Area Coalition Urges Probe of ICC Freight Rates
Allegheny County commissioners Foerster and Stansey urged an ICC freight rate investigation at a public hearing on regional economic development. They cited high transportation costs and discrimination against Allegheny County, backed by labor and business leaders including United Steelworkers President I W Abel and Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce President-elect Leonard Swanson.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Thomas Foerster
Leonard Stansey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwestern Pennsylvania
ICC
Allegheny
Foerster
United Steelworkers Union
U.S
Heinz
New Jersey
Leonard A. Swanson
Greater
Pitts
Burgh Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Nixon seeks extension of wage price controls and hiring freeze
President Nixon will seek an extension of wage price controls beyond April 30 and impose a freeze on new federal hiring and promotions as well as executive pay. Treasury Secretary Shultz outlined consultative steps with labor, management, Congress, and agencies to reshape the control system while keeping federal spending near 250 billion for the current year. The hiring and promotion freeze lasts until the new budget is sent in January, with substantial White House staff cuts and a commission study on executive pay due by June 30 next year.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Congress
Shultz
White House
Executive Branch
Vo Tech School Trims Yule Tree in Festive Student Project
The 14 foot tall Christmas tree in the Somerset Area Vocational Technical School cafeteria was decorated entirely by students. Teachers organized department made ornaments from everyday items and scraps, including cotton ball bells, plastic bells, cardboard designs, and cloth birds.
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Vo-Tech
Theodore Veskosdy
Diane Brant
Berlin High School
James Dahler
Shade-Central City High School
Vo-Tech School
Somerset Area _ Vocational Technical School
Theodore Veskosky
Medical Assistance
Food Service
Textile
Building Trade
Auto Body
Forestry Department
Mattie Tipton
Boswell RD 2
Apollo 17 Moon Landing Hits Taurus Littrow Valley
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed the Challenger at Taurus Littrow on the moon. They planned a 75 hour stay with three outside excursions to set up a science station and hunt lunar history clues while Ronald Evans orbited aboard America.
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Cernan
Taurus Littrow
Geologist Schmitt
America
Taurus-Littrow
Mission Control
Ronald E. Evans
Taurus
Schmitt
Evans
Challenger
America the Beautiful
Thieu Proposes Cease-fire Before Christmas
South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu called for a cease-fire in Indochina before Christmas and an indefinite halt in fighting during peace talks. He demanded North Vietnamese troops withdraw from the South first.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Indochina
Thieu
Low Income Group Exempt from Occupational Tax in Somerset
Somerset borough council approved a tax exemption for those earning under 1000 dollars annually, mainly affecting part time youths. The meeting also approved a lease for a bus terminal trailer and urged daylight waiting room access for passengers. A resolution established an interim county waste management plan creating a multi municipality authority.
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Somerset
John Kane
Ting
Merger Talks Between Districts Stall Indefinitely
The proposed Somerset Area High School District and Shanksville Stoneycreek merger is shelved indefinitely after a 6 to 1 vote to abey discussions. Shanksville leaders say the merger is dead for a long time while Somerset officials remain open to talks depending on Shanksville’s budget timing and willingness to meet. Western Pennsylvania weather forecast calls for cloudy skies with freezing rain and sleet in the morning, rain later, highs mid 30s to 40s.
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Howard Hall
American County
Somerset Area High
Shanksville- Stoneycreek
Shanksville-Stoneycreek
Francis W. Maust
Maust
Somerset
Shanksville
Eugene Lloyd
Somerset School Board
Lloyd
Shanksville-Stoney Creek
Maple Ridge
Lewis Hillard
Shanksville- Stoneyereek
Pennsylvania
UMW Election Returns Hint Miller Victory in District Ballots
Early non-DOJ union ballots from District 6 in Ohio and northern West Virginia show Miners for Democracy wins with John Guzek leading 5 401 to 2 923 over administration candidate William Howard. District 11 also shows MFD linked Ernest Goad elected to the international executive board.
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Charleston
W. Va
Labor Department
United Mine Workers
UMW
Coal Miners’ Union
Labor
Ohio
West Virginia
Miners For Democracy
MFD
John Guzek
William Howard
Arnold Miller
W. A. Tony Boyle
Illinois
Indiana
Boyle Miller
Ernest Goad
Truman Remains Serious Amid Health Battle
Kansas City AP reports former President Harry S. Truman, 88, remains serious with heart irregularities and lung congestion. Doctors say he is semiconscious at times, in no pain, and on oxygen with IV therapy as his condition is monitored closely.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Wallace Graham Truman
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Area Business, Labor Coalition
William S. Conover, II
Upper St. Clair
Frank M. Clark
Bessemer
Joseph H. Gaydos
McKeesport
Thomas E. Morgan
Fredericktown
N. John Heinz III
Fox Chapel
John P. Saylor
Johnstown
John Dent
United Steelworkers
I. W. Abel
Swanson
Laurel Hill
Kooser State Park
Clair Bassett
Bassett
Fred Vallange
Department of Environmental Resources
Ann Landers
Farm News
Ee Financial News
Sweer
Miller
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