Senate backs build-down over nuclear freeze battle
The Senate voted 58 to 40 to kill a Kennedy Hatfield plan for an immediate mutual and verifiable nuclear weapons freeze with the Soviet Union, signaling support for the build-down concept backed by Reagan. Cohen withdrew his build-down bill as debt limits passed. Nunn supported it though opposed the freeze.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Soviet Union
Reagan
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
John Heinz
R-Pa
Arlen Specter
William Cohen
Maine
Hatfield
Cohen
Sen
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Kennedy
House
Kennedy-Hatfield
United States
Jake Garn
Rutah
Garn
PUC probes rate relief for Pennsylvania Power & Light
Harrisburg. The Public Utility Commission launched its first investigation into possible ways to help low income residential customers pay electric bills. The agency ordered hearings with an administrative law judge and a May 1 deadline for recommendations, aiming to ease financial burdens on pensioners and fixed incomes.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Public Utility Commission
PUC
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co
Commission
PP&L rate relief probe expands to low income impact
The PUC opened a detailed look into low income rate relief for PP&L customers after public hearings showed concern about inability to pay. The commission noted prior Philadelphia Electric Co. efforts failed due to flawed assumptions and signaled possible legislative action. Chicago Bears owner George Halas died at 88, in Chicago, after years in and out of hospitals.
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Pp&l
PUC
Linda Taliaferro
Philadelphia Electric Co
Regulatory Commission
Ms. Taliaferro
Pp&L’s
Taliaferro
Consumer Advocate
Commission
Chicago Bears
George Halas
Chicago
Halas
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Rich McCaskey
Bleak future warned after full scale nuclear war
UPI reports a group of scientists led by Paul Ehrlich and Carl Sagan warn that a 5000 megaton exchange would cause global darkness and cold, devastating agriculture and potentially wiping out humanity. They cite 750 million deaths from blasts and widespread ecological collapse.
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Jan Ziegler
UPI
Washington
Paul Ehrlich
Stanford University
Ehrlich
Carl Sagan
Cornell University
Tropics
Congress
Sagan
Cornell
Value of ethics unit explored by Wachter Bonn News Staff
The state Ethics Commission's effectiveness and reach over Pennsylvania municipalities are questioned by taxpayers and officials. Commonwealth Court upheld an ethics order requiring two Allegheny Township supervisors to repay life annuities bought with township funds, despite claims of legal guidance from associations.
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Debbie Wachter
Bonnie News
State Ethics Commission
Pennsylvania
Edward M. Seladones
Commonwealth Court
Ethics Commission
Allegheny
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Officials
Ethics commission case on gasoline use in Union Township
Analysis shows the commission and court limited penalties to returning funds plus interest. A supervisor in Union Township allegedly approved five gallons of gasoline for a family member, but the order found no Ethics Law violation. The action raised appearance of a conflict of interest and the panel urged public resolution in future. Seladones called the order normal and noted the amount was too small for district attorney action. The commission left open whether the gasoline use was illegal. Please see ETHICS, page 3
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Westmoreland County
Elroy J. Hoak
Edward G. McCutcheon Jr
Ethics Commission
Hoak
McCutcheon
Selad
Seladones
D.A
Lottery scramble to distribute $30 million in home loans
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency will use a computer lottery to order applicants for its final 1983 bond issue of $30 million. Only 32 lenders statewide are allotted funds, with Dollar Savings Association and First Federal S&L among active local institutions. Certificates issued Nov 14–17 will feed a random scramble to determine interview and application order, subject to income and sales agreement requirements.
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Dale Shidemantle
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
PHFA
Congress
Dollar Savings Association
William Fogarty
Dollar Savings
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Lawrence
Mercer
June Weir
Lawrence County
Fogarty
PHA
New Castle
New Wilmington
Sharon
Mercer County
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co
Weir
U S shifts Grenada mission to political aims and interim government
President Reagan's spokesman says U S efforts in Grenada have moved from military action to political objectives. An interim government and a commonwealth peacekeeping force are to be established, enabling U S troops to depart as soon as possible. Scoon is regarded as the legitimate authority, and 5900 troops remain on the island. Reagan to brief Republican leaders on winding down the conflict and Lebanon security.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan
U.S
Grenada
Paul Sco
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
United States
Scoon
Queen Elizabeth II
Lebanon
Weather Extends Showers Then Sunny Weekend Outlook
Extended forecast runs Thursday through Saturday with a chance of showers on Thursday and partly cloudy conditions on Friday and Saturday. Overnight lows in the 40s, daytime highs in the 60s.
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Pennsylvania
Upi
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