Pennsylvania opens new juvenile center for delinquents
Harrisburg reports the state Department of Public Welfare opens a Youth Reception and Planning Center to serve 300 to 350 adjudicated Philadelphia juveniles annually. Partially funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Planning Board, the center is housed within the department's facilities.
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State Department Public Welfare
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Cornwells Heights
Bucks County
Helene Wohlgemuth
Casey cites favoritism in Harrisburg land purchase for lab
Auditor General Robert P. Casey alleged political favoritism in a 25 acre Harrisburg land deal for a Transportation Department testing lab. He urged Gov Shapp to block the acquisition, noting the 1970 purchase at $4,000 per acre raised questions about need, site options, and Planning Board consultation.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Robert P. Casey
Transportation Department
Casey
Milton J Shapp
Raymond P. Shafer
Robert Mumma
Mumma
Commonwealth
Shafer
State Planning Board
Chamber seeks equitable tax climate for Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce urged an equitable business tax climate paired with a personal income tax. The group cited past governors’ reports calling for business tax changes and criticized extending the 6 percent sales tax to industrial machinery, advocating two broad-based taxes: sales tax and personal income tax.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence and Shafer
Hibbard
Plans for church rebuilt after fire at Central Christian
UNIONTOWN church plans to rebuild after a fire destroyed the Central Christian Church structure last week. The sermon titled Can We Rebuild Gods House will be delivered Sunday at the State Theater where services start at 10 30 a m and Sunday School at 9 30 a m. A building committee will select an architect for the project.
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Uniontown
Central Christian Church
State
Shafer to Lead Special Commission on Drug Abuse
President Nixon named former Pennsylvania Governor Raymond E. Shafer to head a special commission examining drug abuse and marijuana effects. The panel, active from Oct. 27, will review existing laws and international controls amid a Southeast Asia leisure backdrop at Caneer Bay Plantation.
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John
UPI
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Raymond E. Shafer
Caneer Bay Plantation
White House
Southeast Asia
H. R. Haldemann
Age-based jury exclusion struck down in Greene County
Judge Glenn Toothman ruled that the Greene County jury commissioners error on excluding residents over 70 from serving on juries. The law requires no age-based disqualification, so the exclusion was deemed improper.
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Waynesburg
Greene County Jury
Glenn Toothman
Toothman
Housing shortfall alarm prompts state forum
The Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs says more than 45 000 additional housing units are needed annually for replacement. About 30 percent of 3 700 000 total units are substandard, with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh hardest hit. Gov Shapp and cabinet to discuss solutions at a March forum.
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UPI
State Department of Community Affairs
Pennsylvania
Human Services
Community Services of Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Community Affairs Department
Shapp
GOP senators back revenue sharing concept
Sens. Hugh Scott and Richard Schweiker both support Nixon’s federal state revenue sharing plan. They note Pennsylvania would receive 246 million dollars, the third largest total, and stress funds would go to municipalities for local use rather than distant bureaucrats.
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UPI
Hugh Scott
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Scott
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