Democrats Win Slim House Majority in Pennsylvania
In Gettysburg and western Pennsylvania recounts tip the Pennsylvania state House balance. Democrat Kenneth Cole wins by 1 cent in Adams County to hold a razor thin majority. Republican Kenneth Halverson trails by one vote in Somerset County, with 31 of 53 precincts left to recount. A Luzerne County recount puts Democrat Ronald Gatski ahead by 97 votes, while Republican James Schneider pursues an unlikely appeal.
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Gettysburg
House
Pennsylvania
Adams County
Kenneth Cole
Cole
Theil
Somerset County
Kenneth Halverson
William Lloyd
Halverson-Lloyd
House of Representatives
Hepetiken Flood
Haack Seltzer
Donald Moul
John Beech
Guterenre Io Cole
Moul
Luzerne County
Ronald Gatski
James Schneider
Schneider
Gatski
Court to review suspensions in Anderson trial case
Maryland Court of Appeals will review a lower court ruling voiding suspensions of eight engineers who testified in the 1974 Dale Anderson trial. The engineers faced suspensions from 2% to 5 years after admitting kickbacks for government contracts. The Baltimore County Circuit Court had voided the suspensions for missed hearing deadlines.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Dale Anderson
Baltimore County
State Board of Registration For
Childs
Anderson
Court of Special Appeals
State Attorney General's Office
Castro signals release of 3000 Cuban political prisoners
Fidel Castro announced at a post meeting press conference that more than 3,000 political prisoners would be freed, inviting U S acceptance and allowing travel to the United States on humanitarian grounds. He outlined monthly releases and noted some inmates remain jailed for non political crimes. He also discussed exile visits to Cuba and gestures toward specific exiles.
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Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Cuba
United States
Castro Anid
Felipe Jimenez
Puerto Rico
Jimenez
Roberto
Benes
U.S
Cuban Communist Party Central Committee
Aleida March
Che Guevara
Government urged to ban Darvon and propoxyphene drugs
Washington AP reports health advocates led by Ralph Nader press for an immediate ban on Darvon and other propoxyphene drugs as an imminent public health hazard. FDA review ordered. officials note reported deaths but caution data vary. In Pittsburgh AP notes juveniles restrained a 11 year old in an attack near a high school, leaving him in serious condition at hospital.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
United States
Darvon
Eli Lilly and Co
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Sidney M. Wolfe
Nader
Health Research Group
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Food and Drug Administration
Wayne Pines
FDA
Wolfe
Califano
Nicholas Kozel
National Institute of Drug Abuse
Erich Toy
W. Penn Hospital
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Flanders Fields
James Manderino
Lester Matz
Jerome B Wolff
John C Childs
James Petriea
John Hocheder, Jr
James C. Armacost, Jr
Walter P. Weigand
Robert A. Whiteford
Wolff
Matz
Ana
Amana Home Economist
Amana
East St
Frederick
Kozel
Darves
Pittsburgh
Toy
Tetra
Broek
Ares
LOMLY
Car
Giga
Cale Pee B
Meaary Vane Venerenie
Manean
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