Shapp Plan Aims To Overhaul State Government
The Shapp administration proposes a 30-bill package to reorganize state functions and save $37 million yearly. It includes phasing out the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and transferring duties to PennDOT, with tolls remaining for maintenance. Other bills create an executive director of racing and move lease approvals to the secretary of property and supplies, raise procurement limits, alter cigarette tax agent commissions, and require licensing for promoters of closed circuit boxing events.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Senate
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Transportation Department
Commis
Sion
Lester Burlein
Burlein
Penndot
Secretary of Property and Supplies
State Athletic Commission
Obituaries listing multiple families across towns
Obituaries appear for Oliver C. Brathy 78 in Indiana Paul Boucher 69 Anita Cochran Mrs Ivernia 71 Punxsutawney Road 2 Edwin F Foreman 85 Black Lick Veda G Hayes 90 Kittanning Road 5 Mrs Rith Hess 63 Kure Beach NC formerly Blairsville Samuel W Lewis 4 Punxsutawney Road Thomas N Lockard 84 Hamburg NY formerly Glen Campbell and Gipsy Thomas Neilson 74 Clune Doyle Shaffer 54 Huntingdon formerly Tadiana Michael L Tomasko 68 Warren Michigan formerly Black Lick Ernest Jr Viscini 32 Margaret PA
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Tomasko
Michael L
Warren, Mich
Black Lick
Viscini, Ernest Jr
Margaret, Pa
Mississippi Storm Toll Rises Across Regions
Severe storms pockmarked the lower Mississippi Valley with heavy rains and tornadoes overnight, while the East enjoyed warm Easter weather. Heavy rainfall reached 2.1 inches in Springfield Missouri and 1.8 inches in Little Rock Arkansas as the Mississippi River threatens record crests. Governors call National Guard to reinforce levees and sandbagging rushes to contain floods.
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Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Los Angeles County
Oklahoma
Ohio Valley
Little Rock
Ark
Springfield
Mississippi
Burlington
Iowa
St. Louis
Cairo
Ill
Tl Mnois
Missouri
National Guard
Arkansas
Ozark Mountain
Shapp Plans Third Weekly Lottery To Curb Racket
Gov Milton Shapp's administration reportedly will announce a third weekly lottery with a top prize potentially 275000. Tickets will carry two digits with one winner every 100 drawing 40, and winners validate at state liquor stores choosing three numbers for a lump turn to 275000. First drawing set May 17 with tickets on sale next month. House leader Fineman opposes using lottery funds to fund pensions claiming funds should come from regular taxes and not raid money for relief from real estate taxes.
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Philadelphia
Milton Shapp
Sioners
Democrat
House
State Government Committee
George Gekas
Harrisburg
Guy Kistler
Camp Hill
Lottery Fund
Fineman
General Assembly
Dean Seen Willing To implicate Other Nixon Aides In Watergate
White House Counsel John W Dean II signals readiness to name other Nixon aides amid Watergate probes. Washington Post reports staffers told Nixon that Mitchell and Dean likely involved in wiretapping and coverup. Dean denies scapegoating while Liddy refuses to testify, protecting Mitchell per Times sources.
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Nixon
Washington (Ap
White House
John W. Dean II
The
Washington Post
Mem
Bers
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Democratic Party
Post
Mitchell
Jeb Stuart Magruder
G. Gordon Liddy
District of Columbia
Grand Jury
New York Times
Liddy
Magruder
Charles W. Colson
Los Angeles Times
Colson
Times
Los Angeles Gun Rampage Leaves Six Dead Ten Wounded
A 90 minute shooting spree in a predominantly Black Los Angeles district left six dead and ten wounded at eight sites. The gunman targeted acquaintances, visiting two gas stations two liquor stores and two homes in a one square mile area. An unemployed attendant, William Bonner, was wounded and held on murder suspicion.
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Los Angeles
Butch
James Morrow
Raleigh
Butch” Henderson
Charles Elliott
William Ray Bonner
Sheriff's
Bonner
Sheriff's Deputies
Seven Die As Gas Explosion Levels El Paso Apartments
A natural gas blast at a half mile east of downtown El Paso killed seven people and leveled most of a brick veneer apartment complex. Edna Williams, near her home across the street, described the scene and said she and others helped dig victims from debris. Eight residents were hospitalized as investigators probe leaks blamed on street repairs and delayed notices to the manager about gas odors reported by tenants.
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EL Paso
Tex
Edna Williams
Joe Wilson
Hattie Spruiel
Wilson
Rainy Outlook for This Evening With Showers Possible
After a pleasant weekend, Chief Tommy Hawk forecasts a rainy outlook for this evening. There is a chance of showers late this afternoon and tonight with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s and overnight lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and pleasant with highs in the low to mid 60s and a 20 to 30 percent chance of precipitation.
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Tommy Hawk
Arguments Heard- School Busing In Top Court
The Supreme Court hears first arguments on federal judges ordering cross district busing for desegregation. Richmond Virginia mixed with Henrico and Chesterfield counties’ districts involves about 78,000 students. NAACP Legal Defense Fund argues to restore Judge Merhige’s merger order and desegregation plan. About 9,000 black pupils in 1970 71 attended 13 schools that were at least 90 percent black.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richmond
Henrico
Chesterfield
U.S. District Court
Robert H. Merhige Jr
Merhige
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
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Today
Bridge
Sertantede Business ‘Mirror
Deena Dane Comics
Ae Dear Abby Editorial
Iy Entertainment
Boyle
Brathy
Barry
Oliver C
Indiana
Hess
Rith
Kure Beach
N. C
Blairsville
Lewis
Samuel W
Punxsutawney RD
Lockard, Thomas N
Hamburg, N. Y
Glen Campbell and
Gipsy
Neilson, Thomas
Clune
Shaffer
Doyle
Huntingdon
Tadiana
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Morgan City
Atchafalaya
Clarksville
Epee Canton
Herbert Fineman
the Times
Brooke
NBC
Gregg Wellman
University of Michigan
U-M
Mary Anne Wellman
Gregg
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Fifth Avenue
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