Lottery Money Could Stall Bill In House Action
Harrisburg AP The House moved a Senate lottery bill toward passage with amendments to push it into a House Senate conference. Both sides seek to direct lottery proceeds for senior citizen property tax relief. Separate actions approved 115 million in temporary funding through July 15 to keep state government operating.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Inother
Philadelphia House Democrat
Capitol
Harry R. J. Comer
Philadelphia
Ways and Means
Neighbors Help Put Out Grease Fire At Orner Home
A kitchen fire at Paul and Mrs Orner on Drabneck road near Columbus was caused by hot grease on the stove. Neighbors and 24 volunteers from Columbus and Corry aided, extinguishing the blaze with a rug before the Orners arrived home. Mrs Orner was treated for minor burns. Damage limited to the kitchen with extensive smoke damage.
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Stanford Hose Company
Columbus Volunteer Fire Company
Columbus
Columbus Fire Department
Paul Orner
Drabneck Road
Stanford
Orner
J. Guy Butters
Corry
Corry Jamestown workers vote on union join at CJ Local
Labor actions proceed in three areas with talks and elections. At Corry Jamestown, about 60 clerical and nontechnical employees will vote to join the CJ Local of the IAM and Aerospace Workers under NLRB oversight. Raymond Division talks stalled after a rejected management offer two weeks ago. Police and fire departments in the city have held one meeting each to present wage demands while negotiations loom. Separately, state police investigate an arson attempt at a Sparta nsburg car lot, sparked by a fire in the rear seat of a Mrs. Grey Carter owned Ford, with the blaze confined to the upholstery.
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Corry Jamestown Corporation
Raymond Division
Corry Jamestown
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Corry
Spartansburg
Guy Fish
Teachers Come and Go As School Year Closes
The Corry Area Joint School Committee approved changes in professional staff including new hires and resignations, a sabbatical, and a reinstatement. Doris Rennels resigns to move to Staten Island. Evelyn Rodemeyer takes a sabbatical for health reasons. Several faculty opt not to renew supplemental contracts. Arthur Rushin and Eugene Wilkins resign or decline roles. Cynthia Anchor hired to teach high school English and Spanish for a semester while Phyllis Hill is on sabbatical.
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Corry Area
Jointure
Doris Rennels
Concord
Staten Island
N.Y
Wagner College
Evelyn Rodemeyer
Wright School
Phyllis Hill
Anchor
Allegheny College
University of Maine
Margold Institute
Madrid
Spain
Officials Wonder Who Paid Yablonski Killers
Washington PA AP authorities say the 1969 slayings of United Mine Workers insurgent Joseph A Yablonski his wife and daughter remain unsolved. A key defendant Vealey admitted a total payment of 5200 from a man known as Tony to plan and execute the killings. Investigators seek Tony s full identity and motive amid comments that more arrests could follow.
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Washington, Pa
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
FBI
Thomas Henderson
U.S. Justice Department
Claude B. Vealey
Washington County Common Pleas Court
Vealey
Tony
Yablonski
Washington
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Henderson
Richard Sprague
Sprague
Tonys
Dwyer Targets Pittsburgh Ticket Fluffs Probe
State and local officials challenge Pittsburgh parking ticket practices amid a growing drive. Walter Dundon sued the city with aid from Alderman Norbert Bachofner, drawing scrutiny of the Dundon case. Senator Bud Deale urged a legislative probe while Mayor Flaherty faced pressure over the issue. In Charleston, Dr I E Buff linked reform and mine safety to broader accountability.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Dundon
West Smith Street
Dundon
Norbert Bachofner
R. Budd Deale
Dwyer
Peter Flaherty
Flaherty
Senate
Philly
Charleston
W. Va
I. E. Buff
UMW
Jury Indicts Man On Bank Embezzling
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted Richard McGuffie 42 of Greenville a former bank official on nine counts. Eight counts accuse him of embezzling 29465.91 dollars from First National Bank of Mercer County over several years. The ninth charges understating the bank cash balance by 169997 dollars in December 1970 to hide the embezzlement.
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Pittsburgh
Mercer County
U.S. Atty
Richard L. Thornburgh
Richard McGuffie
Greenville
First National Bank
McGuffie
Pentagon Papers Fight Heads For Supreme Court
A major constitutional clash over government secrecy and press freedom heads to the Supreme Court as the government fights publication of the Pentagon Papers. LA federal grand jury probes leaks while outlets like Knight Newspapers and the Chicago Sun-Times publish stories drawn from the 47 volume study.
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U.S. Supreme Court Today
New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Pentagon
U.S
Washington
Post
New York
Times
National Security
Justice Department
The
Boston Globe
Supreme Court
Nixon
Congress
Executive Branch
Knight Newspapers Inc
Los Angeles Times Today
Secret Pentagon study fuels Vietnam era disclosures
Los Angeles Times Knight Newspapers and Chicago Sun-Times published stories citing the 47 volume secret Pentagon Vietnam study. McNamara proposed a coalition government in 1967 and NSC overruled pullout in 1963. The Times said Kattenburg urged exit, overruled by Rusk, while Johnson supported progress. Articles note escalating bombing and internal U.S. debates through 1966.
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Knight
Los Angeles ‘Times
Chicago Sun-Times
New York Times
Washington Post
Boston Globe
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
Los Angeles Times
National Security Council
State Department
United States
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Philadelphia Inquirer
Knight Story
McNamara
Johnson
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Paul M. Kattenburg
United
Who's He Thomas Gamble Rockets Into Spotlight
Thomas Faeall suddenly surged into public view in Harrisburg as a 21 year old hired as unemployment bureau director in the Commerce Department. Testimony before a Senate labor committee raised questions about his background and the department's actions. Gamble’s resignation was reportedly submitted, with no confirmation of his departure. The reform plan backed by the Shapp administration would raise unemployment benefits at a cost of about 187,000 employers covering roughly 55 million more annually.
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Harrisburg
Thomas F Ae
Hilt
Shapp
Likuts
New State
Teedophet Gamble
Alsent
Bureau of Service
Commerce Department
Senate-Hoppe Labor Committee
Commerce
Walter G. Arader
Arader
Gambie
Richard Doran
Guy
Gamble
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Claude E. Vealey
Washington County
Joseph Yablonski
Chicago Sun Times
U.S. District Court
Anthony J. Russo
Rand Corp
Russo
Rand
Defense Department
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Indochina
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
LA Times
Associated Press
Detroit
Miami
Charlotte
N.C
Macon
Tallahassee
Boca Raton
Fla
Alcon
Ohio
Thomas Gamble
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