Absentee list tops Pennsylvania House attendance
Democratic legislator Andrew McGraw heads the 10 worst attendance in the House with 33 absent days out of 50 while Rep Leonard Sweeney and others trail. The report, based on master roll calls through June, notes many members missed few days, and highlights Speaker Fineman’s plan to swap weeks for committee and full-house sessions to curb absenteeism.
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Thomas Ferrick JR
Harrisburg
UPI
Andrew Meck-Allegheny
Harrisbe
McGraw
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Official
House Journal
Andrew McGraw
Allegheny
Leonard Sweeney
Thomas P. Walsh
Dlackwanna
David $. Hayes
Erie
Charles Hammock
Philadelphia
Eugene Salaam
Westmoreland
United Press International
Leas
Thomas J. Fee
New Castle
Ralph D. Pratt
New Wilmington
Weir
Herbert Fineman
Fineman
Cily
Cun Bown
Salou
Hayes
Saloom
Stahl
Sweeney
Federal Grand Jury
North Vietnam ready to press influence in Indochina
UPI reports high level U.S. officials say North Vietnam may move to lead in Indochina by backing a separate Saigon government while fighting Cambodian and Laotian Communists. Intelligence notes Hanoi runs Cambodia while urging local authorities to maintain appearances amid border clashes near Parrot's Beak and planned South Vietnamese governance. Chinese advisers aid Cambodian forces as Hanoi contemplates staged reunification by a nominal Saigon government.
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Washington
UPI
North Vietnam
Indochina
U.S
Ans
Pathet Lao
Southeast Asia
Hiei
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
Hanui
Cambedia
Fire School trains volunteers at 24th Lawrence County event
About 100 volunteers from inside and outside the county attended demonstrations and lectures at the 24th annual Lawrence County Fire School. Lee W. Campbell noted rising volunteer interest and the value of education beyond basic smoke and heat exposure. Instructors from multiple departments led sessions on tactics, masks, ladders, pumper operations, and fire police work, with $596.71 budgeted for instructors.
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Lawrance County Fire School
Gary Rhodes
Fredonia
Lawrence County
Lee W. Campbell
Dan Aston
Monroeville
Louis Tovanella
New Caalle
Paul McSherry
Sharon Fire Department
George Sacco
Allegheny County Fire Chiefs Association
Kerekou Aide Says Wife's Car Seen at Minister's Home
President Mathieu Kerekou urged his guard to the interior minister Capt Michel Aikpe’s residence after reports of his wife there. The communique says the door was forced and the minister shot dead for adultery. In Lebanon, about 9,000 Palestinian guerrillas are present with missiles and aircraft. Palestinian pilots trained in Libya, Syria, Iraq, North Korea are flying with Arab air forces.
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Gleeson
Hat Bull
Fineman
Harrisburg
Morrisburg
Cotqngu
Dahomey
UPI
Mathieu Kerekou
Michel Aikpe
Kerekou
Aikpe
Radi Datrouley
United Press International
Lebanon
Syria
Tel Aviv
Ebanon
Libya
Iraq
North Korea
China
Congress Faces Hefty Schedule Before Recess
Washington expects a busy final push before July 1 as Congress tries to clear appropriations and pass a continuing resolution to fund the new fiscal year. The House plans to work through Thursday before a July 4 recess while the Senate remains split on a disputed New Hampshire race and a debt limit measure moves forward.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Lke
White House
House
Senate
New Hampshire
Mike Mansfield
Louis Wyman
John Durkin
State
Justice
Commerce
Ford
Generals Washington Lee and Schuyler Set Out from Philadelphia
Generals Washington, Lee, and Schuyler depart Philadelphia to lead forces toward Boston as local townspeople cheer their departure amid the American campaign northward.
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Washington, Lee
Schuyler
Philadelphia
Boston
Giancana slaying probed. CIA rumored in murder links
Chicago police say CIA involvement in the slaying of gangster Sam Momo Giancana has not been ruled out. Investigators note some believe the underworld killed Giancana to prevent cooperation with a federal grand jury probing crime syndicate activity worldwide.
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Chicago
UPI
Central Intelligence Agency
Sam “Momo
Giancana
Underworld
Federal
Cook County
Kidnapped children found in Belgian telephone booth
A taxi driver in Middelkerke near Ostend found 6-year-old Hubert and 4-year-old Ingrid Bonnet bound in a telephone booth. They were unharmed and no ransom was paid. The children described the kidnapers as speaking heavily accented French and wearing hooded disguises.
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Ostend
Belgium
UPI
Nlo
Hubert
Ingrid Bonnet
Middelkerke
Hubert Bonnet
Belfast flareup leaves five dead in sectarian violence
Prolonged clashes between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland kill five by gunfire including three teen youths. A sixth death in Ireland is linked to an IRA faction feud. Police say tit-for-tat killings drive the violence across communities. Paris file notes Gen Paul Stehlin’s fatal bus crash after surgery. he died in Cochin Hospital.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
Ulster
Paris
UPI
Washington
U.S
Paul M. Stehlin
Stehlin
Cochin Hospital
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