Public hearing on 18 year old vote methods set
The Pennsylvania Senate Elections Committee will hold a Feb. 25 public hearing on how to extend voting rights to 18 year olds for state and local elections. The panel will consider three routes to lower the voting age and determine the most workable method, not whether to lower it.
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Harrisburg
UPI
State Senate
Elections Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Donald O. Oesterling
Butler
Senate
Oesterling
General Assembly
Off-track betting bill planned to fund education nationwide
Rep. Max Pevsky introduces a plan to legalize off track betting on horse racing in Pennsylvania. All bets would go through parimutuel machines at tracks with proceeds split between state and local governments and directed to education. The bill aims to ensure fair pools and solvency for tracks while boosting school funding.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Max Pevsky
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Pevsky
New York
Pievsky
Milton J. Shapp
Food Stamp Rules Change in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania announces three changes to food stamp regulations. Recipients may receive up to 49 cents cash change on purchases. changes over 50 cents use unendorsed 50 cent coupons. Cash may be used to pay deposits on eligible bottles and containers. A new $5 coupon book is issued alongside existing $2 and 50-cent coupons.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Helene Wohlgemuth
Two Die In Fiery Expressway Crash Near King of Prussia
A man and a woman died and eight others were injured in a collision between a station wagon carrying nine people and a tank truck on the Schuylkill Expressway near the King of Prussia interchange. The woman was identified as Mildred Johnson 31 of Philadelphia. The man, about 45, was badly burned and unnamed.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Schuylkill Expressway
King of Prussia
Mildred Johnson
Orianna St
Court to hear Penn Central fund request
In Philadelphia UPI a federal hearing is set for next Thursday on Penn Central Railroad seeking to withdraw 50 million dollars from government backed trustees certificates to cover retroactive wage hikes payroll and taxes. The four trustees say 30 million funds retroactive pay and 20 million payroll and taxes for unions and related workers.
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UPI
Penn Central Railroad
U.S. Distra
John P. Fullam
Congress
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Hotel Restaurant
Judge Fullam
Carrier Vnder
Pop Brown who spent most of life in Tennessee prisons dies
John Burr Brown known as Pop spent over 70 years behind bars with a 1968 release date that never came. He lived out his final years at Tennessee State Prison feeding pigeons and serving as yardman for the hospital. Prison officials recalled his charm and lack of desire to leave.
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Nashville
Tenn
UPI
John Burr Brown
Pop
Pop Brown
Tennessee
Missouri
H. HH. Seimer
Brown
Leimer
Jim Rose
Texan Soldier Receives Six Months For Vietnamese Slaying
PFC Matias Yzaguirre of Brownsville Texas was sentenced to six months in the stockade and a $360 fine for the fatal shooting of Nguyen Van Minh a 15 year old Buddhist student in Qui Nhon South Vietnam. He will also be reduced in rank to private. He has already served two months and will complete four more months. The incident sparked riots and a 24 hour curfew. The sentence awaits review by the Qui Nhon command.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
UPI
Pfc
Matias Yzaguirre
Brownsville
Tex
Yzaguirre
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