Penelec Hike Approved In Retroactive Rate Increase
The Pennsylvania Electric Company gains a $14.9 million rate increase retroactive to July 1975, boosting average residential bills by about $2.40 bi monthly. Utilities plan spread the charge across two bills to lessen one heavy payment, with PUC approval amid prior rate requests and projections for future revenue.
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Robert Bloom
Helen O'Bannon
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Calas
Louis Carter
Michael Johnson
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Newsprint Prices To Hit $300 Soon New York raises to per ton
New York reports newsprint price increases nearing 300 per ton. Iscremvex 20 per ton for 39-pou salea to mowepapers in or to the British Columbia Lower Marulana Vancouver Toland, and 200 in the rest of Western Canada to the Great.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
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Battle for Best of Youth Title in Bicentennial Drive
Corry and ia Calif prepare for a contest to claim the title America's Youngest City amid the 1978 general elections as part of Bicentennial celebrations. Mrs Dalla Bernard and Edward Latoum oversee signing of the declaration with local party leaders watching.
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Widespread Food Price Hikes Darken May For Shoppers
Associated Press market basket survey shows May price increases across 13 cities with a 4.2 percent average rise. Meat items hit hardest as pork chops and frankfurters climbed, pork prices rising in nine cities. Government and industry sources note corn crop issues and herd rebuilding affect meat costs, with beef showing higher retail prices in a separate 19 city survey.
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Pittenger to resign as Education Secretary in 1977
Harrisburg AP confirms Education Secretary John C. Pittenger will quit on February 1, 1977 to join Harvard University as a visiting professor at its Graduate School of Education starting in the spring semester. He says he will aid Governor Shapp in a smooth transition and successor search.
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Sparta Woman Hurt As Car Hits Auto House and Tree
Titusville police report Venus Hicks a 28 year old of Spartansburg drove from an intersection into a curb struck a telephone pole and a large yard stump before crossing the semicircle and ending against the Bitters residence. Her car re entered the street and stalled eyewitnesses noted the engine roared suggesting throttle sticking. Hicks was treated at Titusville Hospital in fair condition with vehicle damage estimated at 300 dollars and lawn shrubbery porch and siding damage not yet priced.
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Pound Woes Continue Amid Currency Crisis in Britain
The government signals two weeks more to weather the pound crisis as Chancellor Healey resists big spending cuts. Negotiations with unions and business groups stall bold moves to cut government borrowing and restore foreign confidence after the pound hits a new low near 1.16 dollars.
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Hays to Give Up Position Amid Scandal
Washington reports Rep. Wayne Hays of Ohio will resign as chairman of the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee amid a payroll sex scandal. He said he would step aside until cleared and would consult House Administration Committee members on his future. Elizabeth Ray denied a Chicago Tribune account about federal tape recordings and alleged relationships.
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Waste Group Halts Search For Landfill
Erie County Solid Wastes Authority members agree to halt the landfill search and seek county commissioner support. Four members review resource recovery options while considering resignations amid siting deadlock, aiming to open a recovery operation to compete with Lakeview Landfill in Summit Township.
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Ata
Gregory Leszig
Joseph Martin
Samuel Hayes
Robert Baughman
Lakeview
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Lewisburg Prison Called Hell On Earth
Philadelphia AP reports Francis St Marziani claims Lewisburg federal prison is a nightmare, calling it hell on earth. He alleges inmates run the yard, police guard abuse, and that cannibalistic violence and rapes occur while officials review the case amid federal inquiries.
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Francis St. Marziani
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Syrian troops halt on Damascus Beirut highway amid Lebanon conflict
Reports say Syrian forces occupying Lebanon halted their main column on the Damascus Beirut highway near Date al Baiday about 20 miles east of Beirut while Lebanese militia tanks held the western approach near the pass. No side attack was reported. In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's King Khaled may soon possess a private Boeing 7475P jumbo jet, a longer range model pitched by an aircraft industry source.
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Your Nation In Brief
A Marine recruiter faces questions over enlisting a mentally troubled Texan who was beaten during training. A Navy official calls for discipline over Defense Department issues amid shipbuilder claims, and Magna Carta displays 761 years on in the Capitol. Ford may push a national council to curb court-ordered school desegregation. A U.N. mission urges $432 million to move Vietnam’s population to the countryside to ease city strain and rebuild agriculture.
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State House Debates Industrial Homework Ban
Harrisburg AP report notes a House approval 107 to 79 for a bill prohibiting most paid work at home by individuals such as seamstresses, with exemptions for some workers and strict physical trapping proof. The piece also mentions a House vote on boosting school subsidies and a consumer affairs panel advancing debt collection and credit practices bills, delaying action for a public hearing on consumer relief.
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