Tenants organize under LTO push for HUD lease reform
Lawrence Tenant Organization now claims 400 member units across New Castle with a $1 fee and aims to revise public housing leases to meet HUD standards. The move follows HUD’s equalized lease policy, including security deposits, repairs, and a formal grievance process, with leaders like Gladys Davis and new Lawrence County Housing Authority director Kraus backing broader tenant rights.
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Lawrence Tenant Organization
LTO
New Castle
National Tenants Organization
National Organization
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Norman V. Watson
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Omaha
Lawrence County
Lawrence County Housing Authority
Charles J. Kraus
Authority
Ellwood City
Kraus
Gladys Davis
Communist forces press four-pronged Indochina assault
UPI reports a week-long offensive with Communist attacks across four areas in Indochina. Nine Americans died in three helicopter crashes. ARVN and Cambodian troops faced heavy shelling near Phnom Penh and in the Sauol area, with casualties and missing soldiers tallied.
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Saigon
UPI
Indochina
U.S
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Sauol
Army of the Republic of
Vienam
ARVN
A Shau
South Vietnam
Paving Planned for W Washington Street and Old Mercer Road
The state will pave sections of W Washington Street and Old Mercer Road starting June 28. W Washington Street from Atlantic Ave to Parkstown covers 3.47 miles and Old Mercer Road from Pa 956 north to Pa 208 spans 2.4 miles. West Penn Asphalt Co. will perform the project.
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W. Washington St
Old Mercer Road
Russell Kawa
State Department of Transportation
Atlantic Ave
Parkstown
West Penn Asphalt Co
Nixon calls out vandals in antiwar arrests
President Nixon, at a news conference, dismissed protests as exaggerated claims of rights violations and praised DC police actions that swept up hundreds of demonstrators. Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, and John Fraines faced federal charges and grand jury action in the May Day protests.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Abbie Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Rennie Davis
John Fraines
District of Columbia
Corona hearing closed by judge
A judge ordered today's arraignment of mass murder suspect Juan V. Corona closed to the public because security could be compromised if the courtroom was crowded with newsmen and spectators.
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Yuba City
Calif
UPDA
Juan V. Corona
State police present budget request to Pennsylvania House
State police urged a 68.9 million budget request before the House Appropriations Committee, 15.7 million above the current budget. Col Rocco P Arella cited an arbitration award boosting salaries and benefits, with most of the funds to expand services and cover ongoing program costs. The plan calls for 240 more troopers and 103 civilians.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
House Appropriations Committee
Rocco P. Arella
Philly drink tax moves Philadelphia schools relief
More than a thousand educators and parents urged funding as the Pennsylvania House approved a bill letting Philadelphia levy a 10 percent tax on retail drinks. The tax could raise about 14 million dollars next year to plug a 120 million dollar school deficit, though debate raged over local taxing powers and broader funding. Governor Shapp voiced support as demonstrators pressed for relief and a separate push for Sunday liquor sales.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Philadelphia
State House
William J. Lederer
House
K. Leroy Irvis
Pittsburgh
Lederer
Irvis
Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia Urban Coalition
Capitol
Milton J. Shapp
Montgomery County Tavern Association
New Castle Gets Interim Postmaster F Robert Siebert
F Robert Siebert began duties as interim postmaster in New Castle replacing retired Francis J Augustine. A 26 year postal veteran from Point Pleasant Beach New Jersey he rose from messenger to assistant postmaster and later postmaster before working in Philadelphia regional and Camden offices. He will stay until a permanent postmaster is chosen with locals prioritized. He and wife Doris have daughter Kathryn and son Bobby.
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F. Robert Siebert
New Castle
Francis J. Augustine
Siebert
Point Pleasant Beach
N.J
Philadelphia
Camden, N.J
Camden
Doris
Kathryn
Bobby
Steel output rises but trails 1968 pace
UPI reports ongoing consumer hedge buying against price hikes and a looming steel strike helped lift raw steel production from the year start to May 29 to 59,364,000 tons. That compares with 55,886,000 tons a year earlier and about 60,873,000 tons in 1968. Week ending May 29 produced 2,914,000 tons, near the prior week's 2,909,000.
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New York
UPI
American Iron and Steel Institute
Cuban government frees hijacked Pan Am jetliners crew
Cuban authorities agree to release the Pan Am Boeing 707 and its 68 occupants from Havana after a hijack to Cuba since Saturday. U.S. officials expect four Cuban fishing boat captains may be freed as part of the deal. The jetliner is scheduled to depart Havana at 11 a.m. EDT for a 40 minute flight to Miami.
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Miami
UPI
Pan American World Airways
United States
State Department
Pan Am
Boeing
Cuba
Havana
U.S
Harris condemns NTSB for not allowing crash victims' relatives group
Robert Harris, father of one of 75 Marshall University jet crash victims, denounces the NTSB for denying a citizens group to attend hearings in Washington starting June 23. He says the NTSB and FAA do not represent victims' relatives.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Robert Harris
Marshall University
Huntington
W. Va
National Transportation Safety Board
Harris
NTSB
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Russian Orthodox elects new patriarch to heal three century schism
In atheistic Russia the church seeks to heal a 300 year old split between reformists and Old Believers as Metropolitan Pimen of Krutitsk and Kolomna is chosen at Zagorsk for the patriarch's role. About 310 church officials and foreign guests attend the 14th century monastery ceremony 45 miles northwest of Moscow.
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Moscow
UPI
Zagorsk
Pimen of
Krutitsk
Kolomna
Alexius
Priest arraignment in Kissinger kidnapping plot case
Rev. Neil McLaughlin 30 of Baltimore is to be arraigned before U.S. District Judge R Dixon Herman in Harrisburg on a renewed conspiracy charge with seven co‑defendants. They are accused of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger, destroy heating plants in five government buildings, and ruin draft records.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Neil McLaughlin
Baltimore
R. Dixon Herman
U.S. District Court
Henry Kissinger
Washington
Live longer by becoming a governor says study
Metropolitan Life Insurance says 856 governors entering office from 1901 to 1968 show a mortality rate 10 percent below the general male population. The study notes improvement over time with governors 1931 to 1968 at 18 percent below general mortality, versus 4 percent for 1901 to 1930 incumbents.
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New York
UPI
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
U.S. Army probes alleged 1968 Bong Son civilian massacre
Pentagon officials investigate claims by former Spec. 5 William E. Marhoun that U.S. troops massacred 24 Vietnamese civilians after an amphibious landing near Bong Son in September 1968. The incident purportedly involved the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
U.S
South Vietnam
Spec
William E. Marhoun
St. Paul
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Convicted murderer escapes as funeral trip ends
Leonard Moses, 19, in custody for murder and arson, fled sheriff deputies during a grandmother's funeral at Nazarine Baptist Church Homewood Pittsburgh. Deputies fired three shots but Moses escaped among mourners while still handcuffed. The judge allowed the day release for funeral attendance.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Leonard Moses
Nazarine Baptist Church
Homewood
Moses
Neighborhood Legal Services Association
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