Senate panel revamps absentee voting measure in Pa
Harrisburg report notes Senate Elections Committee trimmed the House version to retain only a single feature. Changes would drop the requirement that a voter be unavoidably absent, keep most current laws, and require pre election challenges with a $10 fee. Absentee ballots would be counted on election day. The session also sent to the governor a bill stiffening penalties for selling obscene material to minors.
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Vincent P. Carocci
Harrisburg
Senate Elections Committee
House
Senate
William B. Lentz
R-Dauphin
House Elections Committee
Lentz‘ Committee
York County
Lebanon
Schuylkill
Shafer
Mine Water Purification Pact Signed
Gov Shafer announced a 60000 dollar contract to Chester Engineers of Pittsburgh for Pennsylvania’s first acid mine drainage treatment plant. The 500000 gallon daily plant will purify water from Dinsmore Reservoir Washington County using the fon method. Funded by a 500 million conservation bond issue.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Chester Engineers, Inc
Pittsburgh
Department of Mines and Mineral Industries
Dinsmore
Washington County
McCarthy defends meddling charge at NAACP convention
Sen Eugene J McCarthy dismissed NAACP meddling charges saying 1968 is the year to meddle. He said he spoke to share views on civil rights rather than seek endorsement. Wilkins had accused him and aides of intruding at the NAACP 59th annual convention in Atlantic City.
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Robert A. Dobkin
Associated Press
Walter
Atlantic City
N.J
Eugene J. McCarthy
NAACP
McCarthy
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Minnesota
Civil Rights Organization
Wilkins
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Gazette
Warren Reflects On 15 Years As Chief Justice
Earl Warren defends his 15 year tenure, saying dissent strengthens the system and criticism is a normal part of public life. He notes controversial attacks on the court, discusses impeachment probes, and reflects during a Sacramento visit after meeting with local officials and reporters.
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Supreme Court
Sacramento
Calif
Earlines
Warren
U.S
Iron and Steel Industry
United States
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KFBK
American Govern
KOVR
Con Warren
Eisenhower
Warren Cou
Country Club
John San Francisco
F. Kennedy
Ings
Commission
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