Cutback affecting housing in Pennsylvania causes 31 projects to be scrapped
Harrisburg reports federal HUD cutbacks force cancellation of 31 housing ventures across 19 cities, totaling over 3 000 units. Western Pennsylvania adds 13 more flood related projects. Communities affected include Wilkes Barre Edwardsville Harrisburg Reading Scranton with many named developments and unit counts.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Community Affairs
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Wilkes-Barre
Edwardsville
Reading
Swatara
Karl C. Smith
Bureau of Housing and Development
Smith
Sherman Terrace
Cumberland Terrace
Greater Harrisburg
Scranton
Bensalem Tnp
Bucks County
Lancaster
Hager St
Hatboro
Pittsburgh
Belle
Beatenman reported fair condition after assault
Zurasky Tuchard, 30, of 1501 E. Washington St. remains in fair condition at South Side Hospital in Youngstown after facial injuries from a Feb. 14 beating at the Atco service station 719 E. Washington St. City police investigate the incident.
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Tuchard Zurasky
Washington St
Youngstown
South Side
Zurasky
Atco
E. Washington St
81. Francis Hospital
Water project powers Moraine Jamboree site in 1973
Poland Contracting of Poland Ohio builds a water plant to filter and chlorinate up to 1 million gallons daily and doubles park sewage capacity for Moraine State Park as it hosts the 1973 National Scout Jamboree East in August. The expansion adds day use, beaches, and 60,000 feet of pipe while crews race weather and deadlines.
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Moraine State Park
Poland Contracting Corp
Poland
Ohio
Poland Contracting
Jim Erskine
Dietierle and van Dusen
New Castle
Lake Arthur
Bureau of State Parks
James Peace
Department of Environmental Resources
Peace
Joe Banks
Boy Scouts of America
Lakeside
Enskine
Revenue sharing review affects Pennsylvania units
A Treasury Office of Revenue Sharing review underway may shift local government shares for 1972, though total Pennsylvania allocations of 178 million for locals and 90 million to the state remain unchanged. Boroughs and townships are most represented, with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh among cities appealing. Counties listed include Allegheny, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and others. cities such as McKeesport and Lancaster are named.
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Washington
UPL
Pennsylvania
Office of Revenue Sharing
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Center directors urge CHARGE head to remain in New Castle
New Castle center directors urge Andrew Pawlik of CHARGE Inc to stay on to coordinate three neighborhood centers amid CHARGE's likely dissolution under the 1974 federal budget. They praise his work and seek a liaison role, while exploring ways to keep funding through revenue sharing and future program development.
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Richard Robbins
New Castle
Andrew Pawlik
Charge, Inc
Charge
Gordon D. Marks
West Side
Marks
Pawlik
Comprehensive
Rev. Marks
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
OHO
Aldridge
Manson testifies followers claim fun group idea
Charles Manson testifies in the Tate LaBianca case saying the Manson Family were merely a group having fun and that society harassment pushed them into crime. He described his followers as obeying him and denied anger toward Sharon Tate during questioning at the courthouse.
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Angeles
Apt
Manson
Charles Manson
Guru Svengali
Sharon Tate
Manson Family
Sheriff's
Spahn Movie Ranch
U.S. POW release halt shocks Homecoming HQ
At Clark Air Base officials express shock over Hanoi’s announcement stopping the release of American POWs. No prisoner list exists and operations pause until Washington negotiators resume talks amid ceasefire tensions in Indochina.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Upi
U.S
Hanoi
Washington
Saigon
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong
Consumer litigation returns over one million in 1972
Harrisburg report shows the Bureau of Consumer Protection recovered 1 105 014 dollars for consumers through litigation against business in 1972. Attorney General Israel Packer released the annual findings noting a 36 percent rise from the prior year and 64 actions filed, a 114 percent jump from 30 the year before.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Israel Packer
Bureau
Lawsuits challenge Nixon anti poverty dismantling
Lawsuits filed in Washington and Chicago challenge the presidents plan to disband the Office of Economic Opportunity and shift funds and programs to states under revenue sharing. Plaintiffs include civil rights lawyers and Washington and Chicago based poverty groups plus federal employees. They seek to require Congress approval for the reorganization and release of $113.5 million in anti poverty funds.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Chicago
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
OHO
Sults
Howard Phillips
Roy L. Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Congress
OFO
Lawyer’s Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
American Federation of Government Employes
OKO
Peggy Fleming TV special with Moscow troupe planned
UPI says skater Peggy Fleming will film a television special to air next season with backing from Bob Banner Associates and the Red Army Chorus Kirov Ballet Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and Moscow Circus bears.
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Hollywood
UPI
Peggy Fleming
Moscow
Bob Banner Associates
United States
Red Army Chorus
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirov Ballet
Leingrad Balalaika Band
Trained Bears
Moscow Circus
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Bedford
Chester
Lyvoming
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Delaware
McKeesport
Altoona
Jeanette
GOP Caucus
Washington Township
Parra
Ancana
Tate-LaBianca
Los Angeles
Pentagon Papers
CIA
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
Ellsberg
Russo
Santa Barbara
Calif
Gourgen Yanikian
Floyd Dodson
Yanikian
Mehmet Baydar
Bahadir Demir
William L. Calley Jr
Army
Calley
Callay
My Lai
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Hill
FBI
Audrey Mason
State Correctional Institution For Women
Moncy
Commercial Savings Association
Tonald G. Moon
State Correctional Institution
Mason
University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital
Monay
Benjamin Stevens
Steve
United Press International
Wili
Riverside
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Mieke
Tunney
Teddy
Mark
Arianne
Sairley
Orono
Maine
Shirley Chisholm
D-W
Mel. Chisholm
Peggy
Fleming
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