State Catholic aid package advances amid 18 year old rights bills
The Pennsylvania legislature pushes a Catholic school aid package worth 48 million while sending 46 bills granting 18 to 21 year olds new rights to the governor and House. The plan assumes state reimbursements for non public school costs and expands duties and freedoms for young adults.
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Milton J. Shapp
U.S. Supreme Court
General Assembly
House
Auxiliary Services
Thomas Lamb
D-Allegheny
POWs reportedly call for end to war in Viet Nam appeal
The report says fifteen U S prisoners of war in South Vietnam signed a statement asking Congress to stop the war. Broadcast by Liberation Radio linked to the Viet Cong. Three POWs were previously listed as missing in action. Families were being notified as the Defense Department confirmed the authenticity of the broadcast transcript.
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Washington
UPI
South Vietnam
Congress
Liberation Radio
U.S
Defense Department
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Pentagon
United States
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Danville
Pons Returns for One Shot Met Opera Appearance
Lily Pons 68 retired from the Metropolitan Opera 13 years ago appeared with the New York Philharmonic in a sold out one night performance. She performed with former husband Andre Kostelanetz as part of the orchestra summer series. Crown Princess Sonja of Norway expects a second child by year end and Richard Kerr ties the knot near McGovern headquarters before the June 20 primary. William H. Dilday Jr. named general manager of WLBT Jackson becoming the first black to head a commercial station in the South.
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United Press International New York
UPI
Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera
New York Philharmonic
Miss Pons
Andre Kostelanetz
Heese
N.J
Richard Kerr
New York
Sen. McGovern
Jackson, Miss
William H. Dilday Jr
WLBT
South
North Hill Welcomes Two New Local Businesses
Two local ventures prepare to open within 30 to 90 days. Randy's Restaurant will debut at Highland and Boyles Ave led by Frank Randy. A Pri-Way Shoe Mart moves from State St to a new 50 by 90 foot building at Wilmington and Moody, owned by Joseph Parco and Frank Marcotullio. The Sun Oil site is being rebuilt at an estimated 50 000 dollars. Jasper Deeter founder Hedgerow Theater Moylan died at 78 yesterday at Riddle Memorial Hospital.
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Randy
Sun Oil Co
New Castle Custodians Ratify Three Year Pay Raise Deal
The New Castle Area School Board ratified a three year contract with Custodians Local 261 granting an average hourly pay rise over the term. New class distinctions include elementary dayturn janitors and second turn groups with step based increases. Benefits rise with higher insurance limits and extended sick leave and holidays.
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New Castle
New Castle Area School Board
Teamsters Local 261
U S Bombers Hit North Vietnamese Targets Near Hue Kontum
Heavy B52 concentrations bombed positions on the approaches to Kontum and in Quang Tri as North Vietnamese forces mass near Hue. Reports say fighting raged in the Central Highlands while U S fighter-bombers damaged two Hanoi electric plants with laser guided bombs.
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Quang Tri
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North Vietnam
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Bobby Baker Paroled After 18 Months At Allenwood Farm
Former Lyndon Johnson aide and Senate secretary Bobby Baker leaves Allenwood Prison Farm in a private car driven by a woman after 7 30 a.m. He shows a relaxed smile as news crews await outside the gates. Meanwhile Pennsylvania counties delay home rule adoption with Lancaster as the only likely 1976 charter.
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UPI
Bobby Baker
Allenwood
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
Baker
Vandal attack hits C130s at Willow Grove Navy base
Three C130 Hercules transports at Willow Grove Naval Air Station sat damaged as vandals protested the Vietnam War. Crews found electrical and hydraulic lines cut inside one airplane. A Philadelphia radio station reported receiving a call from the Citizens Commission to Interdict War Material.
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UPI
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
913Th Tactical Air Group
FBI
Citizens Commission
Davis guilty verdict urged in high profile case
Albert Harris presented a methodical closing argument tying Angela Davis to the Aug 7 1970 San Rafael courthouse gun battle and related events. He urged the jury to return guilty verdicts on murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges in a capital case.
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San Jose
Calif
UPI
Albert Harris
Angela Davis
San Rafael
Miss Davis
Philadelphia Bulletin Reporter Arrest Tangles Police Probes
District Attorney Arlen Specter accuses State Crime Commission investigators of baiting Philadelphia policemen as the arrest of Greg Walter a Philadelphia Bulletin reporter on wiretap charges sparks wider probe. Specter says Walter aided a plan to bribe a cop amid multiple investigations of officers for bribes narcotics.
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UPI
Philadelphia Bulletin
Arlen Specter
State Crime Commission
Specter
Greg Walter
Philadelphia Police Department
Crime Commission
Harrisburg Lottery Draw Promises Second Millionaire
Two hundred seven entrants converge on the Capitol as Pennsylvania aims to crown the state's second million dollar winner in the lottery drawing five weeks after Harry Casey of Warren claimed the first instant million. Casey will receive 1 million dollars in fifty thousand dollar yearly payments for 20 years, reducing to about 32000 annually after taxes.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Capitol
Harry Casey
Warren
Casey
Israeli reprisals anticipated after Lod airfield massacre
Lebanese army remains on alert amid fears of Israeli retaliation after a three man guerrilla squad killed 26 and wounded 81 at Tel Aviv Lod Airport. Israel warns Lebanon and holds a state of heightened tension across the region as Arab reaction mixes condemnation and praise.
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United Press International
Tel Aviv
Lod
Lydda
Lebanon
United Nations Security Council
Beirut
Golda Meir
Israel
Hussein
Jordan
Amman
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Senate approves ad bill regulating political papers
In Harrisburg the Senate passed a bill to regulate unethical political advertising in newspapers near elections after defeating it last May. It requires papers to notify opponents when a candidate buys an ad within 48 hours of an election, eight days for weekly papers. The measure, sent to the House, drops radio tv provisions as FCC regulates them. The vote tally 26-21.
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UPI
Senate
Louis G. Hill
Philadelphia
House
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