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Clinton pays back school district
ALLENTOWN An eastern Pennsylvania school district
says Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has paid a bill
stemming from an April 2008 appearance at a Bethlehem
school.
Officials say the $15,082 check from the Hillary for
President organization was presented to the Bethlehem Area
School District on Tuesday while Bill Clinton was campaign
ing in the area.
Board members, especially Republican Irene Fbllweiler,
have publicly chided the former presidential candidate for not
paying the bill. Fbllweiler last month asked business manag
er Stacy Gober to seek out someone in the Democratic party
to seek payment during Bill Clinton’s visit to the Lehigh
Valley.
Gober said in an e-mail to board members Tuesday that
Bethlehem business administrator Dennis Reichard helped
put officials in touch with Hillary Clinton’s campaign treasur
er, who had been “unaware there was an outstanding bal
ance.”
Pa. corrections secretary to retire
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania Corrections Secretary
Jeffrey Beard will retire next week after nearly four decades
working for the department, his office said Ibesday.
Press secretary Sue McNaughton said Beard does not
have immediate plans for his life after leaving the agency he
has run since 2001. His last day will be Aug. 20.
Gov. Ed Rendell’s office said a successor has not been
named.
Beard began working for the prison system as a counselor
at the Rockview State Prison and moved up the ranks there to
eventually become superintendent. He later headed up Camp
Hill State Prison after two major riots there did widespread
damage to the facility.
Pennsylvania Prison Society executive director Bill
DiMascio credited him for efforts to improve visitation and to
reduce the number of nonviolent offenders inside prison
walls, but gave him mixed marks overall.
The Pennsylvania prison system currently has more than
51,000 inmates and a budget of $l.B billion.
Two men charged with murder
ALLENTOWN —Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania have
charged two men with robbing and killing a woman outside a
nightclub almost three years ago.
Lehigh County prosecutors say 30-year-old Christian
Bueno of Brooklyn, N.Y and 27-year-old Dennis Velez of
Allentown are charged with homicide, robbery and conspira
cy in the September 2007 shooting death of 45-year-old Debra
Robberson of Hereford.
Robberson’s body was found inside her minivan in the park
ing lot of the Diamonz Night Club and Restaurant in
Bethlehem. District Attorney James Martin said Itiesday
that the murder was a crime of opportunity and there is no
evidence that the victim, who was gay, was targeted because
of her sexuality.
Velez is in Lehigh County Prison on unrelated charges and
Bueno is in state prison in New York on assault charges; it
was unclear whether they have attorneys.
Police: Man believed to have taken son
WILKINSBURG Wilkinsburg police say a man in a cus
tody dispute over his 5-month-old son has disappeared with
the boy.
Authorities say 39-year-old Radford Pope never returned
the infant to his mother after a scheduled visitation with the
boy earlier this month. Police believe Pope may be traveling
to California with his son.
An Allegheny County judge has issued a warrant for Pope
and the infant has been listed as missing.
Police say Pope is also known as Arthur Lee Pope and
drives a silver Chrysler minivan. Anyone with information on
his whereabouts is encouraged to call police.
Firefighter gets probation after joyride
PITTSBURGH A Pittsburgh firefighter will spend six
months on probation and pay a $l,OOO fine for taking a drunk
en joyride in a casino security truck.
Fifty-one-year-old William White was sentenced after
pleading guilty Tuesday to drunken driving and a reduced
charged of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
He was originally charged with stealing the truck during
the December incident at the Rivers Casino.
Police say a security guard saw White urinating in a park
ing lot, before White said he was a firefighter and needed help
getting home. That’s when he jumped in the truck and drove
away. Police stopped him for driving the wrong way on a near
by street.
White’s attorney says he has served an unpaid suspension
and is back on the job.
He must also undergo an alcohol evaluation and attending
safe driving school.
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Clinton campaigns for Sestak
Former president rallies in
Scranton for Democratic
hopefuls.
SCRANTON, Pa. Former
President Bill Clinton characterized
Pennsylvania’s close and competi
tive U.S. Senate race on Tuesday as
a choice between disastrous
Reagan-Bush economic policies and
the ability of Democrats to fix the
damage they inflicted.
Clinton, perhaps the most valu
able Democratic Party' name in
Pennsylvania, drew several hun
dred people to a rally for Rep. Joe
Sestak, who was a military adviser
to the former president.
