Senate Parks Space Spending Amid Flood of Public Works
In a contentious two day session the Senate passed an 18.6 billion omnibus bill despite calls for fiscal restraint. NASA received 3.319 billion, with proposals adding 400 million for urban renewal and 300 million for sewer and water facilities. The debate featured Sen. Proxmire calling it an extravaganza and Fulbright opposing cuts to space funds amid broader fiscal fights.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
NASA
William Fulbright
Smithsonian Institution
Arkansas Democrat
Potomac River
Gordon Allott
R-Cole
Omnibus Independent Agencies
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
New York City
Goldwater
Mike Mansfield
Downtown Walks Deadline Nearing
City to open bids for sidewalk upgrade contract valued 40000 to 50000 dollars. City Engineer Johnson says bids will be invited, with July 15 notices to owners and August 3 bid opening. Front foot assessment set at 4.64 cents, city covers 25 percent of total cost.
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David Johnson
Clare Capwell
State Department of Labor and Industry
Route 6
Worth Street
Johnson
Two Meadville Area Youths Held In Pot Charges
Two Crawford County youths, Joel S. Bennett and Ramon Jimenez Jr., were arrested at Bennett’s Conneaut Lake home on narcotics charges. Bennett faces sale of marijuana and amphetamines and possession of marijuana, Jimenez is charged with possession of marijuana. They were jailed in Crawford County with bail set at nine thousand dollars after arraignments before district justices.
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Meadville
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Joel S. Bennett
Cochranton
Ramon Jimenez Jr
Conneaut Lake
Bennett
Jimenez
Public Defender Musica Case Settled Before Hearing
In Meadville a May assault and battery case against Crawford County Public Defender Louis D. Musica was reported settled yesterday afternoon just before a scheduled District Justice Ladner hearing. The alleged incident involved Nancy Peterson and her son Mark, who was reportedly released from City Hospital with an arm in a sling.
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Meadville
Crawford County
Louis D. Musica
D.W. Ladner
Nancy
Mark
Peterson
City Hospital
Captain MacDonald heads to Ft Bragg hearing on murder charges
Capt Jeffrey MacDonald carries a briefcase as he heads for a week long hearing at Fort Bragg North Carolina on charges of murdering his wife and two children.
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Jeffrey MacDonald
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Burglars Target Corry Rubber Chain Hoist Over Holiday Weekend
Police investigate theft of a 60 to 75 pound yellow chain hoist from Corry Rubber Corporation on West Main Street. Entry may have been through a second story window. hoist on a track was removed via boiler room and rear exit during holiday weekend. Ernest Ferro, company official, filed the report.
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Corry Rubber Corporation
West Main Street
Ernest Ferro
Ferro
Ferre
Staff Aide Reveals Viet Nam Prisoner Abuse Allegations
A staff aide accuses the select House committee of whitewashing a report on Viet Nam prisoner conditions. He says hundreds of prisoners were kept in tiger cages with squalid, cramped cells and beatings, and that the disclosure was suppressed to avoid embarrassing findings about American POWs.
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Washington
Select House
Vietnam
Thomas R. Harkin
G. V
Sonny" Mongomery
D-Miss
Harkin
State Solons To Ask $4 Million Pay Hike
Harrisburg AP drive to raise salaries for legislators judges and state executives aims for four million dollars. A special committee outlined the increase plan after Gov Shafer blocked an earlier move. Budget Secretary David C Maxwell helped prepare the proposal as the committee began its work today.
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Harrisburg
Senate
David C. Maxwell
Shafer
Drag Racers Charged With Seven Offenses
Two local drivers faced seven charges after staging a drag race on June 30. Elwin L. Gates, 23, and James H. Roden Jr, 21, were identified by police at the intersection of North Center and Washington. Gates fled a police signal, continuing ten miles north before being stopped. charges include drag racing, failure to stop, speeding, and running a traffic signal. Roden was charged with drag racing.
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North Center
Washington Street
Elwin L. Gates
R.D. J. Corry
James H. Roden Jr
West Smith Street
Cpl
Julius
Gus) Wotus
Joel. Steele
Gates
Roden
Park Place
Watus
Steele
Boden
Porter Auer
Freak Accident Kills Trucker At Jamestown
Harold C. Worden Sr., 55, of Buffalo died at WCA Hospital after a freak accident in Jamestown when a second parked truck rolled forward on an incline and pinned him between trailers. Coleson, 31, of Celoron, watched his truck move and warned Worden but could not reach him in time. Coroner Costanza cited internal injuries and a crushed chest as the cause.
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WCA
Jamestown
N.Y
Harold C. Worden Sr
Chautauqua County
Worden
James Manzi
Conrad Coleson
Celoron
Coleson
Lyons
WCA Hospital
Thomas Costanza
Fire destroys suspect Edna Cook Stone’s carriage house
In Pittsburgh an eight-year-old woman accused of killing 12 year old Ernest Keith Caldwell saw her carriage house burn early today. Investigators say no one was inside and the fire followed Caldwell’s June 21 shooting which sparked sporadic racial violence in Manchester.
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Pittsburgh
Edna Cook Stone
Ernest Keith Caldwell
Manchester
Tragic Crossing Claim Shocks Small Town
Trooper Raisley points to the spot where Jacqueline Ellsworth, five, of R.D. Tburg, was struck while crossing Route last evening. Authorities report the incident occurred near a road crossing as emergency crews responded to the pedestrian tragedy.
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Donald Raisley
Jacqueline Ellsworth
R.D. Teburg
Three Crashes Plague Wattsburg Area, Leave Child Injured
A five year old Wattsburg girl remains in fair condition at St Vincent Hospital Erie after being struck by a car in Lowville while playing with other children. The vehicle driven by S Amer of Erie hit the girl as she darted across Route 8. Investigators report the car did not sustain damage. In a separate crash, Thomas VanGuilder of Columbus lost control on Route 957 near Wattsburg, crashing into an embankment and into a cornfield. charges pending. A tractor trailer ripped into a Clarendon home on Route 6, injuring no one but causing head and knee injuries to occupants and property damage estimated at $19,000.
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Wattsburg
St Vincent Hospital
Erie
Lounville
Jacqueline Ellsworth
St. Vincent
Lowville
S.amer
Wagner
Donald Raisley
Barry Klingensmith
Edward Paai
Clarendon
Aestle
Nadine Campbell
Bruce
Mike Gurgle
Jamestown
N.Y
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Soviets
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Earth
Montgomery
State Department
U.S. Information Agency
Long
William R. Anderson
D-Tenn
Augustus F. Hawkins
D-Calif
U.S
Saigon
Ministry of Interior
Drag Racers
Ofice
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Trucker
Journal
Endsley
Wattsburg Area
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