Steiner Trucraft Sold to New York Firm Keeps Saltsburg Plant Open
Steiner Trucraft of Saltsburg is sold to M. Lowenstein and Sons of New York City. The Saltsburg plant will stay under current management and expand into ready made draperies and bed spreads. About 200 workers remain on one shift. Managers Milton Steiner, Harvey Pollock and Jerry Luxemberg stay. The Lowenstein firm is NYSE listed and a major producer of towels sheets and woven goods.
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Saltsburg
Steiner-Trucraft Company
Steiner-Trucraft
M. Lowenstein and Sons Inc
New York City
Steiner
Lowe
Sutta
Lowenstein Company
Milton Steiner
Harvey Pollock
Jerry Luxemberg
Steiner Manufacturing
Joseph Steiner
M. Lowenstein and Sons
Wass seeks another term as Indiana County treasurer
Indiana County Treasurer Paul Wass announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination to continue as treasurer. He highlights a four year record including $169,209.58 in interest earnings, expanded dog license distribution, and a collaborative with county commissioners. Primary election is in May.
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Paul Wass
Indiana
Wass
Indiana County Tourist Promotion Bureau
Indiana County Chamber of Commerce
Indiana County United Fund
Indiana County Cancer Society
Indiana County Ymca
Lions Club of Indiana
Indiana Lions Health Club
IOOF
The
Commercial Travelers
Sportsmen’s Club of
Indiana County
Zion Lutheran Church
Armstrong Township
Indiana RD 5
Ean Mears
Vicky
Waas
Indiana County Commissioners Office
Commonwealth
Land Bank Increases Acreage To Boost Food Output
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration widened the set aside to qualify for gov ernment payments, allowing more land to be farmed this year. The plan aims at a possible 6 billion bushel corn crop and 1.5 billion bushels of soybeans, easing prices while meeting export and domestic livestock demand.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Kenneth 8. Frick
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
USDA
Usda Ever Expected In Decemer
Gazette Announces Free County Level Political Notices
The Indiana Evening Gazette states it will publish political candidacy announcements at the county level in the spring primary as a public service. Advertisers must submit notices to the editorial office before the March 6 petition filing deadline, with coverage extended to neighboring counties in circulation.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
the Gazette
Shapp Seeks HEW Assurances on Flood Aid
Gov. Shapp asked HEW Secretary-designate Casper W. Monday for guarantees the federal government will not withhold 40 million dollars from Pennsylvania flood victim property tax abatement. He said the state program to reimburse owners is at a standstill due to bureaucratic and narrow interpretations of federal law.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
HEW
Casper Winaberger
Pennsylvania
Washington
Denial on Reported POW Release by VC Sparks Confusion
Saigon and U.S. officials denied a claim that three American prisoners were released by the Viet Cong and flown to Saigon. Spokesmen said no corroborating information existed despite an Army officer’s account. Meanwhile Lt Gen Tran Van Tra and 28 Viet Cong were returned to Tan Son Nhut for a cease-fire peace process.
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Saigon
U.S
Paris
Saigon Army Hospital
Associated Press
Tran van Tra
An. Son Nhut
Tra
COSVN
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Loc Ninh
Camp Davis
Signal Corps
Tan
Son Nhut
International Commission of Control
United States
North Vietnam
All-Out Irish Guerrilla Warfare Threats Rise in Belfast
Violence escalates as a grenade attack on a Belfast bus kills one and wounds nine, with Protestant Ulster Defense Association and Catholic Irish Republican Army threats of mass retaliation. Officials link the ambush to sectarian war as gun violence continues. casualties include several Catholics and a police officer’s family.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Ulster Defense Association
Republican Army
IRA
UDA
Irish Press
Dublin
Officials Aware Of Improper Day-Care Extensions in Pa
Harrisburg AP reports hundreds of children remained in a state funded day care program after losing eligibility. Welfare officials knew of the practice but did not stop it. Jeff Ball, deputy secretary, says children stayed as parents worked off welfare aid, now declared ineligible. Federal purge triggered the ruling, with 26,000 children in such programs and 75 percent federal funding. Parents may appeal before any removal. if appeal fails, they pay. New federal limits may cut 3,000 more Pennsylvania children from state funded care. Protests expected in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Welfare Department
Jeff Ball
Social Services
Ball
Tually
Pennsylvania
Helene Sonlgargt
Government Aid Vital- State Industry Growth Seen
Harrisburg AP. Commerce Secretary Walter Arader urges Pennsylvania to fund the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority with a $50 million grant and borrow $150 million at 6 percent to loan under 1 percent to expand small and medium firms. He warns without extra money, a $25 million annual loan gap will grow.
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Harrisburg
Commerce
Walter Arader
Pennsylvania
Arader
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
PIDA
Deaths Obituaries on Page 29
Bessie Remaley Dunmire, 78, of West Lebanon dies. Ronald James Gomish, 2, of 648 East Pike, Indiana passes. Serafin Paul Mazza, 71, of State College is named among the deceased.
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Dunmire
Mes
Bessie Remaley
West
Lebanon
Gomish
Ronald James
East Pike
Indiana
Mazza
Serafing Paul
State College
Non Jury Sentences Awarded in Local Cases
Two defendants appeared before Judge Edwin M. Clark in non jury trials. Ruth Ann Plouse of Graceton was found guilty of driving while intoxicated on October 10 and received a suspended sentence of payment of costs a $250 fine and one year probation. Terry Lee Blystone of Marion Center RD 2 was found guilty of operating a vehicle after suspension and was ordered to pay prosecution costs a $300 fine and two years probation.
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Edwin M. Clark
Clark
Ruth Ann Plouse
Terry Lee Blystone
Marion Center RD 2
Black Lick Burrell receives $70,000 planning grant
State officials announced the Black Lick Burrell Two area community development project would receive an initial $70,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs. The grant supports planning and engineering work and a yearlong effort with local officials and residents to prepare for rehabilitation.
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Pennsylvania
Wilcox
Legislator Raps Nixon On Spending
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. challenges President Nixon over impounding funds and questions constitutional power to withhold appropriations. Ervin, sponsor of a bill to curb impoundment, asserts Congress sets spending for specific projects despite executive discretion.
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Nixon
Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Ervin
Congress
Ixon
Bec
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GOP
Gazette
Tommy Hawk
Gazetteland
Babson Vee Peel
Bridge Business Mirror
Aoe
Dear Abby
Sane
Outer Space
Lake Stonycreek
Somerset County
Wohlgemuth
Black Lick
Burrell
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