Somerset County Observes Open House for Commonwealth Gear Co
Somerset County hosts an Open House for Commonwealth Gear Co Salisbury highlighting a new Salisbury plant. Local and state dignitaries including Clifford P. Jones and Senator Stanley G. Stroup will speak. tours begin at 1 p.m. with music by the Salisbury-Elk joint high school band at 2:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Commonwealth Gear Co
Salisbury
Somerset County Citzens
Clifford P. Jones
Department of Commerce of
Pennsylvania
Somerset
Thye
Markley
Jospeh M
Myron D
Markleys
Southington
Conn
Salisbury-Elk Joint High School
Ronald M. Hill
Salisbury Industrial Association
Robert J. McCoy
Church of St. Leo
Altoona
John R. Showalter
SIA
Stanley Markley Thomas
Salisbury Area
Commonwealth Gear Works
New England Gear Works
Coleman Co breaks ground for Somerset County plant
Ground breaking takes place this evening near the turnpike in Somerset for the Coleman Company plant to employ about 650 people. The project costs over 2 million dollars and includes land water sewer and road work funded by state and local sources. Coleman officials and state and local leaders will speak at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman CO
Somerset
Beacon
Bowen
Somerset County
Wichita
Kansas
United States
Ray L. Morrison
Coleman
Sheldon Coleman
The
Clifford L. Jones
Department of Commerce of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Agency
PIDA
Jenner-Boswell
Meyersdale
Robert French
Charles E. Staub
Zion Lutheran Church
D. P Clark
Somerset County Development Council
Coleman Company
Clark
Jones
Arthur Gartland
State Highway
Pennsylvania Turnpike
House Omits Rights Bill Provision
The 1966 civil rights bill lost a provision to speed school desegregation by allowing the attorney general to sue directly. An amendment reinstating the complaint requirement passed 132 to 104, with Rep. Basil Whitener leading the move and Rep. Wayne Hays backing it. The vote followed a failed bid to limit federal aid to segregated schools and signals a partisan fight over federal enforcement powers.
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Washington
House
Basil L. Whitener
Dn.c
Whitener
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Yugoslavs plan magazine to push antigovernment views
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP anti Tito slavs press ahead with plans to found a magazine reflecting antigovernment views. Mihajlov leader arrested for three days and organizers Mahajlov Ivin Batinic proceed with Zadar meeting on the Adriatic coast to discuss a new non Communist party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Stefanovic
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Mihajlo Mahajlov
Marijan Batinic
Daniel Ivin
Zadar
Adriatic
Mihajlov
Yugoslav Communist Party
Zadar Communist Party
Miha
Last Ditch Air Talks Scheduled
Washington AP reports a fresh bargaining session set in a last minute effort to resolve the airline strike and avert congressional action. Leaders voiced little optimism while the House considers Senate legislation to compel 35 000 striking mechanics back for up to 180 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
People’s Representatives
House
Whalley Seeks Price Rise Answer in Congress
Representative J Irving Whalley has introduced H R 960 to create a House select committee to investigate the rapid rise in food prices including dairy products. He seeks explanations for bread price doubling while wheat costs stay steady and why farmers receive only 38 cents of the market dollar.
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Rep. J. Irving Whalley
Congress
House of Representatives
Cong. Whalley
Emergency Care Class Starts August 16 at Somerset Hospital
A statewide emergency care program begins August 16 at Somerset Community Hospital with classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 10 p.m. through September 8. Physicians from the hospital staff and Somerset County Medical Society, under Fr Earl Haupt, teach on injuries, emergencies, obstetrics, and traumatic care. The course, free of charge, includes demonstrations on oxygen use and rescue breathing, with a final certification and wallet card from the State Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset County Medical Society
Earl Haupt
Pennsylvania
Ann Manequin
Division of Environmental Safety
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Assembly Ends Stalemate Sends Budget To Scranton
The Democratic House and Republican Senate ended a three month stalemate by sending a $1.259 billion general appropriations bill to Gov. Scranton for signature to cover 90 percent of current regular state spending. The Senate also sent $111.3 million in nonpreferred funds to the governor for Penn State Temple and Pittsburgh, with Democrats dropping block threats over scholarship allocations and noting about 8,000 eligible students would miss aid this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent P. Carocci
Harrisburg
Democratic House
Senate
Penn Stat
Temple
Pittsburgh
House
William F. Renwick
Dilk
Renwick
General Telephone reroutes cables in Somerset for better service
General Telephone Company crews worked around the clock to reorganize the main underground distribution, splicing 3 600 wire pairs along Center Ave Main St and Church St to improve private line service. They plan 24 1 2 miles of new TV cable and free Somerset to several nearby towns starting November 1966.
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Dorothy Craig
Somerset
General Telephone Company
Diamond
Center Ave
Church St
Main St
Church and
Patriot St
Thomas J. Schultz
Schultz
Berlin
Stoystown
Boswell
Rockwood
Ray L Bright Elected Supervising Principal at Meyersdale
Ray L Bright has been elected supervising principal of Meyersdale Area Schools succeeding resigned Harry Wolfe Jr. His salary will be 10100. Harriet McChesney of Salisbury hired as special education teacher at 7100 replacing Faye Harrison who resigned. Applications for multiple teaching positions at Wellersburg School are being accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray L. Bright
Meyersdale
Bright
Harry CO. Wolfe, Jr
Harriet McChesney
Salisbury
Faye Harrison
Wellersburg School
Commission Charges 75 Ads With Employment Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged 75 advertisers nationwide for discriminatory help wanted ads based on race sex religion or national origin. The agency will pursue conciliation if reasonable cause is found and notes names may not be disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Luther Holcomb
Holcomb
Help Wanted
Livestock Farming Emerges as Big County Industry
Somerset County shows 68 300 head of livestock on 1570 farms valued at 8 932 200. Cattle and calves account for 8 486 000, hogs 395 20, sheep 51 000. Milk cows totaling 27 000 boosted monthly milk output to 214 200 000 pounds at 4 53 per cwt. The county averages 24 200 cows milked and 9 703 000 income, with 32 000 cows and heifers two years plus on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Harriburg
Somerset County
State Department of Agriculture
Lancaster County
Philadelphia County
Hare Consultant Named to Senate Appropriations Panel
Fred P. Hare, legislative director for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, was named a consultant to the Senate Appropriations Committee for four months with possible extension. He will earn the equivalent of $14,000 yearly and take a leave of absence from his current post. Hare previously served eight years in the Senate and six years in the House, and was majority whip before resigning in 1953 to join Governor John J. Fine’s staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Hare
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Senate Appropriations Committee
Robert D. Fleming
Allegheny
Fleming
Hare
Appropriations Committee
Somerset County
Senate
House
John 8. Fine
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Somerset Co
Stanley M. Thomas
Citizens National and
Gallatin National Banks
Liberty Trust Co
Cumberland, Md
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Association
Anti-Tito Slavs Plan Magazine
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Samuel H. Friedel
Dmd
Friedel
L.P. Siemiller
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
William J. Curtin
Siemiller
Curtin
Johnson
House Committee
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Whalley
Edward J. Stachowiak
Harold S. Hay
H.E. Musser
Edwin M. Price
Robert V. Jacobs
Scranton
Democrats
General Telephone
JOE
Telephone Company
Eric
IBM
Erie
Help
Northside
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