Pennsylvania Scraps Naturally Slogan for Tourism Drive
Harrisburg reports Commerce Secretary James Bodine scraps the slogan Pennsylvania Naturally after it duplicates Vermont Naturally. The state will replace it with a new tourism pitch, aiming for a 1 million ad campaign to boost visitors from nearby states, Canada, and abroad.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Commerce
James Bodine
Steve Fink
Norval Reece
John Vesco
Irwin
Thornburgh
Canada
Bodine
New York
Sadat and Begin Seek U.S. Aid for Peace Treaty
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin urged Congress for loans and grants to back the new Middle East peace accord. They described threats to regional stability and pressed for aid while outlining a 3 billion dollar Israeli-Egyptian package to be funded largely by loans over 30 years. Begin defended Israel’s position on Palestinian autonomy.
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Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Congress
Israel
Egypt
Brown
Sadat
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Mideast
Begin
Soviet Union
Saudi Arabia
Africa
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Arab leaders reject US sanctions while eyeing Egypt boycott
At Baghdad the 16 Arab foreign ministers discuss retaliatory moves against Egypt. Arafat urges an oil and trade boycott of the United States, but ministers show little appetite for sanctions on the US while Saudis hold key leverage on any action.
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Iraq
Egypt
United States
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
United
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Carter
Sadat
Sadam Hussein Warner
Prince
Oil price rise tests Carter as energy plan rework urged
The OPEC price increase adds pressure on President Carter and his energy team to revise pricing and conservation proposals. Officials say the tilt rule, designed to align gasoline prices with production costs, faces a warmer reception as lawmakers push for less reliance on imports.
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Carter
White House
Rex Granum
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
United States
OPEC
Energy Department
Jody Powell
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
Jackson
Senate Energy Committee
James R. Schlesinger
Powell
Iran
Schlesinger
Maple syrup season spurs rush in the northeast
Cool nights and warm days kick sap flow in the northeast as sugaring ramps up with a flurry of activity. See story and photo on page eight.
Jobless Rate Here Keeps Going Up
Unemployment in Indiana County reached 8.3 percent in February the highest since February 1964. BES data show 3,300 of 39,300 in the labor force sought work. January was 7.6 percent. Local rates varied with Punxsutawney 11 percent Kittanning 10 Johns town 9.8 Pittsburgh 6.7 and State College 5.7 percent. The national rate was 6.4 percent and the state 7.5 percent.
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State Bureau of Employment Security
BES
Punxsutawney
Kittanning
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
State College
Emergency Declared After Nuke Plant Pump Breaks
At Three Mile Island a water pump failed causing radiated steam to vent before a seal, prompting a general emergency. No injuries or dangerous outside radiation detected. reactor automatically shut down and the other unit was already offline for refueling. Metropolitan Edison and state police monitored the scene as traffic was controlled.
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Three Mile Island
Susuquehanna River
Here
Judy Botvin
Blaine Fabian
Metropolitan Edison
Fabian
James Cox
Miss Botvin
Ingram
Commission
Philadelphia
Londonderry
Obituaries: Holmes, McLAUGHLIN and McGregor
Obituary notices list Joseph E. Holmes aged 63 of East Pittsburgh formerly of Coral and Florence Anna McGregor aged 80 of Elderton.
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Holmes
Joseph E
East
Pittsburgh
Coral
Backyard inventors push ideas for better gas mileage
Thousands of Americans labor in garages basements and sheds to improve mileage amid rising oil prices. Ford reports 3000 to 4000 unsolicited inventions yearly but has bought few from laymen. Indy worker R N Linger markets Pelco Fuel Saver claiming up to 35 percent better mileage and reduced emissions, though tests are not yet public.
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Associated Press
U.S
America
Kokomo
Ind
Minnesota
Indianapolis
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Robert Harnar
Hamar
Singer
Lance Crombie
Webster, Minn
Crombie
Danny Jewell
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Tennessee
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Frank Church
Didaho
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Tommy Hawk
Geneva
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Kim's
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Gazal and
SAP
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Business Mirror
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Eeneeeennee
Eta
Isbetshesi
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Linger
Regency Mall
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