Pressure Works In Lunches
Washington AP reports the House voted 354-0 to restore a more liberal school lunch program after USDA reversed tightening steps hours earlier. The department allowed states to set eligibility and kept a 46 cent federal reimbursement per lunch, though limits and funding impacts remain unsettled amid congressional and administrative pressure.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
USDA
Senate
Congress
White House
City to file liens for 1970 taxes before sale plan
City Council backed annual lien filings and biennial property sales to recover delinquent city taxes. Mary Hubley aims to begin liens for 1970, aligning with county practice, following last year’s sale and targeting 1968 and 1969 delinquencies in 1972. Attorney Rozelle advised annual liens with sales every other year.
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Mary Hubley
Douglas Rozelle
Pittsburgh Officials Defend Celebration After World Series Win
Police and city leaders defend the Pittsburgh World Series celebration as exuberant but out of hand. About 100000 gathered downtown for ten hours with 128 treated at hospitals and 98 arrests. Vandalism, damaged cars, a stripped fire engine, and a temporarily closed hotel followed. Officials disputed rape reports, stating they were fabrications by reporters.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Robert
Colville
Peter Flaherty
City to Expand Sewer Rentals for Trailers
City Council approved a plan to amend the sewer rental ordinance to cover trailer use of the system while keeping mobile home rates at 7 dollars every four months. The change allows estimated billing for trailer park owners with post-billing adjustments and sets camper dumping station fees at 21 dollars yearly, or 10.50 if the amendment passes, plus 140 percent charges for sewer service from outside city limits. The Kundracik Trailer Court and Sciota Village sewer connections are cited as context, with drafting assigned to City Solicitor Douglas Rozelle. Mayor Edward Zarger and two councilmen voted. two others were absent.
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David Johnson
Johnson
Venture Inn
Kundracik Trailer Court
Sciota Village
Douglas Rozelle
Edward Zarger
Robert Grice
George Gould
Clare Capwell
Benjamin Calderone
Raymond Avenue
Wright Street
White
Ohio Streets
Sciota Street
Corry Country Club Road
Country Club Road
Council
Leaders Fearful House Might Okay Senate Passed War End
Washington AP report says House leaders fear voting on the Senate six month Indochina deadline as GOP and White House lobbyists pressure for or against. Ford hedges on final decision while Mansfield amendment seeks six month pullout upon prisoners' release.
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House
Senate
Washington
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Ford
Mansfield
Moscow
Peking
Supreme Court To Hear Floods Baseball Suit
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Curt Floods antitrust challenge to baseballs reserve system. Flood contends the contract system violates state and federal antitrust laws and he argues the sport enjoys improper exemptions. The court gave no comment and will hear the case later this term with Goldberg as chief counsel.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Curt Flood
Europe
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
Arthur Goldberg
Flood
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Congress
Kosygin's Canadian visit faces protests amid diplomacy
Ottawa coverage notes Soviet Premier Kosygin encounters heckling and demonstrations across Canada while pursuing talks aimed at a European security conference and arms reductions. The piece links protests by Ukrainians Jews and Hungarian exiles to broader aims of Soviet diplomacy and press attention.
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Ottawa
Alexei N. Kosygin
Canada
Kosygin
Soviet Union
Europe
North Africa
Southeast Asia
Moscow
U.S
Trudeau
Corry Couple's Rites Set After Plane Crash
A federal aeronautics inspector said the Corry Mooney crash likely resulted from running out of gas. Pilot James Evers 51 and wife Marie 54 were killed. Tanks were empty, gauges damaged but showed three quarters. Fuel plans indicated five plus hours of fuel from Wilmington to Corry, about two hours flying time, with no refueling evident. The inspector noted possible gauge malfunction and noted flight plan detour via Binghamton, Bradford, Dunkirk, Buffalo before the crash. The investigation continues.
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Mooney Executive
James Evers
Hillcrest Drive
Evers
Marie
Corry
Wilmington
Del
Buffalo
Byers
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