Pennsylvania primary race mirrors national Democratic split
In Harrisburg the 1972 Democratic hopefuls Humphrey Muskie and McGovern push similar themes as they vie for Pennsylvania delegates and votes. Humphrey leads in the popularity poll, while McGovern courts a Massachusetts tilt and hopes to claim more delegates than rivals. Muskie relies on Milton Shapp's backing, with Pennsylvania tests shaping the national contest.
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Sara Fritz
Harrisburg
UPI
Edmund Muskie
Slubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Pennsylvania
Thhey
Nixon
Humphrey
McGovern
Muskie
Milton Shapp
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Ohio
Tim
HRC reveals districts with Black graduates in drive for hires
Harrisburg based Human Relations Commission touts a survey of 516 state school districts showing 21 percent have more than 10 Black students in grades 10 to 12. It cites Pittsburgh and New Castle as examples and says recruiters can target districts with higher Black enrollments to recruit graduates for colleges and jobs.
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Harrisburg
Buman Relations Commission
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
West Chester
TRC
New Castle Area
Frank Davis
HRC
Kleindienst probe ends as Senate weighs next steps
The six week Senate Judiciary Committee inquiry into Richard G. Kleindienst ends. a report is due, with a full Senate vote likely weeks away. White House questions to Peter Flanigan remain unanswered as pressure grows over his role in ITT antitrust matters and the Hartford Insurance settlement.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
White House
Peter Flanigan
Kleindienst
Senate
Flanigan
Wall Street
Richard J. Ramsden
Justice Department
ITT
Hartford
Ramston
Richard McLaren
Harold §. Geneen
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
James J. Ervin
DAC
GOP Eyes Pair of Seats in Reapportioned Districts
The GOP holds a registration edge of about 6,300 votes in the district, with Andrews and Lawrence County showing a strong Republican tilt. Andrews, a Jackson native, is endorsed by Republicans in both counties and first won his current post in 1969. The Ninth and Tenth House District races feature incumbents and challengers, including Rep. Thomas J. Fee and candidate Tony Pagley, amid reapportionment that extends into Mercer County and reshapes Lawrence, Mahoning, and Shenango townships.
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Andrews
GOP
Lawrence County
General Assembly
Thomas J. Fee
New Castle
Fee
Tony Pagley
Union Township
Pagley
Mike A. Isabella
Mahoning
Shenango
South New Castle
Union
Taylor Townships
Donald W. Pox
R-Enow Valley
Fox
James Barnett
Ellwood City
Barnett
John Miller
State Senate
Bruce C. Knechtel
Ellwood
Knechtel
Mercer County
Wheatland
West Middlesex
E. Lackawannock
Lackawannock
Wilmington
County share $1.4 million in revenue plan gains
The Lawrence County share of the Nixon administration plan approved by Ways and Means totals $1,438,970, with $807,924 for New Castle and boroughs, $126,039 for county government, and $204,407 for townships. The proposal projects 5.3 billion annually for five years, one-third to state governments and two-thirds to localities. The Pennsylvania League of Cities notes New Castle will receive $542,920.
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Lawrence County
Loase Ways and Means
New Castle
Boroughs
Pennsylvania League of Cities
Belfast gunmen kill 18 year old on Shankill Road
In Belfast gunmen in a car fatally shot Gerald Donnelly 18 and dumped him from the vehicle on Harrybrook Street in the Protestant Shankill area. An army spokesman said the incident might be the third IRA assassination in three days as violence pushes toll toward 313 fatalities in nearly three years. Earlier, security forces found a kidnapped Ulster Defense Regiment part time soldier’s body near the border booby trapped with mines and explosives.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Gerald Donnelly
Harrybrook Street
Shankill Road
Ulster Defense Regiment
Irish Republic
Man saved from blast near Waynesburg
Two passerby drivers pulled 22 year old Daniel Tontlin from a burning car seconds before it exploded on U.S. 19 two miles south of Waynesburg Pennsylvania He was hospitalized in good condition at Greene County Memorial Hospital with no burns A police report said the car crashed overturned and caught fire and Tontlin was unconscious in the front seat Dominic Pezzuli and William Biesett both of Waynesburg helped remove him through a rent door window THURMONT Md Nixon at Camp David for long weekend to work on foreign policy and domestic legislation.
