Big Foot Sightings Hit Laurel Highlands and Beyond
Teens report a nine foot hairy creature in Gray area with sounds heard nearby. Police say heat and pranks likely. Reports cross Somerset and Westmoreland counties with footprints observed near a Route 982 mobile home and trees knocked over.
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Howard Hall
American County
Big Foot
Laurel Highlands
Gray
Somerset Barracks
Johns
Somerset County
Westmoreland County
Derry
Latrobe
Glassport
Herminie
Mon Valley
Taxpayer Guns On '74 Levy
At a Somerst Area Taxpayers Association meeting in Somerset Township about 300 residents questioned county officials and AVS executives on the proposed countywide land value reassessment. William Kimmel defended the plan citing inflation and growing needs, while critics cited short training for field workers and delays in tax notices slated for September or October with possible appeals to the Board of Assessment Appeals.
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George Lear
County Commission
Somerst Area Taxpayers Association
Somerset Township
William Kimmel
Edgar Wilkins
AVS
David Alexander
Kimmel
Somerset County Tableland
Commissioners
Ord Rice
Association
Board of Assessment Appeals
William Gnagey
Meyersdale
Donald Farmer
Windser
Ernest Herb
Somerset
Rice
Gasoline Price Freeze Extended Delaying New Ceilings
The Cost of Living Council extended the gasoline price freeze for a week to let retailers set new retail price ceilings. The extension delays sticker changes and may affect Labor Day travel, with officials predicting possible small price reductions at many stations.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
Rising meat prices worry Phnom Penh amid war news
The People Of Phnom Penh face higher meat costs as armed columns and nightly shelling continue. The city is not under siege, though insurgent forces cluster around it and have disrupted two major supply highways this week.
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Phnom Penh
Shortages Hit Phnom Penh Markets Amid Road Closures
Pork and vegetables in Phnom Penh markets grew scarce after Communist forces cut Highway Five to Battambang and Thailand and Highway Four to Kompong Som. Officials expect price dips when roads reopen. Pork rose from 1.10 to 1.80 per pound while beef gained 10 percent to 97 cents. Government rationing of fuel begins with private vehicles limited to eight gallons weekly.
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Phnom Penh
Battambang
Thailand
Kompong Som
Rescue Try For Britons In Deep Sea Submersible
An international team of divers on the minisub Vickers Voyager pursued a rescue of two British crewmen Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman trapped 1375 feet below the Atlantic Ocean floor off Cork Ireland. Rescue operation aimed to bring Pisces III to the surface by about 4 a.m. EDT Saturday.
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Cork
Ireland
Atlantic
Vickers Voyager
Roger Mallinson
Roger Chapman
Heat wave grips Pennsylvania with 90 degree heat
A four day heat wave blanket across Pennsylvania pushes temperatures above 90. In Pittsburgh air pollution tightens as West Penn Hospital limits visitors due to power issues. Philadelphia faces potential water shortages as demand soars above normal.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
West Penn Hospital
James I. McGuire
McGuire
West Penn
National Weather Service
Allegheny County Bureau of Air Pollution Control
Liberty-Clairton
Bureau
Weekend Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Friday to Saturday expect partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and warm humid air. Thunderstorm chances exist June 8 through June 9 with highs in the mid 80s to low 90s and overnight lows near the mid 60s to low 70s. Variable winds 5 to 10 mph.
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Pennsylvania
Nixon Aides Will Appeal Tapes Edict
Nixon directs his lawyers to appeal Judge Sirica order for the Watergate tape production. White House says papers will be filed to seek review by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington before the stay expires. The dispute centers on executive privilege and could reach the Supreme Court, potentially delaying a final ruling for months.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Archibald Cox
White House
California
U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Sirica
J. Fred Buzhardt
Charles Allen Wright
Gerald L. Warren
Supreme Court
Watergate Grand Jury
Cox
John W. Dean III
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Senate Committee
Coleman Plant Wins Second Profit Award in 1973
Coleman Company's camping trailer division in Somerset has earned its second straight profit performance award from the parent company in Wichita Kansas. The honor covers the second quarter of 1973 and follows a similar award for the first quarter. The trophy recognizes top performance against sales budgets and income.
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Coleman Company
Somerset
Wichita
Kansas
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Henry Johns
Somerset Garden Club
St. Peter's
Ralph Barnett
James Bochy
Charles Binsted
National Congress of Petroleum Dealers
Ann Landers
Daily Record
Seseseeeens
Financial News
Heloise
THE
Associated Press
Senate Watergate Committee
Oval Office
Coleman Plant
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