Shapp Defends Crime Commission Against Assembly Control
Harrisburg AP Gov. Shapp rejects a House panel plan to remove the Pennsylvania Crime Commission from the Justice Department. He says the commission operates effectively under the attorney general and should stay out of intelligence work, citing Philadelphia drug raids with over 100 arrests.
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Shapp
Crime Commission
General Assembly
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Crime Commission
House
Sion
Com
Philadelphia
Commission
Phila
Aultman Fire Extinguishes Grass Fire in Kent
Aultman firemen were called at 2 p.m. Saturday to put out a grass fire in Kent. Fire Chief Eugene McCracken warned area children not to play with matches. Delphia police, with 100 narcotics officers, were unable to match the crime commission’s effectiveness. Governor Shapp, in a third press conference, asked for extra drug enforcement funding, defended State Police leadership, plans to sue over a wiretap incident, and urged quick passage of a local law enforcement grants appropriation to maximize federal matching funds amid concerns about drug traffic and energy supplies.
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Kent
Aultman
Eugene McCracken
Delphia
Crime Commission
Shapp
James Barger
General Assembly
Redding Named To WWI Post In Indiana Meeting
Lawrence Redding was elected commander of World War One Veterans Barracks 1273 at History House in Indiana. Other officers named include William Jones vice commander Arthur Peterman quartermaster Tiny Everett chaplain William R Williams adjutant Albert Miller Everett and George Donner trustees and George Clark judge advocate. The Barracks and its auxiliary will co sponsor the October meeting with a covered dish dinner ham rolls and beverages provided by the auxiliary. Prizes will be awarded.
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Lawrence Redding
History House
Indiana
William Jones
Homer City
Arthur Peterman
Tiny Everett
William R. Williams
Albert Miller
Everett
George Donner
George Clark
Reimbursement Proposed For Fire Companies
Harrisburg report states Senator Ed Win Hall introduced a bill to reimburse volunteer fire companies $100 for each alarm answered at state institutions. Payments would be semi annual to aid training and equipment purchases at prisons hospitals and county homes that rely on volunteers to supplement firefighting programs.
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Harrisburg
Edwin G. Hall
Holl
Pleaders Sentenced In Indiana County Court Plea
Six defendants appeared before Judge Edwin M. Clark in pleaders court. Kenneth Curt Wade faced a 200 dollar fine and costs for corrupting children regarding a July incident in White Two. Geraldine Wilson was ordered to pay costs and six months on probation for fraudulent use of a credit card in June. Joseph L Shaffer Sr received suspended sentences with a 275 dollar fine and three years of probation plus restitution after July incidents in Cherryhill and related offenses. Robert P Slater got a 275 dollar fine and two years probation for intoxicated driving. John Stewart Wholaver to appear Oct 15 for sentencing after a July suspension driving charge. Gerald Duane Hamrock set to return Oct 15 for sentencing on two burglary related counts.
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Indiana
Edwin M. Clark
Kenneth Curt Wade
Sarasota
Fla
White Two
Geraldine Wilson
Johnstown
Joseph Lee Shaffer Sr
Elkin Ave
Cherryhill
Robert P. Slater
John Stewart Wholaver
Emeigh
Cherry Tree
Gerald Duane Hamrock
Homer City RD 1
Armagh
West Wheatfield Twp
Treasury deficits and assets reported in Washington AP
Treasury data as of September 19 shows cash balance 4.83 billion plus deposits totaling 59.72 billion and withdrawals at 70.06 billion. Total debt stands at 459.89 billion, with gold assets valued at 10.42 billion.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Poetry grants to magazines from Pennsylvania arts council
Harrisburg AP Two poetry magazines received the first literary grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. American Poetry Review of Philadelphia got 2500 dollars and Three Rivers Poetry Journal of Pittsburgh 230 dollars. Council exec director Robert Bernat said grants come from a 758000 dollar legislative appropriation plus a 150000 dollar National Endowment for the Arts grant.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Council On the Arts
American Poetry Review
Philadelphia
Three Rivers Poetry Journal
Pittsburgh
Robert Bernat
National Endownment For the Arts
Pension Reform Moves Forward In Congress
Washington AP reports that the Ways and Means Committee will begin private pension reform work next Monday using the Senate passed rider. The bill requires 15 year vesting, government insurance of plans, and tax incentives, with coordination planned with Education and Labor subcommittee efforts.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ullman
Senate
House Education and Labor
Ways and Means
John H. Dent
Heating Oil May Be Scarce and Costly This Winter
PITTSBURGH AP. Petroleum industry spokesmen warn home heating oil will be in short supply this winter and costly. Samuel Borenkind of the Pennsylvania Petroleum Association says shortages and higher costs could push bills up to 40 dollars higher. retailers face limited allocations and possible closures if price controls emerge. He also warns gasoline shortages next summer due to late refinery runs aimed at offsetting the heating oil gap.
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Pittsburgh
Petroleum Industry
Samuel Borenkind
The
Pennsylvania Petroleum Association
PPA
United States
Borenkind
Dog Climbs Trees For Amusement
Sam the 45 pound mongrel learns to climb trees from cats on a farm near Lansing. He scaled a maple to a crotch six feet up after racing 20 feet and later climbed again despite an earlier fall. Owner Rowland Heck notes the dog and cats became friends, while MSU expert Dr. Robert Schirmer calls tree climbing unusual but known in dogs and coonhounds.
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Roland Heck
Sam
Heck
Lansing
Mich
Rowland Heck
Robert Schirmer
Michigan State University
Increase Flights For Soviet Jews Celebrate Jewish New Year
Israel has more than doubled Soviet immigration flights to about 1000 people in four days from Vienna. Radio Israel reports these special flights bring immigrants to celebrate the Jewish high holidays in Israel. The normal rate is roughly 100 per day.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Radio Israel
Vienna
Austria
Pennsylvania trio indicted in tax evasion probe linked to mine contracts
Harrisburg AP The Pennsylvania Crime Commission aided a probe that led to federal indictments of John P Dixon Edward F Dixon and John L Dixon on 28 counts of tax evasion. The Dixons headed Dixon Contracting and related firms tied to state mine reclamation contracts costing millions. Lawrence Hoyle said he provided substantial information to federal investigators and a state contract activity report will be released. In Washington AP lawmakers debated coal industry amendments as a House subcommittee considered strip mining complaints procedures with shifts on citizen participation and private property rights.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Crime Commission
Crime Commission
Commission
John P
Edward F. Dixon
Dixon Contracting Co
Mount Caine
John L. Dixon
Tri-County Engineering Associates Inc
Commonwealth Development Associates
Lawrence Hoyle
Dixons
Dixon Contracting
Washington
House Subcommittee On the Environment
John Dellenback
R-Ore
Dellenback
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