Final Act Ready For Stop Gap
In Harrisburg the General Assembly moves to approve eight month stop gap appropriations to fund state operations through March 1. The Senate planned a 10 am session and the House a 1 30 pm session. If approved the bills head to Gov Shafer who may sign Monday. A prior one month stop gap plan failed in a hectic session.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
Senate
House
Shafer
Oiay
Wayne S. Ewing
Allegheny County
Ewing
Dentist Fined For Medicaid Fee Fraud in Rochester
In Monroe County Court, 51 year old Dr. William T. Lyon pleaded guilty to attempted third degree grand larceny for billing Medicaid $372 for services not performed. Judge Boehm fined $1,000 and placed him on three years probation. Lyon had received $60,768 in Medicaid payments in 1968.
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Rochester
N.Y
Monroe
David 0. Boehm
William T. Lyon
Lyon
Monroe County
Bee
Yesterye
Education Spending Bill Ignites Senate Debate
The Senate opened debate on a $4.0 billion education appropriations bill carried three House riders aimed at slowing desegregation. Republican leaders blocked a vote on a separate Indochina spending proposal, while Southern Democrats with Allen signaled lengthy remarks before votes on riders banning busing, desegregation amendments, and expanded federal employee districts aid.
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Senate
Republi
Hugh Scott
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Allen
Nixon
Goldberg Wins Dom Gubernatorial Nod
New York Democrats nominated former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg to oppose Nelson Rockefeller in a GOP-dominated statewide scene. Basil Paterson became the first Black nominee for lieutenant governor, Herman Badillo sought to be the first Puerto Rican-born congressman, and Ottinger defeated Sorensen and others in a costly bid for Senate.
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New York
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Adam Clayton Powell
Leonard Farbstein
Basil Paterson
Harlem
Herman Badillo
Bronx
Goldberg
Howard Samuels
GOP
Richard
Judge Fullam To Oversee Penn Central Reorganization
Federal Judge John P. Fullam was chosen to preside over Penn Central Transportation Co reorganization hearings under the Federal Bankruptcy Act. The petition for reorganization was filed Sunday, with U S District Judge William C Kraft Jr signing the filing and placing the railroad under court control. A trustee will be appointed to manage the railroad until a reorganization plan is approved. The NYSE suspended bonds tied to Penn Central and related leases. Javits introduced a bill for a 75 million line item in the first quarter.
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Fullam
Via Railroad
Penn Central
New York Stock Exchange
Penn Central Railroad
Ioboe Ca
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Penn Central Co
Solons Boost Expenses In Confused Vote
In Harrisburg a bill to raise legislators expenses from 4000 to 7000 a year cleared a tangled path in the House amid posturing ahead of November elections. The affair featured two required votes, miscounts ruled invalid, and repeated electronic tallies as lawmakers finally sent the measure to the Senate.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Representatives
Large Summer School Enrollment At Local High And Elementary
About 350 students have enrolled in summer school at Concord School and the high school, one of the largest histories of the program. Superintendent Ray Elsen notes federal ESEA subsidies and describes team teaching at Concord with 16 students per room and multiple staff assignments across elementary and high school courses.
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Ray Elsen
ESEA
Concord School
High Sing
Elsen
Robert Benson
Helen Rowe
Eileen Dunbar
Edward Blakeslee
Edward Partch
Elizabeth Watson
Viola Brown
Marie Edwards
Cornelia Anderson
Alberta McElroy
Lena Calvin
Susan Davison
Ruth Dahlstrand
Diane Miller
Martha Johnson
Doris Bailey
Thora Scott
Mariana McIntyre
Gene Alexander
Paul Claypool
How To Destroy A Flag How To Destroy A Flag
T Sgt Donald Burgess of the U S Army Recruiting Station in Erie demonstrates the legal method to dispose of a flag beyond use at a Girl Scout day camp near the Corry Jamestown Management Club building. He explains the flag’s proper handling before three flags are burned with Girl Scout participants watching.
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Donald Burgess
U.S. Army
Erie
Veteran Army
Corry
Jamestown Management Club
Burgess
Eaton
Harrisburg Area Assembly Vote On Expense Measure
Lawmakers from Erie Warren Meadville Fairview split along party lines yesterday in Harrisburg. Democrats Polaski and Bellomini voted for and against respectively while Republicans Hopkins, Allen, Dwyer and Hayes participated with mixed support and opposition to the proposal.
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Harrisburg
Julian Polaski
Erie
Forest Hopkins
North East
Robert Bellomini
W.W. Allen
Warren
R. Budd Dwyer
Meadville
David Hayes
Fairview
Lawmakers inch toward 26 votes on next week bill
Freshman Sen Patrick J Stapleton says a formal deal may have been reached by Senate Democrats and Republicans to secure the minimum 26 votes needed to pass the bill next week. Rep Joseph F Bonetto was absent on the first vote, having left to attend a Democratic State Committee meeting, where he cast a proxy vote for the party chairman.
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Patrick J. Stapleton
Indiana
Senate
Joseph F. Bonetto
Dallegheny
Chamber
Democratic State Committee
Aoe
Bonetto
Seven Million Woodcock Dam Contract Let
A $7 million contract for the Woodcock Creek flood control dam was awarded to Lane Construction Corporation of Meridan Conn. The Woodcock project joins Union City and Muddy Creek as flood relief work in the French Creek watershed spanning Erie and Crawford counties. The Woodcock design includes a rolled earth filled embankment, a concrete side spillway, and concrete outlet works, with a recreation pool planned.
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Woodcock Creek
French Creek
Union City
Joseph Vigorito
Lane Construction Corporation
Meridan
Conn
Muddy Creek
Erie
Crawford Counties
Woodcock
Marius
Pelledeau
Vigorito
Cambridge Springs Tot Struck By Car
A one year old boy, Meadville area resident Paul Holder, was admitted to Spencer Hospital in Meadville for observation after being struck by a car in Cambridge Springs. Police say the child darted from the sidewalk into the street in front of a car driven by Martin Hurta of Edinboro around 5 15 p.m.
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Meadville
Paul Holder
Linda Holder
Cambridge Springs
Spencer Hospital
Robert Leonhart
Cambridge Spring
Martin Hurta
Edinboro
Leonhart
Hurta
Bridge Collapse Kills Four In Piscataqua span
Four workers died when a bridge over the Piscataqua River collapsed near Portsmouth New Hampshire. The structure had not yet opened to traffic and linked New Hampshire with Maine.
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Portsmouth, N.H
Piscataqua River
New Hampshire
Maine
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