Fight Looms Over Campaign Reform Bill in Senate
The Senate opens a contentious debate on campaign reform with proposals for public funding of presidential and congressional campaigns, tighter disclosures, and a new federal elections commission. Supporters say it curbs big money while opponents label it a treasury drain. The bill, apart from public financing, largely mirrors a Senate-passed measure from last July.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Treasury
Congress
Federal Elections Commission
Justice Department
House
Spartansburg school fight over relocation and funding
Reader letters condemn the 1973 transfer of Spartansburg high school upper grades to Corry, citing overcrowding and funding disparities. The writer accuses officials of misinformation, questions Corry’s priorities, and defends local residents as angry yet committed to better schooling for children. A brief note from Fort Lauderdale recalls a $5 March of Dimes donation meant to sponsor Lisa Millars.
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Spartansburg
Harrisburg
Corry
Spartansburg High School
Hicks
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Lisa Millars
J. Paul Getty
Lisa
Plantation Middle School
Getty
Surrey
England
March of Dimes
Equal Hospital Rates Urged By Pa Hospital Association
Harrisburg AP Hospital patients should pay equal rates for equal services regardless of payer whether self paid private insurance Blue Cross or state funded The Hospital Association of Pennsylvania representing about 300 of 320 hospitals backs rate equality urging uniform charges for patients receiving same services and facility use before a House committee studying cost regulation and rate filing procedures.
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Harrisburg
Blue Cross
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania
James Neeley
Association
House
Pennsylvania
Neeley
House Health and Welfare Committee
Department of Health
Secretary of Health
Health Secretary
Horse Racing Panel Under Investigation
The Justice Department is probing activities of the State Horse Racing Commission. Officials cited limited comment while the probe began last week. Commission Chair Joseph L. Leece traveled from Florida to meet with officials, and acting deputy executive secretary Joseph R. Longo confirmed knowledge of the investigation without detailing it.
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Harrisburg
Justice Department
State Horse Racing Commission
Department
Harrisburg Evening News
Monday Commission
Joseph L. Leece
Florida
Joseph R. Longo
Gov Drives Car Using Coal Gas in Chicago Demonstration
Illinois Governor Daniel Walker test driven a passenger car in downtown Chicago on gasoline refined from coal. He praised the fuel’s performance, cited costs of $4,000 for 15 gallons, and described the project as a step toward converting coal to oil and gas to address the energy crisis. Officials noted refinery-scale costs of about $500 million and a 7–10 year timeline to produce 100,000 barrels daily.
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Chicago
Illinois
Daniel Walker
Walker
Ilinois
Ted Tom
Amoco Oil Co
Whiting
Ind
Hydrocarbon
Trenton
Amoco
United States
Troubled Eisenhower College nets $21 500 in donations
Eisenhower College at Seneca Falls, financially strapped, reported 21 500 in gifts over the last two weeks from local residents and far‑off donors including California. President Rosgphrans had said the school needed 369 994 to balance this year. Trustees meet in New York City April 9 to discuss finances. The college opened in 1968 and is named for Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Seneca Falls
N.Y
Eisenhower College
California
John Rosgphrans
New York City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
4-H Capital Days Bring Two Warren County Members
Allan Blystone of Lottsville and Susan Kuzma of Columbus will attend the Pennsylvania 4-H Capital Days in Harrisburg on April 1 and 2. They will observe state government functions alongside delegates from 66 counties. The program began in 1965 to help youth citizenship development under the Extension Service.
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Warren County
4-H
Allan Blystone
Lottsville
Susan Kuzma
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Norman Perschke
Extension Service
Suppression Bid in Jamestown Kidnap Slay Case Heads to April Hearing
Attorneys for three Jamestown area youths charged in the Danny Ebersole kidnap and murder move to suppress certain statements and nearly $15,000 ransom evidence. An April hearing will decide admissibility of arrests statements, with one defendant granted youthful offender status. Separately, Richard Parish plans to appeal his Hallett family murder convictions as other Hallett case details unfold.
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Mayville
N.Y
Jamestown Area
Danny Ebersole
FBI
Buffalo
Kenneth Williams
Ebersole
Danny
Jamestown
Williams
Joseph Bermingham Jr
Martin Whitmore
Richard Parish
Susan Hallett
Hallett
Parish
Attica
Robert
Grace Hallett
Ann
County Jobs Recoup Some Recent Losses
County employment rose from January to February with total workers at 111,500, up 6,300 year over year and 200 fewer unemployed in the past month. Erie area officials cite a 5.2 percent jobless rate, below state and national levels, and note no net shop employment change since January amid labor disputes.
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James A. Roseberry
Erie Area Bureau of Employment Security
Corry
Erie Bes
Erie County
Roseberry
Erie
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U.S
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Bedford Hills
New York
Hudson Valley
Chautauqua County
National Wildlife Federation
Corry Journal
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