Somerset Hospital Campaign Nears Goal With $476,312
General Chairman B F Walters reported a campaign total of 476,312 toward a 500,000 minimum. Primary Gifts led by George S Cook added 92,925, Special Gifts by E Charles Kaufman brought 9,195, and Coleman Company pledged 25,000, marking their first hospital campaign outside Wichita. Walters urged a 200,000 over-subscription objective and set the next report for December 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Community Hospital
B. F. Walters
Somerset
George S. Cook
Divsion
E. Charles Kaufman
$41 Million For 3 Main Highways
Fifteen county officials met in Washington with Senators Schwieker and Scott and aides to discuss $41 million for three Appalachian corridors Route 22 222 and 219. Walter Osborne of the Federal Bureau of Public Roads outlined funding under the 1970 Federal-Aid Highway Act with a 70-30 federal to state split and noted eligibility begins July 1 1972. The meeting highlighted the six county district's push for improved north south access after Somerset County lost an industry that would have employed 170 workers.
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Turnpike District Planning and Development Commission
U.S
Washington, D.C
Richard Schwieker
Hugh Scott
Roy Ogburn
Somerset County
Vernon F. Spangler
Red Brant
Somerset County Development Council
Walter Osborne
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Appalachia
Turnpike
Osborne
Gene Hammill
Blair County
Turnpike District
Hagerstown
Schwieker
Nixon reassures Europe as he plans China and Moscow talks
President Nixon pledged no deals harming European interests and reaffirmed U S commitment to Europe’s security. Secretary Rogers told the North Atlantic Council that the U S Europe tie remains central to policy amid concerns over neo isolationism and Soviet gains from Western disarray.
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Brussels
Belgium
Nixon
China
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
William P. Rogers
North Atlantic Council
Moscow
Peking
Little Dunkerque operation under way in East Pakistan
Indian forces report air supremacy as they bomb Pakistanis retreating toward Dacca and Chittagong. Lt Gen Jagjit Aurora says 7000 Pakistanis cross the Ganges toward safety, using sampans and river craft to evade encirclement.
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Calcutta
India
Dunkerque
East Pakistan
Jagjit Singh Aurora
Aurora
Dacca
Chittagong
Britain
Ralph Bunche Dead at 67 a Pioneer of UN Peace
Ralph J Bunche a longtime UN peacemaker died at age 67 after a career spanning the founding of the United Nations through his retirement as undersecretary general He won the Nobel Prize and helped broker key Middle East and civil rights moments he fell ill and died at New York Hospital The death sparked tributes from President Nixon Thant and others noting his role in crises from Palestine to Cyprus and his 1963 Lincoln Memorial march with Martin Luther King Jr
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New York
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Holy Land
Nixon
Bunche
International Agency
America
San Francisco
Trygve Lie
Dag Hammarskjold
U Thant
Secretariat
Thant
Queens
New York Hospital
Palestine
Congo
Yemen
Cyprus
Martin Luther King, Jr
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Selma
Montgomery
Ala
King
Yocham On Witness Stand In Vera Horner Murder Case
Rickie Allen Yocham, 19, of Pittsburgh, testifies as the Vera Horner murder trial unfolds. State Trooper Benini says a gun tied to driver Bobby Grimes was used. witness Jack Berger from Ligoneir died of a heart attack. Berger is the fourth death linked to the case.
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Dick Cartwright
Rickie Allen
Yocham
Pittsburgh
David Horner
Vera Catherine Horner
Horner
Laurel Manor
Jennerstown
Frank S. Benini
Vera C. Horner
Benini
Ken
White
Bobby Grimes
Jack Berger
Ligonier
Berger
Hor
Robert
Bobby” Grimes
Sterner
Alexander Ogle
Ogle
Pakistan Accepts Cease Fire Call At United Nations
Pakistan informed Secretary General Thant it accepts the General Assembly cease fire call subject to UN observers on both sides. The assembly urged India and Pakistan to immediate cease fire and withdraw troops to their own territories.
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United Nations, N.Y
Pakistan
Thant
General Assembly
U.N
India
Agha Shahi
Assembly
Security Council
Zulfiqar Ali
House Approves Farmer Compensation Plan
Harrisburg AP The House passed a 136 to 50 bill to compensate farmers for losses from a Milk Marketing Board deal. The measure returns to the Senate for concurrence in the milk appropriation as Shapp weighs a Dec 15 hearing on Milk Board Chairman J Lin Huber amid alleged misconduct.
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Harrisburg
Milk Marketing Board
Senate
Percy G. Foot
R-Bedford
Milk Board
Shapp
J. Lin Huber
Huber
House
What Should You Expect From the Better Business Bureau
Financial expert Sylvia Porter analyzes the BBB amid a biting attack in a four part series. The feature explains how to use the bureau whom it serves and what to expect and not expect. Read the series starting Monday December 13 in The Somerset American.
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Better Business Bureau
Sylvia Porter
Somerset American
State Local Employees Not Exempt
A presidential advisory panel urged that state and local workers stay under federal wage guidelines while federal employees are exempt. It also sought the same price control exemption for state local fees and charges as for taxes. The panel voted unanimously on these, leaving final decisions to the Pay Board and Price Commission.
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Washington
White House
Pay Board and Price Commission
Pay Board
George H. Boldt
Shapp and Rizzo Heal Rift in Post Election Meeting
Gov. Shapp and Philadelphia Mayor-elect Frank Rizzo held a 14 hour session to repair relations and map joint action. They discussed Philadelphia’s financial problems and state aid, with both signaling cooperation while avoiding party friction and convention plans.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Frank L. Rizzo
Philadelphia
Rizzo
Democratic Party
Meals-on-Wheels aims to start in Somerset March 1
The Meals-on-Wheels Steering Committee targets March 1 to begin serving Somerset Borough residents who meet need criteria. The Intake Committee will interview applicants and capacity of kitchens and volunteers will limit numbers. The Women’s Club of Somerset donated $200 to help fund start-up as the group seeks more donations. Weather calls for rain, warmth, and windy conditions Friday into Saturday with possible 70 percent precipitation.
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Somerset
Women's Club of Somerset
Herbert Tiffany
Pennsylvania
Immortalize House Name In Ashtray at Bazaar
Clarinda Corbett depicts in color the Union Street home of Miss Emeline Scull on a gift ashtray at the Somerset County Artists Christmas Bazaar. The show features her personalized initials and decorative porcelain eyes among other items.
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Clarinda Corbett
Somerset County Artists Association
Studio
North Center Avenue
Emeline Scull
East Union Street
Dorothy Kantner
Somerset County
Union Street
Clarinda
Robert Corbett
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