State-Wide Action Stated UMW To Lobby For Disability Bill
The United Mine Workers of America will lobby for Senate passage of House Bill 97 after a meeting at the Penn Harris Hotel where 86 representatives from seven districts committed to pressure lawmakers. The bill would boost monthly disability payments from 876 to 100 for about 22,000 mine workers, with the union arguing funds exist and Senate committees to hear the case.
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UMW
Senate
United Mine Workers of America
Penn Harris Hotel
Raymond Shafer
Black Lick Junior CAP Planning Meet Sets March 24
A Black Lick community meeting for the Junior CAP planning is scheduled for Monday March 24 at 6 30 p m in the Burrell Community Center on Main St Black Lick Officials say Teen representatives from the bonding firm will discuss spring activities while Mr Messenger and others work on the Yellow Creek project A House committee investigation into Yellow Creek State Park finances was authorized by Resolution 60 and will begin immediately with hearings and subpoenas as needed to report findings.
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Black Lick
Burrell
Main St
Blackpony
Lick
GSA
Messenger
S. J. Grove
Yellow Creek
Moore
House
Herbert Fineman
D-Phil
General Assembly
Campus Disorders Studied By The Associated Press
The White House studies steps to curb campus disorders as Nixon’s imminent statement looms. Violence strikes across regions with a two story Lane College building destroyed by fire. San Francisco State ends its longest student strike as HEW Secretary Finch forwards recommendations to the President.
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Associated Press
White House
Washington
Nixon
Lane College
Jackson
Tenn
San Francisco
Robert H. Finch
Nixon Visits Truman in California Trip
President Nixon travels to Independence Missouri to visit 84 year old Harry S Truman at his home. The trip includes plans for a potential California summer house and a helicopter tour of Santa Barbara beaches polluted by an oil spill. Nixon is joined by Pat Nixon Secretary Rogers and adviser Kiesinger, with meetings slated with Ellsworth Bunker and General Goodpaster before returning to Washington.
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Prand
Nixon
Harry S. Truman
Truman
California
Independence
White House
Santa Barbara
Pat
San Juan Capistrano
Swallows
Ziegler
San Clemente
William P. Rogers
National Security
Henry A. Kiesinger
Lippi Freed From Prison After 41 Months in Tax Fraud Case
Former United Mine Workers District 1 president Lippi was released from federal custody in Lewisburg Pennsylvania at 9 10 a m after serving 41 months for conspiring to defraud Exeter bank. He had prior convictions for income tax evasion tied to Knox Coal Port Griffith and additional fines and acquittals were noted.
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Lewisburg
Lippi
United Mine Workers Union District 1
Exeter Bank
First National Bank of Exeter
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Knox Coal Co
Port Griffith
Sirhan Thought He Was Savior in Kennedy Slaying
AP reports psychiatrist Eric Marcus testified at Sirhan Bishara Sirhan's murder trial that Sirhan believed he was the savior of society and aimed to destroy U.S. political leaders. Marcus described Sirhan as mentally disturbed, with writings demanding assassinations of Kennedy and other leaders, while noting his American psychological profile.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Eric Marcus
Marcus
Kennedy
Bernard Dymond
Dymond
School of Crimology
University of California Berkeley
Oo Grant Cooper
Robert Kennedy
David N. Fitts
Truman Campaign Car Sold To Missouri Backer
A Kansas City contractor bought the blue and gold Truman campaign railcar for 80,850 including tax to return it to Missouri. Robert F. Koste said the car may be placed in Bryams Ford Park as a tribute to Harry S. Truman, with Barker funding the purchase.
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Robert F. Koste
Metropolitan Construction Co
Kansas City
Koste
Barker
Metropolitan
Truman
Bryams Ford Park
America
Joseph Ellis
del Mar
Calif
San Diego
Thomas F. Baker
San Francisco
Aspen
Colo
Roaring Fork
Truman Library
Independence
School Teacher New Chairman
HARRISBURG AP Rep. Fred J. Shupnik D Luzerne, a Luzerne school teacher, was chosen chairman of the Joint State Government Commission Wednesday. The commission, created in 1937, is the research arm of the legislature and develops facts and recommendations on all phases of government for use by the General Assembly. Sen. Stanley G. Stroup A Bedford was elected vice chairman, Sen. Alpert R. Pechan R Armstrong secretary, and Rep. K Lewylevis D Allegheny treasurer.
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Harrisburg
Fred J. Shupnik
D-Luzerne
Luzerne
General Assembly
Stanley G. Stroup
A . Bedford
Alpert R. Pechan
R-Armstrong
K. Lewy Levis
D. Allegheny
End of SFSC Uprising Signals Settlement
San Francisco State College announced an end to a 41 percent month strike led by the Black Students Union and Third World Liberation Front. Leaders Benny Stewart and Jerry Varnado signaled the walkout’s conclusion as terms of a settlement were to be outlined, amid protests, arson attempts, and campus clashes with police.
