Laurel District to tax trailers at assessed value
Laurel School Board announced immediate taxes on all district trailers based on assessed home values, retroactive back taxes for existing trailers, and possible large bills for some residents. The board also approved a $45,000 regional psychology services program, a $998.77 ice rink construction, protective gym mats, vocational school expansions, student travel, a welding course, boiler repair up to $600, new hires, and bids for supplies and buses. Two Laurel FFA members received commendations.
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Laurel
Robert Fleming
Sporting Goods, Inc
New Castle
Sporting Goods
Recreation Unlimited
Pittsburgh
Deaser
Lawrence County
Washington
Philip Dean
Paula Perschke
Robert Phipps
Phipps
Jane Haylett
RD 7
Fleming
David Smith
Jack Wilson
Judy Kerr
Eastbrook
Sherry Shaw
Volant RD 2
Shaw
Smith
Margaret Moorehead
Gary Arblaster
Kerr
Kimberly Jones
Norman Link
Laurel Ffa
Keystone
Dale Bessell
Corn King
Pennsylvania
Laurel School District Could Face Service Strike
Laurel may face a strike by the Laurel School Service Personnel if no contract is agreed tonight. Bargaining teams from the school board and service personnel meet at 7 p.m. to resolve terms for 1972-74 amid a five month contract lapse and ongoing mediation.
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Laurel
Laurel School Service
Jerry Goff
State Labor Relations Board
Moulton Ferguson
Developer eyes reopening of North City Figure Salon
Anthony Joseph developer of North City Plaza says ads have been placed seeking a new operator for the Helen Norman Figure Salon which closed over a month ago. Many customers were left holding the bag and those with incomplete memberships may be affected as efforts continue to secure a reopening.
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Helen Norman
North City Plaza
Anthony Joseph
Joseph
John Leonesio
Leonesio
State Bureau of Consumer Protection
Pittsburgh
Bureau
North to free 20 more POWs from Hanoi
North Vietnam agreed to release 20 more American prisoners of war within the next days, raising total freed to 163. The Pentagon announced the surprise release follows an initial 143 freed in the first rounds, including 135 servicemen and eight civilians.
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Washington
UPI
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Hanoi
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Defense Department
Vietnam
Byrd
Defense
Elliot L. Richardson
Wilmington approves joint special ed boost and middle school plans
The Wilmington Area School Bond votes to cooperate with 12 districts to expand psychological services for non enrolled students in special education, funded by a $3,480 deduction and $45,000 for three new psychologists. Officials discuss a potential middle school near the high school, site use, and cost estimates, with state education input and a target opening around September 1975.
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Wilmington
Harry Craft
Midwestern Intermediate Unit
Charles McIver
Laurel
Mohawk
Grove City
Shenango
Slippery Rock
Harold Martin
State Department of Education
State to remove road signs under beautification plan
The state Department of Transportation district office in Franklin will receive by week’s end an update on road signs to be removed from U S 224 to U S 422 east and west under a highway beautification program. At least 100 notices will be sent to owners to remove signs along state right of way. Russell Kawa, superintendent of the state highway garage, said the Franklin unit may supervise the effort due to its workload.
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State Department of Transportation District
Franklin
Russell Kawa
U.S. 224
U.S. 422
Kiwa
Nixon Devalues Dollar Supplying Trade Boost Aim
The United States devalued the dollar by 10 percent under President Nixon and Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz, aiming to boost U.S. exports and jobs while worsening costs for imports. The move hinges on Congress approving a gold price rise and is paired with tariff changes and lifting the interest equalization tax to curb dollar outflows.
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Washington
City woman reports purse snatched in Pottstown
Mrs Josephine Wray and Mrs Louise Ansem were robbed near the Elk's Club on Centennial Street as they walked to their car. Two unidentified youths grabbed the purse and fled, about 9 45 p m. Approximately $13 was inside. Police searched the area with negative results.
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Josephine Wray
Ana Centennial St
Wray
Louise Ansem
E. Leasure Ave
Elk’s Club
Mill
Kissinger visits China after Hanoi work trip
Henry Kissinger arrived in Hong Kong for a brief rest before a three day consultative swing to China. He traveled from Hanoi after a 34 hour delay and will be joined by John Holdridge and Alfred Jenkins as they prepare talks with Chinese leaders.
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Hong Kong
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
Peking
Kissinger
China
State Department
John Holdridge
Alfred Jenkins
Uruguayan leader and military reach peaceful accord
Montevideo reports President Bordaberry and the Uruguayan military agree to end the armed forces rebellion in a bid to resolve the country’s worst political crisis in four decades. Details of the accord remain undisclosed and it is unclear how many of the 19 military demands will be granted.
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Montevideo
UPI
Juan Maria Bardaberry
Bordaberry
PFT Leaders Freed For Daily Bargaining With School Board
Leonard M. Sage sought a writ of habeas corpus to free Frank Sullivan the union president and John Ryan the chief negotiator from jail permanently after a judge ordered daily six hour releases from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for bargaining with the Philadelphia school board. Both sides remained far apart on a new contract.
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Philadelphia
UPL
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
PFT
Therm
Leonard M. Sage
U.S. District Court
Frank Sullivan
John Ryan
Postmaster General rules out Saturday home mail service cut
Postmaster General T. Klassen says the U S Postal Service has no plans to end Saturday residential mail service. He noted reductions in Saturday business deliveries where deemed unnecessary while discussing the yearly report and stressing no current plan to extend the cut to homes.
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Washington
UPS
Postmaster General &. T
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