Indiana Landmark Gutted by Suspected Arson Fire
A Sunday afternoon blaze gutted the Greiner Building at Oak and 11th in Indiana, a 70 year old landmark valued at 250000 with six or seven prior suspicious fires. Owner Rovalchick Salvage offers 1000 reward for arson arrest. fire crews from Homer City and Clymer assisted but internal dangers prevented interior attack.
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Greiner
Oak
11Th Streets
Joseph Rovalchick
Rovalchick Salvage Co
Informa
Woodburn
Kovalchick
Homer City
Clymer
Indiana
Kovalchick Salvage Co
Gazette
Bechtel
Changeover Strains State Bills Payments Delayed
Hundreds of suppliers waited over five months as Pennsylvania halted bill payments on July 1 to reroute federal funds through new legislative and accounting codes. Officials say the overhaul required 20 new identification codes, slowing processing from one hour to four to five hours per invoice and filling Treasury with stacked vouchers during holidays.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Treasury Department
Treasury
Chief Seeks Better Weather For Hunters This Week
Chief Tommy Hawk notes weekend effort to locate favorable hunting weather failed. Gazette land expected to be mostly cold and clear tonight with teens. Tuesday to bring a sunny, warmer day with highs around 305. Precipitation odds are ten percent tonight and near zero tomorrow.
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Tommy Hawk
Gazetteland
Carter May Name More Cabinet Appointees in Georgia
Atlanta sources say President-elect Carter will name W. Michael Blumenthal as treasury secretary and Jane Cahill Pfeiffer as commerce secretary. He plans a 2:30 p.m. news conference to announce additional cabinet posts, including defense, attorney general, and housing and urban development. Other interviewees include Rep. Bob Bergland and judges Frank Johnson and Griffin Bell, with Ray Marshall among potential economics posts.
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Atlanta
W. Michael Blumenthal
Johnson
Kennedy
Carter
Treasury
Jane Cahill Pfeiffer
IBM Corp
Commerce
Defense
Harold Brown
Pentagon
Cial
Bob Bergland
D-Minn
House Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Robert C. Embry Jr
Baltimore
Franklin Thomas
Bedford- Stuyvesant Corp
Brooklyn
U.S. Court of Appeals
Frank Johnson
Circuit Court
Griffin Bell
Bell
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ray Marshall
University of Texas
Jody Powell
Governor's Mansion
NFL Playoffs Open After Regular Season Ends
The regular NFL season ends and the playoffs begin next Saturday with the Steelers aiming for another Super Bowl title. See story in today's sports section for details and context on the postseason outlook and key contenders.
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Steelers
Kissinger Ends Diplomatic Era After 564000 Miles
Henry A Kissinger, after 39 months as secretary of state, returns to Washington ending a globe trotting era. He traveled to many nations, helped broker Middle East and Sino relations, and planned a decompression period before possible return in a future administration.
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Henry A. Kissinger
London
Rhodesia
Kissinger
Middle East
Israel
Kremlin
Peking
Afghanistan
Zambia
U.S. Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Tyler
Brussels
Press Underground
Cyrus Rance
Dean Acheson
John Foster Dulles
Depsatente
Vance
NATO
Mondale
Jimmy Carter
White House
Walter Mondale
Caribbean
Employment Security Office Moves
The Indiana office of the Bureau of Employment Security and the Pennsylvania State Employment Service will move from 30 North Fifth St to 450 North Fourth St. Both offices will operate tomorrow Dec 14. Tuesday morning signups occur at the old Fifth St site. skeleton staff at the new Fourth St site handle emergencies and unemployment claims. New phone numbers: 357-3030.
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Jack Murphy
Indiana
Bureau of Employment Security
Pennsylvania
State Employment Service
North Fifth St
North Fourth St
Fifth St
Fourth St
WIN
Carter Favored in Electoral College Today
Washington AP reports on the 538 electors meeting to choose the president with Jimmy Carter favored to win. Walter Minch of Parma Ohio is among electors pledged to Carter as 50 state capitals and DC prepare to cast ballots. If 270 votes suffice, Carter could reach 297 to Ford 241, with results announced January 6.
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Washington
Walter Minch
Parma
Ohio
United States
Minch
Electoral College
Jimmy Carter
District of Columbia
Carter
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Columbus
Virginia
Roger MacBride
Richard Nixon
John Hospers
Libertarian Party
Sunday open in downtown stores drew mixed merchant vote
Downtown Indiana shoppers favored Sunday hours with two major stores planning to stay open next week. Brody and Penney manager Arthur Thompson dislike Sunday openings but say business was good and they will follow legislature guidance. Staffing was adequate, with overstaffing at Brody's.
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Indiana
Donald Brody
Brody
Christ
Pennsylvania
Arthur Thompson
J. C. Penney
Thompson
IUP Student Knifed in Early Morning Incident
Glenn H. Graner a 19 year old Indiana University of Pennsylvania student from Pittsburgh was stabbed in the abdomen during a 7th and Sout Streets Indiana fracas. Police arrested David Dearhouse 21 of Quebec Canada who allegedly knifed Graner and is being held on $5000 bond awaiting a December 16 hearing.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania
7Th
Sout Streets
Indiana
Glenn H. Graner
Pittsburgh
7Th St
David Dearhouse
Quebec
Canada
Graner
Dearhouse
Louis Noceo
Homer City
Indiana County
Indiana Man Wounded At Yatesboro
Indiana man Richard Buggs, 23, was wounded in the neck at 11 p.m. Saturday at the Landmark in Yatesboro. He received initial treatment at Indiana Hospital and was transferred to Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh in good condition. State police investigate the shooting following an alleged agreement. a small caliber handgun was used.
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Yatesboro
Kittanning
Richard Buggs
Indiana
Buggs
Indiana Hospital
Presbyterian University Hospital
Pittsburgh
Obituary notices list several late residents and relatives
Deaths and obituaries from page 31 report Mary Cavanaugh formerly of Indiana County James Donahue aged 59 of Blairsville Virginia Fornari aged 85 Homer City Roy Holsopple aged 84 Homer City Frank Nagg aged 68 Clarksburg RD 1 John Repka aged 48 Homer City Mabel Wise aged 86 formerly of Homer City Walter Clawson aged 55 Mount Joy formerly of Cymer
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Cavanaugh
Mary
Indiana County
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Greiner Bikey
Kovaldh- 10K
Co. No. 3
Cyrus Vance
Wall Street
Thomas B. Lance
Blumenthal
Bendix Corp
Detroit
Germany
U.S
Tech
Henry
MacBridge
MacBride
David Schwartz
IUP
Holsopple
Roy
Nagg, Frank
Clarksburg RD
Repka, John
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