Opposition stalls Pennsylvania Transbus mass transit plan
In Harrisburg the state Transportation Commission, split along urban rural lines, failed 5 to 5 and 55 to approve a revised 12 year mass transit program that would fund 1 596 Transbus buses for handicapped access starting 1984. Rural members opposed the program citing cost and preference for federal stance. urban members resisted removing Transbus.
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Harrisburg
State Transportation Commission
Pennsylvania
Rudolph Dininni
Dauphin County
House
Thomas Byrne
Altoona
Diminni
Commission
George Pulakos
Transbus
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
U.S. Transportation Department
Penndot
SEPTA hires New York transit official as general manager
Philadelphia based SEPTA is poised to approve Andrew G. Schiavone, 51, executive officer of New York City’s suburban bus system, as general manager. If confirmed at Friday’s special board meeting, he will start February 1 with a five year contract at seventy thousand dollars annually, replacing William Eaton who was fired last June.
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Philadelphia
Andrew G. Schiavone
New York City
SEPTA
Schiavone
Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority
Metropolitan Transportation Authority of
New York
Transport Workers Union
TWU
Transit Authority
William Eaton
Ridley Township Police Veteran Sees Opinion Negated
Longtime Ridley resident and former police head recalls his view being entirely dismissed after a career starting with Navy service in 1944 and later with the Pennsylvania Railroad. The notice discusses action to grant American relief or recognition.
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Ridley Township
Goodwin
U.S. Navy
Ee Etuate
Ridley
Freignt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Navy
Cablevision franchise granted by township board
A 7-0 vote approved Cablevision as the township’s non exclusive franchise to operate. Earl Haydt of American Cablevision said engineers will map the area starting Monday while attorney Robert Surrick seeks an orderly transition with no interruption for subscribers. The board discussed O Keefe’s appointment amid Republican objections and noted a 1979 budget of 2.6 million with the same 35 mill tax rate.
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Cablevision
Mattus
Vassel
Earl Haydt
American Cablevision
Secane
O’keefe
Democratic de ' Sagadyse
Cronin
Ray Kramer
Children's Cottage crisis prompts county study push
Delaware County officials and cottage director Scott Campbell push for a joint state county study to assess the troubled Children's Cottage serving teens. They seek to identify which groups benefit, what problems persist, and how to improve care while respecting legal limits on restraint and confinement.
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Cooper
Sandra Cornelius
Scott Campbell
Campbell
Concentra
Lawyers and officials targeted after PCC probe in Philadelphia
The PCC recommends investigation of city attorney Joseph Palma, district justice of the peace and prominent Philadelphia lawyer John Rogers Carroll along with Edward Battle and others. The move follows a year long probe into the city based illegal numbers operation linked to Miller, a key bribe trial witness in Mayor Nacrelli’s case. Miller pled guilty to federal racketeering and gambling with Herman Fontaine, a GOP committeeman, and faces retrial.
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Battle
Joseph E. Palma
Palma
Welsh St
PCC
Carroll
Miller
John H. Nacrelli
Herman Fontaine
GOP
Prisoners in Delaware County Prison did not vote
In Delaware County Prison Thornbury inmates did not vote in the recent gubernatorial and legislative elections. The county Election Bureau had called Oct 26 to process absentee applications but was asked to wait until the following Monday. Officials noted many inmates are unsentenced but unclear if they qualified to vote.
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Delaware County
Thornbury
County Election Bureau
Rapone
New guidelines set for college sports
Washington AP report explains federal guidelines under Title IX aim to require colleges with major men's programs to share revenue with women's athletic programs while offering possible exemptions for expensive men's basketball programs. Critics say the carve outs weaken the law's intent.
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Washington
Lynda Weston
Equal Education Responsibility
Joseph A. Califano Jr
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