Harrisburg lawmakers reach tentative income tax cut agreement
State legislators tentatively back a personal income tax cut to 2.2 percent starting Jan 1, saving about $15 per $10,000 of income and reducing 1985-86 revenue by $81.6 million. Leaders say final action hinges on budget deal. both sides expect funds for rainy day and sunny day reserves between $25 million and $35 million.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
John Stauffer
Chester
Vincent Fumo
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Democrats
General Assembly
Thornburgh
James Manderino
D-Westmoreland
Manderino
Stauffer
Pope author loses fight over grand jury subpoena
The 3rd Circuit en banc upheld a grand jury subpoena seeking information for the book God's Broker by Gronowicz of Avon Connecticut. The ruling found the subpoena valid and continued civil contempt with a $500 daily fine until compliance, while a dissent warned of threats to press freedom.
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Philadelphia
Paul John II
3Rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals
Vatican
Gronowicz
Avon, Conn
John Gibbons Gronowicz
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr
Emissions test fees hike backed by committee
Harrisburg AP The Senate Transportation Committee approved a bill raising the maximum auto emissions test fee from 5 to 8 dollars. Service station dealers say the tests lose money. they are required in Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Allentown to curb air pollution. The measure moves to the full Senate and would also bar police from using radar in the first 1000 feet after a sign indicating a lower speed limit.
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Harrisburg
Senate Transportation Committee
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Allentown
Senate
Annetta Ferguson 77 Ridley Park lab technician dies
Annetta Jones Ferguson 77 a Ridley Park laboratory technician died Sunday born in Philadelphia she lived in Ridley Park since 1956 previously in Woodlyn nine years survived by husband Dr Norman B L Ferguson Sr two sons Norman B L Ferguson Ph D of Minneapolis and William E Ferguson Ph D of Springfield sister Mabel L Akers of Philadelphia funeral 10 30 am Thursday White Luttrell Funeral Home Ridley Park burial at family request friends may call 10 to 10 30 am Thursday at the funeral home contributions to Taylor Hospital Ridley Park PA 19078
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Annetta P. Jones Ferguson
Ridley Park
Philadelphia
Woodlyn
University of Pennsylvania
Hahnemann Hospital
Norman B.L. Ferguson Sr
Norman B.L. Ferguson
Minneapolis
Mabel L. Akers
White- Luttrell
N. Swarthmore Ave
Fueral
Taylor Hospital
Retirement engineer Lewis B. Kramer dies at 88 in New Jersey
Lewis B. Kramer 88 of Springfield a retired chemical engineer died after a long career with Intercoastal Steel Co. He was a Mercersburg Academy and Lehigh University alum and WWI veteran. Calling hours are at Kovacs Funeral Home with Masonic services and burial in Easton Cemetery. Separate obituary notes GATT economist Jan Tumlir died in Geneva at 58 after a notable career, survived by his widow a son and two stepsons.
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Lewis B. Kramer
Springfield
Et Ae Steeteg
Chrch Road
Ben
Phillipeters
N.J
Intercoastal Steel Co
E. Va
Kramer
Mercersburg Academy
Lehigh University
Marguerite Livingston
Kovacs
Woodland Ave
Easton Cemetery
Nurse Dies. Janette Wiersma of Broomall Obituary
Janette L Wiersma 51 of Broomall died Sunday at Delaware County Memorial Hospital Born in Ontario Canada she lived in Broomall 24 years She was a registered nurse Survived by husband Dr Theodore L Wiersma DDS a son James A of Melbourne Fla two daughters Pamela J and Lorene both of Broomall three brothers John Andrew Cornelius all of Michigan Calling hours 7 to 9 p m Wednesday at Cavanagh Broomall Sproul and Lawrence roads Funeral 10 a m Thursday Trinity Christian Reform Church Lawrence and Sussex roads Broomall Oakland Calif 94621 or Trinity Christian Reform Church preferred
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Janette L. Wiersma
Broomall
Delaware County
Ontario
Canada
Aee Hospital Institute
Malvern
Theodore L. Wiersma
DDS
James A
Melbourne
