Newark board fails to settle teachers strike in Newark
Newark Board of Education rejects a mediated agreement amid community pressure, voting down a settlement that would have added binding arbitration and moved nonprofessional duties to aides. The decision comes as clashes and threats surround the long strike, with police guarding Symphony Hall after fights and arrests.
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Newark
UPI
Board of Education
Vincent Russell
Newark Teachers Union
NTU
Charles A. Bell
Bell
David Barrett
United Community Corp
Symphony Hall
Donald Westbrooks
Bell seeks $73 million rate hike in Pa. hearings
Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania faces a rate increase proposal as it ends a 10 hour cross examination of chief accountant Raymond Hauber. The Public Utility Commission sets April 27 28 for continuation. Proposed changes include higher monthly local service charges and increased connection fees. A second Bell witness Henry Ewing is to be cross examined when hearings resume in two weeks. In New York Maurice Abravanel to receive 1971 Alice M Ditson Conductor's Award from Columbia University.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
Bell
Public Utility Commission
Commonwealth
James G. Wallweight
Raymond §. Hauber
Wyndmoor
PLC
Robert L. Kunzig
Federal
General Services Administration
Hauber
Kunzig
Henry W. Ewing
New York
Maurice Abravanel
Utah Symphony
Alice M. Ditson
Columbia University
Church fire destroys 99 year old Shamokin church
A 99 year old St Edwards Roman Catholic Church in Shamokin Pennsylvania was destroyed by a fire that broke out at 2 am. Fire officials said a man, Paul Balser, living nearby died of an apparent heart attack shortly after the blaze began. Flames reportedly started near votive candles and spread to at least three adjacent homes on North Shamokin Street.
Charges Dropped Motions in Harrisburg Six Case
Defense for the Harrisburg Six filed six grounds for dismissal in federal court seeking to drop charges against antiwar activists led by Rev. Phillip Berrigan. They argue pre trial publicity biased the grand jury and challenge the conspiracy counts over alleged wire tapping, requesting separate trials and full pretrial hearings.
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Harrisburg
Uph
Phillip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
Board Hears Parents At George Washington Junior High Meeting
Parents of George Washington Junior High students praised a city school board session last night. A nine member ad hoc committee presented proposals to fix current problems and reviewed district policies. The board will study the suggestions in light of existing policy and issues. Suggestions included separating incorrigible students, backing teachers on discipline, switching to in school suspension for offenders, repairing damages, hiring a woman guidance counselor, and enforcing corporal punishment policy.
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George Washington
City School Board
Dress code clash at Wilmington Area High School
Principal David C. Lewis reports a small group of students skipped class after lunch to seek a dress code revision. He addressed them in the auditorium and they returned to class. A petition supporting code changes is circulating, as the school now follows a student council adopted dress code. Shenango Township supervisors will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the municipal building. the meeting was postponed from tonight due to Holy Thursday services.
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Wilmington Area High School
David C. Lewis
Lewis
Wilmington
Shenango Township
Mayor Proposes Exemption for Elderly From Parkage Fee
Mayor Carl A. Cialella Jr. urges City Council to exempt residents 65 and older with incomes under $3,000 from the $18 parkage service fee. Provisional stickers would be issued to qualifying elderly, with a roster kept by the garbage service bureau and a year end list filed with City Council. The recommendation follows a February proposal by City Treasurer Francis J. Rogan.
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Carl A. Cialella Jr
Garbage Service Bureau
Francis J. Rogan
Body of Valachi shipped for burial from El Paso
An unknown man claimed the body of former Cosa Nostra strongman and informer Joseph Valachi and sent it by air freight to an unknown burial site. Warden W E Zachem said Valachi wished a quiet burial after dying of an apparent heart attack at LaTuna federal prison Saturday.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Cosa Nostra
Joseph Valachi
LaTuna Federal
W. E. Zachem
Valachi
Greensburg-Salem teachers strike disrupts 280 teachers
Greensburg Pennsylvania teachers walked out in a contract dispute representing 280 educators. The strike adds to widespread disruptions in western Pennsylvania with 56,000 students affected. GSEA cites noneconomic issues. other districts including Erie, Churchill Area, and North Hills report no progress.
