Punxsutawney OKs tentative budget with no tax hike
Punxsutawney Area School Board approved a 1975 76 tentative budget totaling 6247434 dollars in expenditures and 6301842 dollars in receipts, keeping the real estate tax base at 28 mills in Jefferson County and 38 mills in Indiana County. The plan adds no new taxes yet totals an 11.5 percent rise in expenditures from last year. the board also rebid the school bus contract, approved a Pre School program, and set a summer instrumental music pay raise with band appearances scheduled for local events.
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Dave Putnam
Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Area
Jefferson County
Indiana County
Punxautawney Bus Company
John Magas
Holiday lull grips Washington as lawmakers idle
Washington Congress and federal offices idled for Memorial Day week. President Ford's Europe trip and a vetoed 5.3 billion jobs bill shorten legislative activity. Vice President Rockefeller and Henry Kissinger also away, leaving fewer officials and slower reporting on the Hill.
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Washington
Potomac
Ford
Europe
White House
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Most Air In U S Illegal As Standards Take Effect
Washington AP says at midnight the air in most of the United States becomes illegal to emit. EPA head Russell Train reports only 89 of 247 Air Quality Control Regions meet all five 1975 standards, with many likely falling short on one or more limits for smoke dust sulfur oxide carbon monoxide smog and nitrogen dioxide. Training notes progress since 1970, urges flexibility, cites reductions in emissions but warns many regions will miss the deadline due to enforcement and regulatory gaps.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Environmental Protection
Russell E. Train
EPA
Train
Drug and alcohol abuse costs reach 35 billion a year
Washington advisory panel says annual costs of drug and alcohol abuse total about 35 billion, with 6.3 billion in property losses, 1.5 billion in lost productivity, 1.1 billion for treatment programs, 620 million police and court costs, and nearly 200 million in health expenses. It urges international cooperation and stronger links between criminal justice and health sectors.
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Washington
U.S
Ford
Strategy Council On Drug Abuse
United States
Pine Township to Discuss Fire Hydrant Plan
Heilwood The Pine Township supervisors will hold a special meeting Tuesday at 7 pm in the Pine Township Fire Hall Heilwood to discuss a proposal for installing fire hydrants and improved fire protection. The supervisors urge residents to attend.
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Heilwood
Pine Township
Annual Workshop Grant Supports University Aviation Program
A three thousand dollar grant from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation funds Indiana University of Pennsylvania geography and regional planning to run its annual Aviation Aerospace Workshop in June. Dr. David C. Winslow directs the program with Professor James E. Payne, offering courses 422 and 522 for three credits each and including free flight, remote sensing, photo interpretation, and systems analysis. Guest instructors from the Pennsylvania Aviation Bureau, Civil Air Patrol, Indiana Airways, NASA Goddard, and state education and transportation officials will join, along with noted speakers on aviation education and space science.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania Department of Geography and Regional Planning
Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation
David C. Winslow
James E. Payne
Leonard Tepper
IAP
Pennsylvania Aviation Bureau
Richard T. Butler
Richard O'Neal
U.S. Air Force
Civi Air Patrol
Indiana Airways, Inc
Jimmy Stewart
Melvin K. Strickler, Jr
Federal Aviation Administration
Robert C. Smith
Northeast Region
Civil Air Patrol
Minot H. Parker
Nasa-Goddard Space Science Center
William J. Smith
Aviation-Aerospace Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Seymour K. Coburn
United States Steel Corporation
A.H. Childs
Bureau of Aviation
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Recycling Center Plans to reopen discussed at meeting
A Pollution Solution of Indiana County meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the county courthouse will discuss plans to reopen the recycling center. Residents interested in recycling are encouraged to attend.
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Indiana County
Escapees Recaptured Near Jefferson After High Speed Chase
Two Rockview inmates identified as David Bush and Jay Harrington were recaptured after a pursuit on U.S. 322 in Jefferson County. The escapees tied up Peggy Gresh and her relatives in Jamesville, stealing about $60 and two firearms from the Gresh home before fleeing. Bush had 5 to 20 years for armed robbery and Harrington 14 to 5 years for escaping from Lebanon County prison.
