Senate approves 2.7 billion army pay hike
The Senate voted 51 to 27 to give servicemen a 2.7 billion pay raise, adding 1.7 billion more via the Allott amendment. Recruits gain about 901.50 in base pay, while minimum officer pay rises to 612.30 a month. The bill links to plans for a volunteer force and shifts in Indochina funding are debated. The draft extension and voting rules are set for upcoming dates.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Gordon Allott
Rcolp
House
Allott
Gates Commission
Armed Service Committee
John C. Stennis
West Point Graduate Flees Vietnam to Sweden
Army says 1st Lt. John R. Vequist, 24, missing without leave since May 20 in Germany, may have fled to Sweden with his wife. Vequist, a 1969 West Point graduate, could be declared a deserter after 30 days absent. Army has no evidence he opposed the war.
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Washington
West Point
Vietnam
Germany
Sweden
Army
John R. Wequist
Pittsburg
Kan
Pentagon
Vequist
United
Une
Aan
Kaw
David G. Vequist
94Th Artillery
Kaiserslautern
Army Air Defense School
Mt. Bliss
Tex
HARRISBURG LAWMAKERS PUSH $3600 EXPENSE HIKE
Gov. Shapp tacitly backs a plan to raise lawmakers annual expense allowances by 3600 dollars starting July 1. The Senate votes likely Thursday after an amended House bill carries a Senate revision. The move follows a broader budget proposal from Shapp calling for larger legislator budgets.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
General Assembly
Senate
House
William G. Lesler
May Abandon Cascade Street for Industry
The city weighs abandoning Cascade Street to a Wing Division plant on West Main as Route 277 is relocated under Fourth Ward renewal. Clyde Keith seeks the street’s abandonment and transfer to the plant, noting Cascade would dead end at an embankment after reroute. City Engineer Johnson recommends delaying final action until Route 277 is confirmed. council approves studying the plan further.
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Fourth Ward
Clyde Keith
Wing Division
West Main Street
Keith
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Cascade
David Johnson
Cascade Street
Johnson
New York Workers End Two Day City Strike
New York City officials and unions reach a four point plan to end the two day work stoppage that halted traffic, shut sewage plants, and disrupted schools. The pact submits the pension proposal to the 1972 state legislature and allows renegotiation if it fails again. About 7,000 DC 37 and Teamsters Local 237 workers return to duty as investigations into bridge sabotage continue.
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New York
American Fina Ee
Ity
Teamsters Local 237
Ate Hal
John V. Lindsay
County Aides Lobby For Record Raises In Erie County
Erie County workers could see large salary boosts under Senate Bill 603. Third class county employees lobby for approval as committees study the proposal. Current figures show raises up to 100 percent for several offices, with many incumbents awaiting decisions on the measure.
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Erie County
Senate
Registrar of Wills
Board of Commissioners
Recorder of Deeds
Police Honor Retired Members In Erie County Event
Police officials from Erie County gathered in Corry to honor six retiring officers with over 150 years of service. The Fraternal Order of Police meeting at the Moose Club, hosted by Corry Police, presented certificates to Keppel Edinboro Jones Robertson Carnegie French Rosanski Heiges, with Edward Iverson issuing the honors.
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Erie County
Corry
Fraternal Order of Police
Moose Club
Edward Iverson
Wesleyville
FOP
James Keppel
W.C. Jones
Edinboro
Pete Robertson
Northwestern Area High School drills go wrong
In Albion, Northwestern Area High School staged a disaster drill with injuries and an explosion but the ambulance driver, not told it was fake, alerted state police and others. Over 1,000 people in western Erie County were mobilized before the drill was halted. In West Mifflin, police warned three girls to stop a topless swim plan on PA 837 after a traffic jam.
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Shapp
Senate
Albion
Northwestern Area High School
Erie County
West Mifflin
Pennsylvania 837
Lincoln era liquor license found in Coles County museum
The Abraham Lincoln museum in the Coles County courthouse basement, run by the Chamber of Commerce, houses an 1833 liquor license issued to Lincoln for a New Salem tavern. The $6 license fee plus a $1 extra charge allowed sale of drinks at posted prices.
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Abe
Charleston, Sr
Abraham Lincoln
Coles County Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln
New Salem
City To Install Sewer If Inn Develops Land
City Council agrees to install a 2,000 foot storm sewer along Sciota street linked to Venture Inn mobile housing plans behind the inn. Troese Brothers Inc and land owner Clifford Fales back the option. Project funded by the inn with the city providing pipes and manholes. work to be scheduled for 1972 if the inn secures the property.
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City Council
Sciota Street
Columbus Avenue
Venture Inn
Troese Brothers, Inc
Federal Housing Authority
Troeses
Clifford Fales
David Johnson
Johnson
Inn
Payless Paycheck Muddle Hits Pennsylvania Driver
A married father of one, hired by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, has gone seven weeks without pay. Officials blame Harrisburg for muddled checks while the man sometimes receives only 65 dollars, barely above unemployment. Representative Forest Hopkins from North East is investigating to resolve the dilemma for the family.
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Pemmdot
Forest Hopkins
North East
Corry
U S POWs Could Return If Indochina Withdrawal Set
Former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford told antiwar lawmakers that American POWs might be home within a month if a Dec 31 withdrawal deadline is set in Indochina and if North Vietnam and the Viet Cong agree to refrain from attacks during the pullout. Senator Liggett noted Hanoi had shown no shift in position. White House aides cautioned Nixon would view any abrupt deadline as unacceptable. The remarks came as Congress weighed fund-cutoff measures and the administration prepared for a June vote on war funding.
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U.S
Indochina
Allott
Senate
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Supreme Court
Washington
Clark Clifford
United States
Clifford
State Department
Hanoi
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Seng
Mark O. Hatfield
R-Ore
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Lucien Nedzi
Charles Whalen
Ohio
Defense
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Philadelphia
K. Leroy Irvis
D-Allegheny
Joseph Wargo
D-Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
New York City
Man
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Ziegler
NLP
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