Fila
Pamela J
Lorene
John
Andrew
Cornelius
Michigan
Cavanagh-Broomall
Sproul
Lawrence Roads
Trinity Christian Reform Church
Lawrence
Sussex Roads
Oakland
Calif
Conlin and Cetola Obituaries Highlight Local Deaths
Joseph R Conlin 67 retired from Norcross Inc died while visiting his son in Woodbridge Conn Born in Philadelphia he lived in Prospect Park and Springfield since 1948 He was a traffic supervisor in Norcross shipping dept retiring in 1982 Surviving widow Lenore V Harbidge two sons Joseph R Chico Calif and Thomas R Woodbridge Conn three daughters Joyce Burrows Gainesville Fla Nancy Conlin Boston Mass Barbara Conlin Barbadoes British West Indies and four grandchildren Mass at Church of St Francis de Asissi Saxer Ave Burial SS Peter and Paul Cemetery Marple Memorials to Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are welcomed Arrangements by Griffith Funeral Chapel Norwood Jennie Tassoni Cetola 72 Ridley Park died Sunday at Taylor Hospital Born in Cape May N j lived in Ridley Park since 1959 Previously Upland for 14 years Employed as assembler in Singer Corp control switch division in Foon retiring in She was a member of St Madeline's Catholic Citizens Survived by husband Joseph Cetola three sons Thomas A Wilmington Del Robert T Annandale Va J David Boothwyn one daughter Judith C McQuade Lafayette Hills two brothers Charles Tassoni and Ernest Tassoni two sisters Celia DiFelice Woodlyn Helen Burris Glenolden ten and one great grandchild Mass of Christian Burial at St Madeline's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery Wilmington Calling hours 8 to 9 a m Wednesday at White Luttrell Funeral Home Ridley
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Joseph R. Conlin
Springfield
Woodbridge
Conn
Philadelphia
Prospect Park
Norcross,Inc
Lenore V. Harbidge
Joseph R
Chico, Calif
Thomas R
Woodbridge, Conn
Joyce C. Burrows
Gainesville
Fla
Nancy L. Conlin
Boston
Mass
Barbara E. Conlin
Barbadoes
British West Indies
St. Francis de Asissi
Saxer Ave
SS. Peter and Paul
Marple
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals
Sandy Bank Road
Media
Griffith Funeral
Norwood
Jennie T. Tassoni Cetola
Ridley Park
Taylor Hospital
Cape May
N.J
Upland
Cetola
Singer Corp
Foon
St. Madeline’s
Joseph Cetola
Thomas A
Wilmington
Del
Robert T
Annandale
J. David
Boothwyn
Judith C. McQuade
Lafayette Hills
Charles Tassoni
Ernest Tassoni
Evanston, Ill
Celia DiFelice
Woodlyn
Helen Burris
Glenolden
Mas
Eeee Cemetery
White-Luttrell Funeral Home
N. Swarthmore Ave
Ridley
Otto the beached dolphin dies after rescue efforts
Otto, a 528 pound dolphin found beached near Key Biscayne on June 5, died Monday at Miami Seaquarium after veterinarians cleared an internal air bubble. Vet Jesse White said the animal, thought to be an unusual deepwater variety, died in his arms at 12:36 PM. Dissections will aid research on age species and death cause.
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Miami
Otto the Dolphin
Key Biscayne
Miami Seaquarium
Otto
Jesse White
White
United States
Farewell to Albert A Verzella Retired Prison Steward
Albert A Verzella 65 of Ridley Park died Friday at Taylor Barn Philadelphia a World War I veteran and former Delaware County Prison commissary steward he retired in 1984 Survived by wife Mildred one son Albert M mother Filomena and four sisters Funeral 9 a m Friday from White Luttrell Funeral Home Ridley Park Mass 10 a m at St Madeline s Burial in SS Peter and Paul Cemetery Friends may call Thursday 7 to 9 p m
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Albert A. Verzella
Ridley Park
Taylor Barn
Philadelphia
Verzella
Delaware County
St. Madeline’s
Mildred D’angelo Verzella
Albert M
Phyllis
Filomena V
Anna Ricciardi
Evelyn Roseto
New Castle
Del
Marie Elliot
Berlin
N.J
Helen Sexton
South Carolina
White-Luttrell
N. Swarthmore Ave
SS. Peter and Paul
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Pope
Annetta Jones Ferguson
Jan Tumiir, S58
Geneva
Switzerland
Jan Tumiir
United Nations Secretariat
Tumlir
U.S
Tariffs and Trade Office
GATT
University of California At
Los Angeles
Secretariat
Czechoslovakia
Prague
West Germany
Yale University
Tariffs and Trade Secretariat
U.N
Insurance Institute
Norcross Inc
Jennie Tassoni Cetola
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