Two Teacher Pay Hike Approved Amid School Aid Debate
The Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee weighs a new private school aid formula tied to the cigarette tax, while Gov. Shafer seeks funding shifts to harness racing taxes. The day also sees a $45 million local subsidy plan advancing, higher starting salaries for teachers, and various bills moving between chambers.
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William Edenbarger
Harrisburg
UPI
Senate Appropriations Committee
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Treasury
Wilmot E. Fleming
Montgomery
Senate
House
General Assembly
George N. Wade
Cumberland
Appropriations Committee
Wade
Red envoy Le Duc Tho faces tough line in peace talks
US diplomats awaited Hanoi's Vietnam negotiator Le Duc Tho after he arrived and publicly pressed a hard stance. He demanded an unconditional halt to bombing and other acts of war before real talks. Harriman and aides kept to cautious comment as Wednesday session looms.
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Paris
UPI
Hanoi
Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Communist Party
Harriman
Tabor takes oath of office for Pennsylvania labor post
John K. Tabor resigns as state internal affairs secretary and is sworn in as Pennsylvania's 17th labor and industry secretary, earning 25000 dollars annually. He succeeds William J. Hart as the Internal Affairs Department is restructured under Gov. Shafer's plan. Tabor previously served as commerce secretary from 1963 to 1967.
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Harrisburg
UPI
John K. Tabor
Pennsylvania
William J. Hart
Pittsburgh
Internal Affairs Department
Tabor
Raymond P. Shafer
California primary pits Kennedy and McCarthy for nomination
UPI reports Kennedy and McCarthy collide in the California primary where victory keeps a candidate alive. Polls show Kennedy ahead by slim margins as about three million Democrats vote for 172 of California's 174 convention votes toward the 1,312 needed for nomination.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
California
Kennedy
Ation
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
Thomas H. Lynch
Johnson
Lynch
Humphrey
McCarthy
Oliver Quayle
National Broadcasting Co
Los Angeles Times
Indiana
Nebraska
Oregon
South Dakota
City weighs applying for 297000 bus capital grant
City council plans a Thursday meeting to consider a capital grant of about 297000 to buy buses including 10 minibuses six to eight large diesels and equipment with federal two thirds funding and state city one third. Costs per year estimated at 35000 for the city with 72000 annual operating losses partially reimbursed by the state.
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New Castle
Richard H. Biddle
Thomas A. Shumaker
Eugene DeCaprio
Shumaker
Transit Authority
Busy priest Aloysius Kuenzig marks 25 years in priesthood
The Rev. Aloysius A. Kuenzig, pastor of St. Margaret's and Holy Cross churches, prepares to celebrate 25 years as a priest. A man of many talents, he raises bees in two varieties, crafts in ceramics and wood, fences, gardens, and plays violins, among other skills. A June 6 Mass and reception will honor him.
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Aloysius A. Kuenzig
St. Margaret's and Holy
North America
South America
Father Kuenzig
St. Vincent's, Latrobe
University of Pittsburgh
Duquesne
St. Vincent's
West Pittsburg
God
Union Township approves summer park director salary
The supervisors set James Kerr's summer park director pay at 900 dollars for three months. Bi weekly park staff hired at 150 dollars include Terry Ruppersburger, Gary Gatto, Paul Jaworski, and Peter Panella. Peter Quinn joins road crew at 2 dollars per hour. A meeting will seek wage hikes for four road crew workers seeking 50 cents more per hour.
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James Kerr
Union Township
Park Board
Terry Ruppersburger
Gary Gatto
Paul Jaworski
Peter Panella
Peter Quinn
Robert A. Matthews
Tax hike moves through House affecting suburban commuters
Legislation advancing in Harrisburg would raise the local earned income tax from 1 to 2 percent in most Pennsylvania communities, with Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Scranton exempt. Suburban commuters could face combined taxes from Philadelphia and their home districts, altering local revenue allocations. Former NYC Water Commissioner James L. Marcus pleaded guilty to conspiring in a $40,000 kickback case related to a public waterworks contract.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York City
James L. Marcus
UPI
Clark refuses audience with Poor People’s Campaign
In Washington the Poor People’s Campaign waited eight hours for Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark. He refused to meet a 100-member delegation of Indians Mexicans Americans Appalachian whites and poor blacks protesting a Los Angeles grand jury indictment. He agreed to a later discussion with a smaller group and bail reductions were announced for nine of the detainees.
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Washington
UPI
Poor People’s Campaign
Ramsey Clark
Justice Department
Clark
Los Angeles
Rodolfo
Corky
Gonzales
Search Continues for Missing Nuclear Sub Scorpion
Navy ships and planes intensified an Atlantic search for the Scorpion with nine days elapsed since its disappearance. Officials planned a court of inquiry to convene Wednesday morning to review all facts. An observer from the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee joined Atlantic Fleet headquarters. Five destroyers traced the sub's course across 2000 miles toward the Azores at 13 knots, with another group probing south of the Azores where contact was lost May 21.
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Norfolk
UPI
Atlantic
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Azores
France Simmering Labor Pact Amid Broad Strike
Paris and rail unions agreed on a wage pact for 330000 railway workers offering an average 10.2 percent pay rise. The strike surpassed 22 weeks with about 9 million workers still idle. trains could resume by Wednesday if ratified. Paris subway and bus workers voted on returning to work as 1 million of 10 million strikers were expected back. De Gaulle government seeks to restart the economy amid lowered violence and muted student protests.
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Paris
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
Man Bruised in Two-Car Pa 168 Crash
Edward Clark, 29, of West Pittsburg was treated at St. Francis Hospital for bruises to the left leg and arm after a two car collision on Pa 168 in Taylor Township. State police said May Nye, 74, of Ellwood City failed to stop for a flashing red light, pushing Clark’s car into a field.
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Edward Clark
West Pittsburg
St. Francis Hospital
Taylor Township
May Nye
Ellwood City
Clark
Laurel High School Graduation Honors 116 Seniors
Laurel High School capped its commencement with 116 seniors in the auditorium. Rev. David P. White delivered the invocation and benediction, with Judge Maurice B. Cahill Jr. delivering the main address and Alfred F. Barnes presenting the class. Thomas L. Allen awarded the diplomas.
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Laurel High School
David P. White
Princeton
Mt. Hermon
Thomas L. Allen
Laurel
Borough Okays Lease for John Francis Car Wash Plan
NEW WILMINGTON council approved drawing up a lease with resident John Francis to build a four bay car wash on the old water works site along Pa 208 just east of town limits. Council moved 15000 from the surplus to capital expenditures for sewer, street and park improvements already spent. It also asked state highways to inspect a deteriorating bridge on New Castle Street and approved final plans for Overlook Acres residential plot.
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New Wilmington
John Francis
Francis
Pa. 208
State Department of Highways
New Castle St
Overlook Acres
Steelworkers Union Leader Sees Money Key to Contract
I W Abel president of the United Steelworkers says money is the most important matter as three days of preliminary national contract talks begin in New York. R Conrad Cooper chief negotiator for 11 major steel firms calls meetings friendly as they discuss issues before Aug 1 contract expirations and ahead of the long series of plant and company meetings through June 10 and the final national talks in Pittsburgh starting June 24.
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New York
UPI
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
USW
R. Conrad Cooper
Abel
Pittsburgh
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