Shapp Budget Plan Nears House Floor With Additions
In Harrisburg, the Shapp administration aims to release a $3.63 billion budget plus a $50 million add on to fund aid to nonpublic schools. House Appropriations Chair Rep. Martin Mullen plans a Tuesday meeting and hopes for a Wednesday floor vote. The plan faces GOP opposition calling for $200 million in cuts and scrutiny of local revenue sharing.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
House
Martin Mullen
Appropriations Committee
Mullen
Sahop
Philadelphia
Kenneth B. Lee
R-Sullivan
Lee
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
City Council to Act on Wages at Meeting Tonight
City Council meets with bids on sale of city parcels, first reading of an ordinance raising wages for city employees after a federal wage board's 5.5 percent increase. West Park Place parking is discussed, plus new police appointments, radios, emergency traffic control, paving, sewers, and landfill charges.
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Federal Wage Board
West Park Place
Robert Grice
Streets
Edward Zarger
David Johnson
Nixon Seeks Debt Ceiling Boost as Deficit Improves
Washington AP report says the Nixon administration will brief Congress on a faster improving fiscal 1972 picture with a deficit likely below 30 billion dollars, a sharp drop from 38.8 billion. The plan also asks to raise the debt ceiling by 15 billion to 465 billion due to higher than expected Treasury receipts amid congressional actions.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Wilbur Mills
Skyjacker Awaits Removal Hearing
William Hahneman a 48 year old engineer charged with a 303000 international skyjack sits in a Dade County jail awaiting a removal hearing. Federal officials want to send him to Alexandria Virginia after he turned himself in at U S embassy in Honduras.
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Miami, Fla
William Hahneman
Dade County
Alexandria
Wahneman
U.S
Honduras
U S Jets Hit Hanoi Rail Bridges and Navy Expands Patrols
Eight U S Air Force jets breached toward the Chinese border and destroyed two bridges on Hanoi’s northwest rail line with laser guided bombs. Other bridges along northwest and northeast routes were not hit but may be targeted later. The Ticonderoga aircraft carrier joined the 7th Fleet to patrol Vietnam. A Marine F4 Phantom was lost near Phu My with two crewmen killed. Kontum was reported cleared except for a 1,000 square yard area. Fire Base Bastogne near Hue faced renewed fighting while An Loc remained in standoff.
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Saigon
Hanoi
China
U.S
Ticonderoga
7Th Fleet
Phu My
South Vietnam
Pleiku
Kontum
Bastogne
Hue
An Loc
Angela Davis Acquitted After Controversial Trial
Jurors who acquitted Angela Davis say they had no major disagreements on her innocence from the start. The all white panel voted on first ballot nine to three in favor of acquittal, while Davis celebrated with supporters and jurors at a private party.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Marin County
Angela
Miss Davis
Louis Franco
America
Franco
Albert Harris Jr
Friends
Associated Press
California
Timothy
Ruchell Magee
George Jackson
George
Jonathan
James McClain
William Christmas
Superior Court
Harold Haley
Magee
FBI
New York
McGovern
Israel
Indochina
Humphrey
Vietnam
Chisholm
Yorty
Abortion Commission Recommends Woman Doctor Decision Rule
The Abortion Law Commission urges that termination decisions be made by a pregnant woman and her doctor up to 18 weeks. It pushes for health insurance coverage of abortions, state welfare subsidies, and accessible low cost, licensed physician services. The 234 member panel, all women, weighs final proposals with a minority view expected.
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Harrisburg
Governor's Abortion Commission
State Welfare Department
Abortion Law Commission
Milton J. Shapp
Commonwealth
Centre
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Welfare Department
Pennsylvania Blue Shield
Commission
Wman
Judge Threatens Journal Censorship
On Saturday Judge Fred Anthony issued a court order against The Corry Journal, an action the newspaper calls censorship and intimidation. The editorial page today presents details and The Journal’s position.
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Fred Anthony
Corry Journal
Top Dem Candidates Clash Over Prisoner Release Methods
In a televised showdown, Senators Humphrey and McGovern debated POW release strategies with Humphrey urging a special emissary to Hanoi while McGovern called for a total U.S. withdrawal. The clash covered defense cuts, Israel's security, and party unity as California primary races loomed.
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Los Angeles
Sens
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
U.S
North Vietnam
Humphrey
Nixon
Hanoi
McGovern
Israel
Sam Yorty
New York
Shirley Chisholm
Taylor Hardin
Alabama
George C. Wallace
California
New Mexico
John B. Connally
Jack Chestnut
New Jersey
South Dakota
Wallace
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Laurel Grape
Roger Grape
Springstreet
LeRoy Rieck
Corry Area High School
Keith Fay
Lisbeth Ann Davis
Robert Davis
Columbus
Virgil G. Curtis
Lena Cohen
McMichael
Don Gillis
Skyjacker
Tonkin Gulf
U.S. Command
Mary Timothy
Dem
Mediterranean
Congress of the
United States
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