Marathon Week Ahead for Harrisburg Lawmakers
Harrisburg reports show legislators rushing into a marathon week to finalize some 60 major and minor bills before midnight Thursday. Debates loom on abortion limits, no fault auto insurance, and large pay raises while concern grows over absenteeism from deer season. Various bills face postponed action or stalemate as lawmakers push to reach final votes and conference committee agreements.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Shapp
Mullen
James Ritter
D-Lehigh
Ritter
Calley release review begins at Benning Ga
A three man clemency board at Ft Leavenworth Kans begins hearings to consider Lt William Calley Jr release. The 1971 My Lai killer served two years of a 20 year sentence and the panel will assess behavior health and rehabilitation plans before reporting to Ft Benning and the Army secretary. Separate action continues in the Army Court of Military Review with a Dec 4 hearing in Falls Church Va as Calley pursues automatic appeal. Nixon linked to the case remains involved at high levels.
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UPI
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William Galley, Jr
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My Lai
Harvey C. Johnson
James E. Brawner
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Nixon
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George Latimer
Army Court of Military Review
Falls Church
Escapee sought in stab death in Natrona Heights
Eugene Spruill a 26 year old escaped Western Penitentiary prisoner was sought by police in connection with the stabbing death of John L Beck 25 and the wounding of his wife Beatrice 21 in their Natrona Heights apartment last Tuesday Spruill who is from Pittsburgh escaped in September during a prison gym weightlifting match in Lawrenceville He was serving a 10 year term for suing a man Harry Price 20 Pittsburgh identified by Mrs Beck from police pictures as one of the attackers was arrested Saturday
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UPI
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Western Penitentiary
John L. Beck
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Lawrenceville
Harry Price
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Larry Callis
Southern Pacific Railroad
Callis
Yuma
Aria
Southern Pacific
Westminster students stage charity shows for Children’s Hospital
Westminster College students led by Jeffrey H. Jones Jr. of Pittsburgh produced Song for the Children I as a benefit for Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh last year. Jones later produced Song for the Children II this fall. The two shows, staged on Parents’ Weekend, netted $1,550 for the hospital.
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Westminster College
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Pittsburgh
Children's Hospital
Westminster
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Drop of blood could diagnose cancer in future
National Cancer Institute director Dr. Frank J. Rauscher says advances in cancer research may yield a finger-prick blood test and automated serum analysis to detect cancer and its type. He notes rapid progress in understanding causes, prevention, early detection, and treatment, with hopes for vaccines and broader testing emerging in coming years.
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U.S. News and World Report
United States
Hauscher
Russia blocks talk by opposing rules at confab
Western diplomats expect approval of procedural rules for the forthcoming European security conference. Forty ambassadors from the United States Canada and 32 European nations push to set ground rules while Soviet and French objections fade. Romania leads opposition to no rules with East bloc tensions rising as Finland’s Richard Toetterman proposes a single rule list for approval.
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UPI
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Romania
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Slippery Rock State College Honored in State Senate
Harrisburg senate honors Slippery Rock State College football team for an outstanding season as state college champions. Sen Donald Oesterling authored a congratulatory resolution, noting the B-41 season and selection to play in the Knute Rockne NCAA game in Atlantic City. The Rockets lost to the University of Bridgeport 27-22.
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Slippery Rock State
State Senate
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Atlantic City
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University of Bridgeport
Bhutto Poage Discuss General Matters in 45 Minute Meeting
Pakistani President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and a U S congressional group led by Rep Robert Poage discussed general matters during a 45 minute meeting in Rawalpindi. Poage, head of the House Agricultural Committee, expressed hope Pakistan would soon be self sufficient in food grains. The congressmen planned to continue their tour today.
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UPI
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United States
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D-Tex
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House Agricultural Committee
Pakistan
Postwar planning sought to aid Indochina refugees
A Senate refugee subcommittee led by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy aims to send a nine member delegation to Indochina and North Vietnam to gather information on American POWs and refugees, despite State Department concerns. The team includes three staffers, five doctors, and a Travelers Aid representative, to spend two to three weeks in the region and one week in North Vietnam.
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UPI
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Joseph English
New York City Hospital Corp
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Noth Vietnam
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Department of Nutrition
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Boston University
John Levinson
Wilmington, CC
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Senate Health Subcommittee
Jeezy Tinker
Probe begins in Louisiana in race killings at Southern
A state commission opened its first private investigative session into the deaths of two black students at Southern University. Blacks, angry over the killings, chanted murders at a Sunday memorial service for the slain students, while deputies sought clues amid ongoing tensions.
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UPI
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Miners for Democracy survey tightens UMWA race toss up
In Charleston West Virginia a UPI report notes a Miners for Democracy survey shows incumbent W A Bayle leading challenger Arold Miller 41 to 40 with 19 percent undecided among coal miners. Balloting starts Friday in some coalfields to elect new national officers.
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Onassis Wife Location Linked To Nude Photos Claim
Newsweek reports Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis may have been photographed nude on Skorpios. Playmen published 14 color shots claimed to show her or a lookalike. Aristotle Onassis acknowledged the photographer’s claim, saying sometimes both he and she change into bathing suits.
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Newsweek
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Indians should run the BIA says new SD senator
Senator James Abourezk born on a Sioux reservation calls for Indians to operate the Bureau of Indian Affairs after a six day siege damaged the BIA building. Navajo Chairman Peter MacDonald warns of widespread despair and urges economic self sufficiency, improved schools and health as Indians seek real treaty promises.
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UPI
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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UPY
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Navajo Nation
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Wallace says paralysis won’t bar 1976 bid despite walking limits
Alabama Governor George Wallace said he will likely never walk again after the Laurel shooting but remains interested in political activity. He has not decided on a 1976 presidential run or his reelection as governor, though doctors expect he may be physically able to remain active by 1976.
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Apollo 17 crews enter final training week for lunar descent
CAPE KENNEDY UP I Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt begin the last week of scheduled training. They are set to depart December 6 on the final Apollo mission after a day that included a lunar descent simulation under Mission Control.
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UPI
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Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. “Jack” Schmitt
Mission Control Center
Houston
Parth
Dublin hospital protests demand IRA leader release
Thousands of supporters surrounded a Dublin hospital to press for Sean MacStiofain to be freed. Police stood guard as a midst a flare of violence, including a Sunday gunfight at Mater Hospital that wounded four. In Belfast, a teenage boy was killed and his father and brother wounded in an ambush, while British troops clashed with gunmen in six hours of shooting across Catholic districts.
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Sean MacStiofain
Irish Republican Army
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Mater Hospital
MacStoffin
Belfast
Allies stymie enemy in Quang Tri fighting drive
South Vietnamese marines with U S jets halted a North Vietnamese counterattack around Quang Tri City. The battle saw heavy shelling as government troops pushed northward to control the Cua Viet supply route. A U S air campaign continued with missions over North Vietnam, and a U S Navy pilot ejected after a strafing run near the Oriskany.
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Prisoners to receive packages from North Vietnam
New York based Committee of Liaison with Families of Servicemen Detain in North Vietnam says North Vietnam will allow American POWs to receive one package up to 15 pounds, plus holiday cards and monthly letters. Packages must follow shipment rules routed through Moscow.
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