Six-County Solid Waste Plan Receives 174000 Grant
The Turnpike District Planning and Development Commission wins a 174000 grant from the State Department of Environmental Resources and the Federal EPA to develop an area wide solid waste plan for Somerset Blair Huntingdon Bedford Fulton and Cambria counties. The project uses computer management modeling to optimize collection disposal and transport and aims to improve environmental health and safety while reducing costs.
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Dick Cartwright
Turnpike District Planning and Development Commission
George
Morocco
Commission
Somerset
Blair
Huntingdon
Bedford
Fulton
Cambria
State Department of Environmental Resources
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Indians occupy Dacca as East Pakistan falls to India
Indian forces enter Dacca after East Pakistan surrenders. Pakistan vows to resist until occupied areas are retaken while India declares a unilateral cease fire on the western front. Prime Minister Gandhi calls Dacca the free capital and refugees begin returning.
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Pakistan
East Pakistan
Dacca
New Delhi
West Pakistan
India
Swarah Singh
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Indira Gandhi accuses Nixon over East Pakistan crisis
In a public letter to President Nixon, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi says the India Pakistan war could have been prevented if the United States and allies had pressured for the release of Sheik Mujibur Rahman. She says Washington did not push for contact or negotiations that might have averted war.
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Sheik Mujibur Rahman
West Pakistan
Nixon
East Pakistan
White House
East
Pakistan
Yahya
India
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
India-Pakistan
United States
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Sheik Mujib
Awami League
Mrs. Ghandi
Yahya Khan
State Hospital Changes The Garden Center At Somerset
Somerset State Hospital shifted its garden center from a hospital oriented program to a patient centered activity. Patients now are paid for work including crafts for the Christmas Store and outdoor tasks like mowing Union Cemetery lawns. The greenhouse grows flowers for sale and some vegetables for patient use. The changes aim to provide community style work and marketable skills as patients prepare to return to home communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset State Hospital
Richard Pyle
Union Cemetery
Hospital
Susan Berkey
Garden Cen
Hospital Fund Drive Goes Over The Top
Somerset residents have pledged to the hospital expansion program with a minimum goal of 500 000 and now seek an additional 250 000 to reach a 1 2 million mortgage saving. Volunteers praised leadership divisions led by George S. Cook Primary Gifts E Charles Kaufman and Robert R Cooper as the drive continues. Special Gifts regional totals include Somerset 16120 Berlin 445 Confluence 2965 Jenner Boswell 6830 Rockwood 1857 Shanksville 2000 Stoystown Hoover svlle 4635. Medical staff support is expected as a group tribute to the effort.
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B. F. Walters
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset
Walters
George S. Cook
Primary Gifts
Special Gifts
E. Charles Kaufman
Robert R. Cooper
Berlin
Confluence
Jenner-Boswell
Rockwood
Shanksville
Stoystown-Hooversville
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania Friday into Saturday
Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries Friday. Temperatures in the mid 30s to low 40s. Colder Friday night into Saturday with more snow flurries. Lows Friday night in the 20s. Saturday highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s.
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Pennsylvania
Foreign Aid Bill