Three County Youths to Attend FBLA National Convention
Somerset High School FBLA delegates Wanita Walters and Nancy Lephart, along with sponsor Mrs Lilia Miller, will travel by charter bus to the 17th FBLA National Convention in Washington D C. The event gathers about 700 high school members for competitions, leadership elections, and an awards banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
The
Future Business Leaders of America
Washington D.C
FBLA
Cipants
Somerset High
Wanita Walters
Nancy Lephart
Lilia Miller
Harold Bush
Berlin
Martin Grenke
Lena Stein
Palmer G. Walters
Lavansville
Wanita
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Eaglet
Washington, D.C
Vanita
Somerset Community Hospital
Maryland Medical Secretarial School
Hagerstown
A. J. Lephart
East Patriot Street
Somerset Area
Robert Custer
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Somerset Area High School
McDonald Predicts Nixon Victory in November
David J. McDonald former United Steelworkers president predicts Nixon will be elected president in November and backs Agnew as a wise running mate. He cites urban social problems and management involvement as key issue while noting his California Kennedy vote and labor past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Richard M. Nixon
McDonald
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Nixon
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
South
Vancouver
B.C
Kennedy
Sen
Ken
Nedy
USW
I. W. Abel
Palm Springs
LBJ Faces Tests After Diverticulitis Confusion
President Johnson announces an intestinal condition called diverticulitis while his doctor says the ailment is a protrusion of the colon wall. He will return to Brooke Army Medical Center for tests next week with Mrs. Johnson continuing her stay at the ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Johnson
Army Hospital
George G. Barkley
Burkley
Barkley
Brooke Army Medical Center
Area Girl To Compete For Crown
Brenda Turney of Somerset County will join six contestants for the Southwest Regional Queen title at Mountain View Hotel Greensburg Friday. Other entrants include Nancy Prostko Hollidaysburg Jeannine Pritts Champion Fayette Susan Liggett New Florence Indiana Patty Marchiczak Bentleyville and Kathy Hutter Westmoreland. The winner earns 100 dollars and an expense paid trip to Hershey for the finals August 27 to 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Turney
Somerset County
Mountain View Hotel
Greensburg
Fort Hill RD
Miss Turney
Somerset Shirt
Nancy Prostko
Hollidaysburg
Blair County
Jeannine Pritts
Champion RD
Fayette County
Susan Liggett
New Florence RD
Indiana
Patty Marchiczak
Bentleyville
Washington County
Kathy Hutter
Mt. Pleasant
Westmoreland County
Hershey
Rockwood High School
Institute of Computer Management
Pittsburgh
Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District
Nixon Names Agnew as Running Mate at Convention
Richard Nixon selected Maryland Governor Spiro T. Agnew as his vice presidential running mate sending the choice to the Republican National Convention for ratification. Agnew called the move a shock while Rockefeller allies criticized it as an appeasement to Southern Republicans. the party lines framed the pick amid late-night deliberations and competing liberal and conservative voices.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
South Carolina
South
White House
Mary O. Hatfield
Oregon
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
John V. Lindsay
Gov. Agnew
America
Forbes Schools May Open After Sept. 5
The Forbes Joint School Board plans delaying opening until after Labor Day if Kantner bridge is not open by Aug. 27. The board hired three reading teachers and several staff members, elected aides, rehired several secretaries, named a librarian and program evaluator, and voted on reorganizational options and bids for coal.
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Forbes Joint School Board
Kantner Bridge
Evelyn Pile
Somerset
Rachael Mosteller
Stoystown
Sally Werner
Johnstown
Lindsey Putman
Lois Peterman
Dorothy Piell
Mary Gardner
Mary Moore
Jane Zimmerman
Barbara Miller
Kantner
Raymond Tomaszewski
Agnes Oaks
Fred Doyle
Evelyn Bittner
William Collins
Larry Higgs
Shade
Jenners-Boswell
Hooversville
Public Assistance Costs in Somerset County Higher Than State Average
Somerset County spent $39.25 per capita on public assistance last fiscal year, above Pennsylvania's $30.80 state average. Total relief outlay reached $3,120,498 with grants $1,761,852, medical and burial $1,036,953, and administration $321,693. Monthly average 3,352 residents received cash relief, 4.2 percent of the population, with other program counts: old age 548, blind 222, A DC 1,919, general 158, and disabled 505.
