Senators Press Final Battle Over Military Aid Bill
Senate critics of defense spending push final amendments to a $20 billion military procurement bill. Cooper proposes restricting Laos and Thailand aid to noncombat supplies, while Stennis seeks end to Senate debate. McGovern fails to cut funds for a long range bomber. Proxmire backs a cap on independent R&D contracting.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
U.S
Laos
Thailand
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Chamber
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
Air Force
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Pentagon
Defense
Women Eligible as Driver Examiners for State Police Job
Sgt. Carl Miller urged applicants as the State Police opened drives for driver examiners. Women may apply for the civil service role with a starting salary of 6510. Erie area has at least one opening from the October 18 examination with a final filing date of October 1. Qualified applicants must hold a Pennsylvania license seven years, be a high school graduate, and pass oral and physical exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Miller
Corry
Erie
Federal labor team aids Pittsburgh construction talks
Three federal officials led by Assistant Secretary W. J. Usery Jr arrive in Pittsburgh at Mayor Barr's request to mediate a stalemate over creating more skilled construction jobs for Black workers. The mediation aims to break the impasse between the Master Builders Association Building Trade Unions and the Black Construction Coalition.
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Pittsburgh
Labor Department
George Schultz
Joseph M. Barr
Schultz
W. J. Usery Jr
Department
John Blake
Pennsylvania
Barr
Clifford L. Jones
State
Labor and Industry
Master Builders Association and
Building Trade Unions Council
Black Construction Coalition
Secretary of Labor
Student camps out housing in woods near Ann Arbor
David Hoover, an 18-year-old Michigan freshman, plans to live in a wooded campsite a quarter mile from any road for the winter. He travels 20 miles round trip by bicycle to campus daily, seeking security and weather experience over dormitory living.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
David Hoover
University of Michigan
Hoover
Illinois
Taylorville
Ill
Clarion Man 25 Killed By Falling Log
Joseph John Brand of Lucinda died instantly near Oil City when a log fell from a truck at a lumber yard operated by Paul Thomas Knight Lumber Co. Brand, 25, suffered a broken neck and fractured right leg as a log about 8 feet long and 18 inches in diameter rolled from the load and dropped 11 feet. Deputy coroner Louis Osenider confirmed the cause of death.
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Clarion
Here
Venango County
Louis Osenider
Joseph John Brand
Lucinda
Brand
Paul Thomas Knight Lumber Co
Oil City
Dems Stretch County Lead In Registration
Preliminary figures show the Democrats extended their lead in Erie County registration by about 600 new voters, reaching a county margin near 7,000. Excluding Monday’s 600, 1,864 new registrants included 1,072 Democrats, 730 Republicans, and 62 Independents.
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Erie County
Shirley Colvin
Erie
GOP
Colvin
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Netcong High School Reads Congressional Prayer in School
About 300 of Netcong High School's 340 students gathered for a reading of a Congressional Record prayer marking the first such public school prayer since the Supreme Court decision. Officials planned wider readings, despite threats of lawsuits from ACLU and Mrs. Madalyn Murray O’Hair.
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Netcong
N. J
U.S. Supreme Court
Congressional Record
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Austin
Tex
Congress
New Jersey
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Stephen Nagler
Netcong Board of Education
Congressional
Senate
Edward LR. Elson
Palmer Stracco
UC Gets Federal Funds For Park Development
A $2,900 federal grant, announced by Rep. Joseph P. Vigorito through the Interior Department, supports third stage development of Carlisce Memorial Park in Union City. The funds follow prior grants totaling $6,080 and fund a picnic shelter, storage building, and playground equipment at the three acre site on Bridge and Willow streets.
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Washington
Bridge and
Willow Streets
Union City
Vigorito
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Rochester
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Carrig’s Footwear
Center ST
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