PRINTER'S NO. 1614
No. 122 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY BOWLEY, BALDWIN, BELFANTI, BLACK, BOWSER, BOYES,
BURD, BUSH, CAPPABIANCA, CIMINI, COLAFELLA, DISTLER,
DOMBROWSKI, FARGO, GEORGE, GRUITZA, HERMAN, LAUGHLIN,
LESCOVITZ, LETTERMAN, MACKOWSKI, MERRY, PHILLIPS, PRATT,
ROBBINS, SHOWERS, STEIGHNER, SWIFT, VEON, ACOSTA, AFFLERBACH,
ANGSTADT, ARGALL, ARTY, BARBER, BARLEY, BATTISTO, BELARDI,
BIRMELIN, BLAUM, BOOK, BORTNER, BRANDT, BROUJOS, BUNT, BURNS,
CALTAGIRONE, CARLSON, CARN, CAWLEY, CESSAR, CHADWICK, CIVERA,
CLARK, CLYMER, COHEN, COLE, CORDISCO, CORNELL, COSLETT,
COWELL, COY, DALEY, DAVIES, DAWIDA, DEAL, DeLUCA, DeVERTER,
DeWEESE, DIETZ, DININNI, DONATUCCI, DORR, DUFFY, DURHAM,
EVANS, FATTAH, FEE, FISCHER, FLICK, A. C. FOSTER, JR., FOX,
FREEMAN, FREIND, FRYER, GALLAGHER, GALLEN, GAMBLE, GANNON,
GEIST, GLADECK, GODSHALL, GREENWOOD, GRUPPO, HAGARTY,
HALUSKA, HARPER, HASAY, HAYES, HERSHEY, HONAMAN, HOWLETT,
HUTCHINSON, IRVIS, ITKIN, JACKSON, JAROLIN, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS,
KASUNIC, KENNEDY, KENNEY, KOSINSKI, KUKOVICH, LANGTRY,
LASHINGER, LEVDANSKY, LEVIN, LINTON, LIVENGOOD, LLOYD, LUCYK,
MAIALE, MANDERINO, MANMILLER, MARKOSEK, MAYERNIK, McCALL,
McCLATCHY, McHALE, McVERRY, MICHLOVIC, MICOZZIE, MILLER,
MOEHLMANN, MORRIS, MOWERY, MRKONIC, MURPHY, NAHILL, NOYE,
O'BRIEN, O'DONNELL, OLASZ, OLIVER, PERZEL, PETRARCA, PETRONE,
PICCOLA, PIEVSKY, PISTELLA, PITTS, POTT, PRESSMANN, PRESTON,
PUNT, RAYMOND, REBER, REINARD, RICHARDSON, RIEGER, RUDY,
RYAN, RYBAK, SALOOM, SAURMAN, SCHEETZ, SCHULER, SEMMEL,
SERAFINI, SEVENTY, SIRIANNI, B. SMITH, L. E. SMITH,
D. W. SNYDER, G. M. SNYDER, STABACK, STAIRS, STEVENS,
STEWART, STUBAN, SWEET, E. Z. TAYLOR, F. E. TAYLOR,
J. TAYLOR, TELEK, TIGUE, TRELLO, TRUMAN, VAN HORNE, VROON,
WAMBACH, WASS, WESTON, WIGGINS, WILSON, WOGAN, WOZNIAK,
D. R. WRIGHT, J. L. WRIGHT, R. C. WRIGHT, YANDRISEVITS AND
ROEBUCK, JUNE 3, 1985
ADOPTED, JUNE 3, 1985
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Conveying sympathy to the families affected by the tornadoes and
2 thunderstorms of May 31 and June 1, 1985; and considering
3 emergency funding for recovery.
4 WHEREAS, On May 31 and June 1, 1985, tornadoes and
1 thunderstorms of unprecedented severity struck large areas of
2 this Commonwealth, including the counties of Beaver, Butler,
3 Clearfield, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Lycoming, Northumberland,
4 McKean, Mercer, Union, Venango and Warren; and
5 WHEREAS, At least 62 people have died, approximately 700
6 people have been injured, and thousands of people have been left
7 homeless; and
8 WHEREAS, The destruction is of a magnitude that requires the
9 Commonwealth to supplement the recovery efforts of political
10 subdivisions; and
11 WHEREAS, On June 1 and 2, 1985, Governor Thornburgh declared
12 a state of emergency in the affected areas; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
14 extend its deepest sympathy to the families of those who were
15 killed and to the families who suffered property damage; and be
16 it further
17 RESOLVED, That the General Assembly consider appropriate
18 emergency funding to assist recovery efforts and to enable the
19 affected people of this Commonwealth to resume their normal
20 lives.
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