Solons Take Month Vacation Shafer Gets His Record Budget
Harrisburg AP Gov Shafer planned to sign a $2.057 billion general appropriation bill amid a long budget fight. Legislature returns Sept 8 from a five week recess to resolve remaining items and likely consider a state income tax. Shafer planned an executive order for a 10 percent state worker pay raise, with higher boosts for lower grades.
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Shafer
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
General Assembly
Pittsburgh
Stanley G. Stroup
R-Bedford
Stroup
Apollo 11 Moon Men Open Seminar on Lunar Journey
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins begin a daylong seminar behind quarantine walls. Blood tests remain normal with no lunar surface changes detected, as fellow astronauts hope for future moon flights.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Collins
Columbia
Earth
Moon
Parolee Held in Burglary Case at Warren County Jail
A California parolee from San Quentin is held in Warren County jail on burglary charges connected to the theft of coins from the Arden Taylor home in Bear Lake. Edward English, 27, of Spring Creek, was identified by Trooper John Evanko after coins surfaced in the city. English appeared before Justice Perry Mead and awaits further court action. The theft involved about 400 dollars in coins, plus a revolver and pistol not recovered.
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San Quentin
California
Warren County
Warren
Arden Taylor
K.D. 1
Bear Lake
John Evanko
Corry
Edward English
Spring Creek
Taylor
English
Justice of the Peace
Perry Mead
State Allows Longer School Year and Higher Bond Interest
Gov. Raymond Shafer signed a bill enabling school calendars longer than 180 days with 5 hour days, permitting plans to extend the year or adopt unique local needs. Proposals include year round use and up to 225 days. The House also approved bonds to carry one percent higher interest for one year to aid saleability, drawing tax debate.
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Raymond Shafer
Secretary of Education
Associated Press
Department of
House
Senate
Nixon in India Seeks Peace Ties Amid Cheers and Protests
President Nixon arrived in New Delhi for a friendly welcome in 96 degree heat. He met with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to discuss India's non Communist stance and global peace. Crowds cheered while about 400 demonstrators waved black flags protesting the Vietnam War. Nixon noted Nehru’s dream of uninterrupted peace and urged a generation that would “set foot on the moon” and enjoy peace and justice. The visit follows stops in Thailand and Vietnam with more to come in Pakistan, Romania and Britain.
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India
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
United States
Jawaharlal Nehru
Thailand
South Vietnam
Pakistan
Romania
Britain
U.S. Steel hikes prices on major steel products
U.S. Steel Corp raises prices on carbon sheet and strip and coated sheet by about 4.8 percent, citing higher material costs and taxes. The move shocks automakers and rival producers, with observers noting potential $80 million annual profit impact, while Washington voices cautious reaction and Agnew labels it inflationary.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
White House
Washington
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Inland
National
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
U.S
Spiro T. Agnew
Return Youth To Boys' School
One of two 16 year old Erie youths, on probation, was returned to George Junior Republic after a purse theft from a Union City store. The pair are charged with stealing an auto in Erie and driving it to Union City. Troopers aided the search. The purse was recovered after being dropped behind Union City Hospital.
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Union City
George Junior Republic
Erie
Paul Behan
Corry
Union City Hospital
May Up Personal Exemption Aid For Average Taxpayer
Washington AP House tax reformers weigh raising the 10 percent standard deduction or boosting the $600 personal exemption as they push a broad reform bill toward a House vote next week. Committee plans include trimming farm loss use and oil depletion benefits while defending a new rule taxing large farm operators. A minimum tax for high shelters remains, and a 10 percent tax on certain municipal bond interest was dropped.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
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