Senior citizens to get one time 650 check in lottery surplus plan
Harrisburg UPI bill proposes using a 200 million lottery surplus to aid seniors with a $650 one time payment per person. Senator Hopper backs direct distribution while noting possible limited programs and optional personal choice on spending. Hearings examined property tax exemptions heating aid and elderly meeting-place grants amid concerns about program costs and abuse risks.
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Senate panel approves 7.4 billion budget for 1983 84
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 7.4 billion spending plan for health welfare and education and general government operations. It would cut Thornburgh's recommendations by 150 million, keeping growth under 3 percent and prompting calls for possible tax changes to fund the gap.
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Edward Howard
R-Bucks
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State Supreme Court
Brown defers on Florida grand jury probe into finances
Gov. John Brown declined comment on a federal inquiry centered on his personal finances, noting he is on vacation. The Times said a Lexington grand jury probes alleged illegal gambling and drug trafficking linked to Kentucky horsemen and socialites, with Brown a non-target but a close friend of a central figure. Brown acknowledged recreational gambling and that James Lambert handled bets for him.
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Las Vegas
Mass murderer to die in Florida electric chair
Daytona Beach Florida circuit court sentences Gerald Stano to death for the murders of Susan Lynn Bickrest and Mary Kathleen Muldoon in Volusia County. Stano, who has confessed to killing 39 women, previously avoided the chair through plea deals after pleading guilty to eight murders.
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