County Chiefs Eve Welfare, Tax Revise
At Pittsburgh convention of the Pennsylvania Site Association of County Commissioners proposals to enlarge county welfare representation and to fund public education with a statewide property tax were deliberated. Somerset Commissioner Paul L. O Connor urged creating sub welfare committees and chairperson appointments to better address mental health and child care. others criticized state welfare regulations and funding. Fred Hershey proposed a statewide property tax as Supreme Court cases challenge local funding and equality under the Constitution.
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Patricia Stewart
Pennsylvania Site Association of County Commissiners
Pittsburgh
Somerset County
Paul L. O'Connor
O'Connor
The
O’connor
Helene Wohlgemuth
Hershey
U.S. Supreme Court
Agricultural Progress Days Begin at Berlin Farms
The Calvin Will and Richard Croner farms near Berlin host Agricultural Progress Days today and Thursday with farm machinery demonstrations, educational exhibits, environmental and home economics demos, youth activities, and the state plowing contest. About 75 exhibitors participate with field crop plots and hay and silage shows.
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Calvin Will
Richard Croner
Berlin
Route 219
Berlin Farms
James Bochy
Pennsylvania State University Cooperative Extension Service
Pennsylvania Grassland Council
State
Bochy
Wavons
Weather and events mix in Somerset County field days
The two day program features land restoration through strip mining, soil development, and a youth environmental program. Contests include a state plowing competition with divisions from small to large plow and an open potato harvest, with demonstrations on cattle breeds and wool, plus a chip plant open house by Snyder's Potato Chip Company in Berlin.
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Bochy
Maine
Anjou
Somerset County Holstein Club
Snyder's
Potato Chip Company
Berlin
McGovern Proposes Tax Reform and Welfare Plan
George McGovern outlined a job oriented welfare reform and a 22 billion dollar tax package in New York. He favored ending lower capital gains taxes for investment income while protecting wages and salaries, and named Rep. Wilbur Mills as his Treasury secretary choice. The plan includes a 10 billion federal investment in private industry and 6 billion for public service jobs, plus higher Social Security benefits and increased disability and orphan supports.
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New York
George McGovern
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
McGovern
New York Society of Security Analysts
House
Senate Finance Committee
Afternoon Of False Alarms Keeps Volunteers Hopping
Somerset volunteer firemen rushed to DeVilbiss company and Big Drum calls on Tuesday. Four false alarms tied up 25 to 30 men and 5 pieces of equipment, all due to suspected wiring trouble at the borough building. Fire crews returned to duties after brief responses as investigators worked to locate the fault.
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DeVilbiss Company
Big Drum
Somerset Volunteer
Ihre DeVilbiss Company
Borough
DeVilbiss
Telephone Company
US Warships Raid Haiphong Area Shell Shore Installations
Four US warships conducted a raid near Haiphong striking fuel depots barracks and coastal defenses two torpedo boats were sunk or set afire by Newport News and Robison while Providence and Robison shelled targets no American casualties were reported observers saw sustained naval pressure with no minefield penetration in another front battle lines shifted in Que Son Valley where Boulder Hill changed hands twice amid heavy fighting as South Vietnamese forces gained, then saw a counterattack before reinforcements moved in.
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Saigon
Haiphong
Navy
Adm. J. 1
Holloway TH
U.S
Providence
Robison
Haiphone
Nance
Haj
Holloway
South Vietnam
Que Son
Quezon
Boulder Hill
Associated , Press
Dennis Neeld
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State Department of Welfare
Fred Hershey
Joint State Government Commission
Supreme Court
Paul O'Connor
Nixon
Pennsylvania
San Clemente
Calif
North Vietnam
White House
Vietnam
Oceanside
Democratic
Maurice Stans
Congress
United States
Somerset Mall
Bob Hall
Voesaem Macau
Building
Dain
Que Sen
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Tiais
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