Cambodia Premier Lon Nol Eyes New Aid Talks
Cambodian Premier Lon Nol planned a Saigon visit on January 20 to seek U.S. and South Vietnamese aid as South Vietnamese troops and Cambodian units battled Communist forces along Highway 4 near Stung Chhay Pass. Reports said U.S. aircraft provided air support while Saigon officials denied U.S. involvement in a claimed B52 mission.
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Kate Webe
Phnom Penh
UPI
Highway 4
Stung Chhay Pass
Lon Nol
Saigon
Pich Nil Pass
Kompong Som
U.S
Cambodia
Americal
Quang Tin Province
da Nang
Pittsburgh municipal workers end 11 day strike
Nearly 2,000 city employees including garbagemen road workers and drivers returned to work after a judge ordered them back. The walkout began January 4 over payroll cutbacks by Mayor Peter F Flaherty. Teachers also struck then returning earlier. pressmen’s stoppage halted newspapers.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Common Pleas
Loran L. Lewis
Peter F. Flaherty
City code boost sparks debate over costs and unions
City officials debated a proposed electrical code ordinance with advocates arguing costs would rise for consumers while supporters from the National Electrical Contractors Association and Lawrence County Building Trades Council highlighted benefits. Opponents from the Human Relations Commission and community centers voiced concerns about impact and implementation.
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Ed Baringer
National Electrical Contractors Association
Charles Cumberledge
Lawrence County Building Trades Council
Lee Caplan
City Human Relations Commission
Ted Ostrowski
Gordon D. Marks
West Side Community Action Center
Lark Board Cuts Employee Pay to 1969 Level
The Lark Workshop Board of Directors voted to reduce employee salaries to the July 1 1969 level, the county reimbursement level. Officials said pay cuts take effect January 1, with retroactivity possible if county channels approve restoring higher salaries.
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Lark Workshop Board of Directors
Lark
Marion Furlong
Lark Board
Furlong
Firemen Seek No County Aid in Volunteer Departments
Bessemer Volunteer Fire Department and area chiefs discuss a request to refuse county support while stressing volunteers’ union ties and bread and butter jobs. Shenango Township Fire Department may vote in a Feb. 4 meeting after reviewing its charter about call duties and member obligations.
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Bessemer Volunteer Fire Department
Slosser
City Union
Claude Crill
Neshannock Township
Tom Martwinski
Shenango Township
Martwinski
DeCaprio Elected City Council President in New Castle
Eugene DeCaprio was chosen as president of the New Castle City Council after succeeding Thomas A. Shumaker. The unanimous vote reflected a 3-2 Democratic edge. DeCaprio praised Shumaker and former president Richard H. Biddle and pledged professionalism and citizen involvement in city functions and education.
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Eugene DeCaprio
Thomas A. Shumaker
DeCaprio
Shumaker
Richard H. Biddle
Biddle
New Castle
Shapp Names Three to Posts in Administration
Gov elect Milton Shapp named three to top posts in his forthcoming administration. William H. Wilcox becomes secretary of community affairs, Maurice K. Goddard is Acting Secretary of the Department of Environmental Resources, and Ronald G. Leach is deputy secretary of the Office of Administration with day to day operational duties.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Milton Shapp
William H. Wilcox
Greater
Harrisburg
House
K. Leroy Irvis
WESAC seeks piano for teens for teen chorus programs
The West Side Community Action Center seeks a piano for its Teen Lounge to support a planned youth chorus and musical programs. Offers should be called in to Rev. Gordon C. Marks at the WESAC office on Grant Street.
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West Side Community Action Center
WESAC
Gordon C. Marks
Rev. Marks
Grant St
Flannery to lead St Francis Hospital staff
Dr. Wilbur E. Flannery will become president and chief of staff at St. Francis Hospital after election by the medical staff. Other officers include Dr. Frank J. Altomeri Jr. as president elect and Dr. William J. Pommersheim as secretary treasurer.
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Wilbur E. Flannery
St. Francis Hospital
Frank J. Altomeri Jr
William J. Pommersheim
Flannery
Harvard University Medical School
Cleveland City Hospital
Jameson Memorial Hospital
State vote ends in runoffs
In Harrisburg 13000 state employees voted in four union elections, all yielding runoffs within a month. AFSCME led in three divisions, setting up runoffs with PPECOEL for blue collar and supervisory roles, while SEIU and others contested in remaining units. Unit tallies show AFSCME leading in several divisions with several challenger and no union votes recorded.
