Watergate link to Ellsberg case spurs inquiry in court
U.S. District Judge Matt Byrne ordered an inquiry into whether the Watergate burglary linked to Daniel Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers case tainted evidence. The April 15 1973 break in involved Liddy and Hunt, probing what information was copied and who they served.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Priday
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Earl J. Silbert
Henry E. Petersen
Gordon Liddy
Howard Hunt
Daniel Eilsberg
Ellsberg
Liddy
Hunt
Byrne
Tan
Watergate
Elisberg
Russo
Rand Com
Unt
Nixon
Flight Instructor of the Year Named for FAA Eastern Region
Pred Stawret of Sharpsville and Castle Aviation earned FAA Eastern Region Flight Instructor of the Year. The award, announced in New York by Cliff Robertson, cites his instructional record and accident-free supervision. He is chief flight instructor and now eligible for the National Flight Instructor Award.
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Pred Stawret
Sharpsville
Castle Aviation
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
United States
Cliff Robertson
New York
Staunch
George Gary
Sickle cell screening at two housing offices today
Sickle cell screening will be held today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Grant Street Housing Authority office and the Sciota Street Housing Authority office on Jefferson Street. The event is run by the Lawrence County Sickle Cell Society. At a Wednesday meeting eight people were named to the board: Mrs Mabel Paige Sister Agnes Willis Lush Mrs Christine Pierell Miss Ruby Hill Horace Bradley Thomas White and Joseph Noviello. Attorney Carmen Lumancusa has begun incorporation proceedings under state law.
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Grant Street
Trash pickup set for 8th Ward by public works director
Charles Fornatarn announces 8th Ward collection starts Monday with curbside rubbish by 7am. Exclusions include ashes bricks stones plaster shingles remodeling debris concrete or items over 3 feet. Use plastic bags. newspapers bound. no refrigerators or large appliances. no mixed garbage.
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Charles Fornatarn
Public Works
Rome Killing Tied to Black September Claim
In Rome a Beirut suspect, Zaharia Abou Saleh, 23, said the Italian victim Vittorio Olivares, 35, was marked for death by the Black September guerrilla group for aiding an Al Fatah leader's assassination. Saleh, armed with a silenced pistol, was overpowered by a nearby officer after the shooting near the El Al office. Police identified Olivares as a Libyan Embassy worker.
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UPI
al Israel Airlines
Black September
Ihe Ins
al Fatah
Adel Wael Zuuiter
Zusiter
Iam
Zaharia Abou Saleh
Beirut
Saleh
Buerrilla
Vittorio Olivares
Renzo Ortensi
Olivares
Massimo Haddad
E al
Ortensi
Entoy
Make
el al
Elighu Ben Israel
Israel
Via Settembre
Franco Gregori
Gregori
Aritting
Liia
Eeal Airlines
Students are victims of an unchanging education system
Columbus Ohio UPI Former Gov. James A Rhodes said the nation's high school students are victims of an educational system slow to change. He criticized school administrators for clinging to tradition and urged reforms for work readiness beyond college. The remarks were prepared for a Washington meeting of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
James A. Rhodes
National Advisory Council On Vocasional
Washington
Rhodes
Council
Capitol Death Penalty Bill Goes Back for Study
In Harrisburg lawmakers grappling with a tough death penalty bill agreed to study their own measure further. GOP House Law and Justice Committee drafted the bill to execute convicted murderers for eight crimes, but opponents blocked votes. The bill was returned to committee on a 169-22 vote as debates highlighted likely unconstitutionality and the need to satisfy a future court review.
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John Barrette
Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
House Law and Justice Committee
George Gekas
Dauphin
Harry Comer
Philadelphia
Law and Justice Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Bill Shane
Indiana
Joseph Rhores
Allegheny
Senate
Sen
Louis Hill
Senate Judiciary Committee
Quintuplets born in Portland with minimal hospital bill
Portland doctors report five premature quints born to Karen and Eric Anderson. Diane Katherine remains in serious respiratory distress while four siblings, two boys and two girls, weigh between 2 pounds 8 and 2 pounds 11 ounces. The father paid a $1 outpatient fee. babies are expected to stay 60 to 80 days in the hospital with guarded prognosis for the next week.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Eric Anderson
Diane Katherine
Karen Anderson
Anderson
Eagle Metals Co
Brush Prairie
Wash
Kaiser Foundation
Andersons
Phillip Brenes
Gunnar Waage
United States
James Baer
Chicago
Legislators debate tighter auto repair rules in Pa
In Harrisburg lawmakers on the House Consumer Protection Committee heard car dealers push for licensing of auto repair shops as a curb on widespread complaints about shoddy work and overcharging. Dealers and industry head Robert Shively argued common sense by consumers is key, while critics urged stronger regulation to ensure fair pricing.
