Legislators Split Over Salary Boost In Pennsylvania
In Harrisburg legislators debate a Commonwealth Compensation Commission report urging an 8 percent raise this year and 7 percent in 1980, lifting base pay to about 21 630 by 1980. Some leaders support the plan amid inflation, while others call it unethical and unconstitutional.
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Commonwealth Compensation Commission
Dick Thornburgh
House
Senate
Charles Laughlin
Beaver
Harold Brown
D-Berks
Commission
Harry Rossi
Phyllis Kennick
D-Allegheny
Carter
Edward Zemprelli
James Manderino
D-Westmoreland
Matthew Ryan
Delaware
H. Jack Seltzer
Ethics Law Exempts School Boards in Pennsylvania
A Commonwealth Court judge granted a preliminary injunction delaying the ethics law for school board candidates. The order blocks enforcement while constitutional questions are litigated, noting the ethics commission is not fully seated. The ruling covers only school board races, not other offices.
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Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Court
Roy Wilkinson
Dick Thornburgh
Wilkinson
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Centre
York
Bedford Counties
PSBA
Teng meets with cabinet and blasts Soviets in speech
Chinese leader Teng Hsiao-ping met with President Carter's cabinet and later toured Washington sights before signing new science and cultural exchange agreements with the United States. He also met with former President Nixon at Blair House and criticized the Soviet Union at a Foreign Policy Association reception.
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Washington
China
Teng Hsiao-ping
Carter
Richard M. Nixon
Blair House
Teng
National Air and Space Museum
Lincoln Memorial
Nixon
Foreign Policy Association
National Gallery of Art
People’s Republic of China
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Capitol Hill
Paul Laxalt
R-Nev
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Blairsville Saltsburg School Board President Dr William S Woods Dies
Dr. William S Woods 70 of Blairsville North Walnut Street died Tuesday Jan 30 at Latrobe Area Hospital after a brief illness. A physician since 1935 he led the Blairsville Saltsburg School Board as president and served on the board since 1952. He chaired the interim operating committee formed in 1966 and was past president of the Indiana County Medical Society. Funeral arrangements by Ferguson Helm Blairsville.
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William S. Woods
North Walnut Street
Latrobe Area Hospital
Woods
Blairsville-Saltsburg
South Stewart Street
Indiana County Medical Society
Ferguson-Helm Funeral Home
Return of Khomeini Sparks Tehran Show of Force
Military vehicles rumbled through Tehran in a large show of government strength on the eve of Ayatollah Khomeini’s return from exile in Paris. Bakhtiar’s government granted Air France permission for his flight and millions of followers awaited a decisive turn toward an Islamic republic.
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Iran
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
Paris
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Air France
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Shah
Imperial Guard
U.S
State Department
Bakhtiar
Ayatullah
Radio Tehran
Halsey Seeks GOP Nomination for County Commissioner
George H. Halsey announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the May 15 primary for County Commissioner. He and his wife Helen live at 63 Shady Dr in Indiana with three children, Ruth Stewart in Durham North Carolina, Patty Baker a nurse at Mahoning Medical Center in Creekside, and Ray Halsey in Plumville working in McCreary's Engineering Department. He is a local graduate.
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Helen
Shady Dr
Indiana
Ruth Stewart
Durham
N. C
Patty Baker
Mahoning Medical Center
Creekside
Ray Halsey
McCreary’s
Plumville
Halsey
Pope Ends Mexico Visit and Returns to Rome
Pope John Paul II wraps up his Mexico trip with a non political social activism message for Latin America. He planned an early morning university student meeting and a late afternoon talk with factory workers in the northern industrial center.
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John Paul II
Mexico
Latin America
Deaths Obituaries on Page Thirty Four
Obituaries listed H Clay Bonner 91 Rossiter Evelyn Hill 76 Marion Center RD 1 Nathan Hutcheson 62 Blairsville Grace Riddles 87 Homer City RD 1 Helen Thompson 80 Alverda Dr William S Woods Blairsville Monterrey. John Paul II travels in Latin America urging social justice, blessings in Mexico and a call for transformation of society while bishops review speeches at Puebla conference.
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Homer City
Thompson
Helen Lynn
Alverda
Monterrey
Nassau
Bahamas
Rome
Guadalajara
Mexico
Evenin
Zapopan
John Paul
Conference of
Latin America
Puebla
Mexico City
Jesus
Nazareth
Andreotti resigns as Italy faces government crisis
Premier Giulio Andreotti announced his resignation after his Christian Democrat government lost its parliamentary majority as the Communist Party withdrew support. He planned to present the resignation to President Sandro Pertini later in the day after a debate.
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Rome
Giulio Andreotti
Christian Democrat
Italy
Andreotti
Communist Party
Sandro Pertini
Chief Sees More Snow Forecast Teletype
Chief Tom Hawk warns of more snow with cold windy conditions tonight and Thursday. Low temperatures near 10 to 15 degrees with 15 to 30 mph northwest winds, wind chill around minus 33. Tomorrow's high in the low 20s. Indiana Elks gathering 5:30 to 7:30 for members and guests.
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Tommy Hawk
Why San Diego School Sniping Stuns Students
Students at Cleveland Elementary School return to classes haunted by a deadly shooting that killed Principal Burton Wragg and custodian Michael Suchar and injured nine others. Brenda Spencer, 16, is in custody after a 15 minute attack and a seven hour siege near the school. The district attorney will decide if she is to be tried as an adult.
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Cleveland Elementary
Mike Simpson
Brenda Spencer
District Attorney's Office
Logan McKechnie
Miss Spencer
San Diego County
Burton Wragg
Michael Suchar
Mike McDaniel
Mike
Suchar
Wisconsin couple blocked from adoption over weight
Barbara and Ray Gordon are denied an adoption by Wisconsin authorities citing their obesity. The Gordons contest the decision, while the newspaper notes the couple’s drive to become parents amid a broader debate on eligibility criteria.
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Ray Gordon
Wisconsin
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