Somerset officials press federal aid for growth in county
Somerset County officials told the Southwestern Pennsylvania congressional delegation what they need for growth in a Pittsburgh hearing. Vernon Spangler outlined a multi project plan including water and sewer expansion, highways, airport, courthouse and jail renovation, a child development center, home health services, a juvenile halfway house, a community college, a fifth industrial park, and expanded aging services, noting costs run to millions and urging continued federal programs with reduced red tape. Other officials attended, including County Solicitor William Kimmel and leaders from the Somerset County Development Council and Industrial Development Authority.
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Howard Hall
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Uncle San
Congressional Assembly
Pittsburgh
Vernon
Spangler
EDA
ARC
HUD
EPA
Congress
Somerset County Development Council
Somerset County Industrial Development Authority
Development Council
Development Authority
William Kimmel
Charles J. Sheffie
F. R. Brant
Henry J. Beamer
Donald Fleding
Brant
John P. Saylor
Johnstown
Assembly
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Butler
Fayette
Greene
Lawrence
Washington
Westmoreland
Somerset
Indiana
Urban Needs Transplant Battling Kidney Disease
Harold Urban of Listie has been at the Cleveland Clinic since October 20 and faces a kidney transplant costing at least 15000 dollars. His kidney is being cleaned by a machine three times weekly at 300 dollars per treatment, and one diseased kidney was removed on November 28. He suffers from polycystic kidney disease with cysts spreading infection. A local fund drive led by church and civic leaders has raised over 20000 dollars to help cover mounting hospital costs.
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Mary Baker Ream
Harold Urban
Listie
Cleveland Clinic
Fred Walter
Russel Beech
Listie Brethren Church
Tom Hill
Nuclear Medicine Exams Arrive at Somerset Hospital
Dr. Alfred C. Rice received an Atomic Energy Commission license to conduct nuclear medicine at Somerset Community Hospital expanding diagnostic options for residents. He notes high equipment cost and need for trained specialists, with potential uses including brain scans heart and lung imaging and thyroid treatment advances.
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Somerset Hospital
Patricia Stewart
Alfred C. Rice
Somerset Community Hospital
Atomic Energy Commission
Rice
The
American
Somerset
American Council of Radiologists
American Council of Pathologists
American Board of Nuclear Medicine
Body Of Motorist Found Miles From Crash Scene
Francis Kevin Griffin 33 of 508 Bedford St Windber disappeared after a minibus crash near Wambaugh Run early Sunday. The four day search ended at 10 30 am near New Baltimore with the body found in brush along Raystown Branch. Coroner ruled accidental drowning and noted head injuries. Griffin owned Griffin's Remodeling.
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Francis Kevin Griffin
Bedford St
Windber
Raystown
Griffin
New Baltimore
State Fish Commission
Shellsberg
Somerset County
Robert H. Halverson
Wambaugh Run
Halverson
Donald W. Hay
Hay
Kissinger and Tho suspend secret Viet Talks in Paris
Henry Kissinger and North Viet Nam's Le Duc Tho halted their secret peace talks in Paris on Wednesday and Kissinger prepared to report to President Nixon in Washington. A North Vietnamese source warned progress was uncertain while U S and Hanoi negotiators plan to stay in touch and meet later only on technical points.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
U.S
Washington
Kissinger
Tho
Orly
Hanoi
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
William J. Porter
United States
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Neuilly
South Vietnam
Orange Dust Find Excites Scientists on Moon
Astronauts Cernan and Schmitt completed their third surface excursion and found orange dust over gray material at crater Shorty. Dr Robin Brett called the orange dust a significant find possibly from a volcanic vent and geologically very young, suggesting a bright lunar moment before Apollo 17.
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Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Mission Control
Texas A&m University
Gordon Fullerton
Jerry Griffin
A&m
Cernan
Houston
Shorty
Schmitt
Robin Brett
Manned Spacecraft Center
Truman's Condition Worsens
Former President Harry S. Truman, 88, remained in serious condition at Research Hospital and Medical Center with lung congestion and kidney impairment. Daughter Margaret Truman Daniel voiced guarded optimism, noting he was semi conscious, less responsive, and not gaining strength as hoped.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Margaret Truman Daniel
New York
Daniel
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Wallace Graham
John Dreves
Dreves
Drewes
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Spleen
Carol Inman
Somerset County Bar Association
Nathaniel A. Barbera
Norman A. Shaukis
Robert McPhilson
William K. Kimmel
Viet Talk
Ll Ann Landers Bridge
Eer
Joyce Trothers
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