Lack of state child abuse laws sparks AG bid for reform
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Attorney General LeRoy Zimmerman condemns the states weak child abuse laws as a shameful failure. A 96 page Family Violence Task Force report outlines 37 reforms to expand definitions strengthen reporting and ease access to records. The panel urges tougher penalties and laws to make luring a child into a car illegal and to require missing child data checks. The task force chair James Strazzella calls the package realistic and ready for legislative action. The group, appointed in 1985, will next study elder and spousal abuse.
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LeRoy Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Arms talks persist as spy crisis tests trust with Moscow
President Reagan keeps embassies vacant and orders two commissions to review worldwide embassy security despite a Russian spy crisis. He says the crisis will not derail arms talks with the Soviets as Secretary of State Shultz plans three days of talks in Moscow with Eduard Shevardnadze. The administration confirms heightened security for the visit while an agreement on a proposed treaty banning intermediate range missiles from Europe remains a key goal.
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Kremlin
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Eduard Shevardnadze
Europe
Soviet call sex-spy scandal fabrication amid summit talks
The Soviet side dismissed the sex-spy scandal as fabrication and accused Reagan of pressuring Shultz during his Moscow visit. Deputy Foreign Minister Petrovsky condemned Reagan's hostile remarks as regrettable while Shultz was urged to raise charges that Soviet agents and two Marines breached the U.S. Embassy. A secure room and a comms trailer were arranged to shield Shultz from eavesdropping.
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Shultz
Vladimir Petrovsky
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
Frank Carlucci
Kremlin
Pennsylvania House panel shelves Casey liquor reform bill
A House Liquor Control Committee vote 12-7 to table Gov. Casey's 266 page bill delays plans to replace the Liquor Control Board with an Alcoholic Beverages Commission and shift store operations and licensing to a new agency. The board would end June 30. Committee chair Saloom did not set a new date for a vote, signaling further study before action.
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Liquor Control Board
Alcoholic Beverages ‘Commission
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Liquor Board
Matthew Ryan
Delaware
Saloom
Lawmakers Predict Outcome On Pennsylvania Liquor Reform
Governor Casey's liquor control reform faces questions on cost and structure but area lawmakers Shaffer and Fee say they will back the plan. Shaffer expects Senate passage with most Democrats supporting, while Fee foresees debate and committee scrutiny before final approval.
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Robert Casey
Pennsylvania
Tim Shaffer
Butler
Thomas J. Fee
New Castle
Senator backs bill to cut credit card interest rates
Harrisburg. Senate Democrat leader proposes tying credit card and retail purchase interest to the U S Treasury rate. The plan sets a maximum of 6 percent above Treasuries, with a cap of 18 percent, adjusted quarterly. Minority leader Robert Mellon cites current rates and urges bipartisan support to lower consumer borrowing costs.
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Robert Mellon
Lackawanna County
Pennsylvania
Mellon
Mellow
Casey unveils economic proposals in Harrisburg
Governor Casey announced a plan to abolish the Commerce Department and replace it with the Economic Development Partnership Board. The 44 member panel will include government, business, labor and education reps, with Casey veto power over its decisions. A PENN-VEST environmental trust fund of 623.5 million dollars would finance water and sewer projects.
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Pennsylvania
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Private Economic Development Partnership Board
Economic Development Partnership Board
Environmental Infrastructure Trust Fund
Penn-Vest
Death notices of five local residents from 1987
Death records list Ralph R. Carlson aged 71 of 415 E. Leasure Ave Russell J. Caldwell age 17 of Waynesburg James Ellis Bell 88 of Ellwood City Floyd A. Simeone 87 of 218 W. Winter Ave and Gaetano Lombardo 82 of 101 S. Lafayette St.
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Ralph R. Carlson
E. Leasure Ave
Russell J. Caldwell
Waynesburg
James Ellis Bell
Ellwood City
Floyd A. Simeone
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