Eight inmates linked to plot at Graterford prison
Officials investigated an alleged plan by eight inmates including Bruce Johnston Sr to seize cellblock E at Graterford state prison. The eight were moved to other state prisons after a Monday shakedown found no weapons. investigation continues with interviews and work-area searches. Dooley and Simon James were sent to Pittsburgh. the others to Camp Hill. The incident is not linked to the prior Graterford siege.
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Graterford State Prison
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John A. Dooley
Philadelphia
Joseph J. Oliver
Reading
Robert R. Simon
Pottsville
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Pottstown
Paul James
Roger K. Snyder
New Tripoli
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Easton
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Simon James
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Senate approves stopgap Social Security bill to preserve minimum benefit
The Senate passed by 96 to 0 a stopgap Social Security measure preserving the $122 monthly minimum for 3 million beneficiaries and shoring up the retirement fund through year end. The bill, expected to pass the House, keeps new recipients off the rolls after January 1 except for nuns and priests who take oaths of poverty and allows temporary accounting changes to borrow among the three funds.
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Firefighter union warns cuts risk more deaths and fires
IAFF President John Gannon argues federal aid cuts to states and cities will raise fire losses and property damage. He cites Lynn Massachusetts blaze as a potential national issue and says budget cuts plus local spending limits will accelerate fatalities and destruction.
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Louis Guiffrida
Federal Emergency Management Administration
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