Wohlgemuth Fires Polk Superintendent Over Cages
Pennsylvania Welfare Secretary Helen Wohlgemuth said she doubted reports of cages at Polk State School until she saw them. She dismissed Dr. James H. McClelland after a surprise visit on April 17, citing two patients held in wooden pens. The civil service hearing in Pittsburgh continues with testimony on the dismissal and restraint practices.
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Pittsburgh
Helene
Wohlgemuth
Polk State School
Oly
Civil Service Commission
James H. McClelland
McClelland
Venango County
Pennsylvania Association For Retarded Children
PARC
Civil Service
the Commission
State School and Hospital
Polk
Philosphy
Whitehaven
Haverford State Hospital
Aaron Smith
Cahn
Jack Kremens
Kremens
Legion Posts Reminded Of Two Important Meetings
Eugene Kelly Rossiter Indiana County American Legion Council commander reminds Legionnaires of two near term events. On Thursday June 21 elections for the Indiana County Council will be at Post 141 Indiana at 8 p.m. Nominations open until election day. On Sunday July 1 at 2 30 p.m the 27th District meets at Seger Baun Post 582 Rossiter to caucus for the upcoming State American Legion Convention.
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Rossiter
Eugene Kelly
Indiana County
American Legion Council
Indiana County Council
Indiana
Legion
Seger-Baun
American Legion
Pass Jury Charged Pass Jury Charged
Jury deliberations begin in Erie Pa in the murder trial of Albert E Pass 53 of Middlesboro Ky charged in the Dec 1969 killings of United Mine Workers insurgent Joseph A Jablonski his wife and daughter Defense rested after 2 1 2 hours of testimony as prosecutions case ran four days Pass a top former UMW official among seven charged so far with the murders tied to Yablonski losing an election to unseat UMW President W A Boyle
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Erie, Pa
Albert E. Pass
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock’ Yablonski
Harold Gondelman
Pass
Middlesboro
UMW
Yablonski
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Burglary Probed At Loyal Order of Moose Lodge
Punxsutawney state police investigate a 3200 burglary at Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No 954 on Route 436 near Punxsutawney. Between 2 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday a burglar forced a rear door, stole 3100 in cash from a safe, then opened a cash register and took 200 more.
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Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Barracks
Loyal Order of Moose
Route 436
Suspect Sought in Johnstown Death and Bank Robbery Case
Federal warrant issued in Pittsburgh for John Joseph Fay Jr., 30, linked to the June 15 fatal shooting of Michael J. Spondike in Johnstown. Fay, awaiting sentencing on a Dec 6, 1972 bank robbery, failed to appear and is believed to have fled to Kentucky. FBI searches ongoing. Spondike was a Bethlehem Steel metallurgical assistant in Johnstown.
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Pittsburgh
U.S
Ira Jean Sensenich
John Joseph Fay Jr
Michael J
Mickey” Spondike
Homer City
Fay
Clintonville
Venango County
Northwestern
Spondike
Frontier Club
Johnstown
Prospect Hill
Spendike
Kentucky
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bank Robe
Bethlehem Steel Co
Richard John O'Hara
Michael Antal
Samuel Angello
Youth 19 Sentenced In Traffic Death Case
A 19 year old Johnstown youth Melvin W Auckerman was sentenced to eight months to three years in Cambria County Jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a March 24 highway death near Portage. He drove one of two cars that collided on Route 160 two miles south of Portage killing 17 year old Jay Bernard Krantaler of Beaverdale.
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Ebensburg
Johnstown
Cambria County
Portage
Melvin W. Auckerman
Jay Bernard Krantaler
Beaverdale
Joseph F. O’ricks
Ralph Kraft
Auckerman
O’rieks
H. Clifton -MacWilliams
Pittsburgh
Nixon Hearings Delay and Dean Testimony Loom large
The article details Senate Judiciary Committee plans to delay hearings to allow Dean to testify about Dean's prior interventions in Watergate. It notes Mansfield and Scott supported the delay, Warren confirmed dropping executive privilege claims, and Ervin signaled allowing dean papers to be seen. It mentions Hoover opposition and Weicker's dissent. It also covers local crime notes including O’Hara burglary pleas and other DWI sentences in Cambria County.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Dean
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Mansfield
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Nixon
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Watergate Committee
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Gray Station burglary charges filed against Richard Guayer
State police filed burglary charges against Richard E. Gu yer 22 of Derry RD 1 in connection with a burglary at Mont Stahlman Lumber Co near Gray Station. Guyer appeared before District Magistrate Richard Loncharich of Latrobe after posting 5,000 dollars bail.
