Special session opens as lawmakers rush to clear budget talks
In Harrisburg the General Assembly convenes a two session day aimed at advancing Gay Milton J. Shapp's 3.68 billion budget. Key items include home rule, drug reform, and mobile and industrialized housing bills with rapid timelines and tight scrutiny.
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Resumption of Hayes School Classes After Discipline Debate
In Youngstown Ohio Hayes Middle School resumed classes quietly after a dispute over discipline at the school. Parents alleged black students were subjected to paddling and rough discipline while teachers argued for relaxed rules. The board adopted several recommendations including parental access to review teacher qualifications. The education association sought a restraining order, while Superintendent Viering resigned and Board President McPhee’s resignation was accepted.
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HRC to add minority seat and review housing rules
The commission agreed to seek a minority member on the board and to meet on April 24 to discuss a state testing program on housing discrimination. It voted to ask City Council to amend the HRC ordinance to prohibit discrimination by sex and age and decided not to pursue a complaint about a public housing project on Neshannock Avenue, saying the criticism targeted construction not housing policy.
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Associated Box to Close New Castle Plant June 1
Associated Box Corp will close its New Castle manufacturing plant on June 1 while maintaining its general offices at 812 N. Cedar St. The firm operates five plants in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. President Samuel If Byers cites marketing changes and consolidation with another plant in New Castle's region to reduce costs. about 20 workers are employed at the New Castle site.
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Northwest Regional Planning Commission gains county funding
County Commissioners approve its share of 1256 dollars for Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission. Northwest administers Appalachian funds for eight counties including Clarion Crawford Erie Forest Mercer Venango and Warren, guiding sewer roads and industry promotion while facing questions about direct county benefits.
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Pollution startles walkers on Ohio leg of cross country trek
Five women walking from Pantie, Michigan to Washington DC report air pollution in Steubenville as their worst experience so far. Irene McCabe says foundry pollution in her city is worse but has never seen this level. The group crossed the Ohio River, paused near a hill, and planned to continue into West Virginia Panhandle that night while noting kindness from locals. The Public Utility Commission in Shinickshinny Water Co. rate hike request is under study in Lycoming County.
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TV photographer recalls Soledad Brothers demand at court
San Jose California reporter Janes J. Kean testified at the Angela Davis trial that captors in the San Rafael courthouse corridor demanded the Soledad Brothers be freed. He wrote down the two words after overhearing captors say the hostages would be freed by a set time.
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Russell Keyser captured in Lycoming County cabin escape
State police and sheriff's deputies seized convicted murderer Barney Russell and accomplice Dennis Keyser after they fled Lycoming County Prison Sunday night. The duo, who escaped via window bars and a 10 foot wall, were spotted hitchhiking in Montoursville area and tracked to ROCK RUN community near Williamsport. Russell awaits appeal on life sentence for murder. Keyser had a prior drug conviction.
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Truce pleas amid Belfast gun clashes and legal betting ring trial
Amid Belfast unrest housewives seek a temporary truce to curb IRA violence as gunfire erupts in Andersonstown. Meantime in Pennsylvania federal court Robert Lannelli and 12 others face trial over a $6.5 million per year sports betting operation spanning multiple counties.
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Manhunt For Fatal Shooting Fails In Richmond
Police in Richmond search the Futton Bottom area for a man wanted in the fatal shooting of Shirley Sprouse 23 formerly of Reading Pennsylvania. Sprouse and friend Susan Barker were ordered from their car after stopping at an intersection. Barker described being forced to walk about 100 feet to a field before Sprouse was assaulted as Barker escaped.
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Dita on TV Linked To Senate Probe Amid Hospital Delay
Washington UPI report notes senile investigators may press ITT lobbyist Dita Beard after she left hospital to tape a 90 minute CBS interview with Mike Wallace. Physicians had warned six months before she could testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the ITT matter and Kleindienst. In Pittsburgh fire officials inspected ruins of the S S Kresge store at Southland Shopping Center after a Monday blaze gutted the store and damaged five others. No injuries reported.
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Harrisburg Seven Jury Deliberations Enter Sixth Day
The Harrisburg Seven jury in Pennsylvania reached a sixth day of deliberations on conspiracy charges. The defense argued the judge's instructions were confusing and did not adequately address the issues. The 12 jurors reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the 10 counts.
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