County plans action after PennDOT staff critique on highway staffing
Lawrence County Planning Commission seeks PennDOT input at a Tusure meeting to explain how state worker allocations are decided. Chairman Russell Kawa questions James B. Wilson’s claim of being generous with resources after no new hires. The commission also pushes for a protest to the decision while backing a $26,900 grant with a $650 county match to support planning office studies and reports.
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County Planning Commission
Lawrence County
Safe Highway Department
Penndot
Tusure
Commission
Russell Kawa
Stateronsportation
James B. Wilson
Thomas W. Graney
Wilson
Kawa
Wendell Wagner
Charles McDevitt
State Department of Commauing Affairs
DCA
Graney
Harrisburg
New Castle Area
Oday
B. Washington Street
Kennedy Square
Pittsburgh
Southwest
Pennsylvania
Sai Sormelet
Hecoming
Union board to seek bids on farm roof repairs
The Union Area vocational agriculture boosters praised the school board for moving to bid out repairs on the vacant farmhouse roof at the Union school farm on U.S. 224 near Westgate Plaza. The board faced a delayed action after an Amish estimate was not submitted, while budget cuts affected summer programs and teacher contracts.
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Union Area
Boosters Club
U.S. 224
Westgate Plaza
Boosters
Acupinus the Hore
Voag
Amistratan
Estelle Ordak
Os Boosters
Devensber
Gabriel Pascacrella
Lamb
Pascarella
Paul L. Rowland
Ines
Lawrence Craig
Penn State
Hiobert Curry
Michael Covell
Drodedge
Laurel Wrobel
Ordak
James Kerr
Louis Clause
John J. Fusca
Isabelle Bartley
Vinci Lee Henry
Ralph Piscinieri
Nicholas Squegila
First National Bank
Diana Pitzer
Carrie Mae McKintey
Kathy Smith
Preplanning stressed at county civil defense conference
State Council of Civil Defense urged preplanning at a two hour conference at the county courthouse. Officials said every community should have a civil defense director while stressing the need for an Emergency Operations Center and budget shares.
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State Council of Civil Defense
James Devens
State CD
Owens
Jack Gleuner
Te County
Pennsylvania
Grouner
Andarge
Threat fails to scare Shapp in Wilkes-Barre
Gov Miltion Shapp attended a Wednesday celebration in Wilkes-Barre marking recovery from Tropical Storm Agnes amid a telephone threat. A caller warned Shapp would not leave Wilkes-Barre alive, but officials treated it as routine and maintained security while he spoke at a luncheon and toured a new downtown shopping area.
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Wilkes-Bahre
UPD
Milton Shapp
Agnes
Hhis
Michael McLaughlin
Shapp
McLaughlin
Starksbore
Wilkes-Barre
Explosions Rock Akron Sewers Causing Craters and Damage
A series of explosions in Akron Ohio triggered by a volatile liquid ruptured sewers and opened large crypts near Glendale Cemetery. A water main and a sewer line were damaged, and major street damage plus a church hit were reported amid evacuations.
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Akron
Ohio
UPI
Hugh Bennett
Dye
David E. Whitmire
Glendale Cemetery
Whitmire
Alice Department
Alton
Fire Claims 69Yearold Man In Crawford County Home
A Wednesday house fire in Crawford County killed 69 year old Harry Brown and left his wife Geraldine 66 in stable condition after smoke inhalation. The blaze started in a downstairs bedroom and was spotted by a passing motorist who heard cries for help.
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Spantanshung, Fa
UPI
Crawford County
Harry Brown
Brown
Geraldine
Cory Memorial Hospital
Corry
Browns
Assailant's retrial opens in Florida for fondue fork attack
In Clearwater a jury began the second trial of Tim Lye Seoth of Huntingdon Pa. charged with attempting to blind beauty queen Zita Seletos with a fondue fork during a June 19 1974 attack that left her permanently disabled. Seletos testified though impaired. Scott faced a prior hung jury. co defendant Larry Wilson died of cancer in a Pennsylvania hospital.
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Clearwater
Fla
Tim Lye Seoth
Muningdon
Scott
Zita Seletos
Miss Seletos
Accidental Shooting Kills Teen In Franklin County
Scott Huth, 14, of Coopers town Pa was killed when a friend accidentally shot him with a 22 rifle during a bird throwing game in Jackson Township Venango County. The victim died at Franklin Hospital. charge pending against the companion youth.
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Franklin
SPI
Scott Huth
Coopers Stown
Jackson Township
Venango County
Huth
Franklin Hospital
Beal Named as PUC Candidate by Harrisburg Official
Secretary Beal of the Welfare Department is considered for a 10 year Public Utility Commission term. Gov Shapp’s office says Beal was among several contenders after James McGirr Kelly’s term expired. Beal previously rejected a PAC post to remain with Welfare, then changed stance to accept the governor’s offer.
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Harrisburg
UPS
Wevate
Frank & Beal
Public Utility Commission
Milton Shapp
Michael McLaughlin
Shapp
Beal
James McGirr Kelly
Senate
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
PAC
Welfare Department
Guveror
Presbyterian moderator elected at United Presbyterian Assembly
Dr. John T. Conner, campus pastor at the University of Oregon, was elected medicator of the 10th General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church on the second ballot. He succeeds Dr. Thelma C D Adair of New York City as commissioners attend the nine day assembly in Philadelphia with Gast and Hermanson as other candidates.
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Philadelphia
UPD
John T. Conner
University of Oregon
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
Conner
Thelma C.D. Adair
New York City
Aaron E. Gast
Germantown
Gordon E. Hermanson
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
W.va
Gast
Hermanson
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Peendot
Watson
County Comprehensive Man
Mobile
Nora
Union Board
Lillian Nellans
Calumius
Nalléné
Mystic Occult Co
Ohio Ball
Ohio Bell
Wilches
Palm
UPI Photo
U.S
Soviet Union
Switzerland
National Guard
Glouner
Cacler
Allentown
Lehigh County
Leigh Ann Jones
Scranton
Miss Jones
Lackawanna County
David Mellenberg
William Ford
Kenneth Trobeck
Debby
Naomi Mapp
Eugene Quinn
John Moren
Puttston
Texas
Odessa
Odessa Medical Center
DPS
California
Hayes
Charleston
United Mine Workers Union
Uni
Washington
West Virginia
Kentucky
UMW
Arnold Muller
PUC
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