Parents push bus stop changes near school in Somerset
The mother of Owain Rankin 13 who died near his school bus stop urged the Somerset Area School Board to move bus stops away from main roads. Residents from Sunny Acres and Roof Garden trailer parks seek inner park stops, citing safety and legal concerns about private roads and insurance. A meeting with park representatives bus line and the transportation committee was set for next week. The board also noted Superintendent Howard Trexel will resign by Dec 31 and reelected Robert Gastiger as board president with Dale Schmidt as vice president.
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Roof Garden
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Sunny Acres
Mrs. Rankin
Howard Trexel
Reed Klink
John Betters
Trexel
Wether
Klink
Robert Gastiger
Vince Jacob
Dale Schmidt
Stoney Maloney Figures Sparkled Amid Christmas Hype
Yardley artist Michael Ruane Manning creates Stoney Maloney caricatures from river stones. Plants sell for 3.50 and up, with buyers including President Ford and Philadelphia Flyers. He plans a Jimmy Carter likeness for an inaugural ball presentation.
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Ford
Philadelphia Flyers
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Washington
Somerset Adopts Budget With Three Mill Hike
Somerset Borough Council adopted a 1977 budget of 692711 dollars with a three mill real estate tax increase raising the rate from 21 to 24 mills. The move follows a 23 mill school tax hike earlier in the year, producing a total of 26 mills in new taxes for property owners. The meeting set a public hearing on an occupation tax flat rate with exemptions for incomes under 3200 dollars, and approved a sidewalk ordinance and updated cable regulations. Additional actions included hiring Officer Ronald Pyle, appointing Dan E. Hartzell tax collector, and awarding bids for lime fuel and various chemicals with notable price changes.
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George Lear
Somerset Borough Council
Somerset School Board
Somerset
West Patriot Street
Meadow Avenue
Massive Eight Ton Marijuana Seizure At Poconos Airport
State and federal agents seized eight tons of Colombian marijuana with a street value between nine million and sixteen point six million dollars at Pocono Airport in Mount Pocono. Eleven people were arrested as the contraband, loaded in 25 pound sacks, was taken from a DC6 aircraft and into rental trucks. The operation, the largest in Pennsylvania in years, followed a six week stakeout, with further seizures possible. eight suspects were arraigned in Scranton on federal charges, bail set at fifty thousand dollars each.
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Philadelphia
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Cognetti
Maurer
Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S. Justice Department
New Jersey
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Clark, N.J
Jonathan Sadowski
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Nils C. Nelson
Drexel Hill
Eugene H. Powell III
Coral Springs
Charles T. Massaro
Robert I. Cutler
Springfield
Meyersdale Council Discusses 1977 Budget and Deficit
Meyersdale Borough Council to meet Friday at 6 30 p m to review a proposed 1977 budget with a 6 8 percent wage rise for police and borough workers. The borough faces a 1976 deficit near 43000 and a 1977 operational gap around 33000 despite unplanned 1976 costs.
Court Refuses To Postpone Gilmore Execution
The Supreme Court lifted its stay and sent Gary Mark Gilmore’s case back to Utah. Justices, by a 5-4 vote, denied his mother's request for a delay to allow a formal appeal. Gilmore had asked for execution and waived federal intervention.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gary Mark Gilmore
Utah
Gilmore
4Th District Court
Provo
State Court
High Court
Warren Burger
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