On-The-Job Training Topic at Area Manpower Meeting
The Governor's Manpower Task Force met in Courtroom No 2 to discuss on the job training linking federal and state efforts with local schools groups and county commissioners. About 50 people attended as Gerald V Annand introduced as the new two county task force chair with Dulansey outlining steps to recruit train miners and industry partners while Somerset offices report mixed responses from Highland Tank Coleman and New England Gear Works pending disputes and prior criticisms.
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Governor's
Somerset County
Cil
Albert Hay
Hay
Martin F. Dulansey
Altoona
Bureau of Employment Security
Dulansey
National Alliance of Businessmen
Johnstown
Harold Nibert
Somerset
Nibert
Highland Tank & Manufacturing Co
Coleman Co
New England Gear Works
Solar Wind Erodes Moon Surface Study Reveals
A Space Center report says solar wind may have eroded the moon’s surface creating the dark powder seen by Apollo 11 astronauts. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, in quarantine with Michael Collins, mark Armstrongs 39th birthday as doctors monitor 19 people for illness. Rare gas analysis from the lunar dust shows helium neon argon krypton and xenon matching solar wind isotopic ratios.
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Space Center, Houston
Moon
Neil A. Armstrong
Lunar
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Jesse Stewart
Armstrong
Aldrin
Oliver A. Schaeffer
State University of New York
Stony Brook
Candidate To Tour Court House In Somerset
Supreme Court Justice Thom as W. Pomeroy, a retention candidate in the November election, will visit Somerset on Wednesday to tour the Court House and meet community leaders. Pomeroy, former Pennsylvania Bar Association president, was elevated after Justice Musmanno's death and was recommended by a nonpartisan Judicial Qualification Commission.
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Supreme Court
Thomas W. Pomeroy
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Somerset
Court House
Justice Pomeroy
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Justice Musmanno
Judicial Qualification Commission
Decision On Kennedy Inquest To Be Made Public Soon
District Court Judge James A. Boyle has ruled on a request for an inquest into Senator Edward M. Kennedy's car crash. Court sources say the decision will not be released publicly for another day or two as District Atty. Edmund Dinis receives the mailed response. The request cites a state law allowing an inquest in deaths suspected to be caused by external means.
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Edgartown
Mass
James A. Boyle
Edward M. Kennedy
Boyle
Dist
Atty
Edmund Dinis
Dinis
Three American POWs Arrive in Laos After Release
Three U.S. prisoners of war Ferris Frishman Wesley Rumble and Douglas Hegdahl, all gaunt after months in North Vietnamese camps, arrived in Vientiane from Hanoi aboard an ICC plane. Pacifists aided their custody. routes home remain undecided with Bangkok or Udorn as possible final steps.
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Vientiane
Laos
Hanoi
Robert Franchot Frishman
Frishman
Santee
Calif
Wesley Lewis Rumble
Air Force
Oroville
Douglas Hegdahl
Watertown
S.C
International Control Commission
Rennie Davis
U.S
Udorn
Thailand
Youth Groups Rally For Campus Center at Lake Superior State
Under 30 student group raises donations at Lake Superior State College in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. They sell bricks at one dollar each aiming to raise fifteen thousand dollars for a new campus student center. In Salmon Beach Washington a 12 year old boy investigated a strange noise and helped evacuate with help from fireboats saving some structures though five summer houses burned. Verna Babb’s San Antonio seventh graders collected clothing and essential items for orphans at Pokwon ni South Korea.
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Lake Superior State College
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Salmon Beach
Washington State
Jon Hardy
Pokwon-ni
South Korea
Verna Babb
Dwight Junior High School
San Antonio
Tex
House Sweetens Tax Reform Bill With 2.4 Billion Relief
The Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a revised tax reform bill adding 2.4 billion in relief aimed at low and middle income taxpayers. The change creates a one point rate cut in the lowest brackets to phase in by 1972 and adds a second cut for middle brackets, though some objections argued it still falls short of a 5 percent target for all but the wealthy.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Democratic
Wilbur D. Mills
Gasoline Leak Sparks Regional Search Near Mechanicsburg
Local officials widened the hunt for the source of a large underground gasoline pool near Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania. About 55 000 gallons surfaced in a single spot prompting evacuations and a safety meeting with Hampden Township and tank farm operators.
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Mechanicsburg
Here
Hampden Township
Harry Hodge
Hodge
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy at midweek with highs 79 to 85 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday night shows fair skies with a low of 57 to 63. Winds stay light and variable under ten miles per hour throughout the period.
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Pennsylvania
Shrine Parade Saturday Opens with New Cycle Corps
The Jaffa Shrine Temple hosts a Saturday parade at 3 p.m. featuring many Shrine units and clubs including the newly formed Cycle Corps. The caravan arrives from Altoona at 2:30 p.m. and proceeds to downtown, with Mayor William Barnhart as general chairman. After, the parade moves to Johnstown for a 7:30 p.m. event and an 8:30 p.m. drill at the War Memorial Arena. Robert H. Nelson and Roy K. McDaniel head the Cycle Corps and are pictured with other officers.
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Jaffa Shrine Temple
Altoona
William Barnhart
Somerset Shrine Club
Johnstown
War Memorial Arena
Shrine Cycle Corps
Somerset
Defensive Position Attacked In A Shan Valley
Willis Johnson reports a brief, fierce clash in the A Shan Valley as a small enemy force attacked a night defensive position of the 101st Airborne Division. The attackers pulled back after about 45 minutes under heavy fire. Four enemy dead were reported, along with one American fatality and four wounded.
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Saigon
A Shan
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Firemen's Fund Drive Continues in Somerset
The Somerset Volunteer Fire Department reports contributions totaling over 10500 toward a 12000 goal. Co chairs Carl Keiser and Albert L. Cage thank all donors as the drive continues and more gifts are welcomed.
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Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Carl Keiser
Albert L. Cage
Scientist Astronaut Quits NASA Over Engineering Focus
Dr. F Curtis Michel resigns from NASA citing engineering emphasis over science. Three other scientists have left among 17 selected. resignations follow delays and lack of flight opportunities. Wilmot Hess and Elbert King also resign, noting NASA has placed science on a back seat as moon missions proceed.
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Maining
Wilmot Hess
MSC
U.S. Environmental Science Services Administration
Elbert King
University of Houston
King
NASA
Space Program
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Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Highpoint Lake
Mt. Davis
Dan Bourke
Honesdale
Ed Smith
Pittsburgh
Benner Spring
Bellfonte
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter
Kamps Shore
West Main Street
J. C. Penney’s
Peter O’loughlin
Associated Press
Rumble
Hegdahl
North Vietnam
Quang Binh
Canberra
The
Voice of Vietnam
G. McMurtrie Godley
Davis
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Bangkok
United States
Richard Blystone
House
Edmond Lebreton
Atlantic Pipe Line Co
Arthur Socolow
State Police, Health Department
Public Utility Commission
Atlantic
By Willis Johnson
Space Agency
Earth and Lunar Resources
Manned Spacecraft Center
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