State priorities proposal would raise 1969 70 budget by 500 million
The State Priorities Commission submitted a report to Gov Shafer, recommending a 1969 70 budget boost of 163.2 million plus 345 million for mandated increases and a teacher pay rise, totaling about 2.5 billion. The plan weights public assistance education housing and urban renewal among 27 items, with dissent from three Republican members.
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Burton W. Siglin
Harrisburg
UPI
Raymond P. Shafer
State Priorities Commission
General Assembly
Shafer
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Commission
D. Elmer Hawbaker
Franklin County
George N. Wade
Cumberland County
H. Jack Seltzer
Lebanon County
Departmen Ublic Instruction
Gods of the Cities
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
PIDA
State Science and Engineering Foundation
Soldiers ambush 50 Communist platoon on Cambodian frontier
UPI reports U S soldiers ambushed a 50 man Communist platoon on the Cambodian frontier killing nine guerrillas and wounding four troopers. Guerrillas fled after dropping cargo as U S battalion suffered eight losses. 22 000 bullets 75 mortar rounds and 20 pounds of explosives were left behind.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
U.S
Cambodia
Weather Alert for Western Pennsylvania Travelers
North area sees cloudy skies with light snow morning, highs in the 20s. Winds rise and colder air arrives with snow flurries and blowing. lows 0 to 10 above. Saturday highs 5 to 15 with continued snow squalls north, Shenango River at 9.85 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Shumaker Elected President Of City Council In 3-1 Vote
Thomas A. Shumaker won a 3-1 election to lead the city council amid tension over the tenure of Richard H. Biddle. Biddle proposed nominating John Lee, a Black candidate, to fill a vacancy but the motion failed, paving the way for Shumaker's leadership and ongoing party dynamics.
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Thomas A. Shumaker
Shumaker
Richard H. Biddle
Biddle
Lee
Council
DeCaprio
Thomas C. Wajert
Audino
Teen buys stocks for clients in bedroom office
Four years after a math teacher gave him a $10,000 seed, 17 year old Donald Libby runs a $500,000 stock advisory for five clients from his Liberty Township bedroom. He earns up to 5,600 a year in commissions and plans a book titled Analyzing Stocks is Kid's Stuff.
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Youngstown, Ohio
UPI
Donald Libby
Libby
Wall Street
Liberty Township
Boise
Idaho
Rochester
N.Y
New York
Soviets Move to Block Phantom Jet Deliveries
The Kremlin seeks to curb U S Phantom jet deliveries to Tel Aviv as it beefs up Mediterranean naval presence to back Arab states. Britain announces Tigercat missiles sent to Jordan to defend King Hussein airports from Israeli raids.
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United Press International
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Jordan
King Hussein
Kremlin
U.S
Tel Aviv
War talks stall as round-table option offered in Paris
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong proposed a round table to end the four party dispute while the United States and Saigon pressed for a two sided conference. The Hanoi delegation rejected U S procedural proposals as talks stalled after Cyrus Vance failed to bridge gaps. Elsewhere Israeli Defense Minister Dayan urged action on raids as Arab guerrillas grow in Lebanon. Soviet ships were cited as patrolling the Mediterranean under Arab interest and Beirut rumors claimed Lebanon would admit them.
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Stratofort
Mekong Delta
U.S
da Nang
Paris
Tran Hoai Nam
Viet Cong
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Round Table
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Lebanon
Fleet
Adm
Vladimir Kasatonov
Novosti
Mediterranean
Beirut
Charles Helou
Kremlin
Middle East
Baghdad
Obituary Snippets From Edinburg Mentor and Local Streets
Rell Mayes 59 of Edinburg RD and Mrs Joseph Lanzi 42 of Mentor Ohio are listed. Richard L. Evans 18 of 104 S Ray St. Ross R Fredrick 74 of 112 E Grant St. Grace I Cartwright 63 of 416 E Washington St are named in brief notices.
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William Dickson
Edinburg
Joseph S. Lanzi
Mentor
Ohio
Richard L. Evans
S. Ray St
Ross R. Fredrick
E. Grant St
Grace I. Cartwright
Kennedy Wins Senate Democratic Whip Post In Liberal Victory
Edward Kennedy ousted Russell Long 31 to 26 to become Senate Democratic whip as the 9th Congress opened. Hugh Scott won the Republican whip 23 to 20 over Roman Hruska. Long remains Finance Committee chair. McCormack won a fourth term as House Speaker.
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Steven Gerstel Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Congress
Nixon
Kennedy Brothers
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Senate Republicans
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Roman Hruska
Scott
Kennedy
Massachusetts
John F. Kennedy
Long
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Senate Finance Committee
House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Hale Boggs
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Leslie Arends
Illinois
Spangler dismissed from highways post
Wilbert E. Spangler Jr., county superintendent of the state Department of Highways, was dismissed after a Department of Justice inquiry. Officials cited flagrant non compliance and failure to use business like controls, while Secretary Robert G. Bartlett cited poor management but no purposeful wrongdoing.
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Harrisburg
Wilbert E. Spangler Jr
State Department of Highways
Department
Department of Justice
Spangler
Department of Highways
Highways
Robert G. Bartlett
Bartlett
Commonwealth
Commissioners Criticize State Mandated Welfare Programs
Two county officials William C. Houk and Frank A. Vitril criticized state tied welfare mandates after a report from the state association. They questioned salaries set by the state and the burden on counties for child welfare, with concerns over deadlines and reimbursements. Commissioner Charles H. Drugokewski was absent due to illness.
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William C. Houk
Frank A. Vitril
State Association of County Commissioners
State Welfare
Thomas
State Civil Service Commission
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Public Defender
Vitril
Charles H. Drugokewski
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