No fault fight stalls House as amendments flood bill
Harrisburg AP report notes no fault auto insurance stalled in the Pennsylvania House after a flood of some 40 amendments. Lawmakers caucused through the night, adjourned without action, with Gov. Shapp meeting Democrats but failing to sway reformers. The Senate had cleared calendar items for a pre election recess as the no fault dispute dragged on.
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Harrisburg
House
Shapp
Eugene Gelfand
Philadelphia
House Consumer Protection Committee
Matthew Ryan
Delaware
GOP
Senate
K. Leroy Irvis
D-Allegheny
Railroad Retirees Win 20 Percent Pension Hike
Congress overrides President Nixon veto to grant a temporary 20 percent pension increase for about 900,000 retired railroad workers. The measure, paired with a prior Social Security boost, becomes law but is set to expire June 30 with calls for additional funding. Senators and representatives note financial concerns but insist on equity with Social Security.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
Senate
Alan Cranston
Dcalif
Cranston
Harley C. Staggers
D-W. Va
Extortion Gang Targeted in Bradford Area Shootout
FBI and state police hunted a gunman along the New York Pennsylvania border in Allegheny National Forest after an agent investigating an extortion plot was fired upon but not hit. Pittsburgh FBI confirmed an agent was shot at and others returned fire. assailant’s condition unknown.
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Bradford
FBI
New York
Pennsylvania
New York- Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Allegheny National Forest
Apple Blossoms In October Mystery Near Corry
Apple blossoms in October stump Scott Vankeuren of Corry as fair weather spurs out of season blooms on a Martin DeWitt farm tree. A bizarre extortion plot unfolds in Columbus with threats to blow up an insurance office. Notes left at 60 mile intervals from Columbus to the PA-NY border mention a payoff up to 500000. FBI involvement, gunfire, and a manhunt in Allegany State Park follow as agents pursue suspects across the border. A .22 pump action rifle is found near the New York edge as searches continue with bloodhounds and helicopters.
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Scott Vankeuren
Donald Vankeuren
R.D. 3
Corry
Martin DeWitt
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Coon Run
Allegany State Park
FBI
Ftoods
Allegheny State Park
Bradford
McKean County
Guy Walden
Corry Lottery Winners Highlight 2000 Prize
Three state lottery winners were announced yesterday with a $2,000 prize the top payout to surface in Corry. Steve Finko of B D 1 Columbus matched five of six numbers to share the top Corry prize with an Erie man. Also in Corry W S Hooven of 30 Oakley Avenue won 200 and Barbara Holton of R D 4 Corry was the 340 winner at the State Liquor Store.
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Corry
Steve Finko
B.D. 1
Columbus
Erie
W.S. Hooven
Oakley Avenue
Barbara Holton
R.D. 4
Senate to decide on major welfare reform bill tonight
The Senate nears final action on a 1969 page Social Security welfare bill after eight years of debate. A Roth amendment tests three reform plans, scrapping workfare, while preserving a day care program, work bonuses, and enforcement to seek child support. The House is expected to follow the test approach, delaying any major reform for up to eight years.
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Washington
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
House
William V. Roth Jr
AsDel
Senate Finance Committee
APDC
Finance Committee
Nixon
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Annexation and Water Firm Sale Hang Fire in City Plans
Courts and attorneys steer two major city projects aimed for year end completion. An Erie County hearing later this month will decide Wayne Township annexation while the city negotiates a $750,000 purchase of the Corry Water Supply Co subject to state Public Utility Commission approval. The Wayne Township view is largely opposed as talks proceed toward a possible continued delay.
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Wayne Township
Corry Water Supply. Co
Lindley McClelland
Erie County
State Public Utility Commission
Casey Critiques State Sales Tax Collections
Harrisburg AP Auditor General Robert P. Casey released an audit covering fiscal 1971 72 showing the Sales and Use Tax Bureau wrote off 5590 cases involving 3911 licensees totaling about 1 3 million dollars. The bureau also made 166 compromise settlements totaling 285 900 on liabilities of 747 500.
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Harrisburg
Robert P. Casey
Casey
Stanford Hose Plans Annual Open House
Stanford Hose Company holds its annual open house at fire station one on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Demonstrations include car burning and cutting with emergency saws, foam extinguisher displays, and gasoline danger demos. The new emergency truck, funded by a Cooper Industries grant, will be shown. Kids can ride the fire truck with parent supervision. a door prize and refreshments conclude the day.
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Stanford Hose Company
Cooper Industries
Put Back In Viet War F111 Jets Given Still Another Chance
AP reports U S command tests allow F111 fighters back in North Vietnam operations after six days of flight tests. only two strikes overnight amid weather delays and few missions by swing-wing planes centered near Dien Bien Phu and the Hanoi–China line. the jet fleet had been withdrawn after prior grounding and a missing aircraft incident. the day also saw broader US air activity with B52 raids around Saigon and scattered strikes across South Vietnam during worsening weather.
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United States
Air Force
Navy
Marine
North Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
Fan Command
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Linda
Linda Olson
Corry Area High School
Charlene Clark
Valarie Morgan
Linda Arleste
AFS
Shelly Walters
Rebecca Hanna
Christine Olson
Shelly Margaret Lewis
Sale Hang Fire
State Superior Court
Stanford Hose
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