Vietnam Vet Bonus Plan Gets $27,000 Boost
Harrisburg AP says about 7,000 Pennsylvania Vietnam era veterans should receive state bonus checks by next week after a $27 million bond issue boost. Bureau director Eugene Rutherford said the backlog would clear within a week and claims would be paid at the normal rate of 1,800 weekly. The fund had dried up recently, with 93,307 paid by Thursday and a projected 180,000 eventual qualifiers. Investments added $1.34 million in gains, enabling $29.1 million paid from a $28 million voter allocation. The plan offers up to $750 monthly for service months, up to $750 for hospital time, and $1,000 to eligible families of deceased veterans.
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Bureau
Rutherford
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Farm Subsidy Bill Only Needs Nixon Signature
President Nixon faces final action on a $3.5 billion farm bill capping subsidies per crop and shifting toward flexible plantings. Senate passage followed a stormy debate over price supports and parity, with critics warning of lower farm income and overproduction fears for cotton.
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D-La
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Food For Peace
Wayne Zoning Board to Hear Landfill Objection
Wayne Township Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a hearing next Wednesday on an appeal by township homeowners and Amity Township residents opposing a landfill on a 430 acre tract. Penn Disposal Inc. of Erie received a landfill permit for 80 acres. opponents say it should have been a rezoning, and that dumping started before an agreed upon date in 1971. The township administrator says permit issuance followed zoning rules and state and county health regulations. Continued on Page Six.
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Amity Township
Penn Disposal, Inc
Erie
Penn Disposal
Carl Fullam
Stuart Road
Burrows
Barney Bernard
Armia
Corry Sees Utility Tax Share May Grow Significantly
City Council budgets 2000 for next year from the new Utility Real Estate Tax Act. The state will distribute funds based on population and needs, potentially boosting Corry's share up to four times the estimate. Erie’s experience shows formula changes can dramatically alter owed and received amounts.
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Corry
Erie
Trade Quota Bill Faces Tough Senate Struggle
The House passed a sweeping quota trade bill 215 to 165 amid Nixon administration opposition. It would curb textile and shoe imports, raise tariffs, and curb foreign competition to protect U.S. industries, with Senate foes planning to filibuster and warn of a potential trade war. The measure also would extend oil quotas and set tariff-rate quotas on certain goods.
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Cork
Jacob RK. Javits
Rn.y
Walter FP
Mondale
D-Minn
Libuster
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Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Plan to ease rural housing pinch unveiled
Robert J. Meneely of Corry, county FHA supervisor, announced a private industry coordinated plan to package rural housing loans. Builders and developers can work with prospective borrowers to assemble complete applications for FHA direct financing for families in towns under 5,500 population.
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Robert J. Meneely
Corry
Farmers Home Administration
Rural Credit Service
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FHA
Corry Post Office
Meneely
Farmers Home Administration Office
Endless Visit Seen For Soviet Moonmobile
Bochum Germany AP The West German Space Observatory director says the Soviet mobile moon laboratory may operate indefinitely and survey large lunar areas. Heinz Kaminski notes Robot Lunokhod 1 has two to three days of sunlight left before the 14 day lunar night. He predicts Lunokhod 1 could endure the extreme cold and resume after sunrise, enabling permanent exploration across about 1500 kilometers.
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Bochum
Limokhod 1
Police Adopt Sight Summons for Traffic Citations
State and city police begin using a new sight summons form under the State Motor Vehicle Code allowing officers to cite motorists on the spot. The form is designed to speed up processing, especially with out-of-town drivers, with reps explaining the process and a ten day response window before warrants. In Meadvill e State Police also report a fatal two car crash near Springboro, with Carl J. McClearn and Carol Ann Hyde dead at the scene.
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Meadville
Springboro
Spring Township
Carl J. McClearn
Carol Ann Hyde
Conneautville
Crawford County
Wilbur C.thomas
McClearn
Carl
Serene Pan
Droits
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