State employees push for 10 percent raise in Harrisburg
Representatives of state employee groups arrived in Harrisburg to press for a 10 percent pay raise. House Majority Leader K LeRoy Irvis indicated a bill could move early next week if $40 million suffices to fund the raise, with Shafer proposing a July 1 start at $49 million. Discussions also centered on the House Democratic tax package, potential votes next week, and Senate-House bargaining roadblocks.
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Woliam Hoop Harrisburg
UPI
Harrisburg
House
K. Leroy Irvis
Irvis
Raymond P. Shafer
Rouse
Iris
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
Chambers
Revival of Circus Draws 5000 At New Castle Visit
About 5,000 people attended Clyde Beatty Cole Bros Circus in New Castle for two performances sponsored by the Rotary Club. Edward Johnson noted rising interest in tent circuses, though space is tight in the East. The report highlights elephants, acrobats, high wire acts, and clowns as enduring circus artistry.
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Clyde Beatty
Cole Bros. Circus
New Castle
Rex Williams
New York State
Williams
Dave Hooper
Beatty
Luis Murillo
Forty Forst
Commedia del Arte
Italy
Desegregation plans rejected by Pennsylvania panel
The Pennsylvania State Human Relations Commission rejected desegregation plans from Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Erie while keeping Harrisburg pending further discussion and setting a October deadline for Wilkinsburg. Chester junior highs won a delay pending city school reorganization. Only one district plan has full approval.
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Harrrisburg
Uph
Commonwealth
State Human Relations Commission
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Board of Education
Erie
Harrisburg
Commission
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburgh
Chester
Brooke freed in spy swap as British lecturer exits Soviet camp
Gerald Brooke a London Russian lecturer is freed from a Soviet labor camp in a swap for Britain releasing an American couple who helped steal atomic submarine secrets for Russia. The Kroger Cohen couple and Morris Cohen were also involved in the swap negotiations with Britain.
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John J. Meehan
London
LPD
Gerald Brooke
Britain
Russia
Michael Stewart
House of Commons
Peter
Helen Kroger
United States
Morris Cohen
Brooklyn
N.Y
Brooke
Sheremetyevo
Moscow
Krogers
IUP to Convert Keith Laboratory to Classroom Building
A&B Heating and Plumbing Co. of New Castle was the low bidder at 72367 dollars for heating and plumbing work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The Keith Laboratory School will be converted into a classroom building.
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A&b Heating and Plumbing Co
New Castle
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Keith
University
Sneezing bandit nabbed in Pittsburgh robbery
Police charged Eugene Spruill 24 of Beltzhoover with armed robbery and related crimes after the Banksville home heist. He was identified when he sneezed during the mask lift. Victim Stella Cerminara linked Spruill to the suspect photo. Bond set at 10000 with Aug 8 hearing. In a separate case, David Chidester 21 of Fort Lauderdale and Billy White 32 of Martinenu were jailed on vagrancy. Chidester faces federal parole violation in Sacramento.
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Pittsburgh
Eugene Spruill
Beltzhoover
Spruill
Banksville
Stella Cerminara
Florida
FBI
David Chidester
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Billy Wayne White
Martinenu
Calif
Pa. 18
Washington, D.C
Chidester
Sacramento
California
White
Apollo moon samples to be analyzed by Pittsburgh microscope team
The UPI report says the most powerful electron microscope at U S Steel’s Fundamental Research Lab in Monroeville will analyze Apollo 11 moon soil and rock samples. Case Western professors Victor Radcliffe and Arthur H Heuer will run the 90 day study, amid cautious comments on early finds.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
U.S. Steel
Monroeville
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Victor Radcliffe
Arthur H. Heuer
Armstrong
Radcliffe
Dog bite victims treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital
Three people were treated for dog bite injuries yesterday at Jameson Memorial Hospital. Stephenie Fulena of 1015 Charles Dr. was bitten on the left leg, Christina Karidis, 3, of 1602 Delaware Ave. was bitten on the right arm, and Larry Richardson, 25, of 3839 Ellwood Rd. was bitten after a dog struck by a vehicle.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Stephenie Fulena
Charles Dr
Christina Karidis
Delaware Ave
Larry Richardson
Ellwood Rd
Watkins named assistant vice president at Slippery Rock
Dr Albert A Watrel announced James V Watkins will serve as assistant vice president for student affairs at Slippery Rock State College. Watkins formerly directed student programs at West Virginia University and has been on leave while pursuing doctoral studies at Penn State.
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Albert A. Watrel
Slippery Rock State College
James V.watkins
Watkins
West Virginia University
Pennsylvania State University
Wall Street power adviser Weinberg dies at 77
Sidney J. Weinberg, 77, an eighth grade dropout who rose to prominence on Wall Street and served as an adviser to five presidents, died Wednesday night at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
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New York
UPI
Sidney J. Weinberg
Wall Street
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Ohio Senate Nods to Pork Week Festival Support
Ohio senators approved a minor resolution backing a Pork Week festival in southwestern Ohio. The measure passed despite a few dissenting oinks as the theme proclaimed hogs are beautiful.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Senate
Detroit museum worries as 268th birthday cake nears
Detroit officials mark 268 years today at the Detroit Historical Museum. They fear the candles could trigger the fire sprinkler system, prompting alarms and potential hazard during the birthday celebration.
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Detroit
U S parties back elections proposal in Vietnam talks
In Paris at the 27th session of the Vietnam peace talks, U S envoy Henry Cabot Lodge and Saigon urge North Vietnam and the Viet Cong to consider an internationally supervised, Viet Cong inclusive election plan offered by President Nguyen Van Thieu. Allies press for de escalation signals amid combat reductions and pullback of U S troops.
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George Libera
Paris
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Vietnam
Lodge
Majestic Hotel
Nguyen Thieu
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
Yablonski request denied by Labor Secretary Shultz
Washington UPI Secretary George P Shultz denied a request by insurgent UMWA candidate Joseph Yablonski to probe his election campaign. Shultz said the department does not investigate campaigns before elections and corrective action is already underway. The UMWA election against W A Boyle is set for December. Shenango Township firemen extinguished a small fire at Black Brothers Trucking on Ellwood Road at 7 am. The fire started in a cupboard and caused window damage from heat. no cause listed and blaze was out in about 20 minutes.
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Washington
UPL
George P. Shultz
Joseph Yablonski
United Mine Workers of America
Yablonski
Wednesday
Shultz
Department
Shenango Township
Black Brothers Trucking
Ellwood Rd
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Lola Cohen
Holborn College
Patma
Union of Russian Solidarists
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Hornet
J. Selberlich
UMW
W. A
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