Indiana County Christmas Trees Reach Nationwide Demand
Growers in Indiana County report a strong season with about a million trees sold or expected to be sold. Musser Forests led by Fred Musser Jr. ships 100000 to 150000 trees yearly, with orders from all over the U S including Texas. Canale nursery supplies government needs and many trees stay within the East Coast region.
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Indiana County
Musser
Texas
Fleming
Canale Nursery
U.S
Florida
Georgia
Deaths Obituaries on page 22 list local names
The page lists several obituaries and notices including Grant C. Bell known as Skip and Olive Rebec ca Gress aged 82, plus George C. Hanley 82 Katherine Jones 73 Clarence L. Kinnan 69 Michael Kovalchick 66 Floyd G. Kunkle 72 and John Sulosky 65 with associated addresses and affiliations. The text also discusses Cedar Tree sales strategies at Letzer Lumber and Musser and Fleming noting steady demand from loyal buyers, with peak sales in September and inventories often sold out across U.S. nurseries and professional Christmas tree retailers.
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Bell
Grant C
Skip
Houston
Texas
Indiana
GRESS
Olive Rebecca (Cooper
Rural Valley
Hanley
George C., Sr
Punxsutawney
Jones
Katherine
Blairaville
Kinnan
Clarence L
Cherry Tree
Kovalchick
Michael
Paradise Road
Sykesville
Kunkle
Floyd G
Fifth St
Senate Passes Emergency Bill Amid Veto Threat
The Senate approved about 3.3 billion in new domestic cuts as it passed an emergency spending bill to fund government operations past midnight. The 89-26 vote came after a 21 hour session with 25 roll calls, leading to a House Senate conference on differences and potential Reagan veto risks.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
House
Baker
Deteriorating White Township sewer pipes alarm officials
Johns Manville's asbestos cement pipe, once chosen for Blairsville Borough water systems, shows severe deterioration in White Township. Contractors on Lockard Drive witnessed a pipe collapse, prompting officials to review 15 year old contracts, test removed sections, and notify Johns Manville and Kimball Engineering. Authorities ordered letters to collect front foot liens dating up to 14 years.
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Johns Manville Company
Indiana County
White Township
Blairsville
Citizens’ Committee
Ford Buterbaugh
Lockard Drive
Butterbaugh
Authority
Clifford Fleming
Kimball
Fred Rupert
Johns-Manville
Sterbaugh
Johns- Manville
Denver
Alan Holsinger
Johns Manville and
Kimball Engineering
Former King Leather owner dies in Florida
V. Wil shire Harcourt, former owner of King Leather Inc., Indiana, died Wednesday in Naples, Florida where he resided at 9601 Whitehall St. He was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Surviving are three daughters Wendy Harcourt Davis Naples Ada Yastings West Hartford and Marguerite Khraun Kansas City ten grandchildren and one great grandson.
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Naples, Fla
V. Wilshire Harcourt
King Leather Inc
Indiana
Naples
Fla
Whitehall St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wendy Harcourt Davis
Ada Yastings
West Hartford
Recounts Ordered In Two Races In County Elections
Ballots for borough tax collector and Brushvalley Township supervisor will be recounted after the Nov 3 general election. In Ernest Borough Mary Ann Wesolosky leads Mary M. Pease by 119 to 109 on the Democrat and Republican lines. Pease ran as a write-in. In Brushvalley, Republican Carl E. Clevenger leads Democrat Raymond Brendlinger 175 to 171. Weather prospects: mounting snow, windy through the weekend with subfreezing temps and gusty northwest winds.
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Ernest
Mary Ann Wesolosky
Mary M. Pease
Pease
Brushvalley
Carl E. Clevenger
Raymond Brendlinger
U.S. Steel bids $6.3 billion to rescue Marathon Oil
U.S. Steel offered 125 per share for 51 percent of Marathon stock, plus notes for rest, valuing the deal at at least 6.3 billion. Marathon supports the offer while Mobil studies it and Texaco may bid. Marathon says management will stay in Findlay and remain competitive.
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Marathon
U.S. Steel
Mobil
Conoco Inc
U.S
New York
Mobi Securities
Cleveland
Texaco Inc
Texaco
Arathon
Harold D. Hoopman
Findlay, Ohio
Findlay
Hoopman
W. Bentley Burr
John Glenn
D-Ohio
Mortgage relief delayed to mid 1982 for home buyers
Would be buyers and sellers face a wait probable until mid 1982 for relief from high mortgage costs. Details on page 7. Drowning trial verdict finds seven teen boys guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a rival high school drowning. Story on page 14.
Snowstorm in Midwest Brightens Michigan Crisis Toll Rises
The season’s first major snowstorm lashed the Midwest and Great Lakes, crippling Michigan with foot-deep snow. More than 39,000 homes lost power as trees toppled onto lines. schools closed and cleanup slowed. Authorities warned of dangerous road conditions across Michigan and northern Indiana amid blizzard winds and heavy precipitation.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Great Lakes
Michigan
Indiana
John J. Keane
Consumers Power Co
Marshall
Minn
State Patrol
Brian Martin
Keith Paradis
Iowa Highway Patrol
Roderick Jackson
Maurice
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Say Growers
Pennsylvania
Gazette
Fisher
Letzer Lumber
Country
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Whic
Aker
Pentagon
King Leather
Tommy Hawk
Marathon Funds
Gazersel
Gazetteland News
Akron
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Hubert H. Humphrey
Metrodome
Rainer Dombrowsky
National Weather Service
Lezzer Lumber
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