Balky Dems Halt Pfatt Confirmation in State Senate
The State Senate recessed again delaying Pfatt’s confirmation to fill the vacancy from Judge Barber’s death. Democratic leaders claimed approvals within the party while Republicans urged action. Pratt could be sworn in only if the Senate reconvenes and confirms him, else the Erie DA may appoint.
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Pladt
The
Journal Today
Thomas Barber
Senate
Erie County
William G. Sesler
Pratt
Sesler
Pradt
Sealer
Piasecki
Dauphin County
Barber
Committee OKs Teachers Personal Day Policy
The Corry Ares Joint School Committee approved a personal day plan for jointure teachers as part of the contract package. The one day off with pay per year requires principal approval and final sign off by the superintendent, with restrictions around prime days and specified personal or family needs.
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Corry Ares
Jointure
Jointure Administration
Joint Committee
Savinls
Two Children Die in Center Township Trailer Fire
In Monaca Pennsylvania investigators report two children died after neighbors forced entry into a locked Tate's Trailer Courts unit in Center Township. Fire crews spotted the blaze and found the children trapped inside their home on the site.
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Monaca
Seeenip
Center Township
Tate
Gambling raid nets two arrests in Jamestown NY
FBI agents and Jamestown police arrested two gambling operators, Joseph Munelli of Peep's News Room and Robert Cordosi, amid an 11 month probe begun in 1989. Both arraigned in Jamestown City Court with adjournments for counsel.
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Jamestown
N.Y
FBI
Joseph Munelli
Peep’s
News Room
Robert A. Cordosi
Jamestown City
Munella
Richard Ream
Automakers Get Time To Meet Exhaust Rules
Washington AP Auto manufacturers gain two more years to meet a weakened federal exhaust standard after government tests showed current methods miss half the tailpipe pollutants. NAPCA administrator John T. Middleton announced the delay, pledging improved tests for 1972 cars as stricter measurement methods will show higher readings, though actual emissions may be lower under the new rules due to better testing procedures and driving patterns.
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Washington
John T. Middleton
National Air Pollution Control Administration
Middleton
Trade Quota Passes Could Lift Shoe Shirt Prices
The House Ways and Means Committee approved import quotas that could raise U.S. consumer costs for shoes shirts and raincoats by up to 30 percent. The move marks a shift toward protecting domestic producers amid rising imports and strained talks with Japan. The plan bases quotas on past imports with exemptions possible for certain products and countries.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Congress
Ova
U.S
My Lai Coverup Charged as Deliberate Agreement
A House subcommittee accuses military and State Department officers of a deliberate coverup of the My Lai massacre. It says reports of atrocities spread through 18 command levels but did not reach Saigon, with investigators unable to determine when or by whom the decision to suppress evidence was made. The report relies on still secret materials.
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Washington
My Lai
State Department
Special House
U.S
Saigon
Weath
Fourman House, Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Hugh C. Thompson
Thompson
Two Hurt As Auto Leaps Roadway
A Northeast driver and a 6 year old Erie youth were listed in fair and good condition respectively at St. Vincent Hospital Erie after a crash on Interstate 90 near the Route 97 interchange. Mrs. Alice McGarry 50 lost control swerved onto the median embankment vaulted 50 feet over Johnson road and came to rest atop a wall. The front end rested on the wall while rear wheels hung over the edge as passersby assisted before her removal amid a back injury. The youth Everett Eighmy son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eighmy was treated as a passenger in the vehicle.
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Erie
St. Vincent Hospital
Alice McGarry
Johnson Road
McGarry
Iist
Everett Eighmy
Charles Eighmy
Plane Crash Victims Still Listed Critical
Two Pittsburgh teens remain in critical condition after a small plane crash near Conneaut Lake on Monday night that killed 10 year old local boy Blair Hixon. Eugene Carlini 13 and Randolph Carlini 15 were burned over most of their bodies and rushed to Meadville City Hospital alongside the pilot’s son Blair Hixon who died at the scene. Government investigators sought to interview the pilot but were blocked by his critical state.
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Meadville
Pittsburgh
Conneaut Lake
Blair Hixon
Robert Hixon
Crawford County
Eugene Carlini
Randolph Carlini
Hixon
Meadgill City Hospital
Carlinis
Once-Filled Apartments Now Just Shells in Downtown
Downtown, only about six of 50 to 75 apartment units are rented as they are to be discontinued when vacated. The Journal found pipes and fixtures stripped, with plumbing and other items removed, leaving empty rooms over businesses.
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Hornick
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