Flood toll rises to seventy after river search finds two bodies
Discovery of a boy’s body along the Conemaugh River near Blairsville and a woman’s body near Seward raises the July flood death toll to 70. A ground search with about 850 volunteers covered the river shores from Seward to Blairsville, as rescue efforts continued and relief centers opened across Indiana County.
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American Legion
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Central Cambria High School
Ebensburg
Bellwood
New State Budget Plan To Hike Corporate Taxes
Harrisburg AP Senate Democrats weigh a new budget plan to avoid a shutdown by raising corporate net income tax to 10.5 percent and removing sales tax exemptions while preserving 100 million in school subsidies. The plan aims to win over holdouts and buyers of school funding, with layoffs looming and emergency funds running out this week.
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Stapleton
Louis Coppersmith
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Sadat denies overthrow attempt amid Egypt Libya clash
In a Sunday ABC interview from Alexandria, Anwar Sadat rejected plans to oust Libyan leader Muammar Khadafi while blaming the Soviet Union for provoking the four day fighting. He cited Soviet helicopters near Egyptian waters and said he would protest Moscow. Sadat also addressed Arab-Israeli talks, hinted at peace possible with PLO at Geneva, and critiqued Israel’s settlement moves on the West Bank while awaiting U.S. position ahead of talks with Cyrus Vance.
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Chief Muddy Weather Outlook Over Conemaugh River
Chief Muddy reports fair Gazette land weather tonight with lows in the mid to upper 50s. Tuesday promises a sunny day with highs in the upper 70s to low 90s and a ten percent rain chance.
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Tommy Hawk
Conemaugh
Vance Opens Mideast Talks Aimed at Geneva Framework
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance begins a tour of Egypt Lebanon Syria Jordan Saudi Arabia and Israel seeking undisclosed U.S. suggestions to set up peace talks and a future Geneva conference The trip targets Palestinian representation West Bank status and a possible trusteeship proposal while signaling tentative readiness for direct Arab-Israeli talks and regional stability efforts.
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Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Middle East
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Carter
Vance
Egypt
Geneva
Grocery prices rise in July survey signals modest gains
Grocery prices continued to increase at a relatively moderate level during July though some items showed sharp increases. An Associated Press survey details the nationwide trend with modest overall gains across categories.
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Associated Press
First Date Ends In Tragedy In Brooklyn
In Brooklyn the Son of Sam killer struck on a first date, wounding Stacy Moskowitz and Robert Violante, both 20. Violante faces possible blindness, Moskowitz a severe head wound. Police deployed more officers amid a year of terror and renewed public fear.
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New York Harbor
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Bronx
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Robert Violante
Kings County Hospital
Violante May
Abraham Beame
Michael Codd
Donna Lauria
Son of
Bensonhurst
Da.m
Violante
Detec
Walk Off Job Defies No Strike Pact In Iron Range
Thousands of iron ore workers in Minnesota and upper Michigan walked off the job defying a no strike clause. The stoppage disrupts production across the Mesabi Range as USW unions press local issues in wage and safety talks, with 14,000 Minnesota and 6,000 Michigan workers affected.
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Duluth, Minn
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
United Steelworkers
Michigan
Mesabi
Deaths Obituaries on Page 24
The page lists multiple obituary notices including Homer Miles Bash 73 of Lemmon. Leo Bridenthal 35 Shelody RD 3. Dwayne Evans 15 Cleveland. Anna C. Krede 77 Rossiter WD 1. Stephen F. Ligas 71 Alverda. Maude McGuire Indiang. Verna Rhodes 78 Creekside RD 1. Eleanor A. Sloan 65 Saltsbury TH. Benjamin Wilson Thomas 91 Marion Center. Walter L. Watson 67 Indiana RD 1. Marie Johnston Weiss 80 Shelocta RD 3.
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Butch
Lemmon
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