State lawmakers slow to approve funding in Senate
Harrisburg AP report says House appropriations face delay as Senate leaders seek adjustments. Senator Fleming notes no urgent need and potential cuts, while Budget Secretary Sampson doubts cuts are possible. Tax talks stall ahead of Nov 7 election as bills sit in the House awaiting votes.
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Senate
Robert D. Fleming
Fleming
R-Allegheny
Arthur F. Sampson
Pennsylvania Housing Agency
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Shafer
Draft Card Burnings Mark Anti Draft Rally in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the anti draft rally at Independence Hall featured a sit down in front of the Police Administration Building to protest arrests of demonstrators. Several participants burned draft cards or induction papers and 21 mailed theirs back to the Selective Service amid chants. One man was jailed for photographing police, another refused to move from a patrol car, and a woman was arrested for biting a police officer. Sympathizers joined the protest, while identified demonstrators included Frank Fenya Richard Williams John Bloen Jerry D Coffin and David Sinex. In a separate note Claude H Haring former radio announcer for the Athletics Phillies and Pirates died of a heart attack in Lehighton Pa.
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Independence Hall
Moscow
Jim Hart
Police Administration
Frank Fenya
Richard Williams
John Bloen
Jerry D. Coffin
David Sinex
Lehighton
Claude H. Haring
Haring
Philadelphia Athletics
Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
Teacher Absolved Of Murder By Grand Jury
Anthony Fittipaldi, a Philadelphia teacher, was absolved of murder charges by the Rockingham County Grand Jury. The 7-year-old charge was not indicted in the Aug. 4 shooting death of Garry Norman Shull, 26, of Bridgewater, Va., at a southwestern Rockingham County campsite. Police say Shull drove to the site, harassed Fittipaldi’s family, and fired several shots. Fittipaldi’s gun went off during a scuffle, fatally wounding Shull. An organizer for the defense fund noted any surplus would go to a permanent teachers defense fund or to the victim’s children.
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Anthony Fittipaldi
Philadelphia
Rockingham County
Garry Norman Shull
Bridgewater
Fittipoldi
Shull
Anti-Draft Protest Across Cities Continues
In Philadelphia outside Independence Hall five young men burned draft cards while hostile bystanders jeered. About 175 demonstrators heard Rev. David M. Gracie praise the courage and imagination of the group as nearly 300 protesters were locked out of a federal building in Los Angeles. Two reps with a bucket holding 55 draft cards were later admitted, and in Cincinnati two youths burned what they said were draft cards as a draft official refused to take cards from about 150 youths.
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U.S
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
David M. Gracie
Episcopal Diocese of
Demonstrators Target Draft Officials Across Multiple Cities
In Washington 10 demonstrators spoke with Col. Daniel Omer, deputy director of Selective Service, delivering an envelope containing registration certificates. About 15 Cornell students filed draft cards in Ithaca, while roughly 200 students and some professors demonstrated earlier. Protests occurred in Denver, Cedar Rapids, Town, Albany, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Pittsburgh, Providence, R.I., and San Francisco.
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Col
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Selective Service
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Cedar, Rapids
Town
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Pittsburgh
Providence
R.I
San Francisco
House Appropriation Committee Trims Budget by 2.85 Billion
The House Appropriations Committee rewrote an emergency financing bill to cut about 2.85 billion dollars in spending, with around 1.4 billion sliced in the current year. Republicans led by Frank T Bow push for a larger 5 billion cut while Mills signals no tax legislation plan.
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Washington
Appropriation Committee
Johnson
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
Mills
Congress
Bow
Judiciary
Appropriations Committee
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Appropriations
Grand Jury Indicts Slayer of Nazi Leader
ARLINGTON Va AP John Patler indicted by Arlington County grand jury for murder in the slaying of George Lincoln Rockwell the American Nazi party leader. Patler shot Rockwell in the chest outside a laundromat near the party headquarters on August 25 and has been held without bond since a August 28 preliminary hearing.
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John Patler
George Lincoln Rockwell
Fuehrer
Patler
Arlington County
Hockwell
Arlington
Paller
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