Disaster insurance plan backs disaster aid funding debate
Harrisburg reports state officials back a National Catastrophic Insurance Act as a permanent alternative to liberalized disaster loans. President Nixon vetoed loan liberalization. Senate vote 59 to 36 sustains. Governors Shapp Walker Salmon urge enactment. plan would levy surcharges on home insurance and create a disaster fund.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Richard S. Schweiker
SBA
Congress
Robert Rafsky
State Department of Community Affairs
House
Washington
Con
Senate Votes On Troop Cuts
In Washington the Senate debates an amendment to halve U S land based troops abroad with 62 500 to withdraw by next June 30 and 187 500 more over two years while sea based forces stay. The move aims to lower the balance of payments deficit and end confrontation with the Soviet Union amid open talks on force reductions.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Soviet Union
NATO
Europe
Thailand
Okinawa
Korea
Taiwan
Philippines
Bermuda
Salvation Army Board Urges Backing United Way Campaign
Indiana Salvation Army advisory group urged broad support for the Indiana County United Way drive now underway. The goal, boosted to 277,208 for 1974, includes 30,500 for the Salvation Army, up 1,352 from 1973. The group emphasized residential solicitation in White and Armstrong Townships and noted 53 youths attended Camp Allegheny programs. An appeal sought free storage space for a deteriorating Salvation Army building at 625 Water St. in Indiana. A Friendly Visitor Program with the YMCA was announced to boost outreach.
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Indiana County
United Way
Indiana Salvation Army
Daniel Reiber
United Way Campaign
Salvation Army
White
Armstrong
Camp Allegheny
Allen Rustad
Water St
YMCA
Indiana
Rustad
Sallie Chesham
Bodies Found In Abandoned Virginia Coal Mine
In Vansant Virginia federal officials reported the bodies of two men missing after a methane gas explosion in an abandoned portion of the Red Ash Coal No 4 Oakwood mine. Harold Stiltner and John Matney were identified as victims. 33 men were underground when the blast occurred and 31 escaped unharmed.
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Vansant
Virginia
Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Harold’ Stiltner
Grundy
John Matney
Oakwood
Bureau of Mines
Red Ash Coal Corp
H. C. Vanmeter
Vanmeter
Crawford Judge Urges Strikers To Resume Talk
Crawford County Judge P Richard Thomas urged striking teachers and the Crawford Central School District to renew contract talks after a school board sought an injunction to force 360 teachers back to work. He delayed ruling on the injunction until next Monday pending the negotiations outcome. The strike idled about 6400 pupils.
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Meadville, Pa
Crawford County
P. Richard Thomas
Crawford Central School District
Thomas
Kiskiminetas Presbytery fills two new posts
Rev Edward Thompson named minister relations worker at Kiskiminetas during the meeting. Elizabeth Calder of Lower Burrell chosen as Christian education director for smaller churches. Calder previously led Christian Education at New Kensington Westminster UP Church for 11 years. Seminar on Human Sexuality set for Nov 10 at Plumville UP Church. Annual operating budget approved at 61 600, up 3 600 from 1973. Moderator appoints commission to install Rev Gary Brenner as minister of Elderton.
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Edward Thompson
United Presbyterian Church
Blairsville
Kiskiminetas
Appleby Manor Church
Elizabeth Calder
Lower Burrell
Plumville
Presbytery Names Culp Candidate for Ministry and Retires McCormick
The Presbytery announced Robert Culp as a candidate for the ministry. Dr. Charles McCormick, pastor of Black Lick and Bethel United Presbyterian Churches, is leaving the Presbytery to serve as a retired assistant in Wilkinsburg. Major Charles McMillan, formerly of Corsica and now an Army officer at Fort Hamilton, gave an address on the Presbytery program.
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Robert Culp
Charles McCormick
Black Lick
Bethel United Presbyterian Churches
Wilkinsburg
Charles McMillan
Corsica
Fort Hamilton
Presbytery Grants for Starford Development Effort
The Presbytery of Kiskiminetas Self Development Committee will award a $5,000 grant to the Starford Area Development Corporation from a special United Presbyterian self-help fund. Water and sewerage were top priorities for Starford’s development plan, with money to be presented in October.
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Starford
Edward Thompson
Presbytery of
Kiskiminetas
Nader vows to halt nuclear power plants nationwide
The West ern Governors' Conference chairman says Ralph Nader's pledge to stop building nuclear plants could trigger a nationwide legal and environmental fight rivaling earlier energy protests. Nader aims to halt the U.S. nuclear program within five years, while Oregon Governor Tom McCall cautions about the investment and national energy needs.
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Associated Press
Western Governors’ Conference
Ralph Nader
Consumer Advocate
Nader
Oregon
Tom McCall
McCall
West
Winning Lottery Number Listed in Pennsylvania Lottery
BLOOMSBURG PA AP The winning number in this week's Pennsylvania State Lottery drawing is 2 7 1 3 4 1 9. The qualifier is B L 9.
