Age Is No Barrier as Senior Citizens Tour Capitol
Daily Times staff writer ALDAN-Charles Lauretta, 74, leader of the Delaware County Council of Organizations of Senior Citizens, spent a week in Washington as a congressional senior citizen intern. The program featured seminars, meetings with leaders, a budget exercise, and discussions on Supreme Court cases, with Lauretta noting both admiration and sharp opinions about Nixon and Reagan.
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Daily Times
Aldan
Charles Lauretta
Delaware County Council of Organizations of
Washington, D.C
U.S
Curt Weldon
R-7
Alaska
Guam
Capitol
Lauretta
Dorothy
Springfield Road
The
New York Times
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Senate moves to shape bill preserving liquor monopoly
Harrisburg reports after days of closed talks the Senate plans to amend a Democrat authored bill to keep the state liquor monopoly with a June 30 deadline. Law and Justice Committee met this morning to debate changes as Sen. Shumaker aims to send the bill to the floor. Republicans worry over enforcement shifts to state police and judge appointments by the LCB while considering private sector sales expansion.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Liquor Control Board
Commonwealth
Senate Law and Justice Committee
John Shumaker
Dauphin County
John Stauffer
Chester
LCB
Shumaker
Federal judges impose longer prison terms in 1986 study
A Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics report shows average federal sentences increased 32 percent from 1979 to 1986. Drug, fraud, weapons, and robbery offenses all saw longer terms, with drug sentences up 38 percent and fraud 43 percent. Across 40,740 convictions last year, 51 percent received prison terms, and the average sentence neared 5 years.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Department’s
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Steven R. Schlesinger
Bureau
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