Corrections commissioner fired over public dispute with Bartle
Corrections Commissioner William Robinson was fired by Acting Attorney General Harvey Bartle III after a blistering public attack on Bartle over prison care and training programs at Graterford. Bartle named Ronald J. Marks as Robinson’s successor at Huntingdon, with Robert Stotelmyer moving up at Huntingdon.
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Harrisburg
UPI
William Robinson
Harvey Bartle III
Robinson
Bartle
Graterford State Prison
Ronald J. Marks
Huntingdon State Prison
Marks
Huntingdon
Robert Stotelmyer
Camp Hill
Gang member held for murder in Virginia case
Thomas Evans 31 a Pagan gang member was held on a fugitive warrant for the murder of Jack Walker Jr in Fairfax Virginia. Cheryl Bridges 32 also of Herndon and a Pagan member was arrested with Evans as they left a Union 76 truck stop in West Hanover Township. Walker was shot June 7 at Evans home. his body found in Manassas.
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Harrisburg
Ms. Bridges
Jack Walker, Jr
Evans
Virginia
Manassas
Counselors prep draft advice as draft registration nears
The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors says over 250 counselors in 40 states ready to advise young men about draft registration. The Senate approved Carter's plan to register four million men. Jon Landau, CCCO staff attorney, says inquiries run in hundreds daily about conscientious objection risks and legal ramifications of non registration. Counselors nationwide will meet callers in person. CCCO has offered draft counseling since 1948.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Central Committee For Conscientious Objectors
Senate
Carter
Jon Landau
United States
Landau
CCCO
Broken teeth figure in Bradford murder case
Police testified that broken false teeth from a switchblade in a struggle led to the murder of Jeanie Engel in Bradford. Carmen Musolino, 25, allegedly confessed while being treated at Bradford Hospital for injuries from a suicide attempt, saying he went to her apartment to rape her.
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Bradford
UPI
McKean County
Carmen Musolino
Jeanie Engel
Bradford Hospital
Robert Zimmerman
Musolino
Ms. Engel
Lawyer to begin serving jail term in mail fraud case
Pittsburgh report states R Mark Hunter a 40 year old Fox Chapel attorney who fled on bail after a March conviction will start serving a five year sentence. He offered no testimony at the hearing and will be held in Allegheny County Jail awaiting extradition to Florida where he faces charges connected to paying or offering to kill Ruth Ziets the Hallandale heiress. The case involves over 1 million in a legal battle.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
R. Mark Hunter
Fox Chapel
Hunter
U.S
Maurice B. Cahill Jr
Allegheny County
Florida
Mickey Wylie
Ruth Ziets
Hallandale
Fla
Philadelphia unemployment up in eight-county area
Unemployment in the Philadelphia eight-county area rose from 6.3 percent in March to 6.7 percent in April, with 143000 unemployed—an increase of 8100. The Pennsylvania Office of Employment Security noted the area still fared better than state and national rates.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Pennsylvania
Office of Employment Security
James Hendricks
CBS
Montgomery
Delaware
Bucks and
Chester Counties
Camden, Burlington and Gloucester Counties
New Jersey
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