Solon Backs Plan For U S Lottery
Washington AP reports Rep Louis C Wyman of New Hampshire endorses a federal lottery as a tax generating measure to skewer illegal numbers operations. He estimates potential annual revenue of 7 to 10 billion dollars with states sharing profits and asserts lottery integrity and feasibility are key. He notes state approval and mechanics remain to be resolved. The article also notes 127 miles of Interstate 79 opened in Pennsylvania with completion slated for 1973 and a $400 million cost begun in 1961.
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New Hampshire
Treasury
Louis C. Wyman
Wyman
National Association of State Attorneys General
Western Pennsylvania
Erie
Pittsburgh
West Virginia State Line
Baptists Hold Annual Meeting and Elect Officers
First Baptist Church members met for the annual meeting reporting on groups including Berean Society Bethany Class Choir and Youth fellowships. Treasurer's figures show over 43385 in giving with 12527 to missions and 741 to building fund. a 41859 budget was set with 10080 for missionary support and 7207 for the building fund. Officers elected include Cecil Messinger and Robert Nichols as deacons Halphy Carroll treasurer and Ralph Carroll head usher. Meanwhile a feature notes a seeing eye cat named Cutie aiding Mrs Esther Downey Palmer in Medford Oregon.
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Berean Society
Bethany
Cecil Messinger
Robert Nichols
Fred Marsh
Larry Mosher
Draft bill written by young men seeks congressional hearing
West Virginia representative John Slack plans to let college students draft a bill to amend the Selective Service law. He will introduce the proposal, back it with a Congressional Record statement, and seek hearings this spring with youthful witnesses. Slack, 54, says the idea engages nonstudents as well and stems from the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention.
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Washington
West Virginia
John Slack
House
Armed Services Committee
Slack
Chicago
Odd Jobs Spark Debate Over Nixon Income Plan
Washington AP The House Ways and Means Committee questions how to compute supplements for fluctuating earnings in Nixon's proposed minimum $2,400 annual family income. Dilemmas include monthly income tracking for millions of potential recipients and administrative complexity, while a shift to an expanded employment referral system gains support but faces cost concerns.
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House
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al Ullman
D-Ore
Office of Economic ‘Opportunity
New Jersey
Ullman
NET Announces Emergency Plan For Pennsylvania Public Network
Harrisburg AP The Pennsylvania Public Television Network will keep broadcasting national educational shows through February after CPB agreed to supply programs for another month. No state produced shows will air, including Harrisburg Report The Place TV Garden Club and Penn State Sports. Funding resolution remains in Senate committee.
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Sparta Events Report and Community Updates
Local note recalls Sparta basketball loss to Youngsville 53 to 61 with JV 26 to 29, and plans a trip to Commodore Perry. March of Dimes drives listed with several volunteers and a deadline by month end. Also a hospital greeting to Mrs. Hazel Flick, CMA Church group rolling bandages for leprosarium in Vietnam, and birthdays this week.
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Youngsville
Jvs
Commodore Perry
Betty Maynard
Marlene Shanbaugh
Sandy Hajac
Betty Jones
Jane Thompson
Vera Montgomery
Wilma Dean
Deborah
Rose Reed
Carl
Hazel) Flick
Corry Memorial Hospital
Corry
CMA Church
Bridages
Missing Harrisburg girl feared drowned in Susquehanna
A Harrisburg girl, year-old Kathrine Harmantzis, missing since Wednesday afternoon, is feared drowned after searches along the Susquehanna River near Front and Harris streets. Police reported footprints on ice and a river rescue unit grappled for the body, with a resumed search anticipated.
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Susquehanna
Kathrine Harmantzis
Nicholas Harmantzis
Front
Harris
Harrisburg River Rescue
Principal Granted $49,000 Back Pay in Brownsville Case
Brownsville Area School District back pay ruling awards assistant supervising principal George Albert $49,000 after the State Supreme Court lifted a three year suspension. Albert had been suspended in November 1966 for accepting dual salaries and extra pay for federal education programs amid charges of insubordination and neglect.
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Brownsville
Brownsville Area
State Supreme Court
Luce
George Albert
Albert
Mercer Escapees Returned To Jail
A life-prisoner Kenneth Perrine and inmate Terry Lee Hall were recaptured within forty minutes after escaping Mercer County Jail. Trooper Sidney Irving arrested them near Mercer High School after Hall, awaiting burglary sentence, threatened a guard with a homemade knife to free Perrine. Perrine had been convicted of murder tied to a March 1968 Virginia Military Institute cadet slaying and was awaiting a retrial appeal when the escape occurred. Both men face prison breech charges.
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Mercer, Pa
Mercer County
Kenneth Perrine
Mercer
Terry Lee Hall
Sharon
Sidney Irving
Mercer High School
Hall
Perrine
Virginia Military Institute
Legion Fund Drive Opposed by Senator Young
Senator Stephen M. Young of Ohio resigns from the American Legion over a plan to raise 200000 dollars for Lt. William L alley's defense in the My Lai murder case. Jacksonville posts launched the drive, and Young cites disgust with actions of a small group at national headquarters.
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Stephen M. Young
Ohio
American Legion
William L €Alley
My Lai
Jacksonville
Fla
Young
The
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