Income Tax Level Criticized by Union in Pittsburgh
United Electrical Workers Union urged lower federal taxes urging a family of four not to pay income taxes on annual income of 6500 or less. The convention also passed a resolution calling for improved unemployment compensation benefits not less than two thirds of a worker's high wage for the duration of unemployment.
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Pittsburgh
United Electrical Workers Union
Independent Union
High Court Decision Alters Courtroom Seating for Molter Trial
PHILADELPHIA AP Newsmen covering the Joseph Molter Jr trial were moved to spectator seating after a conference with defense lawyers. Judge Reed cited a Supreme Court ruling affecting coverage as prompting the change to avoid grounds for a mistrial. Molter is charged in the Household Finance hold up that killed Carole Zeidner and Louis Eos and wounded two others.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Molter
Finance Company
Thomas M. Reed
U.S. Supreme Court
Samuel Shepherd
Reed
Molter
Household Finance Corp
Carole Zeidner
Louis Eos
Panel Set To Complete Road Probe
Harrisburg AP panel chaired by Sen William G Lester D Erie says it has finished its preliminary report and will draft the final report and remedial legislation. It will examine design specifications material quality and inspection practices for the Erie County Thruway construction. Costly repairs followed six years after the highway opened.
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Harrisburg
Erie County Thruway
William G. Lester
D-Erie
General Assembly
Lesler
Erie County
FEDA Removes 408 Areas From Low In Spirits List
The Federal Economic Development Administration will delete 408 sites including Pittsburgh and Philadelphia from its economically distressed areas list effective July 1, making the cities ineligible for federal aid to spur job creation.
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Washington
Federal Economic Development Administration
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cities to be removed from list include Buffalo and Cleveland
The administration said that in addition to two Pennsylvania cities, Buffalo New York Cleveland and Toledo Ohio are also scheduled for removal from the list.
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Pennsylvania
Buffalo
N.Y
Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio
Godfrey Completes World Flight in 87 Hours
Arthur Godfrey and four pilots finished a round-the-world trip from La Guardia in 87 hours with 21 world records claimed by Rockwell Standard Corp. The unofficial time was 57 hours 14 minutes, aided by a Lear jet and a Wichita built Commander. The flight faced a cracked windshield but no major damage, with stops at coal towns and several city airstrips as a thunderstorm crossed the Mediterranean.
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Arthur Godfrey
Thois
la Guardia
Rockport
Corp
Wichita
Kan
Godfrey
Rockwell
Mediterranean
Fred Answere
Tin
Los Angeles
Dick Merilt
Certil
Miami
Fla
Karl Keller
Fied
Federation Aeronaut Norman
Okla
Jerry Ger
Heavy Man Ordered To Stand Trial
In Philadelphia AP report Sylvan Scolnick a 35 year old Cherry Hill New Jersey resident and his Philadelphia father in law Morris Stein 67 are charged with bankruptcy fraud for withholding 600000 in assets when M Stein and Co Philadelphia was placed into bankruptcy in 1959 A federal judge ordered Scolnick to stand trial despite his attorney claiming illness and obesity posed danger to life after conflicting medical opinions from two doctors during the hearing
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Philadelphia
Sylvan Scolnick
Cherry
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