House Approves Compromise Budget Bill in Pa.
The Pennsylvania House approved a 3.2 billion dollar budget compromise by a 108 to 83 vote sending the measure to the Senate. The package trims 116 million from Gov. Shapp’s request, with a 30 million cut in county court aid and 17 million for courts, backed by rural Democrats after a six day stalemate.
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Harrisburg
House
Senate
Shapp
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Huse
Wth
Louis Sherman
Stephen Wojdak
Capi
Guy Shapp
Baling
Martin Mullen
Sions
H. Jack Seltzer
Lebanon
Conference Committee
Seltzer
Kent D. Shelhamer
Columbia
Laird Attacks McGovern Plan For Military Cutbacks
Secretary Melvin Laird warned that Senator George McGovern's proposed 30 billion dollar defense cut endangers U.S. security and world peace. He said the platform committee rejects large cuts and emphasizes strength and negotiated security. Laird released over 70 pages analyzing McGovern proposals and noted no decision yet on European tactical nuclear deployments.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
George McGovern
U.S
Laird
Democratic Platform Committee
McGovern
Beglater
Hanoi
Proxmire
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
United States
Europe
Laurel Mountain Village Home Owners Association Forms in Jenner Two
A group of 35 Jenner Two property owners formed the Laurel Mountain Village Home Owners Association to pursue cooperation with the Village developer Alan Patterson and local officials. The six member committee led by H Nevin Wollam plans to meet Patterson and township supervisors to discuss roads sewers police protection and building covenants. Residents voiced tax concerns and warned officials to monitor future development as Somerset County grows.
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Jenner Two
Laurel Mountain Village
H. Nevin Wollam
Wollam
Alan Ross Patterson
Pittsburgh
Somerset County
Patterson
Jenner
P.m
Bill McCracy
McCray
Estimat
Union Rejected in Somerset County Home Vote by Slim Margin
The Somerset County Home For The Aged union election failed 61 to 54 after a two year dispute ending with National Labor Relations Board supervision. SEIU charged mass dismissals and unfair practices. PLRB findings included just cause for 26 dismissals and other discrimination claims. No comment on another election was available.
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Somerset County Home For the
National Labor Relations Board
Service Employes International Union
SEIU
County Home
State Labor Relations Board
Committee Who Cares
Labor Board
Somerset County Board of Commissioners
PLRB
PSA Jet Hijacked With 58 Aboard to San Diego
A PSA Boeing 727 carrying 58 people was hijacked by a white male armed with a pistol while approaching Sacramento. He demanded 450000 and a parachute and diverted the craft to San Diego after negotiations. One passenger was fatally wounded by the hijacker before he killed himself.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Air Pirate
Sacramento
Oakland
California
Lindbergh Field
FBI
PSA
Burbank
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
Moscow Uses Aesop Language In Castro Talks
The communique signaling Castro's Moscow visit employs Aesopian phrasing to mask policy tensions. It hints Moscow remains wary of Castro's leadership while praising peaceful steps and avoiding frank disagreement. The piece notes Havana seeks assurances amid Nixon's visit and Moscow's discomfort with Castro's regional assertiveness.
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Associated Press
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Havana
Castro
United States
Nixon
Jefe Maximo
Latin America
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Clearing and warmer in western Pennsylvania with highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Friday night cooler partly cloudy with lows near 50. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer with a small chance of showers or thundershowers and light variable winds. Precipitation probability near zero Friday and about ten percent Friday night.
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Pennsylvania
Athenagoras Dies At 86 In Istanbul
Athenagoras ecumenical patriarch and head of the world’s Orthodox Church died in Istanbul at age 86. He suffered kidney failure after a fall and a week of hip fracture related complications at Balikli Hospital. Doctors cited massive blood pressure loss despite earlier optimism. He supported Christian unity and the ecumenical movement.
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Athenagoras
Istanbul
Balikli
Akhenagoras
Ecumenical Movement
Christian Unity
Fire destroys five boats at Yough Lake Marina Addison
A 18 year old Pittsburgh youth was treated for first degree facial burns after a boat he and two friends borrowed to fish caught fire at Yough Lake Marina early Thursday. The blaze destroyed five boats and damaged several others with estimated losses around 20 to 25 thousand dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Yough Lake Marina
Addison
Paul R. Thompson
Capitol Ave
Uniontown Hospital
Confluence Fire Co
Markleysburg
Yough
Fayette County
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James A. Hahn
Maple Ridge Elementary
Bob Kuban
Curley
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