Cupid's Arrows In Somerset Fatten State
Somerset County newlyweds helped raise 265 dollars for the State Treasury from a 50 cent fee on 530 marriage licenses issued between January 5 1970 and January 3 1971. Auditor General Casey reported statewide 96 763 licenses yielded 48 381 in state revenue. Delinquent in Somerset County totaled 34 cases.
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Cupid
Somerset
Harrisburg
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Casey
State Treasury
Somerset County Register of Wills
Treasury Receives Funds From Delinquent Estates Listings
Sixty four delinquent estates pending liquidation for over 15 months yielded 195 testamentary and administration letters filed in the county. The state treasury received $189.15, with the register of wills taking three cents from each filing dollar.
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Register of Wills
Navy Guns Open Southern Half Of DMZ In Vietnam
U S 7th Fleet guns bomb North Vietnamese positions in the southern half of the DMZ while B 52 strikes continue. North Vietnamese forces shell South Vietnamese bases along the northern line for the eighth straight day as Marine units report 11 enemy killed in an ambush and U S helicopters pull artillery from Fire Base Sarge.
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Saigon
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Berkeley
United States
North Vietnam
Alpha 1
Fuller
Sarge
Federal Panel Allows 5 Percent Down Home Loans
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board approved savings and loan associations to offer conventional home loans with down payments as low as five percent. Chairman Preston Martin said the policy helps many American families with modest down payments, especially buyers of existing housing, targeting homes in the 22000 to 30000 dollar range.
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Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan Associations
Preston Martin
Day Camp For Girls Draws 179 Scouts At Maple Valley
Somerset County Girl Scouts enjoy two weeks at Maple Valley Day Camp near Meyersdale with 179 campers and 24 leaders. Units set up in the park include tents shelters and kitchens as they learn camping skills. Activities include swimming cook-outs crafts and Ecology Day led by Eileen Middleton.
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Sharyn Maust
Somerset County
Maple Valley
Meyersdale
Wellersburg
Grantsville
Rockwood
Salisbury
Somerset
Listie
Friedens
Shanksville
Berlin
Eileen Middleton
Johnstown
Jacques Volkert
Leon Carey
Herbert Hoover Jr
Sally Yaple
Randy Heckman
Donald West
Meany Defies Wage Freeze Urges Unions To Strike
AFL CIO president George Meany accused President Nixon of mismanaging the economy and called on Congress to undo the wage-price freeze. He warned unions to strike if needed and said the policy enriches big business at workers' expense.
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Washington
Aflcio
George Meany
Nixon
Congress
White House
United States
Labor
Meany
Wage price rent freeze limits explained by Living and Cost Council
The 90 day wage price rent freeze is sparing exceptions. Wages barred: merit and longevity raises. promotions allowed only for higher responsibility. Prices: most ceilings hold. some goods, services, and taxes capped. seasonal food price changes allowed for eggs fruit vegetables and fresh fish. AFL CIO calls for congressional denial of tax credits and for wage freezes to be enforced with potential strikes. The Auto Workers and Longshoremen unions show varied responses to the action.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Treasury
John B. Connally
Budget Battle Delays State General Appropriations
In Harrisburg the Senate refused to concur with the House on the general appropriation bill. The House passed a 2.7 billion general spending package plus about 500 million in other appropriations, bringing total 1971-72 funding to 3.2 billion. A conference reduces delays as leaders fault each other over budget plans and wage price effects.
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Harrisburg
Senate
House
Joint
Benjamin R. Donolow
Senate Appropriations Committee
Donolow
Philadelphia
Dondlow
Lecter
K. Leroy Irvis
Ing
Irvis
Shapp Gets Lottery Bill Through Pennsylvania Senate
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a statewide lottery 29 to 16 and sent the measure to Gov. Shapp. Sen. Frank Mazzei, sponsor, said tickets may start by November at 50 cents each. Revenues fund senior tax relief after July 1 with 40 percent for prizes, 30 for relief, 30 for overhead.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
Shapp
Frank Mazzei
D-Allegheny
Mazzei
Robert Kane
FOP By-Laws Approved for Roof Garden Chapter
The Roof Garden Chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police approved its by-laws Thursday night in Berlin and will forward them to the state lodge. It will enter a unit in the August 24 Somerset parade honoring American Legion and Senior Little League players, and plans ticket sales for the Bartok Circus arriving September 3 to benefit FOP charities.
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Roof Garden
Fraternal Order of Police
Berlin
FOP Lodge
Somerset
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion League
Little League
Bartok Circus
FOP Charities
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