Dangerous cops claim hits 35 percent in police ranks
AP report cites Dr. Edward Shev of Sausalito saying 35 percent of on duty officers are "really dangerous." He classifies 60 percent as "treatable" and 5 percent as naturally adept, with the remainder unstable under pressure. Shev urges psychiatric checks for top posts and offers to screen candidates for the FBI director role.
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San Francisco
Edward Shev
Sausalito
Calif
Shev
Marshall Hale Memorial Hospital
Shey
FBI
Carter
Johnstown Flood Cut Off Residents Faced With Looting Risks
Eight hours of rain isolated Johnstown as creeks rose and streets flooded waist high. Civil Defense said three dead, five missing, looters to be shot if needed. Gov Shapp declared extreme emergency enabling National Guard use and emergency purchases. Damages could reach 100 million.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Ehenisburg
Herbert Ptubl Jr
Solomon Homes
Harrisburg
Shapp
National Guard
Bedford
Cambers
Clearfield
Crawford
Indiana
Jefferson
Somerset
Westmoretaml
Limer Shank
Cambria County Civil Defense
Civil Defense
Pfubl
Drought Hits 100 Acre Florida Corn Farm Face Losses
Mont Brooks of Romeo Florida surveys his 100 acre corn crop ruined by drought in northern Florida. Only six kernels remain on an ear and losses reach at least six thousand dollars. Over 30 drought stricken North Florida counties are declared a disaster area and farmers await heavy rains and emergency federal aid.
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Mont Brooks
Romeo
Fla
Florida
Brooks
Labor Pact Rejected as Rain Delays City News
United Steel Workers members rejected McInnes Steel’s first contract offer by an 8 to vote despite management concessions on wages and cost of living. Some younger workers sought larger raises, and leaders warned moves may wait until September as heavy rains caused flooding and road closures across Crawford County.
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Rick Martin
United Steel Workers Union
McInnes Steel Management
Rank and File
Corry
Conelway Road
Crawford County
Merchants Plan Old Fashioned Bazaar Daze Theme
The Corry Chamber of Commerce announced Bazaar Daze planned for August 11 to 13 with an old fashioned turn of the century theme. Merchants will wear gay nineties attire and offer vintage bargains while strolling bands, a street dance, pie eating, an ice cream social, antique exhibits and prize giveaways accompany curbside booths and various community activities.
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Corry
Beaver Club
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Dan Alexander
Yor Abe Chamber
Budget Vote May Come Today In Pennsylvania
Rank and file lawmakers weigh a budget proposal raising income tax to 2.3 percent and cutting or altering subsidies to fund state services. The plan would lift the sales tax exemption on household goods, raise the corporate net income tax to 11 percent, and shift billions in subsidies, with final votes expected on the latest conference committee proposal. The effort seeks about 288 million dollars in new revenue and faces mixed Democratic and Republican support as leaders push for enough votes to pass both chambers.
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Rich Kirkpatrick
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Legislative ‘Conference Committee
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
James Manderino
Henry Messinger
Lehigh County
Democratic Committee
Martin Murray
Ernest Kline
Philadelphia
Messinger
Manderino
Thomas
Antutar
Deadly heat wave grips wide region with deaths
The heat wave, now described as deadly, spans a 2,000 mile belt from the Atlantic to the Rockies. In Davenport Iowa a young mother watched her four children drown in the Mississippi River seeking relief. Nine deaths in St Louis over two days are blamed on the heat along with five more on Tuesday. New York City hit 102, Lamar Colorado 105, and Baltimore Washington 97 tying a daily record. Crops and livestock suffer in Maryland Delaware Virginia Iowa Indiana while utilities report high usage and outages occur in several states.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Iowa
Mississippi
Ruth Triplett
St. Louis
Atlantic Coast
Rockies
New York City
Lamar
Colo
Baltimore-Washington International
Maryland
Young D Hance
Delaware
Virginia
Indiana
Minnesota
Colorado
Ohio
New York
Masachusetts
Naked starving children found in Brooklyn apartment
Six naked starving children aged four weeks to six years were found in a filthy Canarsie apartment. They were dehydrated and exposed. their father reportedly died two weeks earlier and the mother disappeared. Police say the mother Brenda Jordan collected a $50 welfare payment before vanishing. The youngsters, three boys and three girls, were placed with foster families after incident. The apartment was overrun by cockroaches and the children were soiled.
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New York
Canarsie
Brooklyn
Kings County Hospital
Brenda Jordan
Bridge Closures Delay Repairs Across Route 6 in Pa
A PA highways report says thirty seven state bridges are dangerous but funding limits PennDOT to sole repairs under 500000, leaving many spans waiting. Detours route traffic via West Washington and North Center streets while crews address sinking Spencer Creek bridge near Corry and other unsafe structures statewide.
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Pennsylvania Highway Information Association
Vincent Kennerknecht
Erie County
Pa. Dept. of Transportation
Penndot
Nadoparpale Perielia
Washington Street
Pinpoint Bridge
Pat Perry
West Washington
North Center Street
Prrdp AO
Kennerknecht
Spencer Creek
Route 6
Corry
PHIA
Four Jailed In Service Station Theft In Venango County
Four Warren residents were arrested by Corry state police after an alleged theft at Cherry Hill Service station in Cherrytree Township Venango County. Larry Mallory 21 Wilson Burgess 20 Jeannette Can pana 19 and Lillian Hayman 18 faced theft and conspiracy charges. They were arraigned before a district magistrate and jailed on 5000 bonds each for theft and Titusville department charges. The Titusville charges involve theft by deception. The women are in Crawford County Jail and the men in Venango County Jail.
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Warren
Ohio
Corry State
Cherry Hill
Cherrytree
Venango County
Larry Mallory
Wilson Burgess
Jeannette Canpana
Lillian Hayman
Titusville
Crawford County
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Bay
Sausalito Council
Windser
Pennsylvania Department of Environment
Cambria County
St. Patrick's Day
Corry McInnes
Saegertown
Conneautville
Erie
Irish Road
Crossingville
National Weather Service
Pittsburgh
Erie International Airport
Venango Township
Punxsutawney
Jefferson County
Big Run
Sykeville
Meadville
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