Senate action on budget and high priority nominations
Allegheny lawmakers push budget funding via taxes before House action while the Senate weighs two Thornburgh priorities. John Flaherty Jr. may win a two thirds vote for interim Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat as Robert Bloom seeks another PUC term. A Medicaid Fraud hearing and a housing for teachers bill move forward.
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Loner slated for arraignment in 2 killings at Dorchester
Richard Bassett a 68 year old loner from Brookview Maryland was to be arraigned in Dorchester District Court on charges he murdered state trooper William P Mills Jr and neighbor Myron Thomas Jr authorities said Mills 32 and Thomas 32 were shot Friday after Mills visited Bassett to settle an argument Bassett described as harmless but eccentric lived near the two victims and had been a former mental patient friends say they cannot explain the killings
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Lawrence County Arson and Crime Stats Highlight Gaps
State police report 47 arsons in Lawrence County with New Castle 61 and Ellwood City unclear. The county had the region's lowest clearance rate and second highest violent crimes at 225 in 1978, while Erie led with 738. Rape cases were all solved at 13 of 13, aggravated assault 96 of 117. burglary solvency was 168 of 1,088.
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Vacant City Home Targeted by Arsonist
Firemen were called to 710 Croton Avenue early today and Saturday to extinguish fires set in a vacant home. Officials labeled the blazes arson, with fires started in the basement and dining room and fueled by newspapers. The building was hit three times, with calls at 11:04 am Saturday and again at 3:25 am and 4:10 am today.
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Croton Avenue
Schweiker bill aims at cost control through tax free rebates
The proposal would let employers offer multiple health plans with tax free rebates for cost differences, encourage shopping for cheaper options, and require some plans and cost sharing. Larger firms must provide at least three plans. all must offer one with employees paying 25 percent hospital costs until 20 percent of family income. Catastrophic coverage for larger employers and broader elderly Medicare reform included. Articles of Confederation adopted November 15, 1777.
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Iraqi price rise may set Gulf crude surcharge trend
MEES notes Iraq views African crude price jumps as scarcity driven, not quality, arguing premiums apply widely. Some seek surcharge equalization with Iran, currently $1.26 higher than Iraq, while poorer nations may be exempt or compensated. Reports hint at government deals with Spain Portugal Greece Brazil, but unconfirmed. The move could tempt other Persian Gulf states to follow Baghdad.
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NAACP Executives Meet Tomorrow at Harbor Heights Center
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold their executive meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p.m. at the Harbor Heights Projects Community Center on Booker Drive. No other meetings this month due to the convention in Louisville Ky June 25 29.
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