PA moves to tax seized marijuana in large case
In Monroe County Pennsylvania seeks 81090 in taxes from four people tied to 2.5 tons of marijuana seized by state police. The drug, valued at about 2.5 million dollars, was confiscated after a raid at a Chestnuthill Township home. The four defendants face multiple charges and are free on 10000 bail each pending a chemical analysis.
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Chestnuthill Township
Danny M. Roth
Ciri Tannhauser
Colleen O’shea
Hanna Joensun
Boynton Beach
Fla
School board probes private circular with tax bills
Fallington, Pa. The Pennsbury School Board will investigate a private circular mailed with 5,000 tax bills urging taxpayers to contact a state representative about adoption laws and donate to a committee aiding Thomas and Wendy Yack of Levittown, who recently lost custody of Rachael Marie, their 15 month old foster child.
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Bucks County
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Wendy Yack
Levittown
Rachael Marie
Lawmakers press probe into Thornburgh contract practices
Rep. James Mandering, ranking House Democrat, called for a state investigation into an apparent pattern of corruption in Thornburgh administration contract practices. In a letter to Attorney General Leroy Zimmerman he alleged the governor authorized hiring Pennsylvania law firms with political ties to Thornburgh.
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Harrisburg
UPI
James Mandering
House
Thornburgh
Mandering
Leroy Zimmerman
Pennsylvania
Six Die in Susquehanna County Traffic Accidents
Six people were killed and seven injured in two crashes in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. A one vehicle crash on Route 171 in Harmony Township near the New York border killed three people early Friday. A separate two car collision on Interstate 81 about 15 miles south of Susquehanna killed three more.
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Harmony Township
New York
Interstate 81
Susquehanna
Beirut raids by Israeli jets kill hundreds in civilian areas
Beir ut strikes retaliated for guerrilla rocket attacks as Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and south Lebanon. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported 134 killed and 587 wounded nationwide, Beirut alone 98 dead and 497 injured, with a university, refugee camps, and apartment buildings hit in three waves. Bridges were also destroyed in the south.
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Lebanon
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Israeli raid on Tyre kills 134 in weekend assault
The Tyre raid results in 36 dead and 90 injured, the highest daily toll since Israel’s south Lebanon invasion began three years ago. Prime Minister Begin pledges continued strikes on terrorists while denying deliberate attacks on civilians. Palestinians claim two planes shot down over Beirut, but Israeli officials say the planes returned to base after a 30 minute raid. Lebanon asks U.N. Security Council for urgent meeting as U.S. and Soviet ambassadors are summoned.
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Wafa
South
Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Israel
Gin
Beirut
NAACP Chief Warns Reagan Could Spark Riots
Baltimore UPI Benjamin Hooks, NAACP executive director, told the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives that Reagan era policies echo Harding Coolidge and Hoover and risk inflaming social tensions. He urged protecting social programs, warned of inflation and mood driving unrest, and said neglect could trigger a revolution threatening civil gains.
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England
Reagan
Ferryboat Explodes Off Manila Bay Killing Dozens
A Philippine ferry Juan carrying 422 aboard caught fire two hours after leaving Manila. Two blasts followed a blaze in the engine room, sending passengers into the sea. At least 20 dead and about 70 missing as crews fought the fire for three hours before tow into port.
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UPI
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Juan
Manila
Roxas City
Philippines
Ernest Villareal
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