Referendum on Horse Racing Betting Gains Backing
Senator Watkins leads bipartisan push for a statewide referendum on legalizing horse racing and wagering within the Commonwealth. Sponsors cite potential tax gains while acknowledging past veto risks, with Easter floor action anticipated after committee referral.
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Seblon
Sein TE
G. Harid Watkins JR
Delaware
Watkins
Jemal
Commonwealth
Lette
Thomas P. McCreesh
Phila
Fred B. Rooney
Arthampton
John T. van
Lehigh
Watkins’ Committee
Senate
Rebel Radio In Iraq Dies Out
Conflicting victory claims marked the Baghdad dispute as crowds celebrated a government claim of crushing the insurgency while rebel stations denied it and vowed to advance on Baghdad. An AP reporter noted few troops in the city and no sign of alarm.
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Baghdad
Kaseem
Shawaf
Arab Unity
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Iraq
Stan Carter
Path
Carter
Clymer Crash Injures Six In Head On Collision
Six members of the Lookenhouse family were injured when their car was hit head on by another vehicle on Route 65D. Jesse H. Lockenhouse 55 backed from a private drive and paused in the road as Dennly Kimmy 19 approached from a nearby bridge. Kimmy swerved to avoid the first car but collided head on. Hospitalized or treated were Bordins Lookenhouse 84 Arlene Lookenhouse 28 Diane Lookenhouse 0 Ronald Lookenhouse 9 and Richard Lookenhouse 6. The Kimmy family were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital ER for treatment.
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Corty Memorial Hospital
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department
Mayville
Jesse H. Lockenhouse
Dennly Kimmy
Erie
Kimmy
Lookenhouse
Corrythospital
Bordins Lookenhouse
Bruiae
Arlene Loolkenhouse
Linesville
Teg Krussen
Diane Lookenhouse
Diesville
Ronald Lookenhouse
Dease Lookenhouse
Richard
Clymer
Kimmiys
St. Vincent's Hospital
Former Military Leader Floyd Parks Dies at 63
Gen Floyd Parks who led American troops into Berlin at war end dies of cancer in an Army hospital at 63. He became Berlin’s unofficial mayor in 1945 guiding meetings with Soviet British and French commanders. Retired in 1956 he led the National Rifle Association as executive director and rose from private to general after enlisting in World War I.
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Floyd
Parks
Berlin
National Rifles Association
Geueral
Pennsylvania junior miss Judi Humphrey wins pageant title
Harrisburg lawmakers praised 17 year old Judi Humphrey of Lewistown for winning the American Junior Miss title at Mobile Alabama. Lewistown residents planned a welcome parade and local groups prepared to honor her return, with the Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsoring the state pageant participation.
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Harry W. Price Jr
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Judi Humphrey
Lewistown
Mobile
Ala
Judi
John A. Donaldson
Democratic Critics Attack House Spending Bills in Senate
Sen. Harry F. Byrd warns that two Democratic bills would enable over three billion dollars in backdoor expenditures before any action on the first Appropriations bill. He cites a 2,676,600,000 housing measure and 485 million federal aid to airport projects sponsored by Democrats, largely opposed by Republicans. He accuses Treasury debt and contract authorizations of bypassing congressional controls.
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Congress
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Senate
House
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School Budget Up Forty Thousand Six Hundred Thirty
Budget increases cover several new staff costs with total rises including $6,000 for Columbus and Conway teachers, $8,000 for a guidance counselor, mandated raises $22,600, other raises $4,150, and retirement payments up $85,000. The Jointure budget must be set first to inform six districts of their share. a Monday Joint Committee meeting will continue planning. A separate note mentions a $5,000 scholarship awarded to a student.
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Wright School
Columbus
Conelway
Joint Committee
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