West Virginia incumbents wait to announce 1960s election plans
Incumbents across West Virginia delay public statements on re election bids as the Secretary of State lists numerous vacancies. Filing for the May primary nears, with candidates scattered across statewide offices including Senate and governor posts.
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Charleston. W. Va
Secretary of State
West Virginia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Arch A. Moore Jr
Jennings Randolph
Senate
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
James Kee
Kee
Hechler
Robert Mollohan
Sis
Tersville
George Kapnicky
Harley O. Staggers
Richard Baylor
Hinton
John Slack
Homer Heck
Huntington
Hatfield
Zip
Brubeck
John Carrigan
Sherrard
State Supreme Court
Moore
Chauncey Browning
Charles Damron
Lenore
Richard Neely
Fairmont
Leo Catsonis
Charleston
Lee M. Kenna
John D. Rockefeller IV
Berkley County
Jerome Radosh
Monongalia
Joseph Laurita
Charles Haden
Pennsylvania Sets First Statewide Sulfur Dioxide Rules
The Environmental Quality Board approves statewide standards for sulfur dioxide emissions to align with federal air quality guidelines. The move ends local controls in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and requires electric utilities to meet the new limits after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Gary Triplett notes loosened rules due to fuel sulfur content and technology limits.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Environmental Quality Board
Pennsylvania Bulletin
The
Pennsylvania Electric Association
Gary Triplett
Department of Environmental Resources
Environmental Board
Pittsburgh paper price may rise for Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh publisher William Block said a price increase for the morning Post-Gazette is under study following the Pittsburgh Press move to raise daily editions five cents. The Press hikes to 15 cents on newsstands and 90 cents weekly home delivery. the Post-Gazette is 10 cents and 60 cents weekly.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
William Block
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Block
Pittsburgh Press
The
Post-Gazette
Flu cases rise sharply in Allegheny County
Allegheny County health officials report more than 8,300 Hong Kong flu cases in five weeks in Pittsburgh. Eleanor Streiff says there is no setup in the outbreak and no deaths, with this season’s totals nearly doubling 1968-69 counts.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allegheny County Health Department
Eleanor Streiff
Department Chief of Disease Control
Youths and executives clash over a new company identity
The piece follows Maguire chief Gordon Bronson as he meets a young architect to discuss youth influence on business. It describes open dialogue sessions at John Deere Works in Des Moines and raises questions about large corporations adapting to younger workers while Harvard Business School professors warn about managerial limits in big firms.
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Bronson
Maguire
John Deere
Des
Gordon Bronson
Harvard
Pennsylvania Leaders Call Manhattan Project Style War on Drug Abuse
Pennsylvania House Speaker Herbert Finerman and Rep. Milton Berkes urge Congress to mount a nationwide drug abuse program modeled on the Manhattan Project. They seek research education treatment and law enforcement mobilized with vast funding and talent. The resolution awaits a House vote this week.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
House
Herbert Finerman
Milton Berkes
D-Bucks
Congress
Fineman
Berkes
Penn State Plans 49,000 Students for 1972 73
University updates project enrollment to 48,995 resident students at main and branch campuses for 1972 73. President John W. Oswald says the goal, approved after Master Plan review and talks with officials, includes 29,011 students at University Park.
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Penn State
University Park, Pa
UPI
Pennsylvania State University
John W. Oswald
University Park
Philadelphia Bicentennial plans scaled back to save funds
Mayor Frank Rizzo and American Revolution Bicentennial Commission chair David Mahony discussed trimming Philadelphia's 1976 exposition. Officials pledged not to use taxpayer money and would scale plans to a manageable level with federal funds still needing congressional approval. The city estimates a possible need of up to 600 million dollars.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Frank L. Rizzo
David Mahony
Washington
Rizzo
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