30 Sep 1971
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1971
Page
1
The Justice Department praised a lower crime rate in the capital, noting that total U S serious crime rose 7 percent nationwide in early 1971 while Washington alone saw an 11 percent drop, the only city under federal jurisdiction.
Presses rolled on schedule in Pittsburgh as daily editions returned after a one day strike by pressmen. A federal judge had issued a temporary restraining order and workers were back by early Thursday editions at the Post-Gazette shop.
Treasury balance shows 229 258 7868 dollars? Deposits total 44 880, with credits and withdrawals totaling 415 688. Daily ledger notes include 221 973 and 174 002 figures. entry clarity is limited by OCR. The document records financial activity with references to balances and liabilities.
After hearing 95 witnesses and 12 000 pages of testimony the Postal Rate Commission nears a decision on the eight cent stamp permanence. The process may extend months as the independent panel weighs a 1.45 billion dollar yearly rate package and the Postal Service seeks 216 million to tide through the fiscal year. The rate commission began hearings May 17 after temporary increases were set by postal reform legislation transferring rate setting from Congress to the commission and the Postal Service board of governors.
British reports identify Oleg Liatine a Soviet trade official who defected after a drunken driving arrest in London. The Daily Foxpress tied a diplomatic hint to the defector, while police records confirm the traffic charge and bail. UK and Soviet officials declined comment amid expulsion actions.
The Nixon administration pressed for last minute talks to avert a midnight strike by 45,000 dockworkers, risking closure of most deep sea ports on the East and Gulf coasts. Key issues include a guaranteed annual wage clause and potential Taft Hartley injunction.
In San Diego, California, the California Highway Patrol works aboard Navy ships to educate sailors about street and highway hazards. Officials credit the program with a 60 percent drop in traffic deaths and a 20 percent drop in injuries among naval personnel during 1968. The effort, led by Patrolman Floyd Hassell, reaches ships en route to California, and has involved visits to 36 Navy vessels and more than 30,000 sailors.
Marion Center Ares non professional employes at Macon Center Aged School District voted to elect a bargaining agent. Eligible voters numbered about seven thousand. the election was conducted by local authorities with proponent and opponent groups contesting representation.
Senator Patrick J. Stapleton was named vice chairman of a six Senator twelve member bipartisan task force created by the 1979 General Assembly to study agricultural land tax assessments in Pennsylvania. The panel will determine if farm land is assessed for its actual use or potential development and will hold public hearings to consider legislative or constitutional options.
A worker was crushed to death by a falling boulder while toiling about two miles underground at the Solar fuel Cone facility near Ralphton in Somersel township. The incident occurred during routine excavation, and authorities are investigating the accident.
Washington AP reports the Senate will approve a Mansfield withdrawal amendment calling for total U.S. troop withdrawal from Indochina within six months, attached to a $21 billion military procurement bill. Nixon aides concede House will likely reject the measure, and conferees may water it down.
About 225 teachers in Oil City School District approved a new contract unani mously and are to return to work. Classes serve 1,554 pupils this year after a strike began Sept 1. In Hagelton teachers rejected three board offers and planned further strategy meetings as strikes linger in two other districts North Fast at Brie County and Purpettstown in Washington County.
South Vietnamese opposition lawmakers pressed President Nguyen Van Thien amid a two hour Senate debate. They urged a boycott of the Sunday election and proposed a people’s congress to unite factions. Police arrested protestors and deployed reinforcements at markets as reports spread of unrest.
Washington reports a resumed draft with up to 12,000 men slated for October through December as the Defense Secretary proposes quarterly calls to reduce uncertainty for 19 year olds. The year 1971 could total under 100,000 inductions, with the end goal of an all volunteer force by mid-1973 and a 10 day reporting notice required by law.
Rep. Bill Shane announced he will not hold regular hours in the Indiana County Courthouse tomorrow due to committee meetings in Harrisburg. He will meet with constituents of the 62nd District on Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the courthouse.
Two of three Greene County Jail escapees were recaptured Wednesday at a Waynesburg home. Hilliard Whipkey 25 held for parole violation and William Holmes 18 held on receiving stolen guards charges were taken into custody without a struggle. Carol McDonnell was charged with harboring a fugitive and jailed on $1,000 bond. John Glenn Moodey of Grant Town WV remained at large. The trio escaped by sawing through a steel bar securing a window in the exercise yard.
State police report two motorists, Helen Sylvis and John Cherney, collided on Route 286 one mile east of Clarksburg at 7 18 p m Wednesday. No injuries were reported and total damage was about 400 dollars.
Secretary of State William Rogers and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad met to discuss U S backed interim Mideast settlement. Riad supported continuing efforts but warned the Jarring mission might become permanent, while both sides stressed interim progress as a path to final peace and reopening the Suez Canal. Talks to resume in New York with Israel’s Abba Eban expected.
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