Local Wages To Be Paid By Contractors
Harrisburg August 29 Gov. Leader extends prevailing local wage requirements to all 67 Pennsylvania counties for highway contractors on state jobs. Current rules cover 14 counties. the change aims to attract more bidders by fixing labor costs, with wages set from U S Commerce Department statistics and federal aid rules.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Highway Dept
U. S. Commerce Department
Highways Department
U. S. Secretary of Commerce
Wealth Does Not Reduce Birth Rate, Doctor Says
Dr Lee R Dice of the University of Michigan told the American Institute of Biological Sciences in Connecticut that wealth does not lower birth rates. He warned that higher living standards generally raise births while death rates fall, risking local overcrowding as the US population grows rapidly.
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Stores
Conn
Michigan
Lee R. Dice
University of Michigan
American Institute of Biological Sciences
University of Connecticut
Dice
United States
Tibet Rebellion Reported as Chinese Convoys Targeted
Reports describe Tibetan resistance against Chinese forces with heavy fighting in eastern and northern Tibet. Chinese tanks are said to be deployed around Lhasa while convoys face attacks on roads.
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Tibet
Lhasa
Birthday Party for Deanna Myers in Rockwood
Mrs. Mabel Myers hosted a Monday birthday party at her Rockwood home for her daughter Deanna turning ten. Guests from Somerset and area attended with gifts and refreshments as games were played. The issue also notes a Rockwood Church of the Brethren Ladies Aid corn roast with devotions and reports on Mission sale proceeds nearing $600.
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Deanna Myers
Mabel Myers
Deanna
Carolyn
Donna
Joan Weimer
Terry
Brenda
David Hechler
Christine Sanner
Audrey Sanner
Wayne Davis
Ronnie
Phyllis
Barry Pritts
Somerset
Glenda Sanner
William Davis
Ladies Aid of
Rockwood Church of the Brethren
New Centerville
Ernest Hartline
Peter
Frank Hartline
Living Hope
Kenneth Saylor
Ed Miller
Harry Saylor
Della Mauer
George Ansell
James Boitnott
R. L. Conn
Charles Clay
William Sembower
M. A. Saylor
Harmony Assembly
Camp Harmony
Church of the Brethren
Pennsylvania
W. F. Sembower
Charles Miller
R. L Conn
James Boitnott and
Gaynel
Albert Halbrook
Walter Berkebile
William Eagle
Walter F. Berkebile
Rockwood Personals
Photographer escorted from judge's office during Spagnola hearing
Pittsburgh Sun Telegram reports a photographer Earl McCartney was led from the justice of the peace office as James V. Spagnola faced surety of the peace charges. Judge John C. Tanney ordered two constables to remove him after objections by Spagnola and his estranged wife. Mrs Spagnola had brought the charges, while landlord H H Leck also charged Spagnola with disorderly conduct before the hearing ended with Leck dropping his charge and Tanney discarding Mrs Spagnola's."
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Justice of the Peace
James V. Spangola
John C. Tanney
Earl McCartney
Spagnola
Leck
Tanney
Walter Berkebile Visits Relatives Then Moves to Ohio Pastoral Post
Walter Berkebile and family visited relatives of the Rev Mr Boitnott near Richmond Virginia. They returned to Brookville on Wednesday and planned to move to their new pastorate at Bradford Ohio the following day. Mrs Reese Gene Jim Bunny and others recently visited the children's grandparents Mr and Mrs James Williamson of Addison. The Williamsons left for a motor trip to California for several months.
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Little York
Richmond
Ind
Brookville
James Boitnott
Guy Reese
Gene
Jim
Bunny
Akron
Ohio
Henry Bereider
Earl
Sonny) Reese
Charlene Barron
Homer Barron
Somerset
Cora Schrock
Evelyn Schrock
Candy Sue Jones
Claude Jones
Cumberland
Charles Clay
Oscar Schrock
Bobby
Windber
Donald Hollern
Johnstown
Lee Hospital
Charles Cooper
Schrock
Jesse McDowell
Cooper
Mulalney
Friedens
Mullaney
Harry Sembower
Charles Halbrock
Albert Halbrock
Rockwood
Sun- Gay
Dan Rhodes
R.D
Walter Berkebile
Boitnott
Bradford
Kevin
Billy
James Williamson
Addison
Williamsons
California
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Ore
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Carol
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Butler
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Lawrence
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Bucks
Montgomery
Chester
Delaware
White Bucks
Oxfords
Blus Canvass
PENNA
Carolina Chrome
Associated Press Science
Populatiion
India
Indian Ocean
China
Rockwood News
Ladies Aid
Bank Blog
Squire
Britain
Penney
Penneys
Penney’s
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