Nation IN BRIEF : PENNSYLVANIA : Goode Urges State Aid to Philadelphia
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode asked the state Senate in Harrisburg to act immediately to help alleviate his city’s financial crisis. “Without swift action . . . it is inevitable that the city will run out of cash this summer,” Goode told a Senate committee. He said that Philadelphia’s 1.5 million people face a $219-million deficit in the $2.1-billion municipal budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, and a $265-million shortfall in a $2.3-billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
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