State To Lose 295 Army Jobs
The Army plans to eliminate 391 civilian jobs in Maryland and 295 in Pennsylvania as part of base closures and staff reductions. Instalations slated for cuts include Aberdeen Proving Grounds Edgewood Arsenal Ft. Detrick Ft. Meade and others with annual savings projected around several million dollars. A separate Pittsburgh case involved a church bingo prize scheme leading to grand jury charges against four defendants.
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327Th
Philadelphia
Naval Weapons Services Office
Naval Air Technical Services Facility
Naval Station Engineering Service Unit
Army
Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle
Electronics Command
Frankford Arsenal
Indiantown Gap
Danville
Letterkenny Depot
Chambersburg
New Cumberland
Tobyhanna
Valley Forge General Hospital
Phoenixville
Military Intelligence Group
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Edgewood Arsenal
Ft. Detrick
Frederick
Ft. Holabird
Baltimore
Ft. Meade
Odenton
The
Publications Center
USA Engineering District
St. Michael's Church Hall
Bernadette Adamchik
Kennedy Township
Susan
Anthony Andrews
Imperial
Robert
Covington
Pennsylvania
PUC Orders Automatic Gates At Scotts Crossing
The Public Utility Commission in Harrisburg ordered immediate installation of automatic crossing gates and interconnected highway signals at Scotts Crossing. The action follows a six fatal accidents since last August and targets temporary safety devices pending a future hearing on permanent measures and possible road realignment. The $56,800 project includes widening the crossing approaches and could shift Route 6 or the railroad tracks to remove the crossing.
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Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg
Scotts Crossing
Corry Journal
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department
PUC
Assemblyman Hopkins
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Highway Department
Nixon Will Not Intervene In GE Strike
The Nixon administration says it will let General Electric and unions resolve the nationwide strike without federal involvement. George Shultz notes limited mediation possible, with Taft Hartley injunctions only for affected plants if war production stops. Shultz argues anti inflation policy pressures GE profits and wage demands.
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Washington
Nixon
General Electric
George P. Shultz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Shultz
Columbus Sailor Recovers Wallet and Reward for Honest Return
Seaman Patrick Gallow of USS Peoria found a wallet with cash in a San Diego phone booth and turned it in to Security Police. Seaman Joseph McCoy of USS Mount McKinley later recovered his own wallet and left a $10 reward for Gallow. Gallow, who spent nine months in Vietnam, praised the honesty shown and hopes finders return money if it were theirs.
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Columbus
Patrick Gallow
Peoria
San Diego
Calif
Seaman Gallow
Opelousas
Gallow
Joseph McCoy
Jack McCoy
McCoy
Pat Gallow
Joe McCoy
California
Vietnam
GE Hit Hard 90 Percent Of Workers Strike
A union coordinating office says more than 90 percent of General Electric's union workers join a nationwide strike against the company. GE says plants will stay open for those who wish to work as the impact of the day-old action begins to unfold.
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New York
General Electric
Pentagon
IUE
Union of Electrical Workers
No Benefits For State's Strikers
New York GE strike workers may draw welfare and unemployment. Pennsylvania workers on strike receive no unemployment pay. Welfare can cover rent and food for those with no income, with liens on real estate for those owning property but no assets. Some New York strikers could get almost 65 dollars weekly from state aid if no other income.
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New York
General Electric
Keystone State
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
Erie Public Assistance Office
Journal
New York State
Social Services
Schenectady
Lebanese villages hit as Arab guerrillas renew raids
Lebanese government reports new nighttime attacks by Arab guerrillas on villages and army posts including Rachaya and Mashta Hassan. One soldier killed, four wounded. three guerrillas killed, three wounded, four captured. An oil tank blaze in Sidon took 2.5 hours to extinguish amid continued clashes.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rachaya
Mashta Hassan
Aiha
Yanta
Sidon
Transarabian Oil Pipeline Co
Basta
Hl Ramil
Charles Helou
Rashid Karami
Egypt
Cairo
al Abram
Israel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sparta farmer balks at sale of land for dam project
Harry Firth of Spartansburg challenges Titusville over a fair price for 127 acres in Sparta township to be included in the Oil Creek Watershed Flood Control Project. The six dams, aiding 10,452 acres, are funded by the U S Soil Conservation Service and managed by the city with construction to begin next year if land matters are settled. Reynolds says acquisition is city responsibility while owners may return land to farming after dam work.
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Sparta
Titusville
Oil Creek
Harry Firth
Spartansburg
Sparta Township
Britten Run
Five Mile Run
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Firth
Robert Reynolds
The
Journal
Conservation Service
Reynolds
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Scott’s Crossing
Dodd Farm
Rep. Hopkins
Rage Four
White House
Paul Jennings
International Union of Electrical Workers
Jennings
Norton
Charles J. Norton
New Hanover
Pottstown
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