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Greensburg, Pa
UPI
Greensburg-Salem
Greensburg-Salem Education Association
GSEA
Pennsylvania
Erie
Churchill Area
North Hills
Invasion fears as India urged to invade East Pakistan
Reports from Lahore say India may invade East Pakistan as Bengali separatists wage a civil war. Radio claimed two Indian border battalions moved toward frontier points and air bases west and north of East Pakistan were on high alert.
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New Delhi
UPI
Pakistan
India
East Pakistan
Lahore
Soviet delegates vote at 24th party congress in Moscow
Soviet leaders faced a rare secret session as 5,000 delegates of the 24th party congress chose the party leadership. The body elects a 360 member Central Committee, which in turn selects an 11 member Politburo that holds supreme power over 240 million. Unlike single-candidate elections, a vote of no confidence is possible but not expected this year.
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Moscow
UPI
Education lobby vows push for larger aid in Senate
Washington brief reports the education lobby, rebuffed by the House in seeking a 728 million dollar federal aid hike, plans to fight in the Senate likely mid May. The House defeated the push by four votes and sent to the Senate a 4.8 billion dollar Office of Education money bill, still above Nixon's request and last year's total.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Office of Education
Nixon
Pitt women protesters accuse Pitt of firing leaders
UPI reports about Pitt picketers demanding protection of federal funds amid sex discrimination claims. About 40 women and 10 men from UCWR demonstrated at the Pitt main building and charged stifling free speech. Chancellor Wesley Ponar denied the charges and asked for a city investigation while noting an internal probe found the claims untrue.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
University of Pittsburgh
University Committee On Women’s Rights
UCWR
Pitt
Wesley Ponar
Commission On Human Rights
Probe of FBI Wiretaps Spurs Congressional Inquiry
Momentum grows for a congressional probe into FBI wiretapping amid charges that both House and Senate members were spied on. The House plans to hire an electronics firm to inspect telephone lines for eavesdropping devices while lawmakers debate expanding investigations.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
FBI
Ervin
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
House Administration Committee
Clark Travels Abroad Leading House Member for 1970 Trips
Rep. Frank M. Clark of Bessemer ranks among top House travelers in 1970 with expenses over 4600 dollars for per diems. He made two Europe trips, one to the Far East, visiting Hong Kong Thailand Vietnam and Japan for Expo and NATO meetings. His travel was for the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee with trips to Belgium Netherlands Italy and Great Britain.
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Frank M. Clark
Dbessemer
Clark
Pennsylvania
J. Irving Whalley
R-Windler
Europe
Far East
Hong Kong
Thailand
Vietnam
Japan
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
NATO
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Great Britain
IRS refund check sent to Peoria photographer
Robert Garrett, a photographer for the Agriculture Department lab, found a $964.33 tax refund check from the Internal Revenue Service in Peoria. The check listed his Social Security number, his wife's name, and his address but was mailed from Austin. Garrett has yet to file his federal returns, while his completed returns arrived separately from his tax accountant. He owes the government money.
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Peoria
Upiix
Robert Garrett
Internal Revenue Service
Garrett
Agriculture Department Research Laboratory
Austin
Tex
Trs
Kansas City
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Joseph E. Ginsburg
Lawrence County Concert Association
Youngstown Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig Lombardi
Marshall Ruscetti
Fred Navarra
New Castle News
Lawrence County
Youngstown
Roderic D. MacDonald
Newark Board
Bell Accountant
Shamokin
J. Edgar Hoover
Berrigan
Daniel
Menaker
Greensburg
Port Authority Transit
George Porter
Division 85
Education Lobby
Richard G. Kleindienst
Administration
Hoover
Bella Abzug
D-N-Y
Celler
William Broomfield
R N. Kleindienst
Boggs
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