With a tough political climate
looming for Democrats in this fall s
elections, Clinton told the audience
to spread the message that it makes
no sense to defeat Sestak because
Crash
From Page 1
a teaching position at Penn State in
1992, Susman said.
Susman described O’Keefe as
friendly and easygoing during his
tenure at Penn State.
“I can’t remember a terse word
that we exchanged in the four years
we worked together,” Susman said.
O’Keefe taught a graduate class
with Susman called “Corporate
Innovation Strategies," before
O’Keefe left Penn State for a teach
ing position at Syracuse University
Corbett
From Pa&e 1 s °ld on the candidate's pitch. cal during election year.
° ' Tioga County Commissioner Sue "Both focus on bringing business
unfunded mandates and keeping Vogler said she saw both Onorato and jobs here, and on keeping young
youth in Pennsylvania. and Corbett speak at the confer- people in Pennsylvania —so in that
“I was happy to hear that he want- ence, and Onorato seemed to be respect they were pretty similar,”
ed to keep our young people in “more in with the people" at the Vogler said. “I was glad to get the
Pennsylvania,” Keefer said. “I know event, participating in the candidate opportunity to hear them, but I think
we’ve had an exodus of our educat- question-and-answer session. a debate might have been more
ed students.” Still, she said she would have liked informative."
And 'Corbett said he saw many to see both of them in a format that
other in the room nodding in allowed for more comparison To e-mail reporter: cmms773@psu.edu
Pipe
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The questions asked Tuesday
night covered a broad spectrum of
topics. Everything from the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, education,
healthcare, economic recovery and
even Pipe’s plans to debate and
interact with incumbent candidate
Congressman Glenn Thompson. R
sth District, were discussed.
Through the entire town hall
meeting, Pipe addressed the ques
tions but also interacted with the
audience in attendance to see what
information they had about each
topic.
Richard Shreve, a Bellefonte area
resident, attended Tuesday's town
hall meeting in an effort to learn
more about Pipe.
Representing the sth
Congressional District in a way that
Council
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and criticism I was looking for so I
can go back to UPUA and say, OK,
we know what we need, now let's get
working on it’,” Ragland said. “I am
excited to see the next step."
Ragland said his goal at Monday’s
meeting was to meet with council
and introduce the idea of a non-vot
ing student member on the council.
The next step, he said, is to talk with
student leaders at other Big Ten
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“Any entity should be doing long
range planning,” Corman said. “If
it's not costly and still effective, more
power to them.”
The of the plan that
require money are funded by private
donations, Moun.
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implementation plan wiu. ’atne
attached to label responsibilu, for
that part, Mountz said.
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have actionable items and a
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JVCldj' teams like Restak.” A raffle will be held with prizes
Kauffman said the Restek team ranging from a flat-screen television
From Page 1. has raised more than $15,000 from Best Buy to Penn State
income development specialist for through various events this year Football tickets.
.Bill Landis
the American Cancer Society in alone. The American Cancer Society The day will also include a meal of
State College, said the money raised at State College relies on the help of pork sandwiches from Clem’s BBQ.
by the Restek team helps hind can- volunteers to meet many of their Meal tickets are $lO each,
cer research and cancer patient pro- needs, Kauffman said. T-shirts will be sold at $lO each at
grams like Road to Recovery. While the main fundraising comes the event to hel raise further mo» ey
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everything the Restek team has also provides fun and entertainment Registration for the event is $25
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President Barack Obama and
Democrats who control Congress
haven't pulled the nation out of the
worst economic crisis since the
Depression.
“You ought to say to people,
‘Sestak's the best candidate
give this deal two more years.’"
Clinton told the crowd. "We were in
a deep hole, a year and a half wasn’t
enough to dig us out of it."
Sestak, a second-term congress
man from a Philadelphia suburb,
missed the event at the Scranton
High School gymnasium because he
was in Washington for an emer
gency session vote on a bill extend
ing recession-related aid to states
and public schools.
Without mentioning Sestak’s
opponent, former Republican
Congressman Pat Toomev, Clinton
suggested that the alternative to
Sestak is a candidate who adheres
to trickle-down economic theories
that benefit the wealthy but dig
deeper deficits.
"if you vote for these people that
in New York, Susman said.
In his time at Penn State. O'Keefe
was popular among his students.
Susman said.
"He was admirable and he was
engaging with students." Susman
said. "They always liked him."
O'Keefe, his son and two others
survived the crash, but Stevens and
four others did not.
Stevens served longer than any
other Republican Senator but lost
re-election in 2008 after he was con
victed on seven counts of corruption
charges.
