Pa Layoffs Begin On Monday In Budget Crisis
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania will lay off 6,600 state workers starting Monday as the budget standoff continues. Governor Shapp warns 944 employees in Health, Revenue and General Services will go first, with about 500 more by week’s end. Without a budget, spending authority vanishes and emergency funds fade.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Health, Revenue and General Services
Health, Agriculture, Labor and Industry
Johnstown
Air tanker drops retardant on brush fire near Corona
A large air tanker attacked a Cleveland National Forest brush fire near Corona California. Firefighters battled the blaze which raged uncontrolled and threatened western Corona homes, coming within about one hundred yards before containment.
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Cleveland National Forest
Corona
Calif
Rain Day Prophet John Daily Wins Bet in Rain Record
Waynesburg PA AP Rain fell for a ninth consecutive hour in July extending the town's rainfall record to 89 days in 102 years. John Daily, the rain prophet, said his streak continues and noted he has won bets and trinkets from celebrities including Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Muhammad Ali. Daily inherited the role from his father in 1998 and expects to keep winning bets.
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Waynesburg, Pa
John Daily
National Weather Service
Pennsylvania
Daily
Johnny Carson
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Muhammad Ali
School Taxes Soar and Taxpayer Burden Grows
The Journal charts a 64 percent five year rise in school taxes, about 13 percent yearly, showing how a $15 000 home market value translates to about $150 more in school taxes than five years ago. The equalizer method and millage hikes intensify the burden with no clear end.
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The
Journal
Corryiles
Summer Rec Program Suspended One Week by Parks Director
Barbara Mack of the Corry Parks and Recreation Department announced a temporary one week suspension of the summer recreation program starting next Monday. She cited plummeting participation due to shops on vacation and families traveling, noting staff would not be active in playgrounds during the break while Corry plants are shut down.
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Parks and Recreation
Barbara Mack
FBI steps up search for Hoffa two years after disappearance
In Detroit two years after James R. Hoffa vanished from a suburban restaurant, the FBI widens inquiries to possible connections with his parole and Teamster politics. Agents interview Nixon era officials, pursue a theory on Hoffa’s death, and press leads as the case remains unsolved.
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Detroit
Teamster Union
James R. Hoffa
FBI
U.S
Hoffa
Richard M. Nixon
Teamster
Frank Fitzsimmons
Nixon White House
Nbc-Tv
Nixon
Corry Area Disaster Remembered in 1882 Fire and Flood
The June 5 1923 anniversary recalls the 1882 Spartansburg Titusville Oil Creek flood and fire that killed about sixty people. Heavy rains preceding the event caused Oil Creek to flood, a dam failure at Spartansburg sent a torrent through Titusville and oil fires spread, destroying refineries and homes.
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Titusville
Oil Creek Valley
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Spartansburg
Corry
Oil Creek
Perry Street
Johnstown Flood Relief Gets Weekend Help From HUD
Patricia Harris visits flood areas near Johnstown Pennsylvania pledging sustained federal aid. Volunteers from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia arrive with electricians plumbers and tradespeople while police report 65 dead and 42 missing with search parties combing Conemaugh River debris as shelters and mobile homes are set up across Seward and Windber.
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Johnstown
Patricia Harris
Housing and Urban Development
Cambria
Pittsburgh
Beaver County
Philadelphia
Stephen Mandes
Southern Alleghenies Commission
Civil Defense
Mandes
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Conemaugh
River
Black Lick Creek
Westmoreland County
Seward
Windber
Regis Jackson
Harris
HUD
VFW Names Aide From Corry Post
George M. Collier of 43 East Congress Street is named a national aide-de-camp by VFW National Commander R D Smith of Atlanta to join the 1977 recruiting class. Collier, a member of VFW Post 264 Corry, is praised for civic dedication aiding veterans and communities served by the VFW.
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George M. Collier
East Congress Steel
VFW
R.D. Smith
Atlanta
Collier
VFW Post
Corry Smith
Organization of
Overseas Veterans
Bid Openings Top Agenda For Council
City Council meets Monday night with three bid openings for city owned property at 520 Spring Street water pipe and the 197% sanitary sewer project. The agenda includes second reading of a municipal borrowing ordinance and first reading of a fire regulations ordinance. Councilman William Halfast will present the fire chief's report and comments on breathing apparatus. Robert Grice will present a Penelec easement request and a Community Care Council letter, and discuss a street drainage ordinance.
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Spring Street
William Halfast
Robert Grice
Penelec
Community Care Council
Grice
Shapp withdraws Turnpike nomination of Sam Begler
Harrisburg AP Gus Shapp temporarily withdraws the nomination of Sam Begler for a 10 year Turnpike Commission term. Begler requested retrial until budget fights in the Senate finish. Shapp praised appointees for efficiency and millions in savings despite controversy.
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Shapp
Senate
Harrisburg
Gus
Sam Begler
Turnpike Commission
Begler
Shap
Senate Transportation Committee
Commission
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