Salvation Army drives to hit 100000 goal in radiothon
A multi-faceted community effort raised funds for the Salvation Army capital campaign ending at 2 45 a m after a radiothon from WOTR. The drive accumulated 100000 03 in reported gifts with notable contributions from Helen Davison and a 3 year old donor. The Buffalo based Plubell Company oversaw the 10 week effort that will fund a new building after the East Washington Street site was condemned.
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Salvation Army Campaign Headquarters
WOTR
Army Capital Fund
Tony
Tiger Bank
Helen Davison
Corry Red Cross
Jess Plubell
Plubell Company of
Buffalo
Salvation Army
East Washington Street
May Use State Pension Funds For Students
In Harrisburg AP report the state scholarship and loan agency moved closer to using the State Retirement Fund to boost its guaranteed loan program. Secretary Richard L. Witmer said Mellon National Bank advised the fund on investing about $3 million, as hearings on Gov. Shafer’s $2.4 billion budget continued before the House Appropriations Committee. Senate panels planned budget reviews for Education and PHEAA, with Transportation not yet scheduled.
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Harrisburg
State Scholarship and Loan Agency
Richard L. Witmer
New Million Fund
Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh
Witmer
House Appropriations Committee
Shafer
Department of State
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Education
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
PHEAA
Senate
Department of Transportation
Vote In Progress Penelec Quiet Here Probe Area Vandalism
At the Corry Pennsylvania Electric Company facility on First avenue supervisory staff maintain order amid a strike. FBI and state police investigate power disruptions in Erie and Meadville including two substation switchings affecting 2,200 customers. IBEW strikers vote today on a federally mediated settlement.
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Corry
Pennsylvania Electric Company
First Avenue
Edward Zarger
Penelec
FBI
Erie
Meadville
At&t
Northwestern Rural Electric Cooperative Association
East Meadville
Titusville
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Johnston
Ibew’ Systems Council 12
Nixon fires top physician after his resignation
Washington AP reports a flare of federal health agency infighting as Dr. Stanley F. Yolles, chief psychiatrist and director of the National Institute of Mental Health, resigns and is instantly fired by HEW amid accusations of political intervention and budget cuts. Health Secretary Finch defends administration, cites Yolles's unwillingness to cooperate and alleges strategic disagreements over mental health planning.
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Washington
Nixon
Stanley F. Yolles
National Institute of Mental Health
Yelles
Roger O. Egeberg
Robert H. Finch
Department of Health, Staten and Welfare
Finch
Yalles
Frederic V. Malek
Yolles
Soviets Agree to More Talks on Mideast Peace
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union agreed to renewed talks with the United States to pursue a political solution to the Arab Israeli clash. The 40 minute session between Dobrynin and Secretary of State Rusk yielded no new explanations of the Soviet buildup, and officials noted jets to Israel were not discussed.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Dobrynin
Secretary of State
Rast
Joseph J. Sisey
Mideast
Rnuc
Israel
Spateman
Bradford Area School Budget Seeks 5.5 Million for 1970-71
Bradford Area School Board approves preliminary 5,498,947 budget for 1970-71, proposing a 4 mill increase to 73 mills. Superintendent Haile Prott Shuey cites budget parity with last year and a large rise in costs from raises for all staff and higher bus driver fines, partly offset by pupil services funding and a 5 cent hourly wage adjustment.
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Bradford
Bradford Area
Meadville Pair Arrested On Drug Charges
Meadville natives John Ensworth and Stanley Leo Tysarczyk both 21 were arraigned on possession of marijuana and hashish charges. They were committed to Crawford County Jail with no bail due to parole violations. A prior narcotics arrest in 1969 was noted. Police found them unconscious in a parked car around 7 15 am. Officers transferred them to headquarters then to Meadville City Hospital for examination. Items including hashish and tablets were found in the car and sent to state labs for testing. A hearing was scheduled for June 11.
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Meadville
John Ensworth
Stanley Leo Tysarczyk
D.W. Ladner
Crawford County
John Holt
Edgar Householder
Robert Stevens
Ensworth
Wysarczyk
Meadville City Hospital
Holt
Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Ensworth and
Tysarczyk
Wallace Wins Alabama Governor Runoff and Unruh Beats Reagan
George C. Wallace captured Alabama's Democratic runoff over incumbent Albert Brewer, signaling a possible 1972 presidential bid and prompting his demand to Nixon to address school integration. Jess Unruh won the Democratic nomination against Ronald Reagan in California. Other races featured reelections of Senators Mansfield, Stennis, Williams, Montoya, and incumbents Ray and Farrar. New Mexico saw Cargo upset by Anderson Carter.
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George C. Wallace
Alabama
Jess Unruh
Ronald Reagan
California
Wallace
Albert P. Brewer
Nixon
Brewer
Daddy
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Reagan
John V. Tunney
Gene Tunney
George E. Brown Jr
Nixon Oe
U.S
Cambe
George Murphy
Norton Simon
Murphy
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Harrison A. Williams Jr
New Jersey
Joseph M. Montoya
New Mexico
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Frank Farrar
South Dakota
David Cargo
Anderson Carter
Montoya
Richard Edwards
Williams
Frank J. Guarini
Nelson G. Gross
Vietnam
Gross
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Governor Shafer vows to curb protests at Capitol
Harrisburg AP reports Gov. Shafer blanks out tolerance for Capitol unrest after a welfare budget protest damaged premises. He says demonstrators must be held to account, with State Police on standby for future hearings. Six arrested, one sought for destruction of state property.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Commonwealth
Capitol
Philadelphia
House Appropriations Committee
Stanley A. Miller
Roxanne Jones
Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization
WRO
Surgeon Removes 100 Pound Tumor From Woman in Atlanta
An unidentified surgeon in Atlanta removed a 100-pound solid fibroid tumor from a 58-year-old woman who had noticed the mass 20 years earlier. The patient, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 230 pounds before surgery, was described in good condition after a three-hour operation. her abdomen measured 59 inches in circumference.
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Atlanta, Ga
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