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Narrisburg
TPN
House
Consumer Protection Committee
George Fisher
York
Robert RB. Shively
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania Automotive Association
Austin Harrier
Shively
Fairfax grand jury indicts manager in high rise collapse
A Fairfax grand jury charged Roger Gilbert Arnold and two construction firms with building code violations after the May 2 high rise collapse that killed 14 workers and injured 34. Arnold, 30, a Miller and Long official, faced involuntary manslaughter counts for removing concrete shoring on the top doors.
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Fairfax
UPI
Roger Gilbert Arnold
Bailey’s Crossroads
Arnold
Miller and Long Construction Co
Bethesda
Hoffa to be honored by prison reform group event
Washington source says a new National Association for Justice NAJ will honor James R Hoffa for prison reform efforts since 1971 He will speak at a 100 per plate fundraiser dinner at the Shoreham Hotel Proceeds fund a crisis control center to calm prison tensions including Attica riot prevention measures hot lines will connect inmates guards and officials for assistance and reporting trouble.
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Washington
UPI
Teamister
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Shoreham Hotel
National Association For Justice
NAJ
C. Edward Lawrenson
Nad
Isio
Attica
New York
Lawrenson
National catastrophe insurance urged by Pennsylvania official
Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg urged Congress to pass a national catastrophe insurance act funded by a 5 percent surcharge on all property policies. Representative Daniel Flood has introduced a bill to replace the federal flood program. Denenberg lamented that 99 percent of flood losses go uninsured and warned the current program is voluntary and unpopular.
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Wilkes-Barre
WPI
Herbert Denenberg
Congress
Denenberg
Pennsylvania
Daniel Flood
House of Representatives
McHale Pushes Milk Hearings On Prices
Harrisburg Agriculture Secretary Jim Medale urges statewide hearings by the Milk Marketing Board to review dairy price levels. McHale says producers dealers and consumers should be allowed to testify amid a court ruling overturning a board order for higher pay to producers. He wants an increase that can stand in court and supports inviting dealers to testify.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Jim Medale
Milk Marketing Board
McHale
Commonwealth Court
County workers vote to join Local 964 union
Twenty four county employees voted to join Construction and General Laborers Union Local 964 clearing 17 in favor, five against with one challenged and one nonvoter. About 86 members now belong to the union including jail nurses and county home staff. Negotiations will wait for official certification in about two weeks with Local 964 organizer Robert Ferrar and business manager Carl DiGenmaro leading.
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Construction and General Laborers Union
State Labor Relations Board
Carl DiGenmaro
Earl B. Hammond
Robert Ferrar
No Abortion Refusal Bill Advances in Harrisburg
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee released a bill allowing doctors and hospitals to refuse abortions and sterilizations for moral or religious reasons. It bars lawsuits or discipline against refusers, with a 30-day jail sentence and up to a $500 fine for discrimination. Senator Quentin R. Orlando, sponsor, says current negligence law is vague on abortion.
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Harrisburg
Orlando
Health and Welfare Committee
Auditor general audits Harrisburg cigarette bureau findings
Auditor General Robert Casey announced a full audit of the Bureau of Cigarette and Beverage Taxes for fiscal year 1971. The bureau, part of the Department of Revenue, was praised by Revenue Secretary Robert Kane for efficient work and tax enforcement while addressing program deficiencies and agreeing to all recommended actions to correct deficiencies.
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Harrisburg
Robert Casey
Briday
Bureau of Cigarette and Beverage Taxes
Pear
Casey
Bureau
Department of Revenue
Revenue
Robert Kane
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