Ground-water tests planned in Vernon Township area
Two Bureau of Sanitary Engineering geologists will visit Vernon Township today to conduct experiments as residents report ongoing volatile fumes since February. Rep. Dwyer notes spring high water could reignite the problem, and locals seek more expert intervention despite praise for state health officials and Mobil Oil.
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Meadville
Bureau of Sanitary Engineering
State Department of Health
Vernon Township
R. Budd Dwyer
Dwyer
State Health Department
Mobil Oil Corp
Utility Rate Hikes Challenged In Court
A Harrisburg lawsuit challenges automatic utility bill increases projected to total up to 121 million dollars annually. Plaintiffs seek an injunction to halt immediate rises while arguing the PUC order lacks required hearings. The suit, filed by two Democratic senators and others, targets PUC chair Bloom and commission members.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth Court
Public Utility Commission
Homer L. Kreider
Pennsylvania
PUC
George S. Bloom
Sen
W. Louis Coppersmith
D-Cambria
Disraeli
Coppersmith
Public Utility Code
Senate
Ernest P. Kline
D-Beaver
Ralph D. Tive
Bloom
Drug pushers rounded up in Bradford covert operation
State Police undercover teams posing as hippie drifters conducted a weekend roundup in the Era area arresting eight men on charges of possession and sale of dangerous drugs. The operation, which followed three months of vice detail work from Harrisburg, involved Bradford Township and City officers plus McKean County deputies. Bonds were set at 5000 dollars. Brieant bonded out later. Additional hearings are scheduled.
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Bradford
Harrisburg
Douglas Lattin
Charles L. Brieant III
Gregory Witchen
Carl Ferro
McKean County
Smethport
Brieant
Clayton
David J. Lamborm
Edward Rosenscie
Bradford Township
Bradford City
Foster Township
Unruh Enters Democratic Governorship Race
Jesse Unruh filed as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor and announced his resignation as state assembly leader effective March 31. His term runs through January. he said the Reagan challenge will require full effort. Reagan seeks renomination and is expected unopposed in the GOP primary with no major Democratic rivals yet.
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Los Angeles
Jesse Unruh
State Assembly
Unruh
Assembly
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Postal Workers Warned Walking Out Unlawful
Washington AP report says the Post Office Department warns its 750,000 employees that recent court decisions do not loosen bans on strikes by federal workers and any government employee who walks out faces possible criminal prosecution.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Department
Bureau of Operations
Bureau
Postal
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Woman Receives Four Year Term In Stabbing Case
Joyce Ann Miller was sentenced to a maximum four years at the Industrial Home for Women in Moncy after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the October 28 stabbing death of her brother in law Charles Gilliand. The judge indicated she is not a criminal and urged she not repeat such crime.
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Meadville
Joyce Ann Miller
Charles Gilliand
Moncy
P. Richard Thomas
Miss Miller
Paul D. Shafer Jr
Musica
Gilliand
Shafer
Thomas
U.S. Delays Israel Plane Sale Amid Power Shift
Washington reports Israel's request for 125 additional jet fighters likely delayed. Nixon advisors fear Israel holds air superiority and may not need more planes. Thirty Phantoms are delivering under a Johnson pact. Meir seeks 25 Phantoms and 100 Skyhawks. In Srinagar, a herdsman named Raju abandons dream of gold amid a long search.
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Washington
Israel
United States
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Golda Meir
39-Ton Shaft Shifts Kill Trucker in Erie
In Erie a 39 500 pound steel drive shaft shifted on a Matched truck and crushed the cab killing driver John B Leinkner 41 of New Castle. The 90 minute rescue left the engineer from Girard Steuart Reid unhurt. Coroner Merle Wood said death from multiple injuries occurred near the Bessemer and Lake Erie tracks as a switching engine slammed the truck after the shaft broke loose. No autopsy will be held.
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ERIE
John B. Leinkner
New Castle
Merle Wood
Bessemer
Lake Erie
Leinkner
National Forge Company
Steuart Reid
Girard
Wood
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N.Y
St. Patrick's Day
Chautauqua County
Robert B. Lewis
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Associated Press
State Liquor Board
Lewis
Franklin
Henry Winters
Oil City
Franklin Hospital
Bickel
Sparta
Spartansburg
Spartansburg Sportsman's Club
Clear Lake
Northwest District
Pennsylvania Federation’ of Sportsmen's Clubs
Oil Creek
Saegertown
Saegertown Area
Regional Planning Commission
George Beckman
Beckman, Swenson and Associates
Commission
Luther Templeton
Journal Daily
Ft. Lawton
Seattle
Wash
Army Land
Frank’s
HER
SI Secret Service
Technic
California
Bob Church
Confor St
U. S
Srinagar
India
Raju
Sonamarg
North Corry
All Marine Bank
Center Street
East
Columbus Avenue
Marine Bank
Marine National Bank
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