Somerset County Fair Opens with 4-H FHA FFA Exhibits
The 1965 Somerset County Fair at Meyersdale opened with 4-H FHA and FFA judging in the Junior Activities building. Milkdrops and Sipesville Clovers took top 3 blue ribbons in 4-H, with various clubs earning blue, red, and white ribbons across categories. Final preparations continued as livestock barns housed county cattle sheep and swine ahead of the week-long event.
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PFA
Somerset County Fair
Meyersdale
Jenner
Somerset County
Somerset
Brothersvalley
FFA
Stonycreek
Turkeyfoot Rockwood
Shade Central City
Shanksville Squares
Lavansville Lassies
Greenville
Milkshakers
Friedens Fireflies
Salisbury
Rockwood
Laurel Hill Lassies
Maple Glenn
Saddle Sores
Gemini 5 astronauts chase ghost satellite on 8 day Moon shot plan
In a 135 minute maneuver Cooper and Conrad lowered their orbit to pursue a theoretical 477 mile distant satellite. The effort aims to salvage a failed rendezvous and advance study of human vision and space endurance aboard Gemini 5 on a record pace toward the moon.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
America
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Conrad
Outer Space
Cooper
Earth
Shultz Leads Six Man Team On Viet Nam Telecom Survey
Thomas J. Shultz of General Telephone Somerset heads a six person team to Saigon for a six month study of South Viet Nam post and telephone operations. The survey, awarded by the U S Agency for International Development, aims to improve organization and management of the system serving 15 million people with about 17 000 telephones.
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Thomas J. Shultz
Somerset
General Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Central System
Saigon
South Viet Nams
William F. Bennett
General Telephone & Electronics International Incorporated
Gt&e International
Agency For International Deveopment
U.S. State Department
South Viet Nam
Bennett
GT & E International
General Telephone & Electronics Corporation
General Systems Management
GT & E
GT & Ff
New York City
General System
Separate Paths Taken On Legislative Reapportionment
Harrisburg AP Republicans and Democrats push separate reapportionment plans with eight days left before the state Supreme Court deadline. Senate and House move on rival measures as negotiations stall. Gov Scranton unveils a record 442.1 million capital budget, education funds dominate.
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Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
Senate
House
Scranton
Somerset County Fair Opens With Children and Merchant Day
The Somerset County Fair at Meyersdale opened with a schedule featuring Children Day activities. At 9 a.m. dairy cattle and home making exhibits were judged, followed by Gene Holter's Wild Animal Show at 2:30 p.m. The program includes high diving mules and related equine displays as part of the day’s events.
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Somerset County
Meyersdale
Gene Holter
County Heads Attend 79th County Commissioners Convention
Somerset County commissioners Dwane E Ringer Ivan Lambert and Warren K Hay with solicitor William S Livengood and chief clerk Mabel V Combecker attend the 79th Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners Convention in Philadelphia August 23 to 25. The three day event covers soil and water conservation care for the aged project 70 surplus food assessments Appalachia public housing redevelopment elections community colleges and county homes.
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Somerset
Dwane E. Ringer
Ivan Lambert
Warren K. Hay
William S. Livengood
Mabel V. Combecker
Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners
Philadelphia
Commissioners Association
Somerset Republicans Adopt Reapportionment Resolution
The Somerset County Republican Committee approved a unanimous resolution criticizing the General Assembly reapportionment bill. It objects to the county’s division into a single district and a partial district, cites late drafting, and calls for better consultation with Republican members and adherence to American government principles. The resolution was sent to Gov Scranton and key party leaders.
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Bucks County
House
Senate
Somerset County
Assebly
William Scranton
Craig Truax
Stanley Stroup
Peter T. Dumbauld
Central Assembly
Kenneth Lea
Robert Hamilton
House of Representatives
General Assembly of
Pennsylvania
Somerset
General Assembly
Somerset County Republican Committee
US Attacks Dam and Hydroelectric Plant Third Day
U S planes bombed a North Vietnamese dam and hydroelectric plant for the third straight day at Ban Thach on the Song Chu River 80 miles south-southwest of Hanoi. Jets struck twice at the hydro plant and damaged the dam's generator.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ban Thach
Song Chu River
Hanoi
Red Capital
American plane crashes into sea after takeoff in Hong Kong
An American military aircraft carrying 71 passengers crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff in Hong Kong. Rescue operations were underway with divers called in and seven passengers reportedly rescued. Only one wing and one engine remained visible above water. No aircraft type was identified by the government spokesman.
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Hong Kong
Steel Talks In' Eleventh Hour
Pittsburgh AP report on renewed talks as a looming strike nears with 450000 steel workers facing potential walkout Sept. 1. Mediation chief Simkin met separately with union and industry leaders as locals plan shutdowns and foremen receive preliminary shutdown instructions.
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Pittsburgh AP
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
N.W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel
Abel
Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Simkin
Pittsburgh
Washington
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Shultz
Schultz
York Telephone and Telegraph Company
General Telephone
Erie
Bucks
Montgomery
Bers
Bulletin
Guy L. Ewart
Uniontown Aaa
Linda McGregor
Uniontown
Somerset Aaa
William Barnhart
David Metzgar
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