National and State News-Thursday, May 24th

CAPITOL HILL (AP) - Congressional Democrats are putting their efforts to halt the war in Iraq on hold. A 120 (b) billion-dollar package set for votes today in the House and tomorrow in the Senate would give President Bush money to pay for the war through September.

BAGHDAD (AP) - The drumbeat of bad news from Iraq includes a bomb attack today that killed at least 21 people in Fallujah. The target was the funeral procession for a man killed in violence yesterday. A-half dozen Iraqi police officers were killed today in a bomb attack in the north.

BAGHDAD (AP) - The U-S military confirms that a body recovered from a river south of Baghdad yesterday was one of the three American soldiers missing since an ambush nearly two weeks ago. The family of P-F-C Joseph Anzack Junior had been notified earlier. Authorities also report two more combat deaths, both yesterday.

HARVEYS LAKE, Pa. (AP) - Police say one of the men killed in Sunday's fiery crash with a state police cruiser in Luzerne County had a warrant out for his arrest. Also, there were four guns
recovered from the car, and two of them had been reported stolen.

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Villanova heiress on probation after allegedly striking her children's nanny a year ago is charged with assaulting another nanny. Susan Tabas Tepper denies the latest allegations, saying her new nanny lied because she was being fired.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The board of Philadelphia's transit agency plans to vote today on a fare increase. Also, Governor Ed Rendell plans to speak to the board about his proposal for increased state funding for mass transit.

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Police investigating a hit-and-run accident went to an apartment in suburban Lancaster, where they found a woman's body. Police say 48-year-old Karen Crowley was killed in a domestic dispute. Police arrested 25-year-old Pedro Flores, who lived with her.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia City Council has given preliminary approval to a two percent increase in city spending for schools. The 18-point-four (m) million dollar boost from the city gets the school district closer to filling its budget deficit.