Senate weighs revenue sharing and Sunday liquor sales
In Harrisburg the Senate planned a Tuesday vote on a 3 percent General Fund revenue share to municipalities, amid questions of a potential $70 million cost and no expected surplus. House moves toward a Sunday liquor bill allowing licenses to sell 1 pm to 10 pm with food sales thresholds and annual fees, plus a $100 permit option for malt beverages on Sundays.
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Senate
House
K Leroy Irvis
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Pocono Mountains
Irvis
Slashing Probe Follows Arrest in Youngstown Assault
Ernest Fish, 18, of 910 Emery Street was charged with assault with intent to kill and maim after a 22 year old man, Harry Maggi, was slashed with a straight razor during a hitchhiking dispute near Grant Street. Maggi and two youths were beaten by six or seven men in a tan 1964 Chevrolet. Fish surrendered, arraigned on two charges, freed on 5000 dollar bond, hearing set and likely transfer to another district. Maggi received hospital treatment and may need plastic surgery.
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Emery St
Harry Maggi
W. Park Way
Maggi
Youngstown
Grant St
Maggs
Fish
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Wayne E. Shaffer
District Justice of the Peace
Merle H. Hildebrand
St. Vitus Student Wins Parochial Speaking Contest
Renee Bistyga a fifth grader at St. Vitus School won first place in a 12 entrant speaking contest held Saturday at the school. The event sponsored by the Woodmen of America featured four judges and a topic Freedom: Everyone's Responsibility.
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James Boyd
Modern Woodmen of America
Vincent Callahan
St. Vitus School
Renee
Renee Bistyga
Edward §. Bistyga
Summit St
The
Woodmen of America
Vincent Callagan
St. Mary School
Harold L. Callahan
W. Washington St
St. Vitus
Rosemary
Diana
Louis Diana
Cunningham Ave
Mary Jo Germani
Alfred Germani
Mapeat Lane
Rosemary Mack
Eugene P. Macri
Worthington Ave
Carolyn Altman
Rosemarie Annarella
David
Murphy the War Hero Turned Actor Faces Death
Audie Murphy known as America’s most decorated soldier and film star died on a Virginia mountainside. Once praised for 240 German soldiers killed, his fame faded amid financial woes and legal woes. His life blended battlefield fame with Hollywood struggles and personal trials.
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Hollywood
UPI
Audie Murphy
Murphy
America
Europe
Bail reform program launches in Philadelphia
The Release on Own Recognizance plan, funded by Philadelphia and the U.S. Justice Department’s Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, aims to free people unable to post bond and is expected to save the city over $3 million.
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Philadelphia
UPI
U.S. Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Aluminum firms sign contracts with USW
Four of five major aluminum firms reached three year contracts with the United Steelworkers of America triggering wage rises. ALCOA announced a 6 percent rise on most products due to higher labor costs. Olin Aluminum remained the holdout with 1500 Hannibal plant workers picketing as talks paused.
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New York
UPI
United Steelworkers of America
USW
White House
Aluminum Co. of America
ALCOA
Olin Aluminum
Hannibal
Ohio
County Delays In Six Month Child Welfare Funds
Lawrence County faces a delay in its six month child welfare allocation totaling 6 850 950 dollars as negotiations with state officials continue for compliance with civil service requirements. Four counties Carbon Philadelphia Westmoreland also have payments delayed. Officials cite staffing shortfalls and director qualifications as issues while state bureau notes no official county correspondence yet.
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Lawrence County
Helene Wohlgemuth
Carbon
Philadelphia
Westmoreland
Elizabeth Welton
Bureau
Civil Service
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Surges Past 500
United Press International reports the Memorial Day traffic death toll neared 550 with 546 deaths by 11 a.m. EDT. Severe midwestern weather spurred hazardous travel as tornadoes hail and rain hit from Texas to Minnesota. California led with 44 fatalities, while New York 30 and Ohio 30 and Illinois 29. Hawaii and North Dakota reported no highway deaths.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Texas
Minnesota
California
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Hawaii
North Dakota
Western Union Strikes Halt Telegrams in Major Walkout
Two unions representing over 20,000 workers walked out at 12:01 a.m. stopping most public services including telegrams while private and government services continue. Federal mediators failed to stop the strike as wage and job security remain unsettled. Western Union said public message services would be curtailed and telegrams money and gift orders would not be handled.
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Washington
UPI
Western Union
Bombings Hit U.S. Residences in Phnom Penh
Communist attackers exploded two bombs in Phnom Penh targeting U.S. military homes. One American sustained minor injuries. The first blast damaged a MEDT house, several jeeps, and a wall. 15 minutes later a second explosion struck the Marine guards at the U.S. embassy residence with additional damage.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
MEDT
Palestinians clash as Jordanian police fire on Wahdat refugees
Palestinians and Jordanian police clash in Amman at Wahdat Refugee Camp where protesters say 10 refugees were killed and many wounded after security forces toppled monuments at two mass graves. Refugees marched amid fresh violence marking a third day of clashes.
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United Press International
Amman
Wahadat
Philadelphia tavern tax sparks protests by bar owners
Several hundred tavern owners in Philadelphia demonstrated against a 10 percent gross receipts tax proposed to fund city schools. Operators called the levy inequitable and discriminatory, arguing it targets only Philadelphia and only drinkers, while House Speaker Herbert Fineman backs the bill on its third reading and potential passage.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Philadelphia
Herbert Fineman
Tornadoes and Severe Storms Hit Midwest and Missouri
A Memorial Day weekend storm system Cut through Iowa Northwest Illinois and Northern Texas causing extensive farm damage in Northwest Iowa and crop losses reported by police. Two Belton Missouri mobile homes overturned injuring three as winds reached 90 to 120 mph. Hail sizes ranged from duck egg to golf ball near the Minnesota Iowa border and Columbia Missouri.
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Ly United Press International
Iowa
Illinois
Texas
Belton
Minnesota
Jackson County
Columbia
Salinger Joins McGovern Bid for 1972 Nomination
Pierre Salinger, a former Kennedy aide, will join Sen. George McGovern’s campaign for the 1972 Democratic nomination. He argues McGovern can win if he performs well in New Hampshire and subsequent primaries, noting a 20 percent showing in New Hampshire could signal momentum.
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New York
UPI
Pierre Salinger
George McGovern
Gallup
McGovern
Salinger
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Nebraska
End of Grim Feather River Farm Worker Slayings Search Nears
After two days without fresh bodies, Yuba City deputies say they are close to finishing a mass slayings search along the Feather River in an area northeast of San Francisco. Twenty three victims have been found at Sullivan Ranch and nearby farms as investigators probe possible murder sites and hidden graves.
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Yuba City
Calif
UPI
Feather River
Roy Whiteaker
Sullivan Ranch
San Francisco
Sheriff's
District Attorney
Whiteaker
Oroville Dam
Freedom youths die in Memorial Day crash in Beaver County
Two Freedom high school boys, Thomas Hartman 15 and Michael Kushner 16, died from crash injuries after their car left Pa. 65 in North Sewickley Township. The incident, one of four Pennsylvania highway deaths during the holiday weekend, also left the driver Michael Bosco 16 and a third passenger Joseph Walls 18 injured. An autopsy will determine exact causes of death.
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Sewickley Township
Freedom
Thomas Hartman
Beaver Falls
United Hospital
Michael Kushner
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
Max Johnson
Hartman
Kushner
Michael Bosco
Joseph Walls
Rochester
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