Explosion in Belfast Kills British Officer Amid NI Violence
In Belfast a large blast on Wellington Street killed Maj. Bernard Calladene, a British army bomb disposal expert, as IRA-linked bombings targeted leaders in the Catholic civil rights movement. London moved to tighten control with 191 to 13 Commons vote and troops rising to 15,100 in Ulster.
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London
Northern Ireland
House of Commons
Edward Health
House of Lords
British Defense Ministry
Ulster
Wellington Street
City Hall
Bernard Calladene
Lower Falls
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Londonderry
Ivan Cooper
Clean Water Bill Clears House with 24.6 Billion Size
The House approved a 24.6 billion clean water bill to improve rivers and lakes, sending the measure to a House-Senate conference after a 378 to 14 vote. Key disputes include funding levels for sewage systems, technology deadlines, and a shift to a joint federal state permit system replacing the 1899 Refuse Act.
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Washington
House
John Blatnik
Dminn
House-Senate
Senate
Citywide Lenten Service By Corry Area Ministers
The Corry Area Ministerial Association sponsors a noon to 3 p.m. Lenten service tomorrow at First United Methodist Church. Meditations on The Seven Last Words will be given by Patrick Maier Joseph Kanzlemar Larry Mattox Malvin Dolby Marlin Klingensmith F Eugene Donelson and Reggie Baker with Rev Walter Gilliland presiding. Choirs from St Paul Lutheran Church First United Methodist Church and Spring Creek East Spring Creek Congregational churches provide music. Local businesses will close during all or part of the three hours to allow employee attendance.
Promises and budget switch in Shapp plan
Governor Milton Shapp unveiled a tight fisted 6.052 billion budget promising to implement most recommendations of a 65 businessman study. The report urged welfare reforms and staff reductions though the budget adds about 2,200 welfare workers, highlighting concerns of fraud and inefficiency.
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Milton Shapp
Etttakin Inc
Pennsylvania
Department of Welfare
Shapp
Persuasive Meat Price Decline Expected Weeks Ahead
Washington officials after two hour meeting with heads of major food chains say meat prices will fall in the next 140 days due to market forces not government action. Connally, Butz, and advisers urged weekly price reports. chain executives credit lower carcass beef prices and competition for the anticipated drop. Mills warned of resumed price freezes to curb inflation. Venture into wholesale talks and broader price controls remained open questions.
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Treasury
John B. Connally
Agriculture
Earl Lbutz
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Connally
William Mitchell
Safeway Stores
Mills
Safeway
Acme Markets Inc
Allied Supermarkets Inc
First National Stores Inc
Grand Union Co
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Jewel Tea Co. Inc
Kroger Co
Lucky Stores
National Tea Co
Stop & Shop Co. Inc
Supermarkets General
Pilot Program Meals On Wheels To Roll Monday
The federally funded Meals on Wheels program begins Monday with about 25 elderly and handicapped residents to receive hot noon meals five days a week. Volunteers from St. Paul Lutheran Church will prepare meals and deliver them citywide from 10:30 to 12:15. Mrs. Edward Zarger will schedule helpers as the three month pilot is funded by GECAC and aims to serve those unable to provide meals, with proceeds possible for future expansion.
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Greater Erie
Edward Zarger
Harrisburg Demonstrators Jailed and Fined in Courthouse Protest
Hearings ran through the early morning as 166 demonstrators faced disorderly conduct charges outside Harrisburgs federal courthouse amid the Harrisburg Seven trial. Some were fined, others jailed or released, with exact dispositions not yet known. The arrests followed a nonviolent protest as demonstrators looped a metal chain around three sides of the building. One arrestee, Father Jack O Malley from Pittsburgh, commented the war remains the issue, not school busing.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Seven
Demonstrators
Legal Defense Committee
State Farm Show Building
Jack O'Malley
Pittsburgh
Charges Filed Against Area Man
Police filed charges of leaving the scene of an accident in District Justice Porter Auer against Michael Keaveny, 56, of Corry. He said the crash occurred on West Main Street as he swerved to avoid a dog and a rabbit, the car hitting a sign post and a field with $150 damage. he was not located until this morning after an earlier search.
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Porter Auer
Michael Keaveny
R.D. 1
Corry
Keaveny
West Main Street
Heaveny
Two Corry youths injured in Route 8 crash
Two area youths 16 and 18 years old are listed in good condition at Union City Memorial Hospital after a one car crash on Route 8 near Centerville. Driver Dean A Gates 18 may require several more days of hospitalization while Michaelene Skalos 16 is likely to be discharged tomorrow. Police said Gates lost control on a curve, struck a utility pole, and both occupants were freed after an hour by Bloomfield Township and Union City volunteers. The wreck left the pole snapped ten feet high and the car a total loss.
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Union City Memorial Hospital
Centerville
Dean A Gates
Corry
Michaelene Skalos
Michael Skalos
Gates
Route 8
Bloomfield Township
Union City Volunteer Fire Department
Holy Week antiwar protest circles Harrisburg Federal Building
Demonstrators form a chain around the Federal Building in Harrisburg during a Holy Week anti-war protest. The line of protesters surrounds the structure, signaling opposition to war and pushing for peace amid religious observance.
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Harrisburg
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