One-Dollar Lottery Sales Get Underway
Harrisburg PA AP tickets go on sale for Pennsylvania s second weekly lottery with $1 tickets. Inaugural drawing Nov 22 at Roosevelt Mall Philadelphia, then weekly Thursdays. Lottery says expect about two million in tickets sold first week, profits fund elderly property tax relief. The $1 game offers prizes from 50 to 490 000 with six digit and three digit combinations and no millionaire draw. A state survey shows 83 percent buy more than one ticket per purchase and 60 percent would play both lotteries.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt Mall
Philadelphia
Henry Kaplan
Pollster Raps Shapp Actions in Pennsylvania
Republican pollster E J Bucci reports 60 percent of Pennsylvania voters unfavorable toward Governor Milton Shapp with 28 percent favorable, nine percent neutral, and three percent no opinion. Shapp did not comment. poll taken for Republicans. Police set up fund for East Village patrolmen deaths. $2,000 in unsolicited contributions arrived within two weeks.
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Philadelphia
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
E. J. Bucci
Republican Party
Shapp
Sunday Bulletin
New York
Ninth Precinct
Gregory Foster
Rocco Laurie
East Village
Loophole Seen in Donation Law By New Jersey Club
GAO auditors warn the Executive Club of the Republican party of New Jersey could exploit a loophole by classifying money as dues rather than contributions. The club, which reported 33 donations of 3000 and one of 1000 to Nixon committees, claims dues fund the money and thus fall outside the new disclosure law. If upheld, it would allow clubs to evade reporting while channeling funds to a national candidate.
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Washington
Nixon
General Accounting Office
Executive Club
Republican Party of
New Jersey
GAO
Justice Department
William B. Colsey III
Mount Holly
N.J
Colsey
40 Arrested In Many Drug Raids
Pittsburgh authorities led a weekend crackdown in Allegheny and Washington counties resulting in 40 arrests on trafficking and transporting narcotics charges. Fourteen dozen suspects were rounded up from 40 residences before dawn. Agents said undercover work over six months yielded more than $30,000 in suspected drugs. Weapons and narcotics including heroin and LSD were seized.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Washington
Abortion Tops List For State Assembly
In Harrisburg amid a late session, abortion bills face final action after House approval. Republicans will hold the House next year as Democrats retain the Senate. Shapp’s agenda includes no fault car insurance and elderly transit, with limited likely action in the closing weeks.
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Shapp
House
Senate
Gov. Shapp
Harry Englehart
D- Cambria
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General Assembly
Englehart
Thomas Lamb
Dallegheny
Martin Murray
D-Luzerne
Senate Rules Committee
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference
Martin Mullen
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Eugene Gelfand
Post-Election Base Closings Put Thousands Out Of Work
Washington AP reports the Pentagon plans a new round of base closings and civilian defense job cuts after Congress returns in January. The push, tied to Nixon budget aims and Laird promises, targets reorganizations and possible Navy shipyard shutdowns, with one Army realignment at Ft Meade and Atlanta.
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Pentagon
Congress
Defense
Nixon
Civil Service
Melvin R. Laird
David Packard
Army
Navy
Air Force
First Army
Ft. Meade
Third Army
Atlanta
Vietnam
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