MATCO seeks expansion via tri county manufacturers group
MATCO renamed the Manufacturers Association of the Tri-Counties and will push for Lawrence Butler and Beaver counties to join. Executive director Chuck Kennedy says the lobbying group will press Harrisburg for favorable state legislation, focusing on unemployment funds, environment, and industry friendly laws. He notes the region lags in business climate and aims to boost growth by influencing coal and steel regulation and attracting new industry. Kennedy plans to visit Lawrence and Butler counties to double Beaver membership and spends much time in Harrisburg.
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MATCO
Bob Morris
Chuck Kennedy
Lawrence
Beaver
Butler Counties
New Castle News
Manufacturers Association of
Beaver County
Manufacturers Association of the
Pennsylvania
Butler
Kennedy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
Johnson Bronze
New Castle
U.S
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisburg
Revenue sharing meetings set in 25th District
U.S. Rep. Eugene V. Atkinson will host two Monday meetings for local officials in Beaver Falls and Prospect Township to discuss a new revenue sharing formula. He notes the current program ends Sept. 30 and aims to shape legislation with input from officials and Treasury and White House representatives.
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U.S
Eugene V. Atkinson
D-Aliquippa
25Th
Beaver Falls Holiday Inn
Prospect Township
U.S. 422
Atkinson
Carter
House
Michael Springer
U.S. Treasury Department
White House
Neshannock sewer complaints persist at township meeting
Will complaints about tapping into the Katherine Street sewer line and bedrock conditions dominate a Neshannock Township supervisors meeting. Residents pressed for engineering review, questioned Thomas Baker Engineering influence, and urged action on road restoration and dust issues while some face Aug. 1 tap deadlines.
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Neshannock Township
Katherine Street
Harvey Kulkin
Kulkin
Beaver Street
Grim Senators Press Budget Ceiling Clash in Senate
Washington. A somber Senate faces a test of budget ceilings to curb inflation as Democrats urge restraint and Republicans defend revenue sharing. amid an $15.9 billion supplemental bill, a ruled out of order single-section amendment process sparks an impasse and a tense debate led by Sen Lowell Weicker who seeks a one-time waiver.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Congress
Sen
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
Weicker
Woman acquitted in DWI case over marijuana legality
In Baton Rouge, Andrea Edelson, 24, was acquitted after her defense argued marijuana is not a hallucinogenic drug but a vegetable origin or synthetic substance. The judge ruled the state’s DWI law did not apply, noting her car weaved but she had not consumed alcohol. The trooper testified she admitted to smoking two joints.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana
Alton Moran
Andrea Edelson
Venting of TMI radioactive gas halted temporarily by alarm
Engineers began venting krypton gas at Three Mile Island near Middletown but the operation stopped after four minutes when an alarm indicated excessive release. Met Ed labeled the issue a routine bug with no danger and planned to resume venting at adjustable rates depending on wind. The staged venting, approved to support cleanup after the 1979 accident, faces weather and legal considerations.
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Scott Macleod
Middletown, Pa
UPI
Quick
Three Mile Island
Polon
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
Edison
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Ford LTD fire probe slows New Orleans police fleet
Monroe police and Ford engineers investigate a 1980 LTD patrol car blaze similar to other fleet fires. Monroe Chief Buffington delays fleet use while Ford reviews muffler area fire details. NOPD has parked 103 new LTDs until cause is found. Officer escaped unharmed as flames emerged near the hood.
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United Press International
Monroe
UPI
Ford Motor Co
LTD
Ford
New Orleans
Willie Buffington
James Parsons
Buffington
PAT to convert B&O terminal into downtown transit center
Port Authority of Allegheny County plans to buy the B&O Railroad terminal and a 19 acre tract bounded by Grant Street First and Second avenues and the 10th Street Bridge for a unified downtown transit hub. Grayhound Continental Trailways and PAT officials indicated interest while the site would host Greyhound Con tinental Trailways PAT buses South Hills light rail and Mon Valley commuter railway routes.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Port Authority of
Allegheny County
B&o
Tansit
PAT Board
Grant Street
First
Second Avenues
10Th Street
Greyhound
Continental Trailways
PAT
South Hills
Mon Valley
Morticians oppose bill to replace coroner with medical examiner
Allegheny County Funeral Directors' Association urged against a General Assembly bill to abolish the coroner’s office in Allegheny County and create a medical examiner system. It cited higher costs and reduced service and called for funding to hire forensic pathologists instead. The Senate Local Government Committee has reported the bill for consideration.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allegheny County Funeral Directors’ Association
General Assembly
Allegheny County
Senate
Bethel Park Man Struck and Killed in Pittsburgh Intersection
Ralph R. Campbell aged 60 of Bethel Park was struck and killed by a car near his home in Pittsburgh. Witnesses said he sat in the road when struck. Investigating officers reported the vehicle was within the speed limit and no charges were filed.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Ralph R. Campbell
Bethel Park
Campbell
Prisoner Potts to enter death watch today
Condemned killer Jack Potts enters death watch at Jackson prison awaiting a possible 5th Circuit stay on his Tuesday execution. Potts had previously declined appeals, and courts in Macon and Atlanta denied stays, with his lawyers counting on the 5th Circuit to intervene before the high court.
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Potts
Death Watch
Atlanta
UPI
Jack Potts
Jackson
U.S. Circuit of Appeals
New Orleans
Richard Windhorst
Windhorst
Supreme Court
Wilbur Owens
Macon
William C. O’kelley
5Th Circuit
O’kelley
Ralph Goldberg
Owens
Diagnostic and Classification Center
Michael Priest
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Charles Schneider
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Roy Rubin
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Metropolitan Edison Co
O'Kelley
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