Budget stalemate persists as compromise plan rejected
In Harrisburg the Senate rejected a 5.4 billion compromise budget with 300 million in new taxes 30-19. The bill returns to the conference committee to craft a fifth proposal asserting about 240 million in revenue. Democrats threaten to draft a new budget while no tax foes regroup.
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Harrisburg
House-Senate Conference Committee
Henry Messinger
Joint Conference Committee
Messinger
Senate
County resurrects courthouse plan faces funding hurdles
Two county commissioners consider a scaled down 60 000 square foot courthouse with renovations to the existing building. Financing may mix revenue sharing funds, capital reserves, a federal public works grant, and a long term bond, with a tax question and court approval still to come.
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Common Pleas Court
John A. Meehan
Thomas A. Shumaker
W. G. Eckles
Meehan
Thomas W. Graney
Coun
Frank A. Vitril
Commissioners
Vitril
Shumaker
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Graney
Third Arson Fire Strikes Cast's Bake Shop
The third arson fire in two days at Cast's Bake Shop on the East Side caused an estimated 12000 in damage to the building and its contents. Firefighters responded at 530 p.m. yesterday to a blaze in second floor apartments. Fire Chief Reynold DiLullo said arson caused the fire and all three incidents remain under investigation. The bakery has been closed since earlier fires on Wednesday with no employees present.
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Cast’s Bake
Reynold DiLullo
Heinz urges EDA to reimburse for faulty public works allocations
Senator Heinz cites widespread EDA missteps in the June 9 to July 8 allocations harming New Castle and 102 Pennsylvania communities. He calls for full accounting and reimbursement of reapplication costs and redesigns to restore library and public works funding priorities.
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New Castle
Sen
H. John Heinz
R-Pa
Heinz
Economic Development Administration
EDA
William Tallman
Mahoning School
Tallman
Flood Search Focus Shifts to Debris Rut at Conemaugh Dam
Johnstown scene shifts to a square mile debris pile in the river as rescue crews probe for missing amid the Conemaugh flood. Officials count 68 dead with 65 listed. Civil Defense volunteers and National Guardsmen salvage victims while searches expand.
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Johnstown
UPI
Conemaugh Dam
Here
Conemaugh Valley
Winding River
Civil Defense
Pennsylvania National Guardsmen
Indiana County
IBEW Volunteers Aid Johnstown Flood Recovery Convoy
About 500 IBEW Local 712 electricians volunteer to help in Johnstown flood recovery. A convoy from Beaver and Three Rivers Stadium will meet volunteers in the Johnstown area before dawn Saturday and Sunday. Materials come from Pittsburgh area suppliers, with contracting firms supplying equipment.
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Lawrence County
Beaver
Johnstown
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Ernest P. Kline
Township orders redo of sewer project
Neshannock Township officials told United Excavating Co. to backtrack on sanitary sewer work near Faddis Falls and Evergreen avenues until prior projects meet contract specs. Supervisors will inspect with Michael Baker Jr. engineer John Grant and the firm’s reps, and no new work will begin until satisfaction is achieved.
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Neshannock Township
Youngstown
John E. Cater
United Excavating Co
Faddis, Falls
Evergreen Avenues
Cater
Michael Baker Jr
United
John Grant
Michael Baker
Grant
GM threatens total U.S. shutdown over clean air rules
General Motors reports a record $1.1 billion profit for April to June and warns that without Congress easing clean air standards, all U.S. production could halt by mid September. Plant closings would begin with component plants and affect 447,000 workers.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
U.S
Congress
Thomas A. Murphy
Elliott M. Estes
United States
Carter
Nation weather digest reports thundershowers fading nationwide
Friday night thundershowers target the upper Mississippi Valley and the Northeast with clearer skies elsewhere. Below average to warm temperatures across major cities, with highs in the 70s to 90s and notable heat in Phoenix and Dallas. A flash flood watch remains in Western Pennsylvania as storms may bring heavy rain tonight into Saturday.
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Nation
Mississippi Valley
Atlanta
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Duluth
Houston
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Little Rock
Los
Pennsylvania
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Louis Coppersmith
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Charles Dougherty
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Cast’s
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Richland
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Abe McGary
Glass Company
Cial
Exxon
American Telephone & Telegraph
Ellwood Center
News Index
Oscar F. Russler
Hillcrest Ave
Clarence P. Kradel
E. Washington St
Sadie Jane Prior
Portersville
Robert L. Hoagland Sr
John W. Freed
Ninth St
West Pittsburg
Shenango River
Moraine State Park
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