State Fight Over Insurance Sales in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia AP reports lines form over whether Pennsylvania should imitate Maryland and sell auto insurance. Insurance Commissioner Denenberg opposes a state plan citing low medical damages limits. Senator Murphy pushes a plan to fund $10,000 personal injury, $20,000 bodily injury per accident and $5,000 property damage through vehicle registrations and licenses.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Herbert Denenberg
Austin J. Murphy
Washington
Murphy
Denenberg
Offshore ports urged for 100 foot deep supertankers
A Federal Maritime Administration study recommends floating superports off Delaware and Louisiana to unload foreign oil. The plan targets 100 foot depths for 250,000 to 500,000 ton supertankers, arguing ecological and economic benefits and cost savings vs dredging existing harbors. Local officials in Rehoboth Beach voice spill fears, while Louisiana officials hail the potential lead in developing such ports.
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Washington
Federal Maritime Administration
Delaware
Louisiana
Maritime Administration
Corps of Engineers
Council On Environmental Quality
Sorts, Inc
New York
Rehoroth Beach
Del
Lester Johnson
Johnson
P.J. Mills
Louisiana Superport Authority
New Orleans
Louisian
Puget Sound
Pacific Northwest
Amish Move Toward Simpler Life Across 800 Miles
An Amish family from Maine led by Eli Garber travels 800 miles in a horse drawn wagon toward Mt. Pleasant Mills Pennsylvania to promote a simpler life away from commerce. They stopped at Bear Mountain Bridge in New York where a waiver was required for their horses. Garber notes they keep a notebook, send letters with eight cent stamps, and value prayer and scripture time during travel.
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Carbon County
Eli Garbers
Maine
Mt. Pleasant Mills
Snyder County
Garber
Ned
Bill
Garbers
Arkansas
West Virginia
Bear Mountain Bridge
Hudson River
New York
Hudson River Bridge Authority
Gerber
Eli
Simcha Dinitz Expected as Israel’s U S Ambassador
Government sources say Simcha Dinitz, 43, Meir's chief aide and director general of her office, is chosen as Israel's next ambassador to the United States. Rabin, the current top diplomat in Washington, ends a four year term in January.
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Washington
Yitzhak Rabin
U.S
Dinitz
Mrs. Meir
Refinement Sought for New Pennsylvania Prison Furlough Plan
Philadelphia reports the corrections commissioner says the furlough program is new and will be refined rather than abandoned. New rules require warrants within 24 hours of a missing inmate and certified mail notices to hometown police. Graterford officials note teletype limits. flyers to police will end and warrants will replace them. The program began in December 1970 and shows a 98 percent success rate with about 9,905 furloughs and roughly 2 percent resulting in escapes or new offenses.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvana Bureau of Corrections
Allyn Sielaff
Sielaff
Graterford
Robert L. Johnson
Clune
FBI
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Jackie Thinks Pictures Strange
New York AP Jacqueline Onassis calls the nude photos affair odd as photographers in skin-diving gear allegedly lurk near Skorpios. She says the incident is not real to her life with her children and husband Aristotle. She adds a biting quip about taking off pants to change into a bathing suit.
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Jacqueline Onassis
Skorpios
Aristotle
Newsweek
John F. Kennedy
Onassis
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