Crime panel calls for stronger Pennsylvania Crime Commission
A Harrisburg subcommittee concludes the Pennsylvania Crime Commission has failed to reduce organized crime and corruption since 1968. It endorses restructuring into an independent fact finding agency and supports stronger tools including wiretap authority with court approval and grand jury empanelment.
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New Jersey
State court stay halts move of 15 YDC youths to Oakdale
Commonwealth Court granted a stay on Judge Roy Wilkinson Jr. century ruling that 15 youths from the Youth Development Center be moved from the South Fayette Township detention center to New Castle. The stay follows the Department of Public Welfare appeal to the state Supreme Court, delaying the planned return next week.
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Oakdale
New Castle
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South Fayette Township
Allegheny County
Manpower urges cut in pay rate to $2.30
The county Manpower Advisory Council urged reducing the summer jobs pay to $2.30 per hour after a federal objection to the prior $2.60 rate. The panel noted limited past enrollments, with 278 of 350 slots filled last year, and proposed allocation rules prioritizing need and family status to maximize placements.
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U. S. Department of Labor
Commissioner Board
Paulette Smulick
Joseph Corbin
Election board wraps DeNome residency dispute
County commissioners closed the DeNome residency case after attorney George P. Micacchione said Louis A. DeNome has lived at 427 Lawnview Ave in Neshannock Township since January 1976 and began buying the property under an agreement. The board noted state law requires the candidate to reside in the district.
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Neshannock Township
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George P. Micacchione
Louis A. DeNome
Lawnview Ave
Micacchione
DeNome
John A. Meehan Jr
Frank G. Verterano
Dutch consider deal to free Moluccan captives near Assen
Dutch officials report four South Moluccan prisoners moved to Assen for consultations as 13 gunmen holding 105 schoolchildren and 55 to 60 train hostages near Bovensmilde and Groningen approach a deadline. Intensive talks aim to secure release of jailed comrades.
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Weather digest shows showers pacific northwest a limited risk
Weather forecast notes showers and thunderstorms in the Pacific Northwest tonight with clear conditions nationwide. Regional temperatures range from the upper 40s to mid 80s, with details for cities including Atlanta Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver and more.
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Union Two clash over road crew tensions after election
Post election friction in Union Township erupted at a public meeting as road workers and supporters accused supervisor James J. Fee of retaliating for losing the Democratic primary. Fees defense cited nonfaulty brakes and accounted for $1,400 found in township records while a driver injured in July sued and a critic’s claim of union ties surfaced.
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James J. Fee
Fee
Charles Cumberledge
Frances Buckley
Sam Copple
Copple
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