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Although Harvard doesn't have a tradition of giving national power Penn State a run for their money, the Crimson did well with the small contingent it flew down to State College, Pa. The women shattered two old school records and posted several personal bests during the two-day meet...
Emmanuel Winters Wilkes-Barre, Pa...
John Percival Jr. Whitehall, Pa...
Pennhurst State School and Hospital, a sprawling institution in Spring City, Pa., is home to 1,200 mentally retarded people. The facility has a history of being understaffed, dirty and violent. Three years ago, in response to a class-action suit, a federal district judge ordered that Pennhurst eventually be closed, and appointed an overseer to place residents in facilities where they would have more freedom. An appeals court backed the judge but allowed Pennhurst to remain open-in effect, under the court's supervision-to serve the most troubled patients...
...maintenance and state legislatures have been slow to provide funds to keep up the highways. To make matters worse, Congress in 1974 lifted the truck weight limit on federal highways from 73,280 lbs. to a concrete-crushing 80,000 lbs. On part of Interstate 90 near Erie, Pa., motorists bouncing over ripples and dodging chuckholes wisely ignore the posted speed limit of 55 m.p.h. in favor of a more sensible 30 m.p.h...