Beef bids light up Somerset County Fair auction
At the Somerset County Fair junior livestock auction spectators watched as Grand Champion baby beef a Charolais cross owned by Larry Kincaid of Rockwood sold for 1.05 per pound to Somerset Trust Company. Other winners included Reserve Champion Angus sold for 60 cents per pound to Glosser Brothers and a third place Hereford sold for 47 cents per pound to Boswell Lumber.
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Sharyn Maust
Somerset County Fair
Larry Kincaid
Rockwood
Somerset Trust Company
Ning
Angus
Christine Mahler
Hooversville
Glosser Brothers
Johnstown
George Bael
Friedens
Boswell Lumber Company
Matt Luce
John Hay
Reserve Market
John Jay
Myron Sheffstall
Somerset
4-H
FFA
Cheviot Cross
Fred Ream
Markleton
Ream
Champion Market
Portage
David Gnngey
Meyersdale
Income Tax Bill OK'd goes To Shapp and school curricula changes
County schools reopen with Italian I at Shade Central City and plant science at Somerset Senior High. Windber adds personal typing and shorthand while Windber Area launches multi-phase age classes. Several districts report enrollment gains and a new Intermediate Unit replaces county school offices for training services.
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Shapp
Somerset Senior High
Howard H. Trexel
Shade- Central City
Angelo A. Muro
Dan K. Jacobs
Windber
Critics say Somerset motorcycle story misses riders’ view
Roof Garden Riders dispute Somerset American coverage as biased toward machines. Norman Peters notes insurance costs vary by displacement and age, with riders 16 to 25 paying about 85 dollars for 25 000 to 50 000 policies. He argues coverage should emphasize riders and safety, not just machines, and clubs may eject members who misbehave.
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Todd- Bell American
Roof Garden Riders
Somerset American
Norman Peters
James Knepper
Knepper
Peters
Knepner
Somerset Triumph
The
Storm Rips Western State With Fatal Traffic Crashes
Thunderstorms drenched western Pennsylvania causing at least two traffic deaths in Harmar Township and Butler. Heavy rain, wind, and scattered outages disrupted commutes during Friday’s rush hour while mine drainage acid increased in the Allegheny River. Temperatures rise into the 70s and 80s with variable skies into Sunday.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
U.S. Weather Service
Pittsburgh
Harmar Township
Butler
Bennett Led Mental Health Work After Sports Career
Dale Bennett rises from a sports start to head the Bedford Somerset County Mental Health Agency and becomes president of the American Association for Rehabilitation Therapies. A native of Owego West Virginia, he trained in physical education at Davis and Elkins and shifted to recreation and mental health roles at Knoxville Eastern State Hospital and Maryland and West Virginia facilities. He now leads a 27 full time staff operation with 232 247 budget and five college assistants, overseeing two sheltered workshops for 50 clients and planning expanded therapy, counseling, and substance programs.
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Margie Carlin
Dale Bennett
Bedford-Somerset County
University of Tennessee
Eastern State Mental Hospital
Knoxville, Tenn
Maryland
Eastern Shore State Hospital
Appalachian Mental Health Center
Elkins
Bedford-Somerset
Bedford
Somerset
Harrisburg Passes 2.3 Percent Income Tax Bill
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a 2.3 percent income tax after two hours of debate and sent it to Governor Shapp for signature. The House backed the measure 102 to 93 amid six failed amendments, including a bid to drop the rate to 1.5 percent. The tax targets eight specific income classes and affects about 4.6 million wage earners.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Shapp
Thomas M. Nolan Dallegheny
House
M Legal
State Supreme Court
Sunday Sermon Was Prophetic In Newark Church Burglary
In Newark Ohio burglars ransacked the First Presbyterian Church office and library Thursday night. Pastor Rev Dr John Halsey said Friday the Sunday sermon on How Did You Get Here from Matthew about an uninvited wedding guest appeared prophetic in hindsight.
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Newark
Ohio
First Presbyterian Church
John Halsey
Matthew
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Meyersdale RD 1
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Dick Cartwright
Muro
Donna Zellers
Rockwood Area
Turkeyfoot Valley
North Star
Somerset Community Hospital
Gideons
Michael J. Farrell
T Daily
Ron Prittstrator
Violet Reese
Gideon
O. Jacob Georg
Randall Smith
Lester Leidy
Delmar Shelter
John Reese
Allegheny River
Allegheny
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Bennett
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