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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1972
Page
3
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Washington AP reports President Nixon’s anti busing plan loses momentum as House and Senate members clash over a moratorium on new busing and a $2.5 billion reallocation proposal to aid schools serving poor and minority students. Civil rights groups oppose the plan and NAACP withdraws support. Opposition from AFL-CIO and Southern lawmakers grows, hinting at full hearings and lengthy floor fights.
A 3 year old girl from Fluvanna New York wandered onto thin ice on Chautauqua Lake near Fluvanna Marina. Sergeant John R Bentley and Tammy Kruse rescued her using planks. Both were in the water briefly before reaching shore. Fluvanna Volunteer Fire Department aided. Tammy admitted to WCA Hospital with exposure and shock. Bentley survived with no after effects.
In Harrisburg 22 cabinet members received new Chrysler Newport cars costing about 86,000 combined. The $3,911 per car pace contrasts with a state plan to trim $276 million in annual spending as Gov Shapp's task force issued cost-cutting recommendations. The fleet includes air conditioning, radios, power steering and adjustable front seats with some cars offering telephones.
The Pennsylvania Revenue Department suspended its Philadelphia based top cigarette tax investigator and three agents amid alleged complicity in evading the 18 cent per pack tax. The suspensions follow a two month probe into counterfeiting with bogus stamps and missing machines, a larger leakage issue Kane says costs the state 30 to 35 million annually. Authorities arrested three people and seized about 6,200 cartons with fraud stamps, while a Philadelphia wholesaler handled thousands of cartons weekly. The four suspended were Andrew J. Millhouse Leroy Wade Jr Rocco Framento and Alfonzo Marino.
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