Area Jobless Rate Tops State Nation in Erie County
Erie County shows an unemployment rise with 13,700 claimants and 108,500 employed. James A. Roseberry of the Bureau of Employment Security notes a 900 job gain and 200 more jobless. local rate at 11.4 percent exceeds state 9.6 and national 8.7. Spring construction and shipping expected to lift hiring, but joblessness remains high.
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Erie County
James A. Roseberry
Corry and
Erie
Bureau of Employment Security
Erie- Corry
Nonelectrical Machinery and Transportation Equipment Group
Corry and Erie
Bureau of Employment, Security
Roseberry
Erie Attorney Appointment Report Sparks Denials and Claims
Reports from Philadelphia say Bernard Siegel will be named special prosecutor in Philadelphia, with Governor Shapp authorizing firing of Walter Phillips. Siegel denies and sources dispute the tale as Kane remains noncommittal. In Erie, officials dispute the Philadelphia reports while Siegel travels between Harrisburg and the Crime Commission.
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ERIE
Bernard Siegel
Philadelphia
Siegel
Philadelphia Bulletin
Pennsylvania Atorney
Rober Kane
Milton Shapp
Walter M. Phillips
Erie County
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Crime Commission
Kane
Hilton Conviction Upheld in Extortion Case
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the government did not illegally obtain evidence leading to the extortion conviction of Frank Hilton former state secretary of property and supplies. Hilton, 67, was sentenced in April 1975 in Pittsburgh to five years with parole after one year for extorting 31500 from Pittsburgh broker David Oppenheim tied to a 603000 Gulf Insurance policy. He also faced perjury tax fraud counts from the 1975 trial.
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Frank Hilton
Sra US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hilton
U.S. District Court
Pittsburgh
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Menville
David Oppenhiem
Gulf Insurance Co
Texas
Oppenheim
Keystone Bank
Oppenhem
Keystone
Storms Sweep Southern States Amid Tornado Outbreaks
Thunderstorms spread from Texas into Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Georgia with tornadoes reported across Michigan and the Deep South. The National Weather Service logged 24 tornadoes on Tuesday and 41 on Monday with six deaths in Arkansas three in Mississippi and one in Michigan. A tornado watch remained in parts of Alabama and Mississippi as showers and thundershowers forecast across the southeast and northern Gulf states.
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Mississippi
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Georgia
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National Weather Service
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Fla
Gunnison
Colo
Florida
Mid- Atlantic
Montana
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Anchorage
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
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