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Harrisburg
UPI
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Afl-Cio
Pennsylvania Public Employes Council of Operating Engineers and Laborers
Ppecoel
Service Employes International Union
SEIU
State Labor Relations Board
Unit One
Teamsters Joint Council
Unit
Teamsters
SEYU
Gallagher re elected PARC president in January meeting
Col John V Gallagher was reelected to a second term as PARC local chapter president at January meeting. Mrs John Hattula became secretary. several officers also reelected. Dr Richard Hendry of Westminster College spoke on nutrition and mental retardation, stressing prenatal and postnatal care and PKU nutrition. Miss Sylvia Epstein discussed public education on nutrition for disadvantaged families.
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John V. Gallagher
Pennsylvania Association For Retarded Children
PARC
John Hattula
Marjorie Felder
Richard Hendry
Westminster College
Sylvia Epstein
The
Agricultural Extension
Houk elected president of GNCA in New Castle
Robert C. Houk, vice president and secretary of First Federal Savings & Loan, was elected president of the Greater New Castle Association. He succeeds Robert Carlson, who became first vice president. New officers include James Rugh Jr as second vice president and Robert Koslow as treasurer. Victor J. Andrew was named executive vice president. Directors named Stanley B. Vizard Robert Wilson and Marshall Hess. A nominating committee was formed with Norman Clark Herman W. Green Donald Nicholson Alfred H. Owens and J. Fred Rentz as chair. The meeting at New Penn Hotel featured Junior Achievement speakers Maurice Di Nuccio Jill Andrew and David Phelps.
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Robert C. Houk
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
Greater New Castle Association
Robert Carlson
James Rugh Jr
Robert Koslow
John P. Borland
Charles §. Bowden
Stanley B. Vizard
Robert Wilson
Marshall Hess
Victor J. Andrew
Norman Clark
Herman W. Green
Donald Nicholson
Alfred H. Owens
J. Fred Rentz
New Penn Hotel
Maurice di Nuccio
Jill Andrew
David Phelps
Johnson rests in hospital with mild cold
Lyndon B. Johnson, aged 62, is hospitalized at Brooke Army Medical Center to rest while fighting a mild cold. Officials say the stay is not related to his past heart trouble and provide 24 hours of privacy before confirming the admission for what was described as viral pneumonia.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Brooke Army Medical Center
Senate
Dole to be named GOP chair with two cochairs
The Republican National Committee moves to designate Senator Robert J. Dole as national chair while appointing two cochairmen Thomas B. Evans Jr. and Mrs. Tobin Armstrong to run day to day operations at the national headquarters. President Nixon outlined the plan after a conference with committee members.
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Thomas B. Evans Jr
Wilmington
Del
Tobin Armstrong
Texas
GOP
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Washington
Dole
Evans
Production climbs as GM resumes output after strike
Washington reports December industrial production up 1.4 percent the strongest rise in three years, driven entirely by resumed General Motors auto output. The Fed index rose for the fourth time in 18 months, while unemployment climbed to 6 percent, a nine year high, signaling limited overall recovery.
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Washington
UPI
General Motors
Federal Reserve
Tax loss to Pennsylvania from delayed railroad tax ruling
Auditor General Robert P. Casey says a Revenue Department delay in settling the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad tax liability cost the state more than 559000 in tax revenues. The issue covers capital stock and corporate net income taxes for 1961 to 1963.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Robert P. Casey
State Revenue Department
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
Edwin S. Hineman
Casey
Commonwealth
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Revenue Department
Department ‘of Revenue
Bureau of Corporation Taxes
Department of Revenue
Delaware Valley Housing Association opposition to Bicentennial plan
The Delaware Valley Housing Association urged abandonment of the 1976 Bicentennial and asked the State Department to withdraw a bid to the Bureau of International Expositions. It warned a world fair could harm low income housing and distort national priorities. The group favored a national birthday celebration via housing conferences and regional planning initiatives.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Housing Association of
Delaware Valley
United Fund
State Department
Bureau of International Expositions
Cushing N. Colbeare
Inauguration of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt
President Anwar Sadat and Soviet leader Nikolai Podgorny inaugurated the Aswan High Dam, a 266 foot barrier on the Nile designed to control floods. The 11 year project cost about 1 billion and claimed 451 lives, with Nasser’s legacy guiding completion amid harsh conditions. Thousands attended the opening in Aswan 600 miles south of Cairo on what marked Nasser’s birthday anniversary.
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Aswan
Egypt
UPI
Anwar Sadat
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Aswan High Dam
Nile
Sudan
Sadat
Podgorny
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
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G. R. Cunningham
N. M. Mittica
Lawrence Marcella
Paris A. Shoaff
Thomas Q. Malvar
W. B. Bannister Jr
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George W. Moore
Frank Raynak
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