Major Pennsylvania legislation status in Harrisburg current term
UPI reports on Thornburgh administration actions across budget economy welfare hazardous waste energy and mass transit with bills reaching hearings, approvals, or committee action. Notable items include SB 881 funding SEPTA, HB 1671 school code update, and divorce reform HB 640 signed into law.
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Harrisburg
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
SEPTA
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Thornburgh
Westminster grants 41 degrees at 126th commencement
Westminster College awarded 41 bachelor degrees at the 126th commencement on the Old Main terrace New Wilmington. Alyce A Marcotuli led summa cum laude graduates with a BS in biology and mathematics. Magna cum laude recipients included Joseph Pazak C Dean Livingston and Kathleen R Lynam. Cum laude graduates included Teresa Savocchia Kathryn Tasota Thomas Patton Catherine Spoa Gina Williams and Douglas Hazlett. BA honors went to Savocchia Tasota Williams and others. Additional bachelor of music BS BA degrees listed with diverse majors and hometowns across New Castle Ellwood City and West Middlesex.
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Westminster College
Old Main
New Wilmington
Joseph M. Pazak
Joseph S. Pazak
Garfield Ave
Dean Livingston
Charles W Livingston
Kathleen R. Lynam
James R
Pulaski RD 2
Pazak
Livingston
Lynam
Teresa M Savocchia
Aldo F. Savocchia
E. Lincoln Ave
Kathryn A. Tasota
Paul Tasota
W. Stewart Ave
Bessemer
Thomas C. Patton
Gayle Patton
Edinburg
Catherine J. Spoa
Christy C. Spoa
Ellwood City
Gina Williams
Robert L. Willams
Douglas R. Hazlett
Ray L. Hazlett
West Middlesex
Miss Savecchia
Miss Spon
Miss Williams
Patton
Miss Tasota
Hazlett
Patricia S. Ostrowski
Theodore Ostrowski
Fairmont Ave
Christopher W. Cipro
Virginia Cipro
Paul St
Jeffrey R. Flecken
Matthew J. Flecken
Wampum RD
Marilyn G. Teolis
Fred F
Donald W. Rumbaugh
Greensburg
Wayne C. Peel
Stow
Ohio
Alyce A. Marcotuli
New Castle
James W. Backstrom
Fayette City
Scott R. Shepherd
Lambertville
N.J
Peggy J. Moriih Hardy
Batavia, N.Y
Julie E. Myers
Westminster
Westminster marks 126th commencement with 410 degrees
Westminster College held its 126th annual commencement on Old Main terrace, conferring 344 bachelors and 66 master of education degrees before moving indoors due to rain. Honored were RJ Wean Jr. with a Doctor of Laws and Rev. William N. Jackson with a Doctor of Divinity as speakers urged leadership and action amid economic and energy challenges.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Old Main
Earland I. Carlson
Wallace Memorial Chapel
Carlson
RJ. Wean Jr
Bad checks rise nationally and in Pennsylvania
The number of bad checks has doubled since early 1980, with about a 15 percent rise in western Pennsylvania as tighter credit strains business. Creditors and small firms may face higher losses, though many firms do not record them.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Pennsylvania
David Schultz
American Check Reporting Co
KKK seeks robe seamstresses in Phoenix
The Ku Klux Klan requests state help to hire seamstresses to sew robes and hoods. DES would not comply. the Sun City Daily News Sun reported the listing appeared in the DES job bank offering $3.90 to $4.25 an hour. An assistant attorney general said the listing is not illegal if equal opportunity rules are followed.
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Phoenix
UPI
Ku Klux Klan
State Department of Economic Security
DES
William Jamieson Jr
DES Monthly
Sun City Daily News-Sun
Jamieson
Former campers outnumber active campers in US survey
Washington based UPI reports a Forest Service survey cited in Demographics magazine showing the number of former campers rising faster than active campers from 1973 to 1978. The study credits high gasoline costs since 1978 for fueling ongoing declines, with 27 percent of households trying camping at some point but stopping.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Forest Service
Demographics Magazine
Mushroom can recall expands to 3672 units in 1980
The FDA announced a voluntary recall of 3,672 large size mushroom cans from Emil Lerch Inc of Hatfield Pennsylvania after one can contained botulism toxin. The No 10 cans under Eventide and Railtons Natural brands were processed April 9 1980 and shipped to Illinois New York Wisconsin Indiana Michigan and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
Pennsylvania
FDA
Emil Lerch Inc
Hatfield
Lerch
Eventide
Railtons Natural
B.A. Railton and Co
Northlake
Ill
Illinois
New York
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Fish die off in Lake Michigan prompts state probe
In Traverse City Michigan United Press International reports hundreds of thousands of fish are dying along a 30 mile Lake Michigan shoreline creating odors as Gov. William G. Milliken orders an investigation. Alewives and smelt are feeding the crisis described as the worst Great Lakes die-off in 13 years. Shoreline residents clear debris but no official cleanup has begun.
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Traverse City
Mich
UPI
Lake Michigan
William G. Milliken
Great Lakes
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