Defeated Erie Officials Cite News Bias and Machine Politics
Erie City Controller Robert Cooney and Erie County Treasurer Neil McLaughlin faced landslide losses in Tuesday's primary. Cooney blamed late stories about his firing and finances, while McLaughlin faulted party machine politics and alleged misleading open primary tactics. Robison defeated McLaughlin 14,702 to 7,433 with strong Robison organization help.
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Erie
Robert Cooney
Erie County
Neil McLaughlin
Cooney
Democratic Party
Len Wrobel
Wrobel
McLaughlin
Marc Marks
Russell Robison
Robbie Robison
Wee Peeey
Eee
Wmnger Richards
Robison
Richards
Neil
Ween
Ford Sets Tone as GOP Critics Emerge
President Carter faces intra party critique while Gerald Ford seizes the spotlight at the annual GOP congressional fund raising dinner. Ford plans a sharp but non issue oriented speech, meeting leaders and ex officials as he weighs a possible leadership role but remains uninterested in a full time party spokesman post. Other GOP figures like Reagan Baker Brock and Brock navigate positions shaping a wider but fractured response to Carter.
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Carter
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Ford
Republican Party
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
GOP
Congress
Senate
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Baker
Bill Brock
Brock
State Probes Two Erie Doctors
State and Blue Shield investigators in Erie examine two doctors over alleged unlicensed physician assistant practice without direct supervision. Complaints allege treatment occurred without over-the-shoulder or on premises supervision. Blue Shield reviews potential reimbursement implications.
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Erie
Blue Shield
Kusse Wins Big For Senate In Warren County
Unofficial returns show Rep. Robert J. Kusse with a 59 percent margin over Democrat Frank Kuntz for the Pennsylvania Senate seat in the Warren area. Kusse tallied 25 801 votes to 18 261 for Kuntz, a 7 620 vote lead. Official tabulations begin Friday across most areas and Warren County officials will release a complete list of winners in mayoral and council races after results are finalized. The report notes early returns from about 75 percent of districts favored Kusse by around 6,000 votes. The piece also mentions upcoming state medical board actions involving two doctors and a physician assistant in a separate matter, with the board preparing formal hearings under the Medical Practice Act and stressing that a field inquiry does not imply wrongdoing.
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Robert J. Kusse
Richard C. Frame
Frank Kuntz
Pennsylvania
Senate
Warren County
Russe
Kuntz
Frame
Kusse
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Blue Shield
State Board
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