TWO Experiment to end Free parking ends for thousands downtown
A six month city pilot offers two hours of free parking for customers who spend at least five dollars at about 32 downtown merchants, with validation by attendants and a 15 cent charge after two hours. Nearly 9,000 cars benefited. city studies expansion to another downtown area possible if the plan continues.
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Ty John K. Manna
North
N. Mill Streets
Central Area
Ronald Rich
Rich
Probe urged into oil firms by six state officials
Six state officials told a Senate antitrust panel that major oil companies may be exploiting a gasoline and fuel oil shortage to squeeze independent dealers. They urged a federal Justice Department antitrust investigation, arguing state efforts are insufficient for the scope.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee
Justice Department
Massachusetts
Robert J. Quinn
New York
Charles A. la Torella Jr
North Carolina
Robert Morgan
Michigan
Frank Kelley
Robert K. Killian
Connecticut
Daniel F. Dearing
Flo. Department of Legal Affairs
la Torella
U.S
Hijacker blamed for air crash in southern Siberia
Moscow reports say a Soviet TU104 with about 100 people aboard crashed in southern Siberia after an in flight gunbattle between a hijacker and an armed guard. The exact site and death toll are uncertain. The flight ran from Moscow to Chita near the China Mongolia border.
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API
Siberia
TUL
Chita
China
Mongolia
Leningrad
Stockholm
Hospital Moves Chapel to First Floor at St Francis
St Francis Hospital plans relocating its chapel from the fifth floor to a first floor area near the dining room. The change uses existing space with minimal alterations, preserving the original altar and pews. The new glass enclosed chapel seats 56 and may expand for larger services as needed.
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St. Francis Hospital
Wu Years Ag
FBI Asked to Aid City on Bomb Threats
Mayor Francis J. Rogan and Fire Chief Reynold DiLullo announced that federal agents were asked to assist in locating the person or persons making bomb threats. In ten days seven threats disrupted production at Rackwell International's Spring Division and disrupted a local funeral home. The prank is costing the city money and disrupting local schools.
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Francis J
Vitril calls for tighter welfare program eligibility
County Commissioner Frank A. Vitril urged tightening eligibility for social welfare programs, saying no new programs should be created. He blamed federal withdrawal of support and said the county bears the major cost, threatening the strength of recipients and urging self-reliance. He opposed any new Mental Health and Mental Retardation initiatives.
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Frank A. Vitril
Vitril
Wallace Says South Holds Power In National Politics
Alabama Governor George Wallace addressed Girls State delegates claiming the South remains pivotal in national politics. He argued Alabama is in the mainstream of American thought and that the state has been and continues to be the balance of power in the country.
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United Press International
Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Girls' State
South
Alabama House
Wallace
Launch of CAPE KENNEDY satellite delayed
The launch of a 442 pound uncrewed satellite toward the moon has been postponed at least 24 hours to Sunday morning due to spacecraft troubles found during tests Friday. The satellite will study low frequency radio signals from deep space.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
NASA
Kissinger Tho Near Signing Viet Ceasefire Communique
In Paris Kissinger and Le Duc Tho near a joint communique to implement the Jan peace pact. South Vietnamese and Viet Cong reps expected to sign. Saigon protests over violations mount as talks continue in Gil Sur Yvette and Paris at the Majestic Hotel.
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UPI
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Saigon
Kissinger
Paris
Gil Sur Yvette
Majestic
Kleber Avenue
Tho
United States
OEO to Fund $15 Million for City Recreation Projects
The Office of Economic Opportunity will distribute 15 million dollars to 197 cities including four in Pennsylvania for summer youth recreation programs. Funds go to local governments, with Erie, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and Scranton among the named cities receiving amounts listed.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Economic Opportunity
Pensylvania
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Erie
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Scranton
Pension hike bill headed for Pennsylvania House floor
A bill to raise pensions for about 20 000 retired state workers faces a Monday floor vote in Harrisburg. The measure would cost 8.39 million dollars over four years, borne by the State Employer Retirement Fund, and offers flat increases from five percent to 30 percent based on retirement dates. Rep. George W. Gekas sponsors the proposal, released by the House State Government Committee chaired by Rep. Guy A. Kistler, which has studied the bill since February 26.