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UPI
West Virginia
U.S. 19
Here
Daniel Tontlin
Moundsville
W.va
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Tonklin
William Biesett
Dominic Pezzuli
Tondlin
Thurmont, Md
Upl
Nixon
Camp David
Protests Turn Violent on College Campuses Across Nation
Antiwar demonstrations on major campuses escalated into violence as National Guardsmen moved to quell unrest at the University of Maryland while tear gas and Mace dispersed crowds at the University of Texas Wisconsin and Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Police reports cited arrests injuries and ongoing campus walkouts involving thousands of students.
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United Press International
Aest
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
University of Maryland
University of Texas
University of Wisconsin
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Ohi
National Student Association
Student Mobilization Committee
United States
Vietnam
Thost
Mandel
U.S. 1
College Park
Wisconsin
Capitol Square
Austin
Harvard University
Wright Patterson
Dayton
Ohio
Phony doctor who rose to hospital posts exposed in Ohio
An unidentified impostor using names like Dr Edward Bradley and Wayne Farmer gained administrator roles at Molly Stark Hospital in Canton and earlier posts in Saginaw Michigan and Monroe Michigan. He fled before arrest, leaving staff stunned while faces of the real Bradley and real Farmer are traced. Charges of larceny by false pretenses loom as Kansas City attorney seeks settlement.
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Ohio
UPD
Michigan
Edward Bradley
Wayne Farmer
Molly Stark Hospital
Here
Kansas City
William Belden
Molly Stack
Molly Stark
Mich
Community Hospital
Bradley
Mercy Hospital
Monroe
Farmer
Dewitt
Lansing
Grand Rapids
Purdue
Bellaire
Himsel
An Loc rubble as North Vietnamese press the attack
Reports from Saigon say North Vietnamese artillery and U S planes reduced An Loc to rubble in a major effort to seize the town 60 miles north of Saigon. In other fronts the Communist offensive expanded with another district town falling. The U S command cited sea battles off North Vietnam and said the March 30 offensive had cost 24 dead 102 wounded and 38 missing including many from 45 0 planes shot down.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
An Loc
North Vietnam
United States
Panda reporters at the National Zoo spill into breakfast scene
Washington reporters flocked to the National Zoo for a breakfast with pandas Hsing Hsing and Ling Ling. A reporter remarked the pandas were cute as they ate mush from a stainless steel pan, a rare moment amid political news coverage.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Capitol
Pentagon
National Zoo
China
America
Hsing Hsing
Bodies found in West Virginia as two Pennsylvania victims identified
Recovery teams located two drowning victims from Pennsylvania in West Virginia on Thursday. One man left home 25 years ago. his body was found in the Monongahela River near Morgantown. The other body found in the Ohio River near Wheeling was tentatively identified as John Simeo, 22, of Imperial. A separate report states John Irving Ballough of Cairnbrook, Pennsylvania pled innocent to stealing equipment across four states, including a $40,000 earth mover in Virginia and multiple other vehicles and machines.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tony Bodnovich
Allison
Monongahela River
Opekiska Lock
Morgantown
Wheeling
Ohio River
John Simeo
Imperial
Pittsburgh
UBS
Somerset County
John Irving Ballough
Cairinbrook
Winchester
FBI
Virginia
Ballough
Monroeville
Fredericksburg
W. Va
Dade County
Fla
Seven U.S. planes downed since April in Vietnam
The U S command reports seven American warplanes crashed since April 2 bringing total downed since the Communist offensive began to 45. Six airmen were rescued while 14 remain missing, including five from a BR66 electronics warfare aircraft hit near the DMZ. The update was delayed due to ongoing rescue operations.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
PPG Industries Sees Record Year If Inflation Stays Down
Board Chairman Robinson F. Barker touted a potentially record year in sales and earnings for 1972 at the annual stockholders meeting. He credited wage and price controls for holding inflation, but warned that the economy remains the major factor. He cited risks from the Puerto Rico chemical complex and the Carliste float glass plant start-up.
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Pittsburgh
UPL
Robinson F. Barker
PPG Industries, Inc
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