Final Vote On Pa Tax Due Tomorrow
Harrisburg AP reports the Senate plans an afternoon session to push a final Friday vote on 128.5 million in sales and cigarette tax increases. The Finance Committee endorsed the measures after amendments including a 1 percent collection commission. Leader Berger cites sufficient GOP votes. Minority Leader Weiner warns of possible last minute opposition.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
James
Berger
Helms
Calloused remarks as PA faces new taxes in Senate
Democratic State Chairman Otis B Morse accuses Republicans of callous disregard as Senate weighs a five percent sales tax and two cent per pack cigarette tax hike. Morse says taxpayers deserve to know the money impact on Pennsylvanians pocketbooks while action rushes to meet a June 1 Scranton deadline. The House passed bills would raise about 102.5 million annually from the sales tax and 26 million from the cigarette levy. Senate Finance Chair Henry J Propert notes many items remain exempt or taxable as amendments move.
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Kilburg
Otis B. Morse
Pennsylvania
Morse
Senate
Gov. Scranton
House
Henry J. Propert
R-Montgomery
Finance Committee
No Macing Says Erie Co GOP Chairman
Erie County GOP Chairman Neal Coughlin denies highway department workers were ordered to donate to the party. He says no money changed hands, and offers of contributions were refused. He notes a welfare fund funds sick benefits and funerals, not political contributions. The Journal reported crews were told to raise 52 by 5 pm, with a 20 and 1 weekly balance.
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Hne
Neal Coighlin
GOP
The
Journal
Joe Rohrer
Highway
Coughlin
Erie County
Au Pelutary Das
Rohrer
Debt ceiling battle marches toward Senate vote
Washington lawmakers push to raise the debt limit from 305 billion to 407 billion by month end with a Senate vote expected and a July 1 ceiling of 209 billion. House passage 213 to 204 amid Republican and conservative Democratic opposition. Byrd schedules an early Senate session while Kennedy tax cuts loom.
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Washingson
Senate
Treasury
House
Congress
Kennedy
Chaiman
Harry F. Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Virginia
Mae
Desegregation Pact Faces White Boycott In Birmingham
Birmingham leaders back a desegregation pact amid store boycotts and rising tension. Mayor Hanes and Police Chief Connor urge residents to support downtown merchants while a 77 member committee outlined efforts to calm violence. Governor Wallace accuses Kennedy of dictatorship as 3000 troops are sent to Alabama. Rev Shuttlesworth Jr. jailed for parade without a permit in a mass march.
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Commission
Arthur Hanes
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Quizenia
Montgomery
George C. Wallade
Kennedy
Alabama
Birmingham
Fred J. Shuttlesworth Jr
Three Corry Men Sentenced for Disorderly Conduct
Two Corry men and a Pleasantville resident were sentenced by Judge Samuel Rossiter in Erie County court after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer. John E. Foster, 20, received six months in jail and a $100 fine. Ervin D. Foster, 26, and Norman Van Hops, 28, were fined $500 and six months with parole on payment. Officer Kenneth Nichols sustained a broken hand during the February West Main Street confrontation.
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Pleasantville
Samuel Rossiter
Erie County
John E. Foster
East Hou Street
Norman van Hops
B.D. 2
Sonny Foster
West Main Street
Kenneth Nichols
Nichols
Cobbett
Pittsburgh Woman Found Dead In Creek
AP report from Pittsburgh says the body of Mary Thompson, 52, of the North Side, was found in a creek bed in Overbrook. Coroners say she was murdered, with death from severe head and body bruises. Thompson had been en route home from a nearby diner where she worked as a waitress, body found about 5 am.
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Creek
Pittsburgh
Overbrook
Palle
Allagheny County
Mary ‘Thompson
North Side
Andrew Skundrich
Corry Library Seeks Patron Input on Summer Hours
Corry Public Library plans a summer schedule responsive to patron needs amid rising pleasant weather. At present the library is open 32 hours weekly and trustees and staff will adjust if usage warrants. Mrs. David MacKenzie urges locals to phone or drop a card with preferred summer hours to guide the plan.