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Erhuukville, Pa
Rockview State Correctional Institution
Clearfield County
Jefferson County
David Bush
Jay D. Harrington
Peggy Gresh
Jamesville
Gresh
U.S. 322
Bush
Harrington
Rockview
Lebanon County
Windows Shattered At Pikes Peak Drive In Route 422 East
State police report two plate glass windows broken at the Pikes Peak Drive-In along Route 422 seven miles east of Indiana. The rock attack occurred between 10:30 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 p.m. Friday. Damages are not yet estimated as police continue the investigation.
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Pikes Peak Drive-In
Route 422
Indiana
Derry Man Injured In Area Crash
A Derry motorist Dennis W. Stape of 520 Stella Street was injured in a one car crash on Quarry Road near Torrance. He was traveling south and failed to negotiate a curve sustaining a slight head injury. Damages were estimated at $200.
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Blairsville
Derry
Torrance
Greensburg Barracks
Dennis W. Stape
Stella St
U.S. Bases In Spain Discussed
A Madrid based interview summarises Spain United States base ties noting no explicit security guarantees or Franco support in accords. It lists Torrejon Zaragoza Moron and Rota, with Torrejon and Rota under U.S. dominance, bases built for 1.5 billion in 1953 and turned over in 1970.
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Fernando Maria Castiella
Martin Artajo
United States
Spain
Moscow
Madrid
Franco
U.S
Torrejon
Zaragoza
Moron Air Base
Seville
Rota Navy Base
Cadiz Bay
Gibraltar
Rota
Biologist crawls into bear den for temperature study
Al LeCount of the Arizona Game and Fish Department crawled into a 300 pound black bear den at Punkin Center to install a sensor for research. The bear slept through subfreezing weather as the device logged 40 degrees over 45 days before the bear ate the sensor. LeCount and his wife Karen live in a small central Arizona village. the five year program is the first major eye to eye black bear study.
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Punkin Center
Ariz
al LeCount
Arizona Game and Fish Department
LeCount
Karen
Arizona
Water Customers Seek Switch from Homer City Source
About 80 residents of Coral Graceton attended a meeting at the Coral Graceton Fire Hall to hear a protest committee report on efforts to return the Coral-Some 80 Lower Indiana County Municipal Authority to High Ridge Water Co. supply. The group claims 59 percent support among 853 customers but the Authority refuses to publish names. A ballot plan is being developed to let customers vote on whether to switch sources, with a 51 percent threshold cited. A special meeting is set for Tuesday at the Black Lick Fire Hall to decide on rate changes if High Ridge is adopted.
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Indiana County
Municipal Authority Water Consumers
Coral-Graceton
High Ridge Water Co
Homer City
High Ridge
John McBurney
Authority
Authority Board
Fred Schmitt
Consumer Protest Committee
Authority Committee
All Authority
Ised
Full Authority
Schmitt
High Ridge Water
The
Water Authority
Black Lick Fire Hall
Burgher Haus to Open Punxsutawney Fast Food Eatery
Burgher Haus plans a new modular fast food outlet at Giplin and Mahoning streets Punxsutawney. R A Smith area distributor will own operate the restaurant which seats 22 and serves hamburgers a Kraut Patera potato dish and ice cream. The company expanding to the east with other franchises expected in Jefferson County Indiana and Clearfield counties later this year.
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Punxsutawney
Burgher Haus
Giplin and
Mahoning Streets
Establishemnn
R.A. Smith
Burgher Haus Company
Jefferson County
Indiana
Clearfield
Youth Dies In Patton
A 19 year old Patton youth Theodore A Winsko collapsed while driving near Palmer and Fifth Avenues. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Miners Hospital after chest pains followed an earlier football toss. Coroner Joseph J Govekar attributed the death to a massive heart attack.
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Spangler
Patton
Miners Hospital
Palmer and
Fifth Avenues
Theodore A. Winsko
Alex and
Anna Voytko Winsko
Joseph J. Govekar
Palmer and Fifth
Winsko
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John F. Kennedy
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Horace Mann
Sheldon K. Davis
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John Kimmel
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