Coleman Co breaks ground for new Somerset plant
Coleman Company initiates construction of a multi million dollar manufacturing complex in Somerset County with ground breaking attended by state and local officials. Project aims include a 3144 million payroll and over 500 jobs within three to four years, starting with a tent and sleeping bag line and expanding to a camp trailer factory and metal outing products plant.
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Dorothy Craig
Coleman Co
Somerset County
Coleman Management
Witchita, Kasas
Coleman
Sheldon Coleman
United States
Milwaukee
Clifford L. Jones
Pennsylvania Industral Development Agency
Jones
Somerset
James Howe
Melvin Zaendel
Outing Products
Wichita
Howe
Robert French
Meyersdale
Jenner- Boswell
Coleman Company
D. P. Clark
Somerset County Industrial Development Council
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Agency
PIDA
Dream Come True Describes New Salisbury Plant Opening
Joseph M. Markley Sr called the Commonwealth Gear Works plant opening a dream come true at Salisbury open house. Police remarks by Mayor Showalter, business leaders, and school musicians marked the ceremony as a new progressive era for the community.
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Commonwealth Gear Works
Salisbury
Joseph M. Markley, Jr
Joseph M. Markley, Sr
Myron D. Markley
The
New Salisbury
Joseph M. Markley
Markley
Myron D
Joseph M., Jr
Warren E. Bates
St. John’s
John R. Showalter
Roy F. Blocher
Salisbury Industrial Association
Stanley M. Thomas
Salisbury Area
Markleys
Senate Heads To Showdown Over Civil Rights Bill
Washington AP report outlines Senate plans to move the House passed civil rights bill to debate before Labor Day while potential changes to the open housing provision are considered. President Johnson welcomes House passage but regrets its narrower housing scope. Senate tactics divide along party and regional lines with Republicans wary of immediate calendar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
White House
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Mansfield
Committee
Dirksen
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Shapp Denies Payments To Negro Ministers In Pennsylvania Primary
Milton J. Shapp faced continued scrutiny on the witness stand over campaign spending for the May 17 Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He denied allegations that he paid 100 Negro ministers for endorsements and noted plans for similar audits of Lt. Gov. Raymond P. Shafer. The hearings moved to morning transcripts after night sessions were ended to speed the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Milton J. Shapp
Pennsylvania
Shapp
State Elections Bureau
Robert P. Casey
Democratic State Organization
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Homer L. Kreider
Dauphin County
Kreider
Young Ladies Seek Title Of Fair Queen
Fourteen Somerset County young ladies enter the first annual Fairest of the Fair Queen Contest sponsored by the Somerset County Fair Association. Contestants are 17 to 20 with farm 4 H FHA or FFA backgrounds. A dinner August 15 at Somerset County Club precedes judging by three out of county panels. The final selection occurs August 22 after the All-County Vesper Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Somerset County Fair Association
En Cies
Thye
Somerset Country Club
Western Pennsylvania Weather: Clouds and Warmth With Showers
The forecast for Western Pennsylvania calls for mostly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with scattered showers and thundershowers on Thursday. Friday will be partly cloudy and a bit cooler with highs in the 80s Thursday.
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Pennsylvania
Economy Is Changing Character Of Farming
Somerset County, traditionally rural, faces rising costs and debt as low prices, labor shortages, costly machinery, higher land taxes, and a fourth year of drought squeeze small farmers. Trends show fewer farms, larger size, less land, more part ownership, and difficulty for youths to enter farming amid evolving health and sanitation requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County
Facoors
Somerset
Bullet disrupts phone service between Meyersdale and Somerset
A bullet hole in a cable briefly disrupted long distance service between Meyersdale and Somerset Tuesday. Thomas J. Schultz of General Telephone Company said authorities were notified and investigating. Schultz warned gunfire near cables endangers residents in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyersdale
Somerset
Thomas J. Schultz
General Telephone Company
Schultz
Major Battles Won By South Koreans Marines in Vietnam
South Korean troops and U S Marines, fighting 140 miles apart, defeated an enemy battalion in a central highland jungle clash. The Koreans reported 170 North Vietnamese dead and seized arms. U S Marines in support units claimed significant enemy losses.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
U.S
U.S. 5Th Marine Regiment
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Hugh Scott
Joseph Clark
J. Irving Whalley
Raymond Shafer
John K. Tabor
Stanley G. Stoup
Peter T. Dumbauld
Thomas F. Lansberry
Dwane E. Ringer
al Rockwoeel
Rockwell Manufacturing Co
Coleman Board of Directors
Somerset County Industrial Council
D.P. Clark
Ray Morrison
Kansas
Albert O
Pinky’ Byer
Presidnt
Larry Jones
Harold Fyar
Richard Baxter
Easern
Charles McIlwaine
Ko Pee
Robert J. McCoy
St. Michael’s Church
V.F.W
William E. Deibler
John Edward Hay
Berlin R.D
Hya
First Society of Film Women
Berlin-Brothers Valley
Hay
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Bonita Louis Clay
Glenn T. Clay
Somerset R.D
Bonita
Somerset Ffa
Department of Health
Bullet
By Bob Pool
Lee
James Collie
B. F. Bigley
Bureau of Industrial Development
Department of Commerce
Enarican
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