Volunteers Aid Flood Cleanup in Johnstown After Deluge
Federal officials warned of ripoffs while volunteers flood Johnstown with aid. The state police death toll rose to 68 and 31 remain missing. Wilkes College volunteers joined Mennonite Disaster Service and Seventh Day Adventists in cleanup as National Guard built temporary bridges. The Red Cross says 7700 to 8000 families affected.
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Johnstown
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Frank Tyler
U.S. Justice Department
Federal Disaster Assistance
Don Ralbovsky
Adam Bittinger
Dcambria
Wilkes College
Wilkes Barre
National Guard
David Leach
Jim Kist
Mennonite Disaster Service
al Nagy
State Department of Community Affairs
Seventh Day Adventists
Allegheny
Beaver Counties
Nagy
Conemaugh River
Homer City
New Florence
Cornemaugh
Franklin
Conemaugh
K. Leroy Irvis
D-Allegheny
Rep. Bittinger
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Haselrig Construction Co
East Hills
Red Cross
Trailers To Be Set Up In Flood-Ravaged Areas
HUD will move 150 mobile homes to the Johnstown region this week, placing units on private sites where possible and at centers if needed. About 75 trailers are expected in Windber with up to one year of housing aid for flood victims.
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James McClure
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Somerset Borough
Johnstown
Robert Terrell
Terell
Somerset County
Terrell
Thomas Panetti
Windber
Panetti
Turnpike
Rt. 601
Rt. 219
Patricia Harris
Diaster
Harris
Paint Borough
Paint Township
Scalp Level Borough
Don Wirick
Wirich
Paint Creek
Ingleside
Department of Environmental Resources
Windser Council
DER
James DeBiase
Harry Scholl
EADS
Electrical Union
Scholl
Windber Area High School
Joseph Solimando
United Methodist Church
United Methodist Conference
Somerset
John P. Murtha
Windser
Son of Sam Strikes Twice in Brooklyn Avenue
The ".44 caliber killer" known as Son of Sam wounded two people in a Brooklyn lovers lane, injuring a young couple, Robert Violante and Stacy Moskowitz. Both survived concerns over the woman's brain function while the man faced possible blindness. Police tied the attack to the ongoing Son of Sam case, following previous Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Queens shootings.
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NEW York
Sam
Brooklyn
Son
Robert Violante
Stacy Moskowitz
Russ Moskowitz
William Schucart
Kings County Hospital
Schucart
Violante
Miss Moskowitz
Jasmines
Queens
Belt Parkway
Bensonhurst
Verazzano Narrows Bridge
Staten Island
Bronx
John Keenan
Keenan
N.Y
Weather Outlook for Laurel Mountain Area Monday and Tuesday
A few thundershowers precede a partly cloudy Monday afternoon with highs near 77. Monday night remains fair then Tuesday warms to around 77 to 80. Lows dip into the 50s with westerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Rain chances 40 percent Monday, 10 percent Monday night.
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Laurel Mountain
Senate Democrats Propose Higher Business Taxes in Budget Plan
In Harrisburg Senate Democrats consider a budget plan raising corporate net income tax from 9.5 to 10.5 percent and trimming sales tax exemptions including car trade ins while rejecting a personal tax hike. The plan aims for 200 to 210 million in new revenue and faces hurdles over school subsidies and furloughs.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Democrats
Patrick Stapleton
Indiana
Health, Revenue and General Services Departments
Reverend James God of Congaree Baptist names self God
In Congaree South Carolina Reverend James R God says his surname is authentic and linked to his German immigrant grandfather He explains roll call confusion in the Army and recounts instances where people doubt his claimed ministerial role. In Pittsburgh EPA says U S Steel will shut Homestead Works blast furnace to avoid penalties.
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Congaree
S.C
God
James R. God
Congaree Baptist Church
U.S
Germany
Lord
Bible
Pittsburgh
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Steel Corp
Homestead
US Steel EPA clash over water controls and 1980 deadline
EPA and U S Steel clash after EPA rejects a 1980 plan to meet water pollution limits at a nearby plant despite a prior August 1976 agreement to install treatment devices by July 1. The plan aimed to discontinue Homestead furnaces by 1980 while upgrading others.
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U.S. Steel
EPA
Homestead
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U.S. Attorney's Office
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