City struggles to shape new zoning ordinance
City planners, the Council, and the Zoning Board completed review of the late pages of a 42 page zoning plan and warned the measure may need more meetings before a possible council vote in a month. The draft covers porch sales limits and sign rules while addressing smoke odors air and water pollution. A field coordinator position may be created with a hoped 10000 dollar salary, but funding remains unsettled. The state role adds complexity as drafting continues.
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Council
City Planning Commission
Zoning Board of Adjustment
No Report Ever Filed $19,856 Spent On SF Study
A Pennsylvania Senate group spent four days and nearly $20,000 last summer in San Francisco studying mass transit but never filed a report. The spending, from Senate Majority Leader Thomas Nolan’s leadership account, covered July to December 1976 and included salaries, hearings, and a dinner meeting. The report listed two mass transit line items but did not note the trip.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Senate
Thomas Nolan
Nolan
Bay Area Rapids Transi
Vincent Carocci
Democratic
Caracci
Senate Democrats
Appropriations
Henry Cianfrani
Cianfrani
Mystery Illness Kills Two at CDC Laboratory
Two CDC laboratory employees in Atlanta died from a mysterious illness resembling flu. Tests were ongoing to determine the cause, with officials noting no direct link to legionnaires’ disease and no widespread illness among other staff.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
Joan
CDC
Don Berreth
Office of Information
Berreth
George Flowers
Robert
American Legion
Philadelphia
Building 7
Amin Lifts Order Americans Can Go
President Idi Amin eased the crisis with the United States by lifting the ban on Americans leaving Uganda. About 240 Americans in Uganda were free to travel inside or outside the country after the postponement of a meeting with Amin. Uganda and U.S. officials sought to improve relations as tensions eased and a new date for talks remained unsettled.
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International Conference Center
Kampala
Entebbe
Radio Uganda
Amin
United States
Zaire
Saudi Arabia
U.S
State Department
Talcott Seelye
Uganda
Carter
Cyrus Vance
Britain
Israel
Seven Run For Local Political Jobs
A brisk petition trade for May GOP local races sees a few solid candidates lined up for City Council Mayor and School Board. Elgin GOP chair Roger Barnhart plans to publish a list Monday of non circulating petitions including City Council candidates Louis Hanna Ivan Bennink Robert Shepard and Mayor Mickey Johnson. Incumbent Jerome Davis seeks re election as Controller. The party searches for a candidate to fill the Columbus vacancy left by Melvin Messenger.
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Dem
Roger Barnhart
Elgin
GOP
Louis Hanna
Ivan Bennink
Robert Shepard
Mickey Johnson
Margaret Morrow
Corry
William Donaldson
Spring Creek
Jerome Davis
Melvin Messenger
Columbus
Progress Made In Vo Tech Construction
The Corry Area School District vo tech site on Route 6 shows ongoing progress after a truce between union picketers and contractors, with construction resuming under NLRB involvement. Superintendent Charles Krepps says work is going better than expected and notes $200,000 in federal machine shop equipment loans plus $192,000 in already budgeted funds will enhance facilities.
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Corry Area
Vo-Tech
Route 6
Charles Krepps
Krepps
Dad Pleas To Allow Son To Die In Wilkes Barre AP report
A grieving father, Robert Rhodes, begs Mercy Hospital doctors to disconnect the respirator sustaining his 3 year old son Jeddie, who has been severely injured by a car. Doctors call the decision a professional judgment. Rhodes says the child is brain dead and wants an open casket, while officials consider legal steps and potential hearings.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Jeddie
Robert Rhodes
Rhodes
Eps Jedale
Mercy Hospital
Sapmuel
Mackallang
Victor Ambrose
Denise
Luzerne
Uidge “Bathard
Brominsky
New 200 Mile Fishing Limit Enforced Coast Guard Readiness
The United States began enforcing a 200 mile fishing zone in the Gulf of Alaska and waters near New England and Cuba. Coast Guard staffing, aircraft and ships were increased while Adm. Owen Siles stated readiness to enforce the rule. Fisheries agents and officials await permit guidance for foreign vessels from Canada to North Carolina.
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U.S
Russia
Japan
Associated Press
Gulf of Alaska
New England
Cuba
Coast Guard
Washington
Adm
Owen Siles
Congress
Ford Administration
Boston
Daniel Russ
Commerce Department
Canada
North Carolina
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Susquehanna River
Kenneth Nichols
Douglas Rozelle
Nichols
Cianfiani
Gerard Waters
John Sweeney
Delaware County
Sweeney
Waters
John Berchtold
Berchtold
Federal National Labor Relations Board
Mopday
Pacific
Ares
Cahure
Acific
Atlantic Ocean
Lou Ley Rer
Ken Creamer
Creamer
National Marine Fisheries Services
The
Alaskan
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