GOP House to vote on wiretap probe in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg Republicans press for a House vote this week on a probe of law enforcement and a wiretapping incident reminiscent of the 1965 inquiry led by Democrats. The plan would grant subpoena powers to a GOP committee, with nine Republican seats on the Rules Committee ensuring action despite Democratic hesitance.
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Scranton
Healy
Sipestiones
Pennsylvania Crime Commission
Montgomery County
Commission
Joseph Hepford
GOP
William Eckensberger
Lehigh County
Law and Justice Committee
House
William Scranton
E. Wilson Purdy
St. Petersburg
Fla
Pennsylvania
Krexly
Senate
Hepford-Eckensberger
Rules Committee
Legislators' Expense Limit Jumps To $5,000
Harrisburg AP reports that state legislators will see their expense allowance rise from 2500 to 5000 at midnight, with 15600 in salary. The funding depends on the defunct Pay Board decision. many lawmakers say they already spend about 5000 yearly on hotel, meals, home office costs, telephone, postage, travel, and contingencies. One example, Sen John Stauffer of Chester County, cites 5952.80 in 1972 with detailed breakdowns of hotel, meals, postage, heat, office supplies, car costs, and charitable contributions.
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Pay Board
Capitol
George Gekas
John Stauffer
Internal Revenue Service
Stauffer
Chester County
Saya Et Ceetre
Wayne Ewing
Rallegheny
George Wade
Cumberland County
Corry Student Wins $900 Urban Studies Grant
Miss Candace Gail Eastman of Corry, a Slippery Rock State College junior majoring in political science, was selected for Hamline University's Urban Studies Term in St Paul Minnesota this semester, receiving a 900 dollar grant to study urban politics and planning. The program limits participants to 30 undergraduates from colleges nationwide and aims to examine urban life and research in the Twin Cities.
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Candace Gail Eastman
Corry
Slippery Rock State College
Hamline University
St Paul
Minn
Eastman
Everett Eastman
820 East South
Fi Clare
Nursing Home Blaze Claims At Least Ten Lives
Pleasantville officials report at least 10 dead after a fast moving fire gutted Street's Rest Home. Six residents survived as flames poured from first floor windows delaying response due to a hydrant three quarters of a mile away. Fire chief Schlundt said the blaze began likely in a linen closet and was out after about three hours.
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Street
Walt S. Schlundt
Schlundt
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