Two Abortion Bills Struggle in Pennsylvania House
In Harrisburg two contrasting abortion bills faced delays as the House Health and Welfare Committee kept votes from reaching the floor. Rep. Martin P. Mullen pressed to discharge his anti abortion bill, claiming 122 votes, while Rep. Gerald Kaufman pushed a more lenient measure with limited prospects. The panel remained divided amid election year politics and a statewide abortion report. The House also approved a residency measure tying state aid to in state voters, as the Senate adjourned for the week.
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Harrisburg
House
House Committee On Health and Welfare
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
Mullen
Gerald Kaufman
Allegheny
Kaufman
Teaders
Charles F. Mebus
R Montgomery
Health and Welfare Committee
Mebus
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Abortion Law Commission
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Citizens and Cities Push Penelee Rate Hike Protest
A meeting in western Pennsylvania gathered cities industries and citizens to discuss protests against the Pennsylvania Electric Company's proposed 23 percent rate increase. Corry Erie Meadville Franklin and Meadville districts filed protests or letters seeking hearings with the Public Utility Commission. Harrisburg attorney John Fullerton aids protesters with separate hearings for each appeal. Mrs. James Ferraro of Conneaut Lake will have a personal PUC hearing on her protest.
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Westen Pennsylvan
Pennsylvania Electric Company
David Johnson
Corry
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Corry Area
Erie
Meadville
Franklin
Warren
Union City
John Fullerton
Harrisburg
Fullerton
National Forge Company
James Ferraro
R.D. 1
Conneaut Lake
Ferraro
Retires From Ambulance Service In Corry
Clifford Holcomb owner of the Corry Ambulance Service retires after 11 years of on call work with his wife Grace. The service was purchased by Robert Wharton of Corry. Mrs Holcomb ran the answering service and radio contact for emergencies.
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Clifford Holcomb
Corry
Journal
Holcomb
Holcombs
Robert Wharton
Pryor
Two Airline Crashes Kill 166 In Asia And India
A Cathay Pacific jet with 82 aboard crashed in Vietnam near Pleiku. Eleven Americans were among 84 killed in a Japanese jetliner crash near New Delhi, with six survivors. The New Delhi crash included the Canadian trade official Wayne Hubble and several Japanese nationals among the dead.
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Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Asia
New Delhi
Canadian Trade Commission
Hong Kong
Wayne Hubble
Kissinger Heads to Peking for China Talks
White House confirmed Henry Kissinger, Nixon's top adviser, will travel to Peking for concrete consultations with Chinese leaders to further normalize relations and discuss shared issues. No side trips or meetings with non Chinese representatives were listed, though Vietnam could be on the agenda. John D. Negroponte accompanies the Nixon aide on this five man team.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Peking
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Hanoi
Kissinger
Vietnam
White House
L. Ziegler
Andney
People’s Republic of China
United States
China
Paris
John D. Negroponte
Ziegler
Car Totaled in Mishaps After Two Erie Crashes
City police reported two recent crashes with no serious injuries. Richard Fagan 33 Erie struck a 12 year old boy on West Pleasant Street, the child bumped but was not hospitalized. Gary L Chelton 20 Erie crashed into a Penelec pole after falling asleep, suffered a forehead laceration and abrasions, treated and released.
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Richard Fagan
Erie
Barry R. Herberg
Richard J. Herberg
Snyder Circle
Fagan
West Pleasant Street
East Main Street
Avenule A
Gary L.chelton
Chestnut Street
Chelton
South Club
Corry Memorial Hospital
U S Jets Strike North Vietnam as Bridge Blowup Intensifies
U S jets destroyed 14 North Vietnamese bridges and set fuel depots ablaze in a wide air campaign. A Navy A7 Corsair was downed by a surface to air missile during a night raid, pilot missing. B52s carpet bombed Dong Hoi while Hue faces continued threat. In South Vietnam, An Loc endures heavy shelling though some say fighting has eased. Sixty three North Vietnamese were killed along Highway 14 between Pleiku and Kontum.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Dong Hoi
Hue
South Vietnam
An Loc
Associated Press
Richard Blystone
Highway 13
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Kontum
Gasoline incident at Concord street playground
Police were called to two city playgrounds yesterday after a youngster drank gasoline at the Concord Street area. Six year old Paul Horvat drank gas given by an older boy who siphoned it from a mini bike. He was treated and released from Corry Memorial Hospital. At the Pennay ground, an orderly disturbance by older boys led to a supervisor asking them to leave.
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Gieilaes
Ona
Paul Horvat
Anthony Horvat
Concord Street
Concord School
Horvat
Corry Memorial Hospital
Peanay Ground
Mary Dominessy
Miss Dominessy
Ree
Little League Tag Day Sale Tomorrow in Downtown Area
Shoppers in the downtown area will be greeted by Little League players in full uniform as the annual tag day sale sponsored by the Little League auxiliary. All league players will participate selling tags for contributions. sale starts at 10 a.m. and runs through store hours. Headquarters are Capwell's Clothing Care Center on East Washington Street.
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Little League Baseball
Little League Auxiliary
Capwell’s Clothing Care Center
East Washington Street
Groundwork Laid for Corry Mental Health Center
An organizing committee of three has formed to establish a fulltime mental health rehabilitation center as a Stairways satellite. The former Corry Youth Center building by the Elks Lodge will house the center with plans for an early fund drive to furnish it.
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Erie
Corry
Elks Lodge
Louis Morrow
Joseph Russell
William Remington
Remington
Jamestown balks at venereal disease film in schools
At a Jamestown Board of Education meeting last week about a slide illustrated venereal disease program in junior high classes 75 visitors crowded the room while about 25 speakers split views on a proposed family life course. Critics objected to the prophylactics shown and to teaching their use for protection against disease and pregnancy and to the absence of any moral framing.
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Jamestown
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Bangkok
Singaapore
Cheo Reo
Cathay Pacific
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