Pa. Dem. Treasurer Convicted in 12 Counts
William Casper, state Democratic treasurer, convicted on 12 counts of a 31 count indictment accusing him of arranging political donations by highway workers and contractors. He was acquitted on 19 counts including all bribery charges. Jury deliberated about 18 hours. sentencing postponed by Visiting Judge John Cherry.
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William Mariotti
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John Cherry
Clearfield County
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Thomas Tiberi
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Chautauqua Considers Hiring Impasse Solution
Chautauqua County Legislature will discuss a local law and rule change on March 14 to resolve a hiring impasse that has left 33 county executive appointments in limbo since mid January. A five day filing rule would trigger clerk notification and a vote at the next regular meeting. In New York, the Metropolitan Opera Guild marked its 40th year with a luncheon and a claim of nearly four million dollars raised to support live opera education and performances.
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Joseph Gerace
Financial Crisis
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Metropolitan Opera Guild
August Belmond
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Belmont
Met
Israelis Vow Vengeance After Tel Aviv Hotel Raid
Israelis furious over the guerrilla raid on a Tel Aviv hotel await armed forces retaliation on Palestinian guerrillas in Lebanon. Kissinger cautioned against violence, urging restraint as Rabin and Begin called for firm action, while Lebanon’s air force jets faced near misses and a captured boat’s crew remained detained. The Tel Aviv attack marks the ninth terrorist raid into Israel in almost a year.
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Woman sentenced to 15 years in prostitution case
Pittsburgh AP report: Carol Cramer 41 of Natrona Heights given 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty to promoting prostitution and related charges involving her two 14 and 15 year old daughters. Judge Samuel Strauss ordered foster care for the daughters and commented sharply as he sentenced her at Muncy.
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GOP Admits Trouble Signals From Poll Decline
WashingtonAP The GOP faces a deep setback as a Market Opinion Research poll shows 18 percent of Americans identify as Republicans, with Democrats at 42 percent and independents at 40. Mary Louise Smith warns time is running out while Ford Rockefeller and Reagan head a two day leadership meeting to rebuild the party for 1976.
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Police Admit They Shot Guns In Bar
Five Buffalo patrolmen pleaded guilty to departmental charges for off duty pistol practice in a tavern. The officers face penalties from reprimand to dismissal. Commissioner Thomas Blair announced the pleas after informal hearings and ordered a review of records. Penalties hold until Blair returns from a conference in New Orleans next Thursday.
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Blair
New Orleans
Sheriff Threatens Court Over Son's County Pay
Meadville article says Sheriff Alfred A. Grill threatened to sue Crawford County Commissioners after salary board refused wages for his son Robert, who worked as a jail correctional officer. The board argued Grill was not on the payroll and declined two pay motions amid budget and funding disputes, noting 1974 and 1975 budget and CETA funded deputy positions.
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Alfred A. Grill
Crawford County Commissioners
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Instant win Pennsylvania lottery to reveal winners on ticket
Harrisburg AP State officials plan a two month test of an instant win lottery game to let buyers rub off ink and know immediately if they have won Acting Lottery Director Lynn R Nelson said the instant ticket, produced by Scientific Games Inc, is tamper resistant and will debut in late spring for the test.
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