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Bloomsburg, Pa
AP Newsman Beard Killed In Mishap
Byron Beard an Associated Press newsman at Harrisburg died after an accident while plowing a field near Newville Pennsylvania early today. A native of Laredo Texas he began at the Lake Charles American Press in 1965 after LSU graduation and worked for the Times Picayune before joining AP in 1967. He was assigned to Birmingham Albany Columbia Cincinnati New York Pittsburgh before Harrisburg in 1971.
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Newville
Byron Beard
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Beard
Laredo
Tex
Lake Charles
American Press
Louisiana State University
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Birmingham
Ala
Columbia
Cincinnati
Ohio
New York
Pittsburgh
Doctor's Office Burglary Reported in Punxsutawney
Police say the office of Dr. Francis Lorenzo at 108 E. Ma honing St Punxsutawney was burglarized on September 24. The entry was gained by prying open the office door and the intruder ransacked the premises. a small amount of money was taken with state police assisting the investigation.
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Punxsutawney
Francis Lorenzo
E. Mahoning St
Mortgage Ceiling Puts Clamp On Home Buying
ERIE Pa AP Mortgage money lending the key to home buying is at a standstill due to an 8 percent interest ceiling. Witnesses from two savings and loan associations a realtor a builder and a Philadelphia Mortgage Bankers Association urged lifting or floating the ceiling noting current rates around 9.5 percent. Realtor Robert Rullio said Erie is at a critical standstill with 100 brokers and 276 real estate salesmen at risk as sales and commissions stay low. Commission chair Sol E Zubrow said the panel would seek raises to the ceiling and also study revising 115 year old usury laws as Gov Milton Shapp prioritized the issue.
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Erie
Governor's Commission On
Savings and Loan Associations
Philadelphia Mortgage Bankers Association
Commission
Ing
Robert Rullio
Rullio
Sol E. Zubrow
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Nixon and Brandt to Meet in Washington DC
President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt will meet in Washington on Saturday to exchange views on mutual interests. Brandt is in the United States for the United Nations General Assembly.
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Nixon
Brandt
D.C
Washington
Willy Brandt
Gerald L. Warren
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Rotary Series Orient Is Topic Of Talk
The Indiana Rotary Club will kick off its Travel and Adventure Series with a 7:30 p.m. talk at Indiana Area Senior High School auditorium. Eddie Chu will present on Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, drawing on a career as reporter, pilot, interpreter, tour guide and filmmaker. Chu, born in China and raised in Shanghai after 1946, is a Taiwan University graduate and renowned expert on the Orient. Season tickets for five programs cost 6 dollars for adults and 15 dollars for families, with individual tickets at 2.50 dollars, available at the door.
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Indiana Rotary Club
Indiana Area Senior High School
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Singapore
Eddie Chu
China
Mr. Chu
Shanghai
Taiwan University
Indiana Rotary Cub
Barn Raided Seizing 115 Pounds Of Marijuana
Uniontown Pa state and local authorities arrest two men after raiding a barn near Uniontown and seizing 115 pounds of marijuana. Narcotics agent Joseph Rause says the weed was hanging to dry when the raid occurred. Seeds dried marijuana and drug paraphernalia were also found.
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Uniontown
Joseph Rause
Somerset Crash Kills 2 Persons
A two car collision three miles south of Somerset, Pennsylvania, killed Lois E. Chonko 18 and Ernest Mosteller 53. Five others were injured, including Chonko’s husband William 24 and Mosteller’s son Terry 24, who drove, all in serious condition. Also hurt were David Chonko, Marjorie Chonko, and their 18 month old daughter Sheri.
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Somerset, Pa
Here
Somerset County
Lois E. Chonko
Berlin
Ernest Mosteller
Somerset
David
Marjorie
Sheri
Agnew Hearing Questioned by White House and Congress
The House and Senate discussed options for handling Vice President Agnew’s case with potential hearings or impeachment. Key figures including McFall and Nixon aides weighed referrals to committees or delaying action while the grand jury probes possible tax bribery and conspiracy offenses. Richardson indicated discussions aimed to resolve a constitutional dilemma about indicting a sitting vice president, noting the grand jury would serve in an investigative role. The panel already indicted Baltimore County Executive Dale Anderson.
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House
John J. McFall
California
Agnew
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Baltimore
Richardson
Asst
Henry E. Petersen
Nixon
Justice Department
Department
Grand Jury
Maryland
Baltimore County
Dale Anderson
Payoff claim ties Hughes to Nixon and Kennedy
Former Hughes aide Robert Maheu testified in a libel suit deposition that Hughes asked him to arrange a million dollar payoff to a President. He recalled $50,000 to Nixon in 1969 and 1970, $50,000 to Humphrey in 1968, and $25,000 to RFK in 1968, with payments via gatekeeper friend C. G. Rebozo.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
United States
Robert Maheu
Hughes
Nevada
Maheu
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Hughes Tool Co
Raymond M. Holliday
Holliday
Nixon
C.G
Bebe’ Rebozo
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Salvation Army Advisory Group
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Sheryl
Crawford
Kiskiminetas Presbytery
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Cine
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AMS
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Groppi
Antioch School of Law
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SSCP
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Saints Cosmas and Damian Roman Catholic Church
Roy Fairman
Punxsutawney Hospital
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