He was one of two survivors in a
1978 plane crash at Anchorage
agreement while he was speaking. between the two candidates, such as
But not everyone was completely that of a debate-style of format typi-
is currently not happening was one
of the major concerns going into the
town hall meeting, Shreve said.
Other residents asked pipe about
his stance on issues of foreign policy
and amending the Civil Rights
movement to include sexual orienta
tion, but one of the main issues con
tinually discussed at the town hall
meeting was the Marcellus Shale
industry.
Numerous residents voiced con
cern over the proposed oil and natu
ral gas drilling in the district.
The Marcellus Shale industry is a
gold rush scenario, Pipe said.
Supporting the safe extraction of
natural gas and oil from Marcellus
Shale is one of the key aspects of the
issue. Pipe he said.
Pipe said that he supports strong
regulation at the drill sites in order
to prevent other disasters such as
the Clearfield County blowout.
Broader national issues were also
universities - like lowa, Michigan
State and Indiana that have non
voting members in the local govern
ment to show the borough council
that the proposal has worked for
other schools.
Council member Peter Morris
supported the idea of a student hold
ing a non-voting position on council.
“This is just a wav to have repre
sentation." Morris said. “I really
have trouble understanding where
the opposition comes from."
Morris said the council may talk
to the town officials near the other
timetable for when things need to be
started," she said.
One goal of the plan is to reduce
costs of Penn States health care
benefits. Penn State is currently
self-insured, she said.
Penn State currently spends
more than $lBO million on health
care benefits annually, Mountz said.
“We've cut the fat out of the budg
et, were into the bone,” she said.
Another goal of the plan is to
reshape the scheduling format to
maximize the use of" facilities,
according to a Penn State Live press
release.
This strategic plan will not create
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are running against guys like Joe
Sestak, they’ll go up there and take
the oath of office, they’ll have one
hand on the Bible and they got a
shovel in the other hand,” Clinton
said. “They want to start digging
again. ... Don’t elect the shovel
brigade, keep electing the builders.”
The Toomey campaign responded
with a statement faulting
Democrats’ handling of the econo
my.
“When President Clinton teamed
up with Republican majorities in
Congress, we had a balanced budg
et," the Toomey statement said.
“When President Obama teamed up
with Nancy Pelosi and Joe Sestak,
we got the largest deficits in
American history”
Sestak has provided a reliable
vote for Obama’s priorities, support
ing the new federal health care law,
an overhaul of banking and financial
sector regulations and the nearly
$BOO billion stimulus, as well as the
bailouts that began under President
George W Bush in 2008.
International Airport that killed his
wife. Ann.
Later in his career, Stevens
became known for securing millions
of dollars for a project that became
known as the “Bridge to Nowhere.”
The bridge became a symbol of
wasteful government spending.
At least three of the crash victims
were airlifted to Anchorage, Alaska
National Guard spokeswoman Kalei
Brooks Rupp said.
To e-mail reporter: bwmsl47@psu.edu
- Associated Press writer Becky Bohrer
contributed to this report.
discussed at the town hall meeting
such as the age of other congress
men in relation to Pipe, who only
recently graduated from Penn State
in 2009.
Encouraging the members in
attendance to get involved and
recruit others is a major part of the
campaign, Pipe said.
"I want you to be a part of the
political process,” Pipe said.
Tuesday night’s town hall meeting
in State College was the tenth such
meeting for Pipe in his campaign for
the sth Congressional District of
Pennsylvania.
But even after ten town hall meet
ings, the experience is always diffi
cult to gauge and is almost always
different, Pipe said.
“There was a great range of
things we talked about,” Pipe said.
“I hope I kept people engaged.”
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universities to discuss how the addi
tion of a student has helped the
council and to see if adding such a
member will help.
Morris said if the council sees
how a non-voting student has
worked in other places it may soften
the council’s position to the propos
al.
“My suspicion is that it has
worked out fine in those towns,”
Morris said. ‘And therefore could
work here."
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financial pressure on students,
Mountz said. The plan will mostly
work with what the university
already has rather than spend
money on more, she said.
The new Knowledge Commons in
the Pattee Library, funded by pri
vate donations, will provide new
technological resources to students,
Mountz said.
Despite other immediate issues
the university faces, including a
housing shortage and conflict over
the West Campus Steam Plant,
Mountz said the strategic plan is
just as important as any other issue
for the university to address.
To e-mail reporter: prosoo4@psu.edu