1966 Pa General Assembly sets record reforms
Harrisburg AP reports the 1966 Pennsylvania General Assembly met in four sessions, passing landmark laws including reapportionment of 27 congressional districts, consumer credit protections, a statewide mental health system, and a larger police force. A 1.534 billion budget with a 34 million school aid boost accompanied fierce politics and probes into the Scranton administration.
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John L. Taylor
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Senate
House
Scranton
General Assembly
U.S. Supreme Court
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
House Democrats
E. Wilson Purdy
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
House Appropriations Committee
House Appropriations Committee, Initiated Adrice
Mullen
Welfare Department
Republicans
Americans Permitted To Flee Cuba Amid Talks With Castro
The State Department negotiates with Cuba via the Swiss Embassy in Havana as about 880 U S families in Cuba await repatriation. Reports suggest 2 700 U S citizens may be allowed to leave and first arrivals could reach New Orleans today. A separate note cites a 22 percent rise in Cuba Bulgaria trade with Cuba set to export sugar and molasses to the East in exchange for farm machinery canned foods and industrial goods.
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State Department
Havana
U.S
Cuba
Cuban Washington
United
New Orleans
Wi Aepurta
Lynda Bird and Hamilton Vacationing Together in Acapulco
Actor George Hamilton says marriage plans with Lynda Bird Johnson are a personal matter and will be kept private. They held a news conference at Merle Oberon's home in Acapulco where they are vacationing with Hamilton signaling they expect media to leave them alone. Lynda enjoys the sun and plans sunbathing while New Year’s Eve in Acapulco is possible.
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Acapulco
Mexico
George Hamilton
Lynda Bird Johnson
Hamilton
Johnson
Miss Johnson
Merle Oberon
Lynda
Pittsburgh Woman’s Death Vest to Estate Awarded 80000
The estate of Blanche Nelson, 47, of the North Side, received an $80,000 judgment in U S District Court Tuesday against Jesse ane 71 of Pittsburgh's North when a car struck worshipers leaving a church on December 5 1965. The accident killed Nelson and injured eight others.
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Pittsburgh (Ap
Pittsburgh
U.S. District Court
Jesse Ane
North
Blanche Nelson
Northside
Prisoners offer to fight in Vietnam to aid U S effort
Rep. Clarence D Long says 386 inmates at Maryland Correctional Institution sent a letter offering to serve in Vietnam. He notes the proposal appears in a Gazette Classified Ads context.
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Hagerstown, Md
Clarence D. Long
Maryland Correctional Institution
Vietnam
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