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San Francisco
Black Students Union
San Francisco State College
Benny Stewart
Jerry Varnado
S. I. Hayakawa
Third World Liberation i Front
Nathan Hare
Hare
Hayakawa
Hed
Joseph White
Students For A Democratic Society
Teter
Third World
BSU
United States
Folk Singers Due On Campus at IUP Lecture Lounge
Pittsburgh duo David and Anthony return to Indiana University of Pennsylvania for a two hour folk session in the Lecture Lounge of the Student Union building Sunday March 23 from 9 to 10 p.m. All townspeople students and faculty are welcome free of charge as guests of the Student Union Board.
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David and
Anthony
Pittsburgh
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana Area
Welfare staff on vacation protest at work sites
Welfare department workers use skeleton crews and vacation time to handle emergencies while criticizing poor treatment of staff. A spokesman says complying with other counties' requests would restore full staffing. AP reports Allegheny County DPW staff seek raises of ten percent retroactive to January or fifteen percent by July.
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DPW
Indiane County
Associated Press Today
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Raymond Shafer
Robert Bloom
State Health Department
Thomas W. Georges
Harrisburg
Auto Hits Pole Near Lewisville
A one car crash on Legislative Route 32004 at 2 45 am left motorist Larry E Zerfoss 20 with minor injuries. Police say he fell asleep, vehicle struck a utility pole causing $500 damage to the car and $100 to the pole.
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Lewisville
Clarksburg
R.D. 1
Larry E. Zerfoss
Indiana
Zerfoss
Russell to Work Through Lung Tumor Treatment
Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell, dean of the Senate, will continue his duties while undergoing cobalt therapy for what doctors deem an inoperable lung tumor. He said the six week outpatient treatment will end with the outcome uncertain and he will keep working as advised.
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Washington
Georgia
Richard B. Russell
Senate
Russell
Settlement Seen as Foundation for Revolutionary Change
Bruce Angell of the antistrike Committee for an Academic Environment says the settlement lays a foundation for revolutionary change while noting dissidents lost student support as strikers failed to know when to stop violence. About 600 Black students and 1,260 white students are on campus.
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Bruce Angell
Antistrike ‘Committee
Russell battles lung cancer and political foes in Senate fight
Senator Russell faces an inoperable lung tumor tied to years of heavy smoking and emphysema. He notes cobalt cures exist but many are not cured, hopes to serve his current term, while ABM funding pits Nixon administration against a resistant Senate. A Vienna Museum meteorite weighs five grams.
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Ray
Russell
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Congress
ABM
Obituaries Mentioning Craft Pollock Sundry Rash In Indiana Area
Several obituaries for residents of Indiana County appear. Lynn Craft of Rochester Mills dies at 77 after long residence in Brush Valley Homer City and Indiana. George Pollock, 76, Rochester Mills native and B&O telegraph operator, dies. services planned. Cora Sundry, 66 Blairsville, dies at Magee Hospital after extended illness. Joseph Rash, 57 Homer City, dies at Indiana Hospital. services to be held at Saint Marys Byzantine Catholic Church. Other notices note genealogical ties, funeral home visitations, and planned rites.
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Lynn
Craft
Rochester Mills
Indiana Hospital
Forest Co
John A
Rebecca McCreery Craft
Brush Valeley
Homer City
Indiana
John
Mary Alice) Uncapher
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Vera McCune
Clymer
Laura Rowland Craft
Robinson-Lytle’s
Randall Luther
Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery
Andrew Wanchisn
Heilwood
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Bence
Indiana Evening Gazette
George. Pollock
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
David John
Mary Elizabeth Hess Pollock
Hazel Work
United Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Cora M.sundry
Fred Sundry
S. Brady Sr
Blairsville
Magee Women’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
Hallow Funeral Home
SS. Simon and Jude Roman Catholic
Joseph Rash
Careson St
Gracelton
Anna Butvin Rash
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church
Thomas R. Mas.kornick
St.Louis Romar Catholic
Lucerne Mines
Eisenhower Selected For 1969 Atoms Award Honor
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is chosen to receive the 1969 Atoms Award, a $50,000 honorarium. Announcement came Thursday from Dr. James R. Killian Jr. of Massachu Technology, noting the prize funds will be sent during Eisenhower’s visit to Eisenhower College in Seneca Falls, New York. The award honors distinguished contributions to the peaceful use of atomic energy.
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Cambridge
Mass
Dwi Wenhower
James R
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