Indiana County Flooding Widespread Across Townships
Flooding inundated towns from Creekside to Punxsutawney with six feet of water on roads and yards. Dwellings and basements were flooded, roads closed, and residents evacuated. National Guardsmen patrolled dams near Derry and crews pumped water from homes in Blairsville and Clymer as crews urged volunteers to assist in evacuations.
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Josephine
Palmertown
Black Lick
Blairsville
Hillside
Millwood
Bergman
Derry
Westmoreland County
National
Scottdale
Indiana County
Saltsburg
Conemaugh
Young Townships
Lewisville
Creekside
Ernest
Fred Zaziski
Robert Johnston
Johnston
Zaziski
Ron Bellock
Bellock
Sherman
Adams
Clymer
Quaker State
Dixonville
Moose Lodge
Fisher
Commodore
Plumville
Gas Center
New Florence
Seward
Huff
West Bolivar
Robinson
Cramer
Punxsutawney
Jefferson County
Water St
Maple Ave
Graffits Ave
Clee
Adrian Hospital
Indiana
Governor Plans Tour of Floods
Gov Milton Shapp planned a tour of flood ravaged areas with a U S official to press for federal aid. The assistance could include funds food stamps free housing for a year and disaster loans for victims.
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Harrisburg
Milton Shapp
U.S. Office of Economic Preparedness
New Welfare Grant System Advocated
Harrisburg AP reports state legislator Rep. Stephen R. Wojdak proposes a new uniform standard for welfare grant calculations using PA median income. He urges creation of a 15 member commission to study the plan for Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Stephen R. Wojdak
Philadelphia
Israelis Attack Guerrillas In Southern Lebanon Warplanes Bomb Target Area
The Associated Press reports Israeli warplanes bombed and strafed guerrilla sites in southern Lebanon after cross border fire erupted overnight. Israel said Deir el-Ashayir area near Mt Hermon was hit and returned to base. Lebanon reported shelling villages and casualties including a woman killed in Dibbine.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Deir el-Ashayir
Mt. Hermon
Beirut
Dibbine
Majdal Tell
Bordes
Anes
Traffic Summary: Five Crashes Reported Across Area
District police logged five traffic accidents in the past 24 hours with several shaken but not treated. James Fenstermaker 21 of Whitehall and Russell Toy 24 of Adr ian collided at Maple Street Intersection Indiana at 9 05 a m causing 550 in damage. Bettie Cossatt 46 Strongstown skidded off Route 422 east of Strongstown and overturned at 1 p m with 200 damage. Thomas Alford 20 Homer City injured slightly after car hit guard rails on Route 422 south of Indiana at 2 55 p m causing 600 damage. Dennis Hill 18 Sagamore and Jesse Clawson 47 Indiana RD 5 escaped injury in collision on Route 156 Shelocta at 2 p m with 700 damage. Charles Crovatta 79 Black Lick and Mation Mihalko 27 Blairsville escaped injury on Route 22 east of Blairsville at 2 Bae with no damage estimated.
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James Fenstermaker
Whitehall
Russell A. Toy
Adrian
Indiana
Maple St
Strongstown
Bettie Cossatt
Thomas Alford
Homer City
Route 422
Shelocta
Dennis Hill
Sagamore
Jesse Clawson
Indiana RD 5
Crovatta
Black Lick
Mation Mihalko
Blairsville
Polite
Unions Praise Supreme Court ruling on voluntary contributions
AFL-CIO officials hail a Supreme Court decision allowing unions to collect voluntary member contributions and donate to congressional and presidential campaigns. The 13.6 million member federation notes it could aid candidates but top officials have not endorsed a presidential contender and remain cool to the Democratic front-runner.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Supreme Court
Labor Federation
George McGovern
Nixon
White House
William J. Brennan Jr
Thomas Harris
St. Louis
Treasuries
Harris
COPE
Flood Warnings across Western Pennsylvania Rise
Rivers Allegheny and Monongahela surged past flood stage with Ohio River above 25 feet. Rains threaten 10 feet of downtown Pittsburgh damage while Susquehanna could crest 82 feet, breaking 1936 records. Evacuations in Harrisburg Wilkes‑Barre Clearfield county. state declares extreme emergency.
