Schoolteacher Maude Waugh Recalls One-Room Class Era Reunion
Dorothy Kantner tribute follows Maude Putman Waugh who began teaching in a Barronvale one-room school in 1922 and retired in 197? from a Newberry Park California one-room school. A Aug 21 reunion at Bakersville Community Picnic Grove gathers former students to celebrate her six decades of service and a life spent in single-room classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Putman Waugh
Barronvale
Newberry Park
Calif
Maude Putman
Ruby Magnet Sheets
RD 3
Rockwood
Bakersville
Maude Putnam
Middlecreek Township
Indiana State Teacher’s College
Kent State University
Kent
Ohio
Congress Promises Action on Nixon Tax Plan
Nixon wins bipartisan support from Congress to move quickly on tax aspects of his economic package. Talks focus on exempting taxes, expanding relief, and possible changes, with emphasis on speed to avoid delays. Explanations stress cooperation, though some lawmakers warn against broader tax cuts beyond the President’s outline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Ziegler
U.S
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Consumer Price Expert Awaits Freeze Impact
Washington AP reports the official measuring living costs remains unsure how Nixon's wage price freeze will affect family budgets. The uncertainty mirrors households awaiting tax assessments and tax changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Witness says Medina unaware of My Lai killings report
Lt. William L. Calley radio operator Charles Sledge testified he was never told to report the slaying to Capt. Medina. Sledge said Calley might have relayed information over another radio but he did not see it. The testimony came during the murder trial on the second day of proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Mcpherson
Medina
Sledge
Calley
Montrose
Colo
Charlie Company
My Lai
America
Nixon
Londonderry Split Underscores Ulster Unionist Rift
A rightwing bloc within the Unionist party and loyalists in Stormont split from the Northern Ireland government to form an alliance aiming to keep Ulster as a British province. Faulkner retained strong Unionist support as about 100 Catholic refugees recrossed into Ireland amid ongoing intercommunal fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Unionist
Stormont
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
66 Committee
House of Commons
Senate
Irish Republic
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
New
Great Lakes Nations Seek Joint Agency to Fight Pollution
Eight U S states and two Canadian provinces backed a plan for a single interregional agency to monitor air and water pollution along the 3 000 mile Great Lakes border from Duluth Minnesota to Massena New York and eastward. They urged strong federal participation and coordinated efforts across borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackinac Island
Mich
Great Lakes
Duluth
Minn
Massena
N.Y
Officials Say Aid Welcome to Public School Subsidies
The $103.8 million amendment to the public school aid bill drew approval from area educators. William B. Statler of Intermediate Unit 8 called the higher state subsidy per pupil from $550 to $620 a tremendous help, noting varies by district aid ratios. The poverty pupil subsidy would rise from $120 to $140, aiding ESEA Title I programs. Meyersdale area and Somerset district leaders foresee significant impact, pending final bill details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
William B. Statler
Statler
Meyersdale Area
Harold Nicholson
Nicholson
Meyersdale
Artillery Strikes Into DMZ in Sixth Day of North Vietnamese Drive
US artillery moved eight inch howitzers and 175mm guns into Mai Loc and fired into Ba Ho Mountain area as South Vietnamese marines suffered heavy losses. North Vietnamese gunners pounded government bases south of the buffer zone with mortars. One government soldier was wounded and another at Fire Base Fuller. Ground clashes remained limited with no major units active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
USS
Demilitarized Zone
24Th Corps
Mai Loc
Laos
South China Seacoast
Ba Ho Mountain
Associated Press
J. T. Volkerstorfer
Fuller
Sarge
Nixon Calls For Old Fashioned Virtues
President Nixon urged public support for new economic policies at a Knights of Columbus event in New York. He framed the plan as reviving American hard work and moral courage, acknowledging possible short-term pain to halt rising living costs. He became the first U.S. president to address the 1.2 million member Catholic fraternal order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nixon
The
Knights of Columbus
State Pays 2.5 Million for Somerset County Medical Aid
A State Department of Public Welfare report shows Somerset County spent about 2.44 million on medical care last year. Of that, 1.376 million funded care for residents under 65 not on public assistance and 776,672 supported those on cash relief. Inpatient hospital care led the medically needy at 361,273 with other categories including nursing home, home nursing, county and state institutions, and miscellaneous services. For the relief group, inpatient hospital care was 239,471 and miscellaneous care 320,354 with additional sums for school medical care and non public nursing home care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Harrisburg
Somerset County
State Department of Public Welfare
Somerset
State High Court Denies Patronage Case Request
The State Supreme Court denied the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes request for reargument on patronage firings. Justices Barbie and Jones dissented, leaving unresolved whether Section 706 of the Public Employee Relations Act permits dismissal for political sponsorship despite a just cause requirement. The ruling vacates a temporary ban on political firings and prompts potential injunctions in Commonwealth Court. The union, representing about 2,000 highway workers, contends some 3,000 patronage firings occurred after the Shapp administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
High Court
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
Alexander F. Barbieri
Benjamin R. Jones
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court
Shapp
Gerald W. McEntee
McEntee
Chinese Parents Challenge School Busing in San Francisco
A group of Chinese parents asked the Supreme Court to block a large-scale student transfer program moving Chinese children from neighborhood schools. They contend the order is unconstitutional and would destroy the Chinese community’s cultural and educational life in San Francisco. The program stems from a suit by Black families alleging racial segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Federal District Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Memory Lane
Dorothy Kantner
News-Chronicle
Thousand Oaks
Waugh
Manzanita School
Santa Barbara
Mrs. Maude Vough
Pennsylvania
Canada
Treasury
Cost of Living Council
Popkin
Somerset Budget
Howard Trexel
William Statler
Dmz
State High Court
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!