Counties seek more emergency power in state crises
Sixty state House members split into three teams question local officials about needs for county authority during emergencies. Western Pennsylvania commissioners say they are legally helpless in crises and lack rapid state response, calling the State a paper tiger. Butera plans hearings to explore how counties and the state can act in a statewide emergency.
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Robert J. Butera
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Fayette
Greene
Washington
Allegheny
Butera
House
Legislature Advances 48 Point Priorities Plan Amid Budget Strains
The legislature advances a 48 item priorities program, with talks of future action on tax and school aid after budget studies. Bills on pensions, governance, and oversight await committee recommendations, while 260 million debt and 200 million school subsidy increase loom. Open The Books urged for transparency. casino gambling and welfare grants are debated. a MLK Jr. holiday was proclaimed in January. A push includes ethics disclosures, energy agency consolidation, and public-employee reform.
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Ming
Lake Erie
Martin Luther King Jr
Massachusetts launches massive theft prevention program
A pioneering Massachusetts program aims to curb auto theft and inspire a national model. The state has faced high theft rates, with Boston labeled the stolen car center, and insurance costs rising as theft penalties climb.
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Massachusetts
Boston
U.S
Kevin White
Kleppe's last-day push for Pet Four oil rights
On his final day as Interior secretary, Thomas Kleppe pressed a bill to lease Naval Petroleum Reserve Four on Alaska's North Slope to oil companies at bargain rates. Estimates suggest Pet Four could hold at least 15 billion barrels of oil and 80 trillion cubic feet of gas, a potential windfall for eight oil refiners and related interests.
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Gerald Ford
Thomas Kleppe
Kleppe
Congress
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Alaska
Navy
Cacil Andrus
John Mass
D-Cal
Murphy
Crackdown on car thefts in national effort grows
A memo warns of releasing geological data from Pet Four to oil interests while Congress debates the Kleppe bill. Interior favors public data, citing taxpayer cost, as law enforcement touts anti theft campaigns and new reporting methods. Auto thefts fall in several cities with coordinated civic efforts suggested for wider adoption.
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Corry
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Frank J. Montemuro Jr
Supreme Court
Walt Plosila
Ronald Goebel
Department of Transportation
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Fisher
Democratic Congress
Kleppe
Interior Department
FBI
Boston
Massachusetts
National Automobile Theft Bureau
North Broadway
Jericho
New York
Jamaica spying and windfall claims roil Caribbean politics
Journalist Jack Anderson alleges Jamaica's leftist government under Prime Minister Michael Manley has secretly spied on Jamaicans in the United States and moved to seize abroad assets amid a failing economy. The report cites exiles and bankers, with embassy officials denying U.S. surveillance but acknowledging concern over illegal remittances.
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Jamaica
United States
Caribbean Island
Michael, Manley
Manley
South Korea
Ran
Chile
Soviet Union
Moriarty to appear in CBS sports themed film role
Los Angeles AP reports Michael Moriarty known for film roles in Bang the Drum Slowly The Last Detail and Report to the Commissioner returns to sports footage in a CBS movie The Deadliest Season portraying a pro hockey enforcer Moriarty 35 of Detroit reflects on his TV and movie work balance and his first TV appearance since 1973 earlier role in The Glass Menagerie.
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Michael Moriarty
Jim O'Connor
Tennessee Williams
Moriarty
Detroit
Theater dreams color former Tigers star Moriarty
A former Detroit Tigers third baseman, Moriarty says his main goal is a New York theater. He would consider a TV or film role only if needed to fund his acting company Potter's Field. He plans a troupe with works by known and unknown playwrights and hopes to launch in about two years.
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Moriarty
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