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Allegheny
Monongahela
William Long
Weather Service
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Agnes
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Oil City
Venango County
Franklin
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Defense
DuBois
Harrisburg
Wilkes-Barre
Clearfield County
Philadelphia
Shapp
Harry J. Mier Jr
Pennsylvania National Guard
Ernest Kline
Mier
National Guard
Restrictive Abortion Bill Passed in Pennsylvania House
The Pennsylvania House approved a highly restrictive abortion bill by 157 to 34. It would permit abortions only if a panel of three doctors finds a reasonable medical certainty that continuing the pregnancy would cause the woman's death. The bill includes rape and incest exceptions and requires a married woman facing death to obtain her husband’s written consent, with support from Catholic and pro-life groups.
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Harrisburg
State House
House
Ett
U.S. Department of Health
Educattion and Welfare
HEW
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference
The
Pennsylvanians For Human Life
Industry Hard Hit By Floods
Industry in the Dhate area faced high absenteeism due to floods. Up to 25 percent of the workforce was absent at McCreary Tire and Rubber and at Rob ertshaw, while Seasonals and Fisher Scientific reported significant disruption and efforts to keep production and operations open amid flooded facilities.
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Dhate
McCreary Tire & Rubber Co
Robertshaw
Fisher Scientific
Robert Stein
Fire Destroys Stolen Auto Near New Florence
A 1971 model auto stolen Wednesday from Carl Young's New Florence residence was found Thursday near Bolivar and burned. Loss set at 3000 dollars. State police arson investigators from Greensburg joined Indiana police in continuing the probe.
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Clyde
Carl Young
New Florence
Bolivar
Greensburg
Indiana
Season-all Dedicates Indiana Plant Addition Amid Flood Disruption
Season-all dedicates a new Indiana plant addition featuring remarks from Mr. Cole and Mr. Gorell. The event highlighted rehabilitation and renovation of residential and commercial projects, a pollution control water treatment incinerator, and projected employment of about 600 with a $4 million annual payroll. Tours followed the ribbon cutting.
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Indiana
Harrisburg
Rustic Lodge
Cole
Gorell
National Bank of the Commonwealth
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
Mellon National Bank & Trust Co
Pittsburgh
Shirley Stringer
Kent
Gt Seasonall Industries, Inc
Frank Gorell
John Cole
Pennsylvania Industrial Authority
Dick Westover
Cherry Tree
Westover
Utilities Busy As Water Floods Hit Indiana County
Indiana County faces widespread power outages as two major providers, Pennsylvania Electric Co and Southwest Electric Co-Operative, scramble to shut off power to flooded homes. Crews work from four four man teams and four two man teams to reach affected areas with Route 286 outages fixed. phone lines show typical delays with slow dial tones due to increased load.
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Indiana County
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Central Hutal Electric Co-Operative Corp
Penelec
the Gazette
Church St
Water St
Indiana
Homer City
Maple St
Jacksonville Road
Myr-Walt
Two Lick Creek
Rochester Mills
Clymer
Richard Orange
REA
Creekside
Clarksburg
Saltsburg
Robert Kunkle
The
Bell Telephone Co
Upstate Democrats Seek Personal Income Tax Cut
Upstate lawmakers drafted a 150 million in cuts targeting Gov Shapps budget to reduce the personal income tax from 2.3 to 2 percent. The general appropriation bill passed 11674 in the House, with urban Democrats mostly opposing. A tax cut bill may be sent to a committee next week to reduce revenue by about 130 million, as the Senate prepares a budget before July 1.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
House
Senate
Robert Wise
D-Lycoming
Upstate
Wise
Wiliamsport
Treasury Report Detailing June Cash Deposits and Debts
Treasury report from Washington shows cash deposits and withdrawals totaling 237 608 363 180, with total debt at 15 165 29 17 and gold assets listed as 10 410.10.00a. The OCR text is garbled but presents a summary of cash movements and asset values.
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Treasury Report
Washington
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Ligonier
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A.F. Moreau & Sons, Inc
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Justice Department
Brennan
Congress
General Union
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