Area Personality Harold W Wheeler Jr Builds Local Economy
Harold W Wheeler Jr of Wheeler Bros Inc is named Area Personality of the Week by the Somerset Daily American. The committee cites his leadership in expanding a Somerset area automotive electrical parts business, employing about 90 local residents of 120, and its growth into exports and government contracts. Wheeler, born in Stoytown, lives on North Center Ave with wife Joan Miller and four children, and supports local charities quietly.
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Harold W. Wheeler Jr
North Center Ave
Wheeler Bros. Inc
Somerset Daily American
Wheeler
Stoystown
Somerset
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Philadelphia
Harold Sr
Wheeler Electric
North Center Avenue
Glenn
Edward Miller
South Pleasant Ave
Joan Miller
Rockwood
David
Harold III
Barbara
Paul
Alaska
Eber Cockley to Lead Somerset County SAR Chapter
Eber Cockley of Meyersdale was named to head the Somerset County Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution at a noon meeting in Summit Diner. He succeeds Dwane Ringer of Confluence with officers including Cage, Stiteler, Gnngey, Sutliffe, Stein, Barnett, Miller, Brallier, Matthews and Archibald Matthews as chancellor. Ringer urged law observance and patriotism while Matthews recounted his Europe trip visiting ancient sites and noting destruction and salvaged artifacts.
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Eber Cockley
Meyersdale
Somerset County
Sons of the American Revolution
Summit Diner
Dwane Ringer
Confluence
Albert Cage
Edward S. Stiteler
James S. Gnngey
Oscar F. Sutliffe
John W. Stein
Ralph Barnett
Pierce Miller
J. Merle Brallier
Archibald M. Matthews
Ringer
Attorney Matthews
Europe
Greece
Christ
Athens
Delphi
Ephesus
Cyprus
Istanbul
Constantinople
Byzantium
Senate Approves Tax Bill Amid Import Quota Debate
The Senate boosted the projected deficit by 140 million dollars in its tax reform bill and added an import quota provision. After days of amendments the measure neared passage, with Sen. John J. Williams criticizing tax reform as causing higher taxes and accusing some colleagues of delaying the process.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Williams
Delaware
GOP
Senate Finance Committee
NATO Committee Acts on Pollution and Social Issues
The Western defense pact's new Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society outlined seven pilot projects at its first meeting in Brussels. The group will reconvene April 13-14 to expand its focus on pollution highway accidents and societal trends. Daniel Moynihan urged global benefits from NATO led changes. The Soviet bloc was not publicly discussed during the sessions.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Western Defense Pact
Committee On
Daniel P. Moynihan
Nixon
NATO
Soviet Union
Budapest
Hungary
North Atlantic
Egg Prices Up Eggs Decline Across Regions
AP writer William Mathewson reports a mixed egg market with prices higher than last year and last month while production and consumption drop. Regional examples include Richmond 81 cents a dozen jumbo, 57 cents large last year to 77 cents now, Minneapolis 59 to 78 cents, New York extra large 89 to 95 cents.
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William Mathewson
New York
Richmond
Minneapolis
Jackson
Miss
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Orem
Utah
Niles
Mich
Bureau
Eleven Jurors Picked To Hear Basinger Case
Five additional jurors were chosen in Somerset County bringing the panel to 11 for the Ursina case of William Frederick Basinger 28 charged with the slaying of his wife Donna Frazen Basinger at their Ursina trailer Jury selection included a Meyersdale grandmother a Stoystown clerk a state hospital psychiatric aide and a World War II veteran who is also a Democratic state committeeman The full jury and two alternates were to be approved the next day at the Somerset County Courthouse.
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Somerset County Criminal Court
Ursina
William Frederick Basinger
Frank Orban Jr
Basinger
Donna Frazenbaker
Somerset
Basinger Jury
Somerset County
Yough Dam
Meyersdale
Confluence-Ursina
Cambria
Fayette
Orban
Stoystown
Pacific
Norman Walker
Judge Denies Autopsy in Kopechne Case in Pa Court
Judge Bernard Brominski rejected a request to exhume Mary Jo Kopechne for an autopsy, ruling insufficient medical facts support a different death cause. The decision clears the way for a New Bedford inquest sought by Dist. Atty. Edmund Dinis, while Kennedy expressed gratitude and the Kopechnes welcomed the ruling.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Pennsylvania
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Chappaquid
Dick Island
Massachusetts
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Atty Gen Probes Retroactive Business Tax Changes
Harrisburg AP Atty Gen William C Sennett said his office is examining whether any state business tax hikes passed after the new year can be retroactive to 1969 He noted numerous cases on the issue and is seeking guidance The House has passed a tax package aiming to raise about 425 million dollars retroactive to 1969 but leaders may trim to 275 million and favor a personal income tax. AFL CIO urged lawmakers to oppose broad taxes until loopholes are removed and tax climate is improved for employers Negotiations paused and will resume after the legislature returns next week.
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Harrisburg
William C. Sennett
Sennett
U.S. Supreme Court
House
General Assembly
Pennsylvania Afl-Cio
Pennsylvania
14 Student Advisors Appointed By Governor To Trustee Boards
Governor Shafer named 14 student advisors to state college boards of trustees, selecting the presidents of 13 state colleges and Indiana University. Advisors may participate in deliberations but cannot vote. an amendment could grant voting privileges. Shafer framed this as a new era of student governance and a push toward a more democratic campus administration.
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Larry Margasak
Harrisburg
Shafer
Indiana University
Ribbon Cutting for Route 219 Opening in Somerset Area
Friday ceremonies mark the opening of Route 219 between Somerset and Johnstown though weather limits full 20 mile opening. The 5.4 mile Jer ome to Route 30 segment should finish in spring with final section near the county line completed later. two ribbon cuttings at 11 00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. precede a luncheon at Campanella's.
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Somerset
Johnstown
Jerome
Putnam & Greene, Fort Wayne
Ind
Richland Township
Somerset-Cambria County
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co
State Department of Highways
Robert G. Bartlett
State
Retary
Albert E. Hay
Thomas Colantino
Thomas F. Lansberry
Kenneth Halverson
William T. Schmidt
Bureau of State and
Federal Aid
J. Irving Whalley
Stanley J. Stroup
Somerset High School
Jenner-Boswell
Pam Gnagey
Bartlett
Governor Shafer
Robert A. Stoughton
Somerset County Planning Commission
Norman Walker
Warren Hay
Paul O'Connor
William H. Snyder
Somerset County
Richard Township
Campanella
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania remains cloudy with a chance of showers and little temperature change on Thursday with highs in the mid 30s to near 40. Thursday night and Friday turn colder with a chance of snow flurries north portion and lows in the upper 20s to low 30s. Probability of precipitation sits around 40 percent Thursday and 20 percent Thursday night.
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Pennsylvania
Artillery Blazes Across Two Fronts in Middle East
On two fronts Israeli and Syrian artillery traded heavy fire near the Golan Heights and along the Israeli Jordanian line. Damascus said 26 Israelis were casualties and three Syrians died, while Israel reported no Israeli deaths and claimed several Syrian targets were hit. An ambulance was seen evacuating Syrian casualties.
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Syria
Israel
U.N
Golan Heights
Suez Canal
Damascus
Rafid
Sea of Galilee
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Joseph A. Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Larksville
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