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Gray Station
Richard E. Guyer
Derry RD
Mont Stahlman Lumber Co
Guyer
Richard Loncharich
Latrobe
Preliminary Hearing Set In Wiretap Scandal
Ex PSP head Rocco Arella and six others face a Montgomery County preliminary hearing for multiple wiretap related charges. The case centers on illegal bugging devices found at a Washington Motor Lodge and involves the Crime Commission probe into Philadelphia police corruption. Several hearings were postponed to July 6.
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King OF Prussia, Pa
Rocco Arella
Montgomery County
George Ziegler
Arella
State Police
Curtis Guyette
Metro Kardash
Gerald Deya
John Robert Warrer
Steichansk
James McCann
State Crime Commission
Urella
J. Shane Creamer
George Washington Motor Lodge
Crime Commission
Philadelphia
Creamer
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Montgomery Court
Luchansky
Guyette
Kardash
Lucky
Rescuers Free Sea Link After Cable Snare Near Berry
Navy reports no sign of life yet as Sea Link frees from cables tying to Fred T Berry wreck. Four-man crew aboard the minisub previously reported alive, but conflicting statements emerge from officials. Rescue divers face strong currents and 40 degree water as the craft surfaces aided by a Wood TV camera and grappling hook. Treasury figures for June 13 follow the Marine rescue item.
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Navy
Dan Disney
R.H. Bisbing
John Maurer
Key West Naval Air Station
Disney
Fred T. Berry
Minisub
Smithsonian Institution
A.B. Wood
Link and
Stover
Skylab Crew Files Sun Study From Space Walk
Skylab astronauts conducted an early space walk to photograph the sun and its corona. They reported a midsize solar flare and captured film showing solar wind and prominences for scientists, with data surpassing 84 earth eclipses.
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Weitz
Montana
Schweickart
Canada
Conrad
Mission Control
Wich
Earth
Skylab
Robert McQueen
High Altitude Observatory
Boulder
Cole
Four Sentenced In Court Here By Judge Clark
Judge Edwin M Clark revoked a probation for Lee R Deyarmin 31 of Saltsburg and sentenced him to three to 18 months in Greensburg state prison after a district magistrate found him guilty of disorderly conduct. Three other men pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and received fines and probation. Clarence Alexander 39 Johnstown received suspended sentence plus one year probation and fine. William A Biss 66 Hillsdale paid 275 fine and 34 costs. Mark Leslie Shaffer 28 Mahaffey RD 1 paid 250 fine and 35 costs.
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Edwin M. Clark
Indiana
Lee R. Deyarmin
Saltsburg
Clark
Deyarmin
State Correctional Institution
Greensburg
Clarence Alexander
Bedford St
Johnstown
William A. Biss
Hillsdale
Mark Leslie Shaffer
Mahaffey
Pa. Workers Union Vows Strike Soon
Harrisburg AP reports the Pennsylvania Social Services Union representing about 8,000 state employees warns of a strike as contract talks fail to produce clear monetary offers. Director Gregory O Beirne says negotiations have lagged and the contract ends June 30, indicating the state may be trying to push them into a strike.
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Harrisburg
Gregory O'Beirne
Pennsylvania Social Services Union
Divulge Convicts and Patients Gamble for Drug Tests
Harrisburg AP report shows convicts and mental patients taking part in drug testing for pay or posterity. Federal law requires tests on humans before a drug’s public use, with hearings as a commission weighs statewide regulations. Prisoners, paid volunteers, and hospital patients describe incentives, risks, and safeguards in a debate over ethics and regulation.
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Harrisburg
Special Executive Commission
Philadelphia
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Leopold
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O'Hara
Western Penitentiary
Stanley Kania Jr
Nanty Glo
Blue Goose Sportsmen’s Club
Blacklick Township
Danny Rietscha
Robert C. Bracken
Barnesboro
Raymond “Jones
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Milton Cahn
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