Thornburgh opposes restart of Three Mile Island Unit One
Pennsylvania Governor Thornburgh says he strongly opposes any restart of parts of the Three Mile Island complex and will seek to suspend Metropolitan Edison’s Unit One license. He demands conditions including completion of the President’s Commission findings, design flaw fixes, and assurances of public psychological safety before restarting any damaged unit.
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Harrisburg, Pa
UPI
Dick Thornburgh
Three Mile Island
Thornburgh
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Joseph Hendrie
Three Miles Land
General Public Utilities Corp
GPU
Pennsylvania Justice Department
NRC
Metropolitan Edison Co
Hendrie
Unit No. 1
Girl undergoes rare skull operation in Tampa
Six year old Laurie Montgomery, once weighing a 35 pound head from hydrocephalus, underwent a 14 hour operation to rebuild her skull at Tampa General Hospital. Surgeons Dr Jack Maniscalco and Dr Mutaz Habal led the team planning a possible second operation next year. The girl remains in critical condition but shows progress and potential for normal development.
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Tampa, Fla
Laurie
Flatlands
New Brunswick
Jack Maniscalco
Mutaz Habal
Maniscalco
Thomas and
Arlene Montgomery
Habal
Shands Teaching Hospital
Gainesville
Fla
Court backs Carter on wage price controls in contracts
An appeals court 6-3 upheld the president’s power to bar federal contracts for firms not following the anti inflation guidelines. The ruling, likely to be appealed by AFL CIO, reinforces the White House stance that procurement rules can curb inflation. The decision reversed a lower court finding, with key figures Alfred Kahn and Chief Judge J Skelly Wright approving the authority granted by the 1949 procurement framework.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House
Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Afl-Cio
U.S
Barrington Parker
Congress
Alfred Kahn
J. Skelly Wright
Wright
Parker
The
Council On Wage and
Amerada Hess Corp
Ideal Basic Industries
Denver
Colo
Ray suffers setback in trial bid
MEMPHIS Tenn UPI James Earl Ray lost another bid for a new trial over King assassination with Criminal Court Judge William Williams dismissing four grounds already ruled on by courts and rejecting a fifth about jurors specifying degree of homicide He was sentenced to 99 years for the murder and has pressed for a new trial after claims of coercion and incompetent defense through four prior hearings
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Williams
Memphis
King
PARTA Tax Rebates Disbursed to Harrisburg-Area Jurisdictions
Harrisburg reports public utility realty tax act payments totaling 24,112.43 dollars to Lawrence County and other local authorities. Secretary Howard A. Cohen notes the 1978 PARTA rebates bring the year’s distribution to about 36 million dollars across 3,137 sub divisions and districts, with total eight-year distributions nearing 198 million.
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Harrisburg
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Secretary of Revenue
Howard A. Cohen
Slippery Rock Officials Invited To Sun Carnival
Slippery Rock State College officials and their spouses will attend the Sun Carnival in El Paso in a bid for laughs and pun play. Carnival president Harry Stone and director Sonny Yates explain the joke ties to Slippery Rock and the Sun Carnival. Meanwhile the American Cancer Society book sale ends with 10 cent books and Senior Citizens Week, with hours and location noted. In Harrisburg, an Amish 9 month old from Chester County is the state's eighth polio case, linked to the outbreak and receiving care.
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EL Paso
Slippery Rock
Carnival
Harry Stone
Sun Carnival
Three Mile Island
Sonny Yates
American Cancer Society
Barbara Robinson
the Cancer Society
Betty Gay
East Washington Street
Harrisburg
Health Department
U.S. Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Commonwealth
Edgar Calls Carter Energy Summit Over Gas Shortage
Rep Robert W Edgar of Pennsylvania urged President Carter to convene an energy summit to address the gasoline crisis. He told a Friday night forum at Upland Baptist Church that he sent Carter a letter stressing a desperate need for presidential concern and noting public belief that energy issues are being neglected.
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Upland
UPI
Robert W. Edgar
D-Pa
Carter
Edgar
Upland Baptist Church
Pennsylvania
Connecticut Gas Retailers Target $3 Billion Oil Suit
Wayne Konitshek of the Connecticut Gasoline Retailers Association says the group may sue the 20 top oil firms for holding back gasoline supplies. The planned action seeks $3 billion in damages, possibly under anti-trust law, with a Bridgeport court filing expected by month end.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut Gasoline Retailers Association
Wayne Konitshek
Kivlin conviction upheld in 1975 murder case
The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld Edward Ace Kivlin's 1976 murder conviction for killing 6 year old Ann Mauro Kivlin during a 1975 gun battle in Darby. Kivlin argued double jeopardy and venue issues but the court rejected his claims and affirmed the verdict. The case involved Warlocks members seeking revenge for a prior beating. The scene occurred with the child in her father's arms on their lawn. Kivlin's appeal also addressed whether publicity affected a fair trial.
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UPI
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Warlocks
Edward “Ace” Kivlin
Ann Mauro
Kivlin
Joseph
Mauro
Darby
Delaware County
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New Castle News
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Mark Lane
Charles Galbreath
Tom McDonough
Tony Joseph
North City Plaza
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Cohen
Public Utility Realty
SRSC
Lawrence County Retirement Board
Merrill Lynch
Bala Cynwyd
Small Business Administration
Diane DeSepio
SBA
Doutrichs & Co
Harrisburg Area
Middletown
Lancaster
York
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