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Harrisburg
UPI
House of Representatives
George W. Gekas
Dauphin
House
Guy A. Kistler
Cumberland
Pass Trial Opens in Pass Case Over Yablonski Slayings
In Erie, former United Mine Workers official Albert Pass, 52, stands accused on three counts of murder in the 1969 killings of Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter. The trial nears opening as one alternate juror remains to be seated, with Pass charged for funneling $20,000 to fund the assassins. He is the seventh and last defendant. three convicted, three others have confessed and await sentencing.
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Erie
UPI
United Mine Workers
Albert Pass
Joseph
Jock" Yablonski
Richard Sprague
Pass
UMW
District 19
Kentucky-Tennessee
Yablonski
Recall of ECG Monitoring Systems From 50 Hospitals
The FDA announced a voluntary recall by Abbott Laboratories of electrocardiogram monitoring systems due to a defect that could mix a patient's heartbeat with another. Initiated May 11, the recall covers about 50 hospitals, with ongoing checks for other defective units and related systems.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Abbott Laboratories Inc
Chicago
Boy Died After Collie Attack in Butler County
Peter T. Williams age 2 of Evans City was playing with his family dog when a collie bit him on the neck. The injury severed an artery and he died en route to Butler County Memorial Hospital.
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Butler, Pa
UPI
Peter T. Williams
Evans City
Peter
Butler County Memorial Hospital
Court finds Penn Hills Police biased in hiring race
A federal appeals court ruled the Penn Hills Police Department in western Pennsylvania discriminated against Black applicants. The Third Circuit upheld a lower court finding that past racial discrimination existed and that the department’s hiring test was discriminatory. The suit was filed by the state Justice Department, the Penn Hills NAACP, and four Black residents who sought police positions.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Penn Hills
Court of Appeals For
Third Circuit
Western Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
Police Department
State Justice Department
Ovens with 38 leaks prompt fire and asphyxiation risk
The Consumer Product Safety Commission warned that nearly 2000 built in ovens of the Tap pan brand and others made for Montgomery Ward carry up to 38 gas leaks. Richard C. Simpson said 8172 units were built for mobile homes where fire or death risk from leaks is higher. Ovens were produced for Tappan between January 23 and May 1 this year by F H Lawson Co of Springfield Tenn.
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Washington
UPI
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Montgomery Ward
Richard C. Simpson
F. H. Lawson Co
Springfield
Tenn
Tractor accident kills boy in Venango County
An 11 year old Venango County boy was killed and his 17 year old brother injured when a farm tractor overturned near Sandy Lake. The tractor driven by the older boy struck a deep chuck hole, fell down a six foot embankment and overturned. The younger boy died on arrival at Greenville Hospital and the older boy was in satisfactory condition.
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Grove City
UPI
Venango County
Sandy Lake
Chris A. Greenlee
Park RD
Greenville Hospital
Floyd
Senate Farm Bill Wins Backing But Faces House Resistance
The Senate approved a five year farm support bill by 78 to 9 built around a target price plan that lowers subsidies when prices rise and restarts payments when they fall. It also caps per farmer payments at 20 000 annually for cotton wheat and feed grains, drawing House criticism from leaders who fear action may be shelved.
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Washington
WPT
Senate
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Talmadge
Sisk
Calif
W. R. Poage
Dtex
House Agriculture Committee
Cotton
Gunman hijacks bus and shoots self in pursuit
A 22 year old man hijacked a Greyhound bus from Lake Tahoe to Sacramento, robbed passengers, and after deputies cornered him near Fresh Pond he shot himself in the stomach. Passenger Kristen Cooper fled the car, and Keith Barngeraber was taken to Sacramento Medical Center in satisfactory condition.
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Calif
UPI
Keith Leroy Barngeraber
Sacramento Medical Center
el Dorado County Sheriff's Office
Greyhound
Lake Yahoo
Fresh Pond
Placerville
Sierra Nevada Mountains
George Birch
Jim Miller
Birch
Kristen Cooper
Sacramento State University
Amador County
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