Johnstown Flood Disaster Damages $100 Million
In Johnstown Pennsylvania cleanup crews battled three feet of mud for bodies after devastating floods. Officials reported at least 38 dead with many missing as power failed and communications lagged. National Guard, state police, and Red Cross aided rescue while looting was deterred and rail service disrupted.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Cambria County
Civil Defense
Ebensburg
National Guard
Red Cross
Washington
Maryland
U.S
John Murtha
Dpa
Milton J. Shapp
Carter
Mary Zallar
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Herbert Pfuhl Jr
Conrail
Amtrak
Charges Set In Erosion At 48 Apt Complex
Charges will be filed with District Justice Patsy Nichols against Prime Builders over erosion at a 48 apartment complex atop Spring Street Bil. The federal Department of Environmental Resources accuses Prime Builders of violating the clean stream law. The action will be in the municipality where the alleged charges occurred. Continued on Back Page.
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Patsy Nichols
Prime Builders
Peace
Spring Street Bil
Federal Department of Environmental Resources
Prime
Heat Wave Grips Nation as Floods and Fires Rally
A sweeping heat wave drifts from the Atlantic to the Rockies with cooling forecasts limited to the Great Plains. The West endures heavy rains in Pennsylvania while floods threaten in Johnstown and the Big Thompson Canyon. Evacuations prompted by rising rivers, and drought disasters are declared in Georgia and Alabama as fires burn in New Jersey.
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Cole
Big Thompson
West
Atlantic Coast
Carter
Georgia
Alabama
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Wharton State Forest
Once in a Century Flood Hits Johnstown
AP reports Johnstown suffered a rainfall event described as once every hundred years by National Weather Service spokesman Teddy Koshar. The Conemaugh River rose over 22 feet, overwhelming a flood control system sized for 65 000 cubic feet per second. The Weather Service will dispatch a team to map rainfall and mitigate future damage while nearby western sections stayed adequate and Pittsburgh avoided a chain reaction flood.
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Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Weather Service
Teddy Koshar
National Weather Service
Conemaugh
Johinstown
Conemaugh River Lake
Gas turn-ons not free after storm delays
After the storm many plumbers were restoring gas service at no charge while National Fuel Gas began charging seven dollars for a day call and twenty dollars at night. Warren Reiff said the PA Public Utility Commission ordered the end of free turn-ons, arguing the policy would unfairly shift costs to all customers. Some families faced delays until they could pay as water receded.
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National Fuel Gas
East Main Street
The
Journal
Warren Reiff
NFG
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PUC
Reiff
Cella
Judge Loses Job Over Bad Cup Of Coffee Wins $141000
A Brooklyn federal jury awarded 31-year-old Thomas Zarcone 80,000 in compensatory damages and 60,000 in punitive damages for civil rights violations after Suffolk County Judge William Perry was removed from the bench over a coffee incident. Deputy Sheriff James Windsor was assessed 1,000 in pale damages. Perry had been ousted 12 days earlier by the Appellate Division for giving false testimony.
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NEW York
Suffolk County
William Perry
Brooklyn
Thomas Zarcone
Perry
James Windsor
Haseai Alecute
Windsor
Appellate Division of
State Supreme Court
Moderate Income New Housing OK'd
HUD has granted permission to a local developer to build 16 moderate income subsidized apartments on West Pleasant Street. First Construction Company will begin once HUD approves a start date, with four two-bedroom, ten three-bedroom, and two four-bedroom units across two sites. Construction may start next spring and occupy four to six months.
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Rick Martin
HUD
West Pleasant Street
Jerry Grice
First Construction Company
Grice
Third
Fourth Avenues
Fifth Avenure
Consumer prices rise in June amid higher food costs
Washington reports June consumer prices up six tenths of 1 percent, matching May, with food costs driving gains. Wholesale prices fell seven tenths, led by a 6.3 percent drop in farm products, while the economy is seen as expanding in the April-June quarter.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Labor Department
Pennsylvania budget talks pushed to cut fat and low taxes
Harrisburg AP reports the legislative conference committee resumes work on a $5 billion state budget with plans to trim hundreds of millions, avoid new taxes, and review tax shifts. House and Senate caucuses show limited support for the measure as subsidies and school aid face scrutiny.
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Harrisburg
Legislative Conference Committee
Houige
House Democratic
Henry Messinger
Messinger
Philadelphia
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Victor Cragg Jr
James Grace
Cragg
Tim
Grucas
Partment
Arthur Keiper
Conemaugh River
Seward
Leona F. Bailey
Atlantic
Rockies
Central Plains
Estes Park
Spencer Run
Penndot
Franklin
Martin
Trestil
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