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Corry Library
Corry Public Library
David MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Lbrary
Penn State TV station application filed in State College
The Communications Commission received today an application from Pennsylvania State University in State College Pennsylvania for a fair station to operate on channel a clarification pending further details by the university and the commission.
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Penn State TV
Washington
the Communications Commission
Pennsylvania State University
State College
Goldwater asks California GOP groups to halt presidential fundraising
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater told California GOP groups to stop collecting funds for a presidential bid, saying he is running only for re election to the Senate. He noted he’s returning checks labeled Goldwater for President and rejects any draft for national nomination while continuing to ignore party realignment chatter after Nixon’s move to New York.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
California
Goldwater
Nation
Feports
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Goodwin
J. Knight
New Yorker
Senate
Arizona
Republican Party
Richard Mr. Nixon
New York
Penn’a Guard Units Put On Priority Call-Up List
The Army tags four National Guard infantry divisions and two guard armored divisions in the East and South for early call-up if war arises. Names include the 42nd New York, 26th Massachusetts, 28th Pennsylvania, 30th North Carolina, 50th New Jersey, and 30th Tennessee, with two more on special missions to Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone. Harrisburg’s Maj. Gen. Henry K. Pluck expresses surprise at the leak, warning recruitment may suffer as units face potential early activation. The 28th Infantry Division plans two-week summer training June 1-14 at Camp A. P. Hill and Camp Pickett.
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Washinuiun
National Guard
Guard
Army
42Nd Infantry
New York
26Th Infantry
Massachusetts
28Th Infantry
Pennsylvania
30Th Infantry
North Carolina
50Th Armored
New Jersey
30Th Armored
Tennessee
38 Infantry
Tahljana
47Th
Minnesota
Alaska
Panama Conal
Lst
Harrisburg
Henry K. Pluck
Pluck
Camp
A. P. Hill
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Painter shoots wife then kills himself in Liberty Township
In Liberty Township Ohio a painter identified as John Lapp shot his wife Marilyn in the back with a shotgun, then carried the body outside and killed himself. Deputies reported divorce threats and a pending separation as the motive, with the incident witnessed by a township officer responding to the gunfire.
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Wane
Ohio
Liberty Township
Triilibhull
County
John Lapp
Lapp
Marilyn
Cooper Nears Touchdown Time Set At Seven P.M
Into spirited fume and smoke as it climbed off the launch pad headed into space at Cape Canaveral yesterday.
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Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Cooper clears all 22 orbits as mission proceeds
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Autonaut Gordon Cooper receives permission to complete all 22 orbits in his Flight 7 Mercury mission. The capsule reports systems in good order, with a gradual descent planned to a Pacific splashdown about 4:23 pm Midway Island time. Recovery forces, led by the aircraft carrier Kearsarge, await offshore.
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Cape Canaviral
Via
Gordon Cooper
Ankidt
Adtronaut
Mercyary Control Center
Cooper
Shanghai
Ching
Pacific
Midway
Kearsarge
Ara
Kear
Sarge
Walter M. Sctirra Jr
Fiat
Cooper Wall
Tony
Haiti Dictator Duvalier vows to stay in power
President Duvalier in Port au Prince declares he will remain in office despite abroad reports he planned to flee. He claims re election, schedules May 22 inauguration, and calls for support as exiled opponents and anti-regime forces threaten his regime.
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Port AU Prinun
Haiti
Francis Duvaller
Duvalier
Duvelier
Papa Dos
Clement Barbot
Duvaller
United States
Halt
Man Disturbs Luncheon at White House Gate
Edgar D. Clayborn, 34, of no fixed address, breached the White House front gate during a luncheon intrigue. He was tackled after racing past guards, placed in a patrol wagon, and taken away as officials and reporters gathered. Police described the incident as chaotic amid a hush from White House officials.
