Non-public school aid bill advances in Senate showdown
The Pennsylvania Senate prepared for a final vote on a historic non public school aid bill aimed at about 1,200 Roman Catholic, Hebrew day, Protestant secondary and private schools. The plan would spend 4.3 million dollars in the coming fiscal year with funding from state harness racing revenues. The measure moves to the House for approval of a Shafer administration formula or to a joint committee.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Senate
House
Ray
Mond P. Shafer
Commonwealth
State Public Instruction
Wayne S. Ewing
R-Allegheny
Gun law debate follows Kennedy murder and public urge for action
The 1968 national reaction to Senator Kennedy’s assassination spurs calls for tighter gun controls. UPI surveys show broad public demand for action while Congress stalls on imports and mail orders. Cities and states pilot registrations and reporting while retailers alter practices.
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Johnson
Myla Frohman
Glencoe
John F. Kennedy
House
House Judiciary Committee
National Rifle Association
Congress
UPI
Washington, D.C
Massachusetts House
House impasse in Shafer budget fight over teacher pay
The House debates Gov. Shafer’s $36 million supplemental budget tied to a teachers’ pay raise. Republicans warn failure to pass could trigger a veto while Democrats oppose voting on the nine bills. If the budget stalls, a Friday vote deadline looms as leadership presses for funds to back the salary bill.
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Harrisburg
House
Rep
Lee A. Donaldson Jr
Allegheny
Shafer
Donaldson
Multi-employer program boosts minority opportunities in state
Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz announced a first of its kind program between District 50 of the United Mine Workers and the Pennsylvania Heavy and Highway Contractors Bargaining Association. The plan aims to recruit train and place 695 minority equipment operators in 1968 69 and 70 with targets of 115 280 and 300 minority workers respectively. The program replaces conventional contract driven minority action methods. Robert L Paraska has NSF fellowship to study at Maryland 1968 69 carrying 3600 and is a newly commissioned Army Reserve second lieutenant and distinguished military graduate.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Willard Wirtz
U.S. Department of Labor
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania Heavy and Highway Contractors Bargaining Association
Pennsylvania
Labor Department
Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Robert L. Paraska
Nicholas Paraska
New Bedford
National Science Foundation
University of Maryland
Paraska
Youngstown State University
Army Reserve
Violations in April primary prompt election reform talk
Delegates from Upper St. Clair and Pittsburgh reported 89 violations in the Pittsburgh area at a League of Women Voters conference held at the Garden Gate Restaurant. Remedies urged include clearly defined polling places, greater distance between workers and voters, and constables as court officers to correct irregularities. Local members listed and calls were made for poll worker training and voter education.
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Upper St. Clair
Pittsburgh
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania
Garden Gate
U.S. 422
League
James R. Dial
Robert E. Jamison
Austin E. Morgan
Virginia Winschenk
Len Kolasinski
CHARGE Board to Meet on Funds and Youth Programs
CHARGE Inc. board to gather at 8 p.m. tomorrow on 136 E. Long Ave. Meeting will review regular agenda and ratify programs from target areas I through 5 and Ellwood City and Wampum Area advisory councils for 28 000 state funds for special programs. A report on Neighborhood Youth Corps summer jobs will be presented. Slippery Rock State College names Dr. Albert A. Watrel president.
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Charge Inc
E. Long Ave
Ellwood City
Wampum
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Blaiberg Shows Slight Improvement After Heart Transplant
Dr Philip Blaiberg, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant patient, shows slight progress as Christiaan Barnard returns from London to treat a liver dysfunction. A morning bulletin says he is conscious with satisfactory blood circulation. Barnard notes the relapse is not life threatening.
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Capetown
South Africa
UPI
Philip Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Blaiberg
Kiddie disarmament proposed to curb youth violence
Norman Ashton Klinger a Philadelphia attorney and educator urged a national campaign to collect and scrap all toy weapons from children. Proceeds would fund welfare programs as he argued play violence normalizes aggression and could reduce future tragedies.
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Philadelphia
Norman Ashton Klinger
Klinger
J-Mart
Columbus
Ohio
Marty Rosen
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Philadelphia College of Textile and Sciences
Cairo
Egypt
USS
Pennsylvania ethics code nears Senate floor action
The House approved bill to create the Pennsylvania General Assembly first code of ethics remains nearly intact for Senate floor action. It sets conduct standards and bans compensation for advocacy on legislation and dealings with the Commonwealth where lawmakers have direct economic interest. Public disclosure of legislators income and lobbyist expenses are missing.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Senate Rules Committee
Commonwealth
Pay raises set for military and civilian workers
Old Washington reports President Johnson issued an executive order implementing roughly five percent pay raises for more than three million uniformed servicemen and two million civilian government employees, effective around July 1.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Marchers issue 9 demands for Ressurection City plan
Poor people campaign leaders announced five immediate demands to the federal government before residents of Ressurection City can claim victory. They urged expanded low cost food aid, greater poor participation in antipoverty policy, and repeal of welfare restrictions. The plan prioritizes food aid and direct distribution in 256 hunger counties with free stamps for very low income families and a food emergency declaration by the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Department
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Citizens Board of Inquiry
Blue Cross of Western Pa seeks dismissal of antitrust suit
Blue Cross of western Pennsylvania asks Federal Judge Her bert P. Sorg to dismiss a Travelers Insurance Co suit accusing it of monopolizing hospitalization insurance. The filing argues its state regulated operations fall under anti trust exemptions as acts of the Commonwealth and that its finances are constantly inspected by the state.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Blue Cross
Western Pennsylvania
Herbert P. Sorg
Travelers Insurance Co
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Sanitation Authority Opens Capacitor Bids At Plant
The city Sanitation Authority opened bids for capacitors to store energy at the sewage plant. Bidders Mid State Electric Inc Sharon 2450 Chamberlain Electric Co 2534 Bruce-Merrilees Electric Co 2388. bids to be studied before a contract is awarded. State police report a $2 theft at St James Church parish house New Bedford. break in through front door window and money from desk top.
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City Sanitation Authority
Mid State Electric Inc
Sharon
Chamberlain Electric Co
Bruce-Merrilees Electric Co
St. James Church
New Bedford
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United Presbyterian Church
Westminster College
New Castle News
Sen. Kennedy
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Kennedy
Wonderland Stores
Stanford Friedman
San Francisco
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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J. Bracken Lee
Louisiana
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William L. McGonagle
Coachella
Calif
U.S
Liberty
Paul R
Ignatius
Washington Navy Yard
Capt. McGonagle
Mediterranean
New York State
Slippery Rock State College
Butler County
Albert A. Watrel
State University
Cortland
N.Y
Slippery Rock
Raymond P. Shafer
Watrel
Robert S. Carter
Louis J. Pierro
Everett C. Thomas
St. Luke’s Hospital
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