Somerset Adopts Budget with No Tax Change
Somerset Borough keeps real estate tax at 21 mills for 1976 and reenacts a 0.5 percent earned income tax expected to yield about 62 000 toward a 527 000 budget. The general fund appropriations total 519 000 with water and sewer funds at 348 000 and 270 000 respectively. The budget reflects cost savings in road maintenance and building operation offsetting higher material and wage costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Council
John Kane
Stevens Defers on ERA and Death Penalty Questions
Supreme Court nominee John Paul Stevens told the Senate Judiciary Committee he supports gender equality but isn't sure about the Equal Rights Amendment. He said the death penalty may deter crime but he does not know if it actually does. He favored affirmative action to remedy discrimination if justified, and would not discuss the constitutional issue before the court. The hearing touched on women’s groups concerns over Stevens’ rulings in sex cases. In separate school notes, Glenda Gaye Walker, 17, was crowned Maple Princess at Shanksville-Stonycreek High School with first runner-up Sue Ellen Landis. the Pennsylvania Maple Contest is set for Feb. 14 at Meyersdale High School.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Stevens
Chicago
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
High Court
Kennedy
National Women’s Political Caucus
Glenda Gaye Walker
Shanksville-Stonycreek High School
Glenn E. Walker
Friedens RD 2
Sue Ellen Landis
Leroy Landis
Meyersdale High School
Contempt action filed against Kissinger by Pike
Intelligence Committee Chairman Otis G. Pike filed a House contempt action against Secretary of State Henry Kissinger after rejecting Ford administration terms. Pike claims the State Department must reveal all covert operation requests since 1961, with 25 identified, and seeks a House vote and referral to the U.S. attorney for prosecution.
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Washington
Ford
Intelligence Committee
Otis G. Pike
House
Henry A. Kissinger
New York Democrat
Pike
Kissinger
Congress
House Committee
U.S
State Department
Carl Albert
Albert
Somerset Area School Board elects Gastiger president
The Somerset Area School Board elected Robert Gastiger of Friedens president after two deadlocked ballots to start 1976. Dale Schmidt of Somerset RD 4 was chosen as vice president, and Barry Ash joined as a new board member. The meeting covered long range planning updates, questionnaires, and several financial actions.
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Somerset Area School Board
Robert Gastiger
Friedens
Gastiger
Vince Jacob
Dale Schmidt
Somerset RD 4
Barry Ash
Rosemary Cesarone
Miss Cesarone
Weather Outlook for Laurel Mountain Area This Week
Periods of wet snow or rain expected Tuesday with highs in the upper 30s. Windy with flurries possible Tuesday night and Wednesday. Lows Tuesday night in the upper 20s and Wednesday highs in the upper 30s. Easterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent Tuesday and 60 percent Tuesday night.
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Laurel Mountain
O Bannon Sworn In As PUC Member
Pittsburgh economist Helen O Bannon was sworn in as the first woman member of Pennsylvania PUC by Gov Shapp. At 35 she is the youngest ever on the commission overseeing electric water and gas rates and was joined by husband George and their four sons.
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Harrisburg
Helen O’bannon
Pittsburgh
State Public Utility Commission
Shapp
O’bannon
George
PUC
Moslem Forces Battle Christians in Beirut Street Fights
In Beirut the largest civil war assault to date pits Moslem forces led by Palestinian guerrillas against Christian street fighters. Mortars and rockets crater central districts while bodies lie along a broad front from banks to St Georges Bay. Parliament halted as three mortars hit the House of Deputies.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
Phalange
Ashrafiyeh
Ein Rumanneh
St. Georges Bay
Parliament Square
House of Deputies
Kamal Assad
St. Georges
Mediterranean
Shepley Recount Petition Dismissed By Court
Judge Norman A. Shanks dismissed Harold E. Shepley Jr’s petition to recount county commissioner votes in 58 precincts. The court ruled no jurisdiction and cited late filing and lack of three elector verifications. final tally remained 7,587 for Shepley and 7,700 for Vernon M. Spangler with a 113 vote margin.
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Shepley
Harold E. Shepley Jr
Norman A. Shanks
Stoystown Area
Democrat
Vernon M. Spangler
Spangler
James B. Yelovich
Yelovich
Richard T. Williams
Shaulis
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Alfred Brecht
Brecht
Governor’s Justice Commission
Bradley Cramer
Tableland
Ronald D. Pyle
Civil Service Commission
Bernard Schardt
Pyle
Saylor Motor Co
Alum
Mid-State Chemical Company
Altoona
Opalco
McKeesport
Textile Chemical Company
Reading
Warner Company
Bellfont
John W. Stein
Police ‘Civil Service Commission
Certified Public Accountant
Stevens Grilled
White House
Bryant
Luther Brubaker
Somerset County Vo-Tech
Brubaker
Fred Brubaker
School Authority Board
Albert Flower
Millersville State College
Coca-Cola Company
Somerset Trust Co
Heinz
Scott
Santa
Ana Landers
Coin Corner
Crossword Daily Record
Eeer
Eell Investors
Sylvia
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