Indiana County Jail bids opened for general, heating, plumbing and electrical work
Indiana County Commissioners opened bids for the new jail project with bids totaling about 850000 if lowest bidders are chosen. General contractor bids ranged from 513513 to 579900, heating bids from 103860 to 166000, electrical bids from 104600 to 139699, with reviewing and possible rejection of all bids. Preliminary jail plans were approved in 1971, groundbreaking hoped for Sept 1973, with August 16 bid-award target if costs fit limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Indiana
George Danko, Inc
Latrobe
E. D. Fry and Son, Inc
Punxsutawney
Baldwin Electric Company
Washington
Robert Scheeren
USW District 50 merger cleared by judge in Pittsburgh
A federal judge dissolved the injunction blocking the merger of United Steelworkers and District 50 Allied & Technical Workers Union. The move adds about 200,000 members to USW's 1.2 million, making it the second largest union behind the Teamsters. District 50 leaders, including Elwood Moffett, may join USW headquarters staff. merger details await organic approval and potential delegate elections ahead of the Las Vegas convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USW
U.S
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
District 50
Allied & Technical Workers Union
Barrington Parker
Washington, D.C
Angelo Cefalo
Iate
United Mine Worker
Teamsters
UAW
Elwood Moffett
John L. Lewis
Las Vegas
Legislature Dashes Hopes For Graduated Tax
Harrisburg AP report says the General Assembly adjourned for summer, likely derailing the Shapp administrations plan for a graduated income tax by 1973. A constitutional change required two legislative sessions and newspaper ads. Aug. 7 deadline passed, leaving the plan unlikely to reach voters in time for the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
General Assembly
Shapp
Department of State
Senate
Thomas F. Lamb
D-Allegheny
Ronald J. Pettine
The
Commonwealth
Pettine
Ruffners Tire
Heaths Obituaries on page 21
Obituary list includes MelVernon Adams 75 Saegertown Babe Adams. Wilma Conner, daughter of Robert and Miss Wilma Conner. Russell Hankinson 63 Foraks Church Road Gilpin Twp Leechburg RD1. Clifford J Hartzell 20 Sagamore. Vernie M McGaughey 90 2622 Woodstock Ave Swissvale. Nannie R Bay 85 495 Ben Franklin Road North Indiana. Anna Pollock Work 95 50 Woodland Drive Mt Lebanon. Paul E McShane 60 Indiana.
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Hankinson
Russell R
Foraks Church Road
Gilpin
Leechburg
Hartzell
Clifford J
Sagamore
Bay
Nannie R
Ben Franklin Road North
Indiana
House Rejects End War Directive In Indochina Vote
Washington AP The House rejected a direct pullout directive by a 226 178 vote delaying the end of U S involvement in Indochina and sent a 2 1 billion foreign aid bill to the Senate The result preserves Nixon room to negotiate while risking a renewed Senate battle over war ending terms and future military aid
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Washington
House
Nixon
Senate
U.S
Ict
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Indochina
America
Hamilton
Hanoi
Donald W. Riegle
R-Mich
Andrew Jacobs Jr
Congress
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Massachusetts
O'Neill
Vietnamese forces hit by large NVA Viet Cong attacks near Saigon
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong shelled multiple South Vietnamese positions including Lai Khe base Camp Cam Ranh Bay Cu Chi and four district towns. The assault cut Highway 13 near Lai Khe, caused heavy casualties and traffic disruption. Saigon reports 38 NVA killed 4 VN soldiers killed and 28 wounded with prisoners taken.
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Saigon
Highway 13
An Loc
Lai Khe
Cam Ranh
Cam Ranh Bay
Big Cu Chi
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Jensen
3Rd
Warren Road Detour and Bridge Repair Notice
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announces Warren Road Detour from Route 286 near Regency Mall to Ben Franklin Road as Warren Road closes to widen the road and remove a hump. Detour routes motorists one mile southwest on Route 286 to Indian Springs Road then north to Ben Franklin Road. A shorter five day detour on Legislative Route 32033 northwest of McIntyre will begin Monday for bridge span repairs by PennDOT crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 10
Penndot
Indian Springs Road
Indiana
T.W. Phillips Gas and Oil Co
Butler
Warren Road
Regency Mall
Ben Franklin Road
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Indian Springs
McIntyre
Penn-Dot
Senate Debates SALT Accord Amid Committee Backing
The Senate opens debate on the five year U S Soviet land and sea based nuclear missiles agreement signed in Moscow. Chairman Fulbright and the Foreign Relations Committee back the treaty and oppose amendments notably Sen Jackson's push for equality in future talks. The panel approved the measure unanimously with Scott abstaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Moscow
White House
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Hugh Scott
Election-Year Social Welfare Impasse Deepens as Nixon Veto Looms
Washington AP President Nixon faces a likely veto of a $30.5 billion Labor HEW social-welfare bill approved by Congress 62-22. The measure exceeds the administration request by 1.7 billion and leaves a loophole that could drive costs toward 40 billion. HEW Secretary Richardson warns a veto would be justified, while Mansfield challenges the electoral timing of spending battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Nixon
Senate
White House
Labor Department
The
Earth
House
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Conference Committee
Sergeant Guilty In Spy Case
A military judge convicted Master Sergeant Walter T. Perkins of attempting to smuggle secret U.S. defense documents to Soviet agents. The court martial, without a jury, found Perkins 37, an intelligence unit NCO at Tyndall Air Force Base, guilty after six hours of deliberations. Perkins faces potential sentencing after defense mitigation.
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Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
Walter T. Perkins
U.S
Col
Joe Peck
Perkins
Florida
Mexico City
Peck
Grace Perkins
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John Hall, Inc
Ligonier
Chapman Plumbing and Heating, Inc
B. J. Tamasy and Sons, Inc
West Newton
Stanton-Barnhart Plumbing and Heating
Johnstown
Sloan Plumbing and Heating Company
Dougherty Company, Inc
Freeport
Windber Mechanical Contractors
Windber
Chapman Plumbing and Heating
Windber Plumbing Company
Bernard Electric, Inc
Electrical Contractors Associates
Altoona
R. L. Keirn Electric Construction Company
Clearfield
R. D. Goss, Inc
Inside Today Business Mirror
Isi
Abby
Peenee
Sreuterenes
Women's World
Heaths Qhituaries
Carl Albert
Hale Boggs
William VV. Roth
Del
Richardson
Mississippi
Tommy Hawk
Graceton
Dex
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