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White House
Yannto
Ren
Sik! Aleve
Pennsylvania Avenue
Waa
Executive
Luincheon
Washington
Edgar D. Clayborn
Fire destroys Euclid Street home. volunteers rush to extinguish
A midnight blaze at 52 Euclid Street owned by Mrs Mary Proctor burned the front of the house, drawing 22 volunteers who used smoke masks and 850 feet of hose. Fire Chief Jerome Davis put losses at 4000 to the structure and 2000 to contents, with cause under investigation. One volunteer suffered a minor burn. firefighters were on scene over an hour.
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Euclid Street
Mary Proctor
Jerome Davis
Wilkie Lathrop
Davis
Joses
Eight-year-old beaten by teenager ends in critical condition
Eight-year-old Danny Weir of Munhall remained unconscious in critical condition at Homestead Hospital after a beating by a 14-year-old boy. Allegheny County detectives said the assailant admitted the attack. investigators reported the youth was lured into a wooded area, restrained with a rope, then released.
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Plerpeunun
Danny Weir
Munhall
Homestead Hospital
James V. DeBrout
Allegheny Couinty
DeStout
Weir
Lsp
Fred
Dow
Mrs Cooper Travels Too As Cooper Soars in Space
Houston AP reports Mrs Gordon Cooper plans to join her teen daughters in Hawaii for a reunion if his Faith 7 manned mission ends in the Pacific. Trudy Cooper watched the launch on TV with Camala and Janita before telephoning her husband moments before blastoff. The family followed the mission from their brick ranch near Houston as wives of other astronauts gathered at the Cooper home after the launch.
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Houston
Tex
Mra
Camala
Janita
Cooper
Cape Canaveral
Fis
Brick and Stone Ranch-Lyle
Debris Seen Near Site of Sub Sinking Thresher
Oceanographic scientist Dr. Paul M. Fye announced photographs showing objects on the sea floor near the Thresher disaster site 220 miles east of Cape Cod. The images, taken by a deep dive camera within 30 feet of the seabed in 8,000 feet of water, are unconfirmed as from the submarine and were sent to the Navy court of inquiry at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for analysis.
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Portsmouth
Nin
Woods Hole
Mass
Paul M. Fye
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Navy
Pye
Navy Court of Inquiry
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Boat
Fye
Avantis
Motorist fatally strikes toll booth on Turnpike
A Lawrence County man, John M. Walker Jr. of New Castle, was killed when his car swerved out of control and crashed into a toll booth at the Gateway Tank toll plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Police say he apparently fell asleep before the accident.
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Beaver Falls
Lawrence County
John M. Walker Jr
New Castle
Walker
Soviet Trawler Spotted Near Cooper Mission in Pacific
A Soviet trawler used for electronic snooping was sighted today near international waters off Yokosuka Japan. A U S destroyer patrolling Cooper's spaceflight site tracked the vessel near the Coastal Sentry, which guards Cooper’s return path. The trawler's mission remains undetermined.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U.S
Gordon Cooper
U. S
Cooper
Cooper in orbit photographs horizon glow over Mexico
Astronaut Gordon Cooper uses a 35mm camera to capture the zodiacal light near Guaymas Mexico while orbiting Earth. He reports sun dust reflections may explain the glow as MIT studies test horizon navigation for returning lunar missions. Ground control monitors fuel and oxygen as Cape Canaveral and Australia track his 16th orbit.
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Tider Seamcte
Manrixe
Cooper
Virgil Grissom
Guaymas
Mexico
MIT
Sartas
Etaht
Horizon
Mawachusetts Institute of Technology
Grishom
Cooper R
Grissom
Mercury Control Center
United States
Cape Canaveral
Faith 7
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Australia
Muches
Eastern Pacific
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