Environmentalists clash with Shapp budget in Pennsylvania
Environmentalists challenge the budget proposals from Gov Milton J Shapp and House Republicans for Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources amid fiscal disputes.
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Lebanon
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Citizens’ Advisory Council
Inquiry on police advances in wiretap scandal
Harrisburg reports the House panel enters its second phase, expanding probes into a state police wiretapping scandal. Hearings resume Thursday with a focus on the George Washington Motor Lodge in King of Prussia and the November incident involving foreign wire attachments.
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Kapleau
Urella
Flood proposes civil disaster agency after Agnes damage
U S Rep Daniel Flood urged creation of a national disaster agency to coordinate rescue and rapid recovery within 24 to 48 hours after catastrophes. He spoke at a disaster planning conference in Wilkes-Barre, citing Hurricane Agnes as proof of urgent need and announcing plans to file legislation that summer. Delaware Valley attendees included 11 states. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg pressed for nationwide mandatory catastrophe insurance to cover uninsured Agnes losses.
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Daniel J. Flood
D-Pa
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Concrete canoe race set today in Philadelphia
An armada of concrete canoes will take to the Schuylkill River for the Intercollegiate Concrete Canoe Race. Boats from the University of Pennsylvania Delaware Drexel Lehigh Temple Villanova and Swarthmore College entered in the first edition of the world’s event.
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Schuylkill River
Chicken Heart Beats Rapidly At High Rate
A chicken's heart beats about 300 times per minute revealing the bird's fast metabolic pace. The fact highlights the remarkable physiology of poultry and their circulatory efficiency in compact living systems.
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