Rizzo leads plea for schools Philadelphia lobbyists press for aid
Harrisburg action cries from Philadelphia as Mayor Rizzo and about 7000 taxpayers plan bus protests to back state funding. Nancy Westfield of the Home and School Council campaigns with 196 buses to push bills that would mortgage school buildings to fund operations, while critics say relief is unfair and too costly.
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Philadelphia
Moluccan standoff continues in The Hague train
For the 16th day about 52 hostages remain in a sun baked train under South Moluccan gunmen demand Dutch government pressure Indonesia for independence. Two pregnant hostages released described calm conditions and limited freedom of movement while negotiations stalled and a second meeting remains unlikely.
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Bovensmilde
City adopts new paving policy for residential streets
Day Engineer Alphonse Rozzi leads New Castle’s summer resurfacing under a PennDOT like plan with fewer plant inspectors. The city will sample material from each truck, test at a certified lab, and withhold payment for faulty asphalt. Depth checks use a simple gauge, payment by square yard or tonnage based on holes.
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PennDOT blames truckers for highway vandalism
ERIE Pa UPI The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says degraded truck drivers caused about 5 000 of damage on a 165 mile Interstate 90 construction project in Erie County. The project last noon left both lanes on the westbound side, traffic split by reflector posts. A PennDOT spokesman accuses truckers of vandalism as state police investigate.
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Carter administration asks court to force Concorde testing
NEW YORK UP I The Carter administration seeks a federal appeals court order directing New York and New Jersey to permit trial readings of the Anglo French Concorde at Kennedy Airport. The 2 page brief accuses the Port Authority of unfair delay while evaluating noise standards. LAS VEGAS Nevada Ginger McNair's mother in law found dead in same house where her husband was shot six months ago. Pearl Mangie 37 despondent since her son’s death spent days in bed autopsy ordered. Rick Mane 96 found shot in dressing room in unsolved Chicago mob related case.
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Rick Mane
Chicago
Galbreath barns burn at Darby Dan Farms near Columbus
Two barns on John W. Galbreath's Darby Dan Farms in Prairie Township burned, destroying hay and oats worth about 490000. No injuries or livestock loss reported. Fire Chief John Richards said one barn was fully involved upon arrival around 6:45 p.m. and the second fire was considered suspicious.
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John Richards
Franklin County
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Bank Robbery at Imperial Branch Union National Bank
Gunmen robbed the Imperial Branch of Union National Bank in North Fayette Township, Pittsburgh area. Two armed men, one with a pistol and the other a sawed-off shotgun, entered shortly after noon, forced employees to the floor, and filled a pillowcase with cash before fleeing in a car later abandoned near McDonald. Police Chief Thomas Sturgeon reported the details.
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Inmate charged with murder at Graterford State Prison
James Taylor, 26, a Pittsburgh convict serving two consecutive terms at Graterford, was charged with the murder of Edward Boyer, 49, of Pottstown. Boyer died Saturday after an alleged punch to the temple in the prison kitchen. Taylor was arraigned and faces a June 15 hearing while jailed in the behavioral adjustment unit. He already has robbery, assault and battery, and armed robbery terms.
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State Correctional Institute
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Graterford
Murder suspect on trial in Montgomery County
NORRISTOWN Pa William Higgins 47 Norristown told police voices said to send people to heaven He was found mentally competent to stand trial for murder over a Jan 30 shooting outside a diner in East Norton Township One victim Michele Cannella 23 Jeffersonville died entering the diner Montgomery County Judge Milton Moss set Aug as trial date Higgins a Temple University social work graduate student was confined to a state mental hospital in 1968 after shooting two Stroudsburg residents He was released as rehabilitated.
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Michele Cannella
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Montgomery County
Milton Moss
Temple University
Stroudsburg
Two Found Guilty in 1974 Insurance Scandal Case
In Dauphin County a jury found New York brokers Charles W. Ohle and Ronald J. Jackson guilty of theft in the 1974 state insurance scandal. Sentencing deferred pending posttrial motions. potential max seven years and 15,000 fines. Judge also indicated bribery and conspiracy charges to be tried soon, with a second trial possibly next month.
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New York
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Ronald J. Jackson
Wiliam W. Fapsitt
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Ligent
Turkish leftist Bulent Ecevit wins Turkey's National Assembly
Tens of thousands celebrate in Istanbul and Ankara as leftist poet Bulent Ecevit leads with 218 seats to 8 for Suleyman Demirel in a 450 member Assembly. Observers expect he can form a government with splinter party defection to reach a 26 seat majority.
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Mediterranean
Saudis Accelerate Oil Price Rise Amid Conference Stalemate
Beir ut based report cites Mladie East Economic Survey noting Saudi Arabia will raise prices midyear after failed North South talks in Paris. The move is part of a compromise with 11 OPEC members to pause the 5 per cent July increase, aligning with a broader price strategy for 1977.
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