State Senator Snyder Targets Delaware County Welfare Plan
Lancaster Senator Richard A. Snyder leads a tough critique of Pennsylvania welfare, challenging the Department of Public Welfare over the Delaware County assessment and its Outreach component. He urges delaying expansion until a full unbiased evaluation is completed, citing rising state welfare costs and strict eligibility trends amid broader national cuts.
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Richard A. Snyder
Lancaster
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
R. Budd Dwyer
Meadville
Snyder
State Department of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Delaware County
Helene Wohlgeruth
Department of Welfare
Wohlgemuth
Pennsylvania
IRS To Get Tough On Posting Law
The Internal Revenue Service will crack down on retailers failing to post base prices per new Wage and Price Commission rules. Corry Chamber officials say only four stores posted prices. others still follow old rules. Rules require top 40 selling items posted in conspicuous places for stores over $100,000 in annual gross. under $100,000, top 40 for the entire store. Prices must be publicly accessible without asking a manager.
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Internal Revenue Service
Wage and Price Commission
Corry
Pittsburgh
The
Journal
Corry deputy coroner posts filled in Erie County
Coroner Merle Wood named two year terms for Erie County deputy coroners effective January 1. In Corry Olin Bracken Jr was appointed continuing the Bracken and St George funeral home alternation. Union City director Mark C Glenn takes over from Harry L Musser. Other deputies Renamed include Edward Respecki James Evans W Allen Firman Dr Thomas R Miller Wallace Mulligan and James Summers. Changes were made in Corry North East Union City and Girard posts. Deputies have same duties as the coroner including calls and death reports.
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Erie County
Merle Wood
Erie
Corry
Olin Bracken Jr
Wood
Bracken Funeral Home
St George
James St. George
Union City
Mark C. Glenn
Harry L. Musser
Edward Respecki
James 0. Evans
Fairview
W. Allen Firman
Harborcreek
Thomas R. Miller
Edinboro
Wallace €. Mulligan
Girard
James P. Summers
Albion
North East
Snowmobile Races Set at No-Bar Riding Club Columbus
The USSA snowmobile races kick off at 10 a.m. at the No-Bar Riding Club in Columbus with entrants from across the country. Most races this year were canceled due to insufficient snow.
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No-Bar
Columbus
USSA
Journal
Pryor
Hanoi presses missiles closer to South Vietnam frontier
Hanoi moved mobile missile launchers toward Vietnam’s northern frontier, triggering two aerial engagements with U.S. fighters near the DMZ. U.S. forces reported a protective reaction strike and intensified SAM fire, while Laos reports contested control around Long Cheng as Meo forces fight to recapture Skyline Ridge. U.S. cutbacks continued, with 36 units (2,580 troops) withdrawn, and Nixon ordering total forces down to 69,000 by May 1.
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Saigon
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Laos
Long Cheng
Pathet Lao
Central Intelligence Agency
Vientiane
Vang Pao
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Dmz
Meadville Fire Ravages Downtown Causing 441000 Loss
A blaze in Meadville destroyed two downtown buildings and disrupted power to parts of the city. About 225 firefighters battled the 15 degree night fire, which began around 9 15 p m Friday in a shoe store and former dance hall. Damage to the main structure was about 265000 with another vacant condemned building heavily damaged. Electrical transformers were destroyed, knocking out Meadville Tribune presses from Friday night into Saturday morning. No injuries were reported and investigators continued today.
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Meadville
Seay
Meadville Tribune
Crawford County
Conneautville Grille
Try-M Office Project Gets City OK
The City Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a 100000 remodeling plan for the former Dodge building on North Center Street to serve Try-M Consumer Discount Co. A hedge fence will screen the site with a horseshoe drive and 27 parking spaces. The project adds three professional offices in the rear for lawyers or doctors. Construction may start soon. Fire deaths decline in Michigan in 1970 with 260 fatalities and 88,643 fires causing $114 million in damage.
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City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Try-M Consumer Discount Company
Dodge Agency
North Center Street
Council Chambers
Try-M
Finance Company
Bond Street
North Center
Trym
William Dyke
Barry Tingley
Tingley
the Journal
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Michigan State Police
U.S. protest over assault on Air Force aide in Moscow
A U.S. military attache Capt Elmer L Alderfer was attacked at Riga airport by over a dozen people. The incident, denied by the Soviets, sparked protests from the State Department. Alderfer, released after thirty minutes, faced injuries and accusations of taking pictures. The United States vows to pursue the matter.
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Washington
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
State Department
Incient
Elmer L. Alderfer
Riga
Alderfer
United States
Merab Kurashvila
New York
Kurashvila
James H. Scheuer
Danes Mourn Death of King Frederik IX
Copenhagen reports the death of King Frederik IX after influenza and a heart attack. Queen Margrethe II becomes constitutional monarch with no coronation. Funeral plans include a state lying in or on route to Roskilde Cathedral.
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Frederik IX
Copenhagen
Margrethe II
Denmark
Frederik
Ingrid
Roskilde Cathedral
Fire Slightly Damages Trover Potato Plant
Waterford Volunteer Fire Department answered a 7 12 am alarm at the Trover Potato Chip Plant with six units. The blaze confined to a compressor shed beside the main building, causing smoke and scorched paint but minimal plant damage. Extinguished in an hour. No damage estimate or cause yet.
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Waterford Volunteer Fire Department
Trover
Waterford
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