Erie drug chase ends with car riddled by bullets
Erie police chase ends with a speeding car firing on officers during a narcotics stakeout. James "Fizz" Thomas, 42, was arrested after a three block pursuit. Helen Towers, 26, was also charged. One woman in the car was shaken but not seriously hurt. Investigators say about 38 heroin packages were tossed from the vehicle and most were recovered. Thomas faces drug and aggravated assault charges. both await preliminary hearings May 24.
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David Bagnoni
Dom DiPaalo
Bra Theft Worked Panty Try Failed
Norma McCafferty caught a thief by baiting her washing with a bell sewn into bright panties. Jack Cohen, 50, of London's East End, confessed to stealing the bra and attempting to steal the panties. Magistrates ordered him held for medical exams and a June 4 hearing.
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Norma McCafferty
Jack Cohen
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State Worker Negotiations Resume in Harrisburg Amid Dispute
In Harrisburg AP says negotiations between the state and AFSCME representing 73000 workers resume Wednesday after a two month delay. About 200 AFSCME officials and 50 state negotiators meet under mediator Frederick Edwards with talks due Thursday, with potential fact-finder action if settlement stalls. Main issues include wages pensions health insurance and seniority. AFSCME seeks a 1500 wage rise over two years. the state offers a 3 percent annual raise costing about 30 million.
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employer
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State Labor Relations Board
Christ Zervanos
Prison Bars Juvenile and Adult In Same White Hill Cell
Harrisburg reports show juveniles and adults jailed together at White Hill state correctional institution despite a law against mixed confinement. Judges and officials cite lack of alternative facilities with over 250 juveniles affected. Superintendent Patton and Lipsitt defend, while Defender Association seeks Supreme Court review for four youths.
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Harrisburg Evening News
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Dauphin County
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Lipsitt
Philadelphia
Michael Levy
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Local Defender Association
State Supreme Court
Sacramento teen buys rare Superman comic for record price
Mitchell Mehdy, 18, of Sacramento shows his first Superman comic bought for 1801.26 dollars, possibly a record for a comic book. Known as King of the Comics, he calls the 1938 edition the ultimate, noting only nine copies exist. The issue chronicles Superman’s origin and shows him lifting a car.
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Sacramento
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King of the Comics
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Busti Police Charge Three In Burglary
A neighbor alert led Busti police to an abandoned farm break in. Ruth E. Clark 21 and two minors were charged with third degree burglary and petit larceny and arraigned before Justice Ernest Levin. They were remanded to jail in $1000 bail each. Field officers from Lakewood and county deputies aided the search near the farm owned by Byron Shearman. The trio allegedly planned to sell stolen scrap metal.
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Ruth E. Clark
Ernest Levin
Chautauqua County
Mayville
W. Clark Catchpole
Bush
J. D. Dustin
R. J. Siperek
Steven Showers
Lakewood
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