Sparta Board Member Quits After Long Service
Sparta Merged School Board member Richard L. Witmer retires after years on the board and resigns from the post he formerly led. His successor, Andy Boythe, is set to be sworn in at next month’s reorganizational meeting. Health official E. B. Patterson outlined changes to meet health standards. The board also approved a water cooler purchase, discussed a vacant elementary teaching post, and agreed to tuberculin testing for students.
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Spartansburg
Ruchard L. Witmer
Sparta
Witmer
Te Board
Su Sor
Andy Boythe
E. B. Patterson
State Health Department
Duck Peters
Edward Partch
Conneaut Lake
Roluna Pulham
Raymond Morris
Dorothy Proper
Grass Fires Rage Across East Texas Acres Burned
Tyler Texas AP reports at least 20 grass fires swept thousands of acres in east Texas. Winds up to 30 mph hampered efforts to fight the blazes. No homes were destroyed and no injuries were reported as more than 100 men using tractors and heavy equipment contained the fires south of Tyler.
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Texas
Tyler
Tex
Here
Gannon College Plans 4 Million Development Over Ten Years
Gannon College outlined a 4 million development plan to expand enrollment capacity to about 2,500 students. The program includes a multi story four million dollar complex, a 600 thousand dollar pool and gym, a 650 thousand dollar dorm, and a 400 thousand dollar family residence, with land costs bringing total anticipated funding to four million dollars.
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Suse — Squan College
Wilf J. Nash
Coffece
Wehrle
Rey, Nash
Bond Refused For Man In Mother's Slaying
Judge Westmoreland County Delayed Bail for Jack Tressler 28 accused of fatally shooting his mother Genevieve Blose in New Kensington on November 1, 1944. Indicted for murder in 1982 after insanity commission. committed to Farview State Hospital, released recently, then failed to face trial.
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Greensburg
Bu Keim
Westmoreland
Hord
New Kensington
Jack Tressler
Tressler
Genevieve Blose
Bare Plan To Finance School Construction
The state outlines a new system to fund school construction by borrowing on the commercial market via the State Public School Building Authority. Bonds tax free should bring low interest, freeing retirement funds for higher market returns. Current investments yield 4 to 8 percent, with $153.4 million invested. First financing expected late January 1980 after a $56.77 million bond commitment. temporary needs may use bank loans. Also reported, Dr Edward Austin Cary, 35, neurology instructor at the University of Michigan, died.
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Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Sellasl Consteuetion
Wold
School Building Authority
Ann Arbor
Mich
Edward Austin Cary
University of Michigan
Cary
Beaumont
Tex
Veterans Hospital
Thanksgiving Outlook Amid Steel Strike Fades to Caution
The Fat-Cat Piffies era ends with mixed thrift and worry as U S prosperity appears widespread but steel shortages press auto plants and budget forecasts. GM resumes some output while Chrysler shutters three plants. tax revenue may fall short. Outlook for 1900's first quarter is dim as inventories rebuild and a potential January steel walkout looms. Railroads and unions face new contracts creating added uncertainty.
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New York
Nnion
United States
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Treasury
Brotherhoods
Hartley law impact on industry and prices
Hartley law threatens health if shipments halt and raises costs across steel and rail sectors. Wage boosts, automatic raises under existing contracts, and rising financing costs threaten businesses next year. American exporters face overseas barriers while domestic producers meet foreign competition amid widespread economic stress.
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Severs
Herter Suggests Berlin Confab In Paris Talks
Secretary Herter indicated the Soviet stance has shifted from a year ago when he warned West Berlin could be severed from the allies. He said Acheson had no grounds to assume concessions would harm West Berlin’s freedom and urged a Paris summit next month to set a date for the meeting with Khrushchev. He described Western forces and civilian traffic in West Berlin as based on occupation and warned Khrushchev’s threat to control the corridor could close it.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
Acheson
Paris
London
Khrushchev
Red East Germany
East Germany
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