Senate Debates Cuts to U N Aid amid China Taiwan vote
In Washington the Senate weighs amendments to trim U S funding for United Nations activities after a U N vote to admit Communist China and eject Taiwan. Buckley and Dominick press cuts while Kissinger aides plan moves to blunt bill limits, risking a full Senate clash over the foreign aid measure. Agnew calls reassessment. Bush defends U N value amid shifts in U S policy.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
United Nations
Nixon
U.N
China
Taiwan
World Organization
Sens
James L. Buckley
R-N
Buckley
New York
Dominick
Sens, Buckley
William E. Brock III
R-Tenn
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Ted Stevens
Alaska
White House
Henry Kissinger
Southeast Asia
Foreign Relations Committee
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Latin America
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Frank Church
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Greenwich
Conn
George Bush
Patronage Shuffle Tripped Up By Infant Appointee In PA
Harrisburg reports show 1500 GOP highway workers are paid but not working causing about 200000 dollars weekly in costs. Erie County has 192 workers, mixed parties, with total rising to 199 after patronage changes. County crews are ready with state and rented equipment for winter snow removal. A Soldier’s Isle notes Skye provided many officers and soldiers to the British army up to 1815 per a new Highlands book.
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Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
State Department of Transportation
Bnron
Penndot
State Labor Relations Board
Harrisburg
GOP
Shapp
Erie County
Highway Department
Erie
Vincent Kennerknecht
Kennerknecht
The
Journal Today
Corry
Streets
Inverness
Scotland
Skye
Highland Regiments
Taian Cameron Taylor
Pittsburgh Police Condemn Series Celebration Coverup
The Pittsburgh Fraternal Order of Police accuses city officials of downplaying the post World Series crowd’s crimes on Oct 17. The report cites numerous crimes, including 17 against persons and 15 burglaries, with damages near 250000, while noting conflicting statements from Mayor Flaherty and Police Supt Colville.
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Pittsburgh
Fraternal Order of Police
Francis W. Quinlan
FOP
Association
Baltimore
Pirates
Quinlan
Flaherty
Colville
House Done New Senate Realigned
Harrisburg AP The five member State Reapportionment Commission will shift from House to Senate redistricting following a House plan approval. The panel, with a neutral chair and four legislators, redraws General Assembly districts per 1970 census, while also adjusting U S House seats from 27 to 25. House 203 seats Senate 50. Boundary votes mostly along party lines in Beaver Armstrong Philadelphia.
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Harrisburg
State Senate
Senate
General Assembly
State House
U.S
Commission
Beaver County
Armstrong County
Philadelphia
A. Lee Levin
Levin
University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth B. Lee
House
James F. Prendergast
Thomas F. Lamb
County Salary Hike Bills Altered In One Day Meet
Harrisburg AP reports two bills to raise local official salaries ahead of the general election. Gov. Shapp expected to sign before Tuesday as court rulings tie term start to election day. A one day session amended the measures, speeding county row officer raises and city official pay, with changes removing a wage restriction delay.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
House
Senate
Philadelphia
Corry CAHS Band to use computer aided marching
Corry Area High School Marching Band will be first in the nation to use a computer assisted routine at the Oil City football game. The system charts marching patterns via the Moffett method with help from Edinboro State College and a New Jersey computer hookup. The effort, led by band director Ronald Rairie and teacher James Brunswick, aims to show others how it is done with film and slides.
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CAHS
Corry
Corry Area
Oil City
Ronald Rairie
James Brunswick
Edinboro State College
David Swanzy
Moffett
Swanzy
Rairie
New Jersey
Judge Bars 195 PSU Voters From Centre County Rolls
Centre County Judge R Paul Campbell ordered 195 Penn State students taken off the local voter list ahead of the state election. The ruling centers on residence status and home plans, with about 300 more students potentially affected as county officials decide each remaining voter's eligibility before Tuesday's vote.
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Bellefonte
Centre County
R. Paul Campbell
Penn State
Penn. State
Campbell
Man Found Bound Slain In East Liberty Home
Pittsburgh police say 45 year old Thomas Washington an unemployed cook was found dead in his East Liberty home with hands and feet tied behind him by wire. The house was ransacked and a robbery appeared to have occurred. Washington had likely been dead about five hours.
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Pittsburgh
East Liberty
Thomas Washington
Washington
Alaska Feels Fallout Over Atomic Test Okayed
AEC wins presidential go ahead for underground Amchitka test five megatons. Alaska officials call it nuclear roulette fearing earthquakes or tidal waves. Sen Gravel and Atty Gen Havelock condemn plan while Gov Egan seeks rescue vessels. Canadian protest ship heads toward Amchitka.
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Juneau
Alaska
Atomic Energy Commission
Amchitka Island
Atty
John Havelock
Mike Gravel
AEC
Havelock
Aleutian Chain
Vancouver
B.C
Amchitka
Washington
Erie County Officials Attend Annual Township Conference
The Erie County Association of Township Officials held its 1971 annual conference at Holy Cross Center in Fairview with six area officials present. Attendees included Roger L. Follett, Carl Fullom, Louis B. Merkle, Richard Querteveld, James Kolstee, Mrs. Robert Sandees and Concorde Township members Laurence Wade, Louis Sexton, Guy Fralick, plus auditors Alice McCray, Viola Morris and Florence Burligame. A three hour lecture on Decision Making at Management Level was led by Dr. Maurice J. Mascarenhas.
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Erie County Association of Township Officials
Holy Cross Center
Fairview
Roger L. Follett
Wayne Township
Carl Fullom
Louis B. Merkle
Richard Querteveld
James Kolstee
Robert Sandees
Sanders
Erie County Association
Concorde Township
Laurence Wade
Louis Sexton
Guy Fralick
Alice McCray
Viola Morris
Florence Burligame
Maurice J. Mascarenhas
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Peter F. Flaherty
Lee
Prendergast
John B. McCue
C. Doyle Steele
Charles D. Stone
Republica House
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Ronald Rable
K. Leroy Irvis
Dallegheny
Business and Commerce Committee
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Chicago
Ilinois Commerce Commission
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