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Somerset American
Harrisburg
Somerset County
State Department of Public Welfare
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Fifth Annual Country Fair and Antique Auto Show
The Fifth Annual Country Fair Peach Festival and Antique Automobile Show will be held at St Francis-in-the-Fields Church in Somerset starting 11 a.m. Visitors typically number 2000 to 3000. Over 100 antique cars and fire trucks from the Western Pennsylvania Antique Automobile Club will be on display. Children can enjoy pony rides and games, while booths offer white elephant, needlecraft, baked goods, children’s, and harvest items.
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St. Francis-in-the Fields Episcopal Church
Husband Road
Somerset
Western Pennsylvania
Antique Automobile Club
Pennsylvania
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Friday Weekend
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thunderstorms Friday. Highs in the 80s to low 90s and humid. Saturday remains warm with more thundershowers in the afternoon and evening, highs again in the 80s to low 90s. Winds southerly to southwesterly 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts near storms.
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Pennsylvania
County Firemen Set Meeting Date Correction
The Somerset County Firemen's Association rescheduled its regular meeting to August 15 at Jerome after an earlier erroneous report of postponement to August 22. The record confirms the Aug. 15 date and location.
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Somerset County Firemen's Association
Jerome
1966 Auto Demolished Accident Near Jenners Crossroads
A 1966 model automobile was demolished in an accident near Jenners Crossroads Thursday injuring the driver William J. Wentz 19 of Stoystown RD 1 refused medical attention for lacerations of the race Joseph Perigo Jr a passenger was uninjured Wentz was traveling north on Legislative Route 55082 about a half mile north of Jenner Cross roads when the car topped a knoll ran off the road and came to rest in a field Jenner Township Police reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenners Crossroads
William J. Wentz
Stoystown RD 1
Joseph Perigo, Jr
Wentz
Jenner Crossroads
Jenner Township
Henry Johns
Pa GOP delegates disappointed by Agnew VP pick
Governor Shafer defended Richard M. Nixon's selection of Spiro T. Agnew as vice president while Pennsylvania GOP chairman John C. Jordan said many delegates were unhappy. They preferred Ray Shafer Lindsay or Charles Percy, citing urban credentials. Shafer declined a floor fight. Jordan would neither push nor block one.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Shafer
Richard M. Nixon
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
John C. Jordan
Pennsylvania
Nixon
New York
John Lindsay
U.S
Charles Percy
Illinois
Jordan
Ray Shafer
Lindsay
Percy
Richard S. Schweiker
Agnew
Allies Scramble for War Materiel Amid Upcoming Offensive
Allied forces push into the A Shau Valley aided by 200 helicopters seeking war materiel ahead of a feared final offensive. US 101st Air Cavalry and Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division report light contact, with 15 enemy killed in four days. B52 bombers target storage areas as Hue Da Nang Saigon loom as possible targets in the anticipated campaign.
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T. Jeff Williams
Associated Press
Saigon
A Shau
Hue
South Vietnam
U.S. 101St Air Cavalry Division
Laos
U.S
North Vietnam
da Nang
Hanoi
Telephone Upgrades Do 30 Miles of Cable in Three Exchanges
Thomas J. Schultz announces a General Telephone project to place about 30 miles of aerial and buried cable across Somerset Boswell Salisbury and Springs exchanges at a cost of roughly 276000. The Somerset work covers 25000 feet along Route 53 and aims to enable one and two party service with improved reliability and future capacity.
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General Telephone
Thomas J. Schultz
Somerset
Schultz
Somerset Exchange
Route 53
Boswell
Thomasville
Salisbury
St. Paul
Springs
Liberty City Riot Brings National Guard In
National Guard troops moved into Liberty City Florida nightfall to quell violence after two Black residents were killed and several others wounded in a riot near the Miami Beach convention. Police and troops swept the two square mile curfew zone with armored carriers and gas, as shooters and looters scattered amid helicopter surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Scott
Miami
Fla
Liberty City
National Guard
Jay Golden
Golden
Biscayne Bay
Miami Beach
62Nd Street
Claude Kirk
Police Deaths Mount Since July First
The Associated Press tallies eight U S police officers killed and at least 47 wounded by gunfire since July 1. Incidents include Cleveland on July 23 with three dead and eight wounded, plus numerous shootings in Peoria Harvey Brooklyn Inkster Detroit Philadelphia and San Antonio.
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Associated Press
U.S
Cleveland
Ohio
Peoria
Ill
Harvey
Brooklyn
N.Y
Robert Gomez
Michigan State Police
Detroit
Inkster
Detroit General Hospital
Washington
Philadelphia
San Antonio
Tex
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John Cotter
LBJ
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Vincent P. Carocci
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