Cleanup Work On Stony Creek Nearing Start
Department of Environmental Resources plans cleanup of Stony Creek in Somerset County after a year of pledges. 376 deep mine openings acidify the stream harming aquatic life and tainting Hooversville drinking water. Carson Engineers study aims to finish by mid November with three site evaluations and drilling to seal mines, plans to be advertised for 1974 contracts.
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Stony Creek
Department of Environmental Resources
Maurice K. Goddard
DEA
American Monday
Goddard
Somerset County
Hooversville
Carson Engineers
Greensburg
Waterway cleanup eyed for Wells Creek and Stony Creek region
Officials say Wells Creek mine acid pollution feeds Stony Creek, harming Aquatic life. Projects target Adams Mine Wells Creek Mine and Listie Mine with bids planned and a January decision on further site work. Cleanup aims to improve Paint Creek Quemahoning Lamberts Run Dark Shade and Clear Shade water quality amid this pollution.
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Stony Creek
Wells Creek
Adams
Listie
Goddard
Windber
Quemahoning
Lamberts Run
Stockholm Bank Siege Warns of Kill Threats
In Stockholm four hostages remain trapped as a gunman and an accomplice hold up in a bank vault for five days. Police plan a secret maneuver to flush them out after failed gas-injection efforts, while the hostage condition is described as good under the siege.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Kurt Lindroth
Lindroth
Warm, dry stretch forecast for Western Pennsylvania
Mostly sunny hot conditions expected Tuesday and Wednesday with highs of 85 to 90 degrees. Lows upper 60s to low 70s, fair Tuesday night, southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation chances 10 percent Tuesday, 0 percent Tuesday night.
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Pennsylvania
School Milk Prices Rise as Subsidy Ends
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania school children will pay more for milk this year because a federal subsidy program that cut prices has been dropped for districts in the federally subsidized lunch program. Some districts will charge full price to pupils who bring lunch. non lunch program districts remain eligible for the milk subsidy.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Cambodian capital isolated as major highways cut near Phnom Penh
Antigovernment forces closed Highway 4 to the sea and Highway 5 to Battambang, severing Phnom Penh’s main supply links. Refugees swollen the city to about 1.5 to 2 million as Mekong river convoys and airlift become critical for sustenance. Insurgents encircled government troops near Ang Snoul, the closest blow to Phnom Penh in recent fighting.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Battambang
South Vietnam
Ang Snoul
Highway 4
Newspapers Cut Back Editions Amid Newsprint Shortage
Major papers suspend comics and standing features to conserve scarce newsprint as Canadian strikes reduce exports. The Wall Street Journal and others limit ads and editions while experts warn the shortage will last about 18 months and affect 1973 shipments.
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The
Wall Street Journal
U.S
Big Four Auto Makers Prepare Plea for Higher 1974 Models
Washington AP reports the four largest U S automakers will argue for higher prices on their 1974 models before the Cost of Living Council on Tuesday. Hearings follow steel industry appeals as Phase 4 rules aim to curb inflation, with consumer price clarity limited and gasoline ceilings in dispute.
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Cost of Living Council
Council
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Somerset
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