Critics Attack Antiquated State Constitution
Harrisburg AP reports ongoing criticism of Pennsylvania 1874 constitution as calls for a constitutional convention persist. Voters have rejected five convention referendums, with backers arguing for a modern frame while opponents cite stability and debt limits amid long-standing reform debates.
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William W. Scranton
United States
Seliom
Scranton Programs Push Five Bills in Legislature
House Republicans move five administration bills to committees including transfer of 16 licensing boards to a state department, a constitutional amendment for scholarships, ratification of a poll tax repeal amendment, election law reform, and a $250,000 release for anthracite mining reclamation.
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Associated Press
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Scranton
Senate
Albert W. Johnson
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Pennsylvania bill shifts primaries to September in nonpresidential years
A Pennsylvania House bill would move municipal and gubernatorial primaries to September, leaving presidential year primaries on the fourth Tuesday of April. Reps. Adam T. Bower and Alvin Bush propose a switch from the third Tuesday in May to the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September, citing rising costs.
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Pennsylvania
House
Adam T. Bower
Northumberland
Alvin ¢. Bush
Rlycoming
Bower
Reduction Of Fumes Is Sought In Senate Bill Package
Harrisburg AP lawmakers push an air pollution package to cut exhaust in motor vehicles with mandatory controls and penalties. The session also advanced two bills including a $25 000 inauguration cost appropriation and allowing appeals from license suspensions for residents of states granting the same privilege to Pennsylvanians. The package features sponsors Berger Weiner Lane Fleming Pechan and others and includes driver education mandates and higher fines for suspended licenses.
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Delaware
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York
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Peter J. Camiel
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Cumberland
LeRoy A. Weidner
Berks
William B. Curwood
Luzerne
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Allegheny
W. Willard Provai
Wirtz
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House
a/CIO Executive Council
Pennsylvania
Dress War Continues as Grooming Code Enforced
In Pittsburgh and Philadelphia districts officials report ongoing discipline over grooming rules. In North Hills 45 suspended high school students returned to class after code violations, with one boy and one girl deferred for inappropriately dressed or styled appearances. In Philadelphia West View Junior High and University of Pennsylvania related professional schools plan tuition hikes to 1400 dollars, affecting seven programs starting next September.
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West View
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Dentistry
Kissometer measures kissing power in Miami students
A trio of Miami students built a kissometer to gauge kiss intensity. The device lights up or bells ring as couples press probes and kiss, with phrases like Dead fish and Woweee. The project, part of National Engineering Week, uses a circuit completed through body contact.
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N.Y
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Scouts Find Lost Books in Hewlett Woodmere Search
Eighteen Boy Scout volunteers from Hewlett Woodmere Public Library scouted across Long Island's Hewlett area and recovered 15 of 150 overdue books held by delinquent adult borrowers. Librarian Mrs Walter Thomson praised the progress and urged ongoing hunts across four square miles over future weekends.
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Woodmere Public Library
Long Island
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Two Americans Approved for Beatification by Vatican
The Vatican Congregation of Rites approved beatifications for Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton and John M. Neumann, fourth bishop of Philadelphia. Seton, born 1774 in New York, founded the Sisters of Charity and could become the United States' first native-born saint with a beatification set for March 17. Neumann, born 1811 in Bohemia, came to America in 1836, was named Philadelphia bishop in 1852, died in 1860, with beatification scheduled for March 19.
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Vatican Congregation of Rites
Elizabeth Ann Seton
John M. Neumann
Philadelphia
Mother Seton
United States
New York
Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph
America
Emmitsburg
Mad
Neumann
Bohemia
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Job Woes Highlight Need for Investment Capital
Pittsburgh AP report quotes Leslie Worthington president of U. S. Steel Corp on a productive economy. He argues healthy profits and productive capital investment are the only path to creating stable jobs, criticizing political strategies that harm investment and growth.
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Pittsburgh
Leslie 3B Worthington
UU. S. Steel Corp
Youth Sacrifices Life for 'Steady' Love in Tragic Crash
In Los Angeles Paulette Lewis, 15, recalls how 17 year old David Brimley shielded her when another car ran a red light and struck them. David died after being hurled 450 feet. police tracked down another driver, Raymond Garcia, 17, who admitted car involvement and fled the scene.
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Los Angeles
Paulette Lewis
Paulette
David Brimley
Trial Set For Slayer Of Student In Georgia
In Baxley Georgia prosecutor says he will prove a one year old truck driver killed Nicholas Cascario a 19 year old Pennsylvania college student after an auto bumping dispute last December Edwards and his 19 year old nephew Robert faced murder charges with his uncle set to be tried after. Cascario was returning from a holiday trip to Fort Lauderdale Florida with Dan Fiorot when their car was bumped off the highway Fiorot reported Cascario was slashed with a pocketknife as he approached the other vehicle Jury selection began with many potential jurors disqualifying themselves due to known ties to Edwards Ballenger did not seek the death penalty but urged a punishment fitting the crime
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Georgia
Pennsylvania
Jack W. Ballenger
Wilton Edwards
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Edwards
Robert Edwards
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
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