Farmers Plan Meat Protest At Eastway Plaza Erie
Several Warren County farmers launched a meat market protest to sell ground beef directly to consumers at Eastway Plaza Erie on Friday. Led by Michael Kuzma the pilot project of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association aims to counter low prices and foreign ground meat imports with about 4000 pounds of ground beef from cattle butchered at Columbus Packing Company under state inspection. Others sending stock include Ronald Gates James Hammond Howard VanTassel and Ellsworth Hale.
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Michael Kuzma
United States
Department of Agriculture
Lawrence Caywood
Erie
Eastway Plaza
Warren County
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
PFA
Kuzma
Warren County Livestock Association
Columbus Packing Company
Mason's Store
Kurma
Columbus
Ronald Gates
James Hammond
Howard VanTassel
Ellsworth Hale
Weekend police report lists drugs thefts and arrests
City police over the weekend logged a marijuana possession case, three thefts, and the arrest of a wanted man in a burglary case. Gregory Desmond, 19, was charged after officers found marijuana and tests confirmed the substance following a red light stop on South Center. A 15 year old Spring Creek youth faced two motor vehicle theft counts after stealing two cars on Blue Eye Run road, causing crashes before being caught. The thefts included a citizens band radio theft from Joseph Swabik and money missing from Diane Root's envelope after she cashed a paycheck. The Stop and Go store gas thief was reported by Kathleen Porter.
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South Center
South Streets
Daniel McClellan
John Kelsey
McClellan
Gregory M. Desmond
Wayne Street
Kelsey
Desmond
Spring Creek
Pennsylvania
Blue Eye Hun Road
Warren
Ronald Drager
R.D.1
Joseph Swabik
West Smith Street
Swabik
Ike
Diane Root
Snyder Circle
North Center
Kathleen Porter
Congress Says SS Deficits Have Grown Beyond Projections
A Monday report to Congress from the four Social Security trust fund trustees shows rising short term and long term deficits. The Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance program will pay out more than payroll taxes this year, with a about 3 billion deficit. Long term, the average annual deficit is forecast at about 5.3 percent, up from last year’s 3 percent. Inflation, higher benefits, and unemployment drive short-term shortfalls. low birth rates and a future ratio of about 100 workers per 50 beneficiaries by 2030 drive long-range concerns.
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Washington
Congress
United States to Cut Troops in Thailand in Two Months
The United States and Thailand announce a 28 percent force reduction from 27,000 to 19,500 U.S. troops over the next two months marking a major step toward withdrawing from Southeast Asia. Thai Foreign Minister Chatichai Choonhavan says 130 South Vietnamese Air Force planes remain in Thailand, with talks planned on next steps.
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Associated Press
United States
Thailand
Southeast Asia
U.S
Cambodia
South
Vietnam
Chatichai Choonhavan
Saigon
Chatichai
North Vietnam
Saigon Radio
Bangkok
Thai forces plan welcome home for Con Son returnees
Thai authorities gather families at a pagoda to discuss a welcome home ceremony for people returning from Con Son prison island. Reports note Nguyen Van Thien’s government disputes and the reassurances that thousands of ex South Vietnamese navy personnel handed over ships. Neues Deutschland cites Saigon reopenings of Tan Son Nhut and Da Nang harbors. A US Thai withdrawal timeline remains uncertain with conditions on relocation to the mainland US.
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Con Son
Nguyen van Thien
Thien
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Israel Masses Troops and Beirut Office Bombing
Israel massed troops and armor along the Syrian and Jordanian cease-fire lines amid reports from a Jordanian paper. In Beirut an explosion ripped the ground floor of Al Moharrer offices injuring one and highlighting regional unrest.
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Ale
Associated Press
Israel
Beirut
Lebanon
al Moharrer
al Dastour
West Bank
Jordan River
Full-Time Pay Part-Time Help
Harrisburg AP report shows state agencies paying substantial salaries to part-time legal help. Dozens earn $14,000+ yearly for one or two days weekly. PUC paid averages of $400 daily to part-time hearing examiners in 1974, with one earning $16,900. Democratic and some independent agencies also hire lawyers part time, with daily rates around $150 to $200.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Senate
PUC
Louis J. Carter
Aminer
Liquor Control Board
Michael J. Eagen Jr
Scranton
State Supreme Court
C. Doyle Steele
Apollo
Armstrong County
Alfred DiBona Jr
Philadelphia
Liquor Board
Moss Murphy
Kissinger to Testify Before CIA Hearing
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger joins four former officials in testifying to the Rockefeller commission as it nears the end of its inquiry into CIA domestic activities. Also slated are James R. Schlesinger John A. McCone and Walt Rostow, all former or current leaders linked to CIA covert actions.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Rockefeller Commission
CIA
Kissinger
James R. Schlesinger
John A. McCone
National Security
Walt W. Rostow
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Commission
Rockefeller
Schlesinger
McCone
Richard M. Helms
William E. Colby
Rostow
National Security Council
False Alarm Bugs Fire Chief Men and Equipment
On Saturday twenty men and three pieces of equipment rushed to Wright street and Oakley avenue for a false alarm. Assistant Fire Chief Charles Weston criticized the prank, noting the $130 worth of gear and cars used. Yesterday, firemen fought a chicken coop fire at Richard Daniels’s Worth street home, which was demolished.
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Wright Street
Oakley Avenue
Charles Weston
Richard Daniels
Worth Street
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U.S.A
al Wastour
Iraq
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Shanshal
Baghdad
Mulla Mustafa Barzani
Iran
Syria
Golan Heights
Egypt
Jerusalem
Palestine Popular Struggle Front
London
McEdowney
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