Myers voting record shows near perfect attendance
U S Representative Gary A. Myers of Butler posts a 99 percent attendance rate through May 13 with 200 votes recorded. He details voting on key rolls, including opposition to the tax rebate measure and the emergency employment bill, while supporting homeownership and mining reclamation bills.
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John K. Manna
U. S
Gary A. Myers
R-Butler
House
Myers
Frank Clark
House of Representatives
Myer
Fly Office
Clark
Ford
Unemployment high but signs point to slowing economy
United Press International notes the May unemployment rate at 6.2 percent, with 8.538 million out of work, while Citibank trims its prime rate to 6.75 percent. BLS Commissioner Shiskin says certain recession indicators show bottoming, though ending remains uncertain amid lower loan demand and Fed actions to spur growth.
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United Press International
Pearl Harbor
Bureau
First National City Bank of New York
BLS
Julius Shiskin
Congress
Joint Ecoonomic Committee
Shiskin
Citibank
Federal Reserve
Continental Congress Proposes July 2 Observance
The Continental Congress moves to observe July 2 as a day of humiliation, fasting and prayer for divine guidance, urging collective reflection and national remembrance.
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Continental Congress
Colosses
Refugees weigh return to Vietnam as U N officials collect data
United Nations officials at Camp Pendleton interview Vietnamese refugees about returning home. Dao Hung says he feels like a man without a country while Trang Thi Nam, 109, insists she would rather die in a non Communist land. Mohamad Gharib notes questionnaires cover identity and relatives as Ft. Chaffee prepares to receive 2,000 more refugees. Daily flights resume and 1,849 more are expected by June 15.
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United Press International
Dao Huu Hung
United Nations
Vietnam
Ute
United States
Hung
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Trang Thi Nam
North Vietnam
Indochina
North
Mohamad Gharib
U.N
California
America
Gharib
South Vietnam
Uve
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Joe Rogers
Army
West Arkansas Relocation Center
Rules of engagement tied hands in Vietnam era criticized
UPI reports Goldwater and Thurmond condemned Vietnam war rules of engagement as restricting U S forces, with Pentagon lifting most classifications at Goldwater’s request. Documents allowed warnings before attacks, urged civilian protection, and restricted striking religious sites, prompting Senate fire over civilian casualties and effectiveness concerns. An Alabama bill proposing the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as state wake is noted.
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United States
James Schlesinger
Goldwater
South Vietnam
North
Gigillans
Hoe
Another Bastion Falls to Women in Service Academies
Washington reports the Senate approved by voice vote a military procurement amendment allowing females to attend West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy starting in 1978. Authored by Sen. Stanley Hathaway, the change mirrors a May House amendment and clears for final bill inclusion.
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Washington
UPI
Military Service Academy
Senate
West Point
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Stanley Hathaway
Maine
Rockefeller pledges CIA report release after inquiry findings
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller says a six month probe into the CIA will publish a full report within a week or two after President Ford reads it. He notes the panel did not include assassination plot findings, which were sent to Ford and will go to a Senate intelligence panel.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson Rockefeller
Central Intelligence Agency
Rockefeller
CIA
Pord
White House
Clergy Leader Rev Richard Latimer Dies at 83
Retired Bethel AME pastor Rev Richard A Latimer 83 of 421 Electric Ave died at St Francis Hospital after a long illness. Born Feb 7 1892 in Shelby NC he served 60 years in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and held posts across Pennsylvania Ohio and overseas. Survived by second wife Rev Gussie Walker a son and nine grandchildren. Burial at Monongahela Cemetery Braddock PA. Arrangements by Howard A and Donald G DeCarbo.
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Richard A. Latimer
Bethel Ame
St. Francis Hospital
Shelby
N.C
Julius and
Candace Latimer
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Latimer
Bethel A.M
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Ohio
University of Pittsburgh
World Council of Churches
World Missionary Council
Prince Hall Lodge
The
Masonic Order
IBPCE
Mary Simms
Gussie Walker
Harry G
Pittsburgh
Frank
Katherine) Fleming
Washington D.C
Letha Anderson
Cleveland
James
Thelma) Gwinn
Harvey, J
Caridace) Stargen
Steubenville
Anthony
Richard
Teynolds
Moravia
Calvary Ame
Sixth Street
Braddock
Frank Waters
Calvary Amle
Monongahela Cemetery
North Braddock
Howard A
Donald G DeCarbo
Mill
Palestine
John L. McGath
Enon Valley
Beaver Falls
Medical Center
Beaver County
Ionten
Chio
James W
Elizabeth Williams McGath
Adamson Manufacturing Co
East Palestine
Enon Valley Christian Church
Glenna Felger
Negley
Oliver-Linsley
Robert Dyke
Joseph Gorgacz Sr
N. Liberty St
St. Francis’ Hospital
Lawrence
Mary Kielar Gorgacz
Mesta Machine Co
Gorgacz
Our Lady of
John J. Noga
New Brighton
Bertha C. Young
Adams $T
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Loyal B. Young
Penn Ave
Carl Stewart
Barry’s Church
Macry
Michael
Catherine Householder Young
Samuel W. Young
Marion Township
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Lisa Johnson
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Lawrence County
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U.S
Tied hands’'—Thurmond
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
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Aniter
Wilmington RD
Doer
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McBrideshannon
E. Washington St
Ask
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Palicy
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Dominick Lombardo
Clarence Ave
Edward A
Donald G. DeCatbo
Rome
Mill and
Luton
Mrs
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New Wilmington
Marie Beck Meeker
West Middlesex
Youngstown
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