Penelec Rate Fight Shapes Retroactive Hikes in Pa
Retroactive rate increases fuel a Pennsylvanian public utility dispute. The PUC upheld an $8.52 retroactive charge for most Penelec customers after rejecting a petition by three state senators. A House Senate committee previewed bills to curb retroactive rate hikes and speed PUC action, with new rules for timing, refunds, and bill transparency.
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Harrisburg
Penelec
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Electric Company
PUC
Robert Bloom
Metropolitan Edison
Bloom
Metra
Met
Richard Frame
R Franklin
Robert Jubelirer
Altoona
Dwyer
House-Senate
Pac
PLC
Metropolitan Edison Co
James Cawley
Consumer Affairs Committee
Cawley
31 Percent Pay Hikes Sought for Lawmakers in PA
Walter Carmo of the Pennsylvania State Education Association urged the Commonwealth Compensation Commission to raise lawmakers to about 31 percent, with automatic cost of living raises and a state-funded leased car. He cited a 20.6 percent index rise since 1972 and noted current pay of 15,600 dollars plus 7,500 dollar expense account. The groups testified alongside the Pennsylvania Economy League and League of Women Voters, who supported reform but with broader changes to reduce Legislature size and fund staff.
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Harrisburg
Walter Carmo
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Commonwealth Compensation Commission
PSEA
Carmo
Pennsylvania Economy League
The
League of Women Voters
Corry Area District Puzzles Site Choice For New School
The Corry Area School District wrestles with placing a new elementary school while the current Sparta campus must meet state and labor department demands for mandated improvements. The district debates acquiring peripheral land to expand the site, and uses Sparta for vocational courses until a new vo tech building on Route 6 is finished.
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Corry Area
Fite
Spartansburg
Department of Labor and Industry
Sparta School
Route 6
Sparta
This Journal
Corry
Mao Tse-tung Dies and Power Succession Opens in China
Mao Tse-tung, who led the Chinese Communist takeover in 1949 and ruled for 27 years, died early today in Peking at age 82 after a long illness. The news raises the question of Mao's successor and intensifies the ongoing power struggle in the Chinese leadership. Prime Minister Chou En-lai’s death amid shifts within the party heightened uncertainty about who will inherit the chairmanship, the regime’s top post.
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Tokyo
Mao Tsetung
China
Peking
Chou Ein- Jai
Chinese Communist Party
Hsinhua
Mao
Teng Hsiao-ping
Chou
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Asia
People’s Republic of China
United States
Soviet Union
Hui Kuo-feng
West Point Cheating Done With Abandon
Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy confess to passing exam questions at meals lying about attendance and stealing athletic equipment in affidavits detailing the academy’s largest cheating scandal.
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West Point
N.Y
U.S. Military Academy
Associated Press
The
X-Cadet Honor Committee
Iust
Area Trailer Destroyed In 5500 Dollar Fire
Firefighters from Sparta Corry and Elgin-Beaverdam battled a Welch Hill road blaze that destroyed the Doutt trailer, with losses over 5500 dollars. Kenneth Doutt slightly injured while helping evacuees. An outside light wiring blamed. one elderly resident Earl Webb 77 admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Others named are Mrs Stein 85 and Walter Henderson.
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Sparta
Corry
Elgin-Beaverdam
Kenneth Doutt
Welch Hill Road
Doutt
William Wagner
Earl Webb
Corry Memorial Hospital
Mrs Stein
Walter Henderson
Wagner
99 Year Old Plans His 21st Funeral in Burlington
Jim Gerhart, 99, prepares for his 21st self arranged funeral parade on Sunday in Burlington Colorado. He aims for a 100th birthday funeral procession with townspeople and an antique car parade, planning burial in Goodland Kansas if he dies before then.
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Burlington
Colo
Jim Gernhart
Gernhart
Goodland
Kan
Gerhart
Rol Hudler
School District Faces Sex Discrimination Contract Issue
The Corry Area Education Association warns the district's labor agreement violates federal sex discrimination law. Board and superintendent Krepps Jr note prior discussion on August 20 and pledge further study by labor and management. Likely issues include pay for supplemental contracts such as coaches yearbook majorette advisor and other roles.
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Board of Education
Corry ‘Area Education Association
Charles W. Krepps Jr
James Gruca
CAEA
Kreps
Board of
Eduction
Gruca
Krepps
Judge Upholds Law On Liens
Two federal suits over mechanics liens against a Corry duplex and the Edinboro Mall were dismissed by Judge William W Knox. The ruling upheld the Pennsylvania Mechanics Lien Law, allowing contractors to file monetary claims against property they serviced. Plaintiffs included B and P Development Corp and Cleveland based Clevetrust Realty Investors.
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Corry
Edinboro
William W Knox
Erie
Pennsylvania
B and P Development Corp
Clevetrust Really
Cleveland
B and P Development
Erwin Walker
Mechanics
North Center
West Prederick
Clevetrust
Erie Hexilume Corp
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Marlene Berman
Women’s League
State Department of Education
Mao Tse-tung
Florence’ Lawson
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