as part of a scientifically designed sample. Data support the Bureau of Labor Statistics to measure the nation's economic health and remain confidential by law.
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Bureau of the Census
John G. Gibson
Bureau
Philadelphia
U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
Jamestown Faces Flight Cutbacks From Allegheny Airlines
Jamestown Mayor Lundine and the airport commission threaten legal action as Allegheny Airlines cuts all round trips from Jamestown to Cleveland and Detroit and eliminates a flight to New York City. Mohawk Airlines service remains. City officials warn of isolation and urge reconsideration while terminal upgrades are explored.
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Jamestown
Lundine
Airport Commission
Allegheny Airlines
Cleveland
Detroit
New York City
Mohawk Airlines
Ponder Taxing Public and Private Institutions Hearings
A state House committee began hearings to study ending real estate tax exemptions for religious groups utilities veterans clubs and government units. Rep. Pittenger noted 22 percent of real estate is exempt and that Pittsburgh and Harrisburg show higher rates. The bipartisan panel plans hearings in Philadelphia Harrisburg and Beaver Falls with Beaver Falls cancelled.
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Visasburgh
State
House of Representatives
John C. Pittenger
Lancaster
League of Cifies
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Pittenger
House
Philadelphia
Beaver Falls
Order Suspect Held For Bank Holdup
A Baltimore man, Wesley Leon Harper, 28, was ordered held without bail by Municipal Judge Ralph Dennis for grand jury action on charges linked to the Oct. 29 Philadelphia National Bank branch robbery where a guard was fatally shot. Harper, an escapee from Maryland, was captured in Tampa after the $7,800 hold up. Benjamin McElveen, 35, a newly hired Philadelphia newspaper reporter, was arrested soon after. Both face murder charges and 11 federal counts.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Ralph Dennis
Philadelphia National Bank
Wesley Leon Harper
Maryland Correctional Institution
FBI
Tampa
Fla
George Bordner
Benjamin McElveen
Simple Signing Implements State's New Cigarette Tax
Harrisburg AP reports Governor Shafer signed the Pennsylvania cigarette tax into law, raising the per pack to 18 cents and pegging revenue at 21 million for the remainder of the current year and 53.7 million annually thereafter. Shafer, a non-smoker, said he did not advocate the measure but accepted it as part of the General Assembly's tax program and signed after midnight at the executive mansion.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shafer
General Assembly
Executive
Senate
Associated Press
Aken
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
John H. Lathrop
North Carolina
New York City
Clergyman backs deserters motives in Vietnam war
The Rev. Thomas Lee Hayes of New York said deserters counseled in Sweden symbolize America's moral wrong in Vietnam. He stated deserters were driven by fear of being sent to Vietnam and should remind the U.S. to withdraw. The clergyman spent 10 months with Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam advising GI deserters.
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Hiladelphia
Sweden
America
Vietnam
Thomas Lee Hayes
New York
U.S
Peters May Get Court Attorney In Murder Case
Erie: If private counsel is not hired to defend Jack Peters 29 charged with the December 24 murder of his wife Public Defender Sherwood Jones is expected to ask the court to appoint a defense attorney. Jones met with the accuseds swan's mother to explain the functions of the Public Defender's office and discuss hiring private counsel. Peters' parents are reviewing finances and awaiting word from his father in Kansas City Mo.
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Erie
Jack Peters
Sherwood Jones
Jones
Swan
Public Defender's Office
Peters
Kansas City
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