Flood plain law debate advances in Pennsylvania Senate
After Agnes floods, Pennsylvania senators push flood plain management legislation requiring compliance with National Flood Insurance Program standards and a county watershed runoff plan. The measures propose state review, court remedies for noncompliance, and possible enforcement powers by the Department of Community Affairs and Environmental Resources. Senators Murray and Kury cite past flood damage and advocate stricter controls.
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Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Senate
State Community Affairs Department
Common Pleas Court
State Environmental Resources Department
Martin Murray
Luzerne County
Franklin Kury
Northumberland County
Bland Family Reunion Rewrites Sitcom History
NBC and a rival network plan reunions of classic Middle America shows. The Bland Family Reunion features original cast Peter Bore Bernadette Estrange Everett Scrimshaw and Sue Tidball recounting the 1950 51 series with notes on Jim Blands job and a 40th anniversary framing. Travel boom for students adds foreign trip deals and SATA offerings.
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Los Angeles
NBC
Peter Bore
Bernadette Estrange
Everett Scrimshaw
Little Willie
Sue Tidball
Ellie
Marc de Smyth
deSmyth
Bland
Jim Bland
de Smyth
Hon
Sin
Logan
Utah
Miss Estrange
Short Pump
N.M
Dobie Gillis
Liffle Willie
Joliet
Travel and politics mix in early 1970s briefing
The item cites California sponsored CIEE tours to Australia with 2 to 5 week options under $1,100 including round trip flights from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Sydney and hostel or hotel stays with bus or train passes. It also notes SATA charters to Africa at one third the regular ticket cost and hints at Latin America air fares. In Washington, Rep. John Ashbrook sparked controversy by using a racial slur while discussing money for investigations into the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy, provoking reactions amid ongoing political debate and a gathering at the Oakland Inn.
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Los Angeles
Hong Kong
Europe
London
Rome
Student Air Travel Assn
SATA
Australia
California
Council On International Education Exchange
CIEE
San Francisco
Sydney
Africa
Latin America
Washington
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Martin Luther King Jr
New York
Institute of International Education
UN Plaza
Students Abroad 1977 Style Travel Guide Highlights
A roundup of 1977 student travel options from the United States to Europe and Latin America. It lists programs by CIEE ABC flights, Baltic Shipping, Polish Ocean Lines, and BritRail Seapass, with costs from under $200 to $469, plus ages and booking notes. It cites AIFS, Experiment in International Living, and IIE guides, including student IDs and hostel passes.
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Baltic Shipping Co
New York
Montreal
London
Brattleboro
Ashbrook accused of remark at dinner over slain civil rights leader
Reporters recount at a dinner that Ashbrook allegedly made a derogatory remark about a slain civil rights leader. Sprague named to confirm notes show the remark. others recall or deny hearing it while avoiding identification amid House etiquette rules. Rep. Rousselot attended and weighed in on the controversy.
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Ashbrook
Sprague
Ashbrook criticizes civil rights stance and political rivals
Ohio congressman Ashbrook, known for blunt remarks, has voting history against civil rights measures. The piece notes Pentagon spend on top admirals with aides and a costly retirement send off for Admiral Sam H Moore aboard the USNS Wyman. Harrisburg AP reports FEC probes into Gov. Shapp's 1976 campaign, Thornburgh derides corruption charges, and mentions Acree's pot crackdown plea and Treasury blunders.
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Ohio
Ashbrook
Pentagon
Sam H. Moore
Navy
Potomac River
Harrisburg
Federal Election Commission
Shapp
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D-N.m
Richard Sprague
Oakland Inn
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Colombia
Venezuela
Peru
Lima
CLE
Chicago
ABC
Mecorry Evening Journal
South Street
Corry
George R Sample
William Exton
Joha McLaughlin
Enrernan
Mall
Indivanca
American Institute For Foreign Study
AIFS
Italy
Austria
Germany
Ireland
Spain
France
Greenwich Ave
Greenwich
Conn
American Youth Hostels, Inc
National Campus
Delaplane
N.Y
By Jack Anderson
John Rousselot
R-Calif
William G. Williams
Wyman
Military Sealift Command
Ja Capes
Potomac
Washington Navy Yard
Pittsburgh
Richard L. Thornburgh
Thornburgh
U.S. Justice Department
U.S
Western Pennsylvania
FEC
Fetter
J. Edward Snyder
Snyder
Pot
Customs
Vernon Acree
Treasury Dept
America
Internal Revenue Service
al Capone
Acree
Internal Revenue
Donald Alexander
the Treasury
Mere Anderson
Atlanta
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Treasury
Dept
Tom Steed
D-Okla
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