Battle over school code pits PSBA against lawmakers in Harrisburg
House Education Committee moves to curb PSBA influence by limiting dues and opening records to Auditor General scrutiny as lawmakers threaten state aid adjustments. Bucks County leaders urge support for a five percent cap on aid losses, while the code faces postponement after political theater and tough rhetoric.
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Harrisburg
Bucks County
Gallagher
Shane
Rep
William Lincoln
D-Fayette
PSBA
State Auditor General
School Boards Association
Albert Unger
Philadelphia
Consid
Donald F. Markel
Neshaminy
Markel
Burns
Bailey seeks hearing on admissibility of SLA evidence in Hearst trial
Defense attorney F Lee Bailey asks U S District Judge Oliver Carter for a special hearing on admitting material seized at the Symbionese Liberation Army hideout including a Tania interview and weapons. The evidence was ruled inadmissible in California in Harris v SLA due to FBI surveillance without a warrant. Bailey argues he was unaware of the 30 hour federal surveillance when signing a stipulation allowing use in Miss Hearst's bank robbery trial. He cross examines San Francisco witness Sigurd Berzins who testified Hearst joined the robbery voluntarily and claimed the gun was not loaded.
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San Francisco
UPI
F. Lee Bailey
Patricia Hearst
Bailey
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Symbionese Liberation Army
Tania
Carter
SLA
William
Emily Harris
Los Angeles
FBI
Harris
Leonard Weinglass
Miss Hearst
James L. Browning Jr
Sigurd Berzins
Hibernia
Berzins
City delays TOPICS traffic plan appeals five months
City officials were told they must wait at least five months before appealing to the state on TOPICS traffic projects as PennDOT evaluates the program after completing pending work such as the W. Washington Street Bridge. City leaders can submit data for desired changes and seek exceptions for Croton at Eastbrook.
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State Department of Transportation
Penndot
W. Washington Street
Jack Baker
Jim Pankratz
Eugene DeCaprio
Croton Avenue
Eastbrook Street
DeCaprio
Pankratz
City considers traffic consultant over TOPICS concerns
City officials urged pedestrian and motorist education on light signals. They called for a formal letter to the district engineer about the Grant Sampson and State street intersection, labeled hazardous, noting it was not TOPICS designed. Plans include relocating the Grant Jefferson left turn arrow, widening Falls, converting Falls Street to two way, and hiring a traffic consultant.
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Grant, Sampson
State Streets
Baker
Grant and
Jefferson Streets
Falls and
Falls Street
Jefferson and
Mercer Streets
Baker and Pankratz
David Wooster
DeCaprio
Jackson Ford win in Massachusetts primary race
Sen. Henry Jackson topped nine rivals in the Massachusetts Democratic primary as President Ford defeated Ronald Reagan in both Massachusetts and Vermont. Carter won Vermont's nondelegation contest, while Udall and Wallace traded strong showings as Jackson claimed a key victory boosting his bid for the 1976 nomination. Jackson pledged a tough Florida contest and urged unity.
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United Press International
Henry Jackson
Massachusetts
Washington State
Morris Udall
Arizona
George
Ronald Reagan
Vermont
California
Bay State
Jackson
Florida
Carter
Udall
Wallace
America
Lenten Series Begins Today in The News
The Lenten Guideposts moving stories begin today in The News and will run through April 17. Each installment highlights how religion shapes the lives of authors from famous figures to everyday people.
Weather and obituaries brief with regional notes
Wednesday night snow activity expected in the mid-Rockies and Plains with clear to partly cloudy skies elsewhere. Temperatures range from 3 to 72 degrees across cities including Duluth, Dallas, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Denver, with regional showers possible in Western Pennsylvania and a Shenango River stage of 9.25 feet.
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Nation
Rockies
Plains
Lakes
Maine
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Duluth
Houston
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Shenango River
Local doctors warn shortage may worsen in Lawrence County
Local physicians say Lawrence County faces a growing shortage of primary care doctors. With 72 physicians total and only about 25 in primary care, many over 65, retirements and semi retirement burden remaining practitioners. The shortage risks longer waits and overworked staff, with no steady stream of replacements to take the place of retiring doctors.
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Bob Karlovits
Lawrence County
Hoyt Foundation
Lawrence County Medical Society
Frank Altomare
County Medical Society
Altomare
Feared drowned Wampum man missing after river boating accident
Lester Andrews of Wampum, 38, is missing and presumed drowned after a boating accident on the Allegheny River near Brandon Acres in Rockland Township Venango County. His brother Clarence, 48, of Koppel, was rescued and treated in Oil City Hospital where he is in stable condition. Police and volunteer firemen, aided by a state police helicopter, continued searching the river today.
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Franklin
Lester Andrews
Wampum
Allegheny River
Rockland Township
Venango County
Here
Andrews
Clarence
Koppel
Oil City Hospital
Brandon Acres
Lester
Cranberry
Rockland
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Cumberland
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Perry
York
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Abc-Tv
Bill Lignante
Jackson, Ford
Rich
Smulick
March of Dimes
News Index
W. Raleigh
Joseph S. Wilkison
Lelia Mae Clark
Atlantic Ave
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Ellwood City
Ween
Theodore A. Gravel Jr
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