MH-MR leader backs preventive steps in county program
Edward R. Kappeler, new MH-MR administrator, advocates adding preventive programs to the county plan alongside treatment efforts. He cites early problem recognition, parent training, and the need for funding clarity as the state increases emphasis on prevention. Budget hurdles and a shift toward countywide service distribution are noted, with current services centered in New Castle and Ellwood City preschool services.
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Lutheran Services
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
General Assembly
Milton J. Shapp
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Ellwood City
New Castle
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State Department of Agriculture
Joseph Schick
Lawrence County
County to visit Lark facility for funding discussion
Lawrence County commissioners plan a joint visit to the Lark Workshop for the Handicapped after a courthouse meeting with Marian Furlong and Edward R. Kappeler to discuss purchasing $8,454 in equipment with federal funds. The plan includes an offset press and transport van for the workshop.
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Lark
Edward R. Kappeler
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Hijackers land in Ecuador after Aruba ransom flight
A hijacked Colombian airliner with two armed masked gunmen landed at Guayaquil at 7 38 a m with 25 hostages aboard. The plane had previously left Aruba after a ransom deal and was bound for Lima. Officials say negotiations are ongoing and two captors promised to free the remaining hostages once destination is reached.
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UPI
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Garden Peninsula deputy charged with murder of wife and two sons
Delta County Deputy Dennis Murphy 25, the area’s only officer within 20 miles of Garden, is jailed on murder charges in the fire deaths of his wife Janet 20 and sons Randy 2 and Robbie 7 months. Investigators say no other suspect is sought. Murphy, a Vietnam veteran and former pipefitter, says two men attacked him at the town hall before the blaze.
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Delta County
Tony I. Marcinkewicz
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Richardson pledges Cox independence in Watergate probe
Attorney General Elliot Richardson said he will not countermand or interfere with Archibald Cox. In a three page directive to Justice Department personnel he affirmed Cox will have the greatest degree of independence in the Watergate investigation and prosecutions arising from the 1972 election.
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UPI
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FBI probes $50,000 dairy group donation to Nixon
The FBI opened an inquiry into a $50,000 cash contribution from Lehigh Valley Cooperative farmers of Pennsylvania to President Nixon’s reelection, routed through a fund used to pay silence of Watergate conspirators. The gifts arrived as $100 bills in two installments on April 20 and in May 1972.
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Protestant president volunteers to mediate Northern Ireland feud
Dublin (UPI) Erskine Childers, the first Protestant elected president of this Catholic republic, offered to mediate the Protestant Catholic feud in Northern Ireland. He urged both communities to meet and seek a meeting of minds, after winning a nationwide vote to succeed retiring President de Valera. He had promised a mission of conciliation during his campaign.
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Senate and House oppose bombing Cambodia by wide votes
The Senate on a 63 to 19 vote and the House on a 224 to 172 vote oppose expenditures for military activity in or from Cambodia. Though not law yet, war critics say Nixon can no longer claim congressional sanction for the air war ordered in Cambodia.
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UPI
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Greece Proclaims Presidential Republic with Papadopoulos as First President
Athens declares Greece a presidential republic as Premier George Papadopoulos becomes the first president. The regime had just crushed a plot to restore King Constantine and placed all military and police on full national alert. Constantine, living in Rome in exile since 1967, was not immediately available for comment.
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UPI
George Papadopoulos
Greece
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Rome
Flood reunion marks 84th Johnstown disaster anniversary
Fifty two survivors of the 1889 Johnstown flood attended a banquet on the 84th anniversary. Most were children at the time of the dam collapse that killed 2,200. Rep. John Saylor spoke to about 30 attendees. A flood museum will be built at the former library site with a 250000 dollar fund drive.
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UPI
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R-Pa
Lady General Holm Tops Two Stars in Pentagon Ceremony
Jeanne M Holm, a former silversmith and Portland native, becomes the first woman to hold two stars as a U S Air Force major general. Her path includes World War II service, Lewis and Clark College, and a 1948 Berlin crisis recall.
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UPI
Jeanne M. Holm
U.S
Air Force
Pentagon
Holm
Portland
Ore
Lewis and Clark College
Berlin
Financier C Arnholt Smith accused of multimillion fraud
San Diego financier C Arnholt Smith long tied to President Nixon is charged by the SEC in a civil suit with multimillion dollar fraud. The action names two associates and six affiliated companies and seeks receiverhip for Westgate California and officer bans for Smith and the firm’s president. The OCC also moves against U S National Bank over excess Westgate California loans.
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UPI
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Harris Indicted in Pittsburgh Heroin Ring Case
Federal grand jury charges Samuel W. Harris and 16 others in a $15 million four year heroin distribution operation. Eleven arrested in Pittsburgh area. Harris nabbed in Harlem with $288,000. Suspects face conspiracy and narcotics distribution from 1968 to 1972.
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UPI
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Harlem
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Clairton
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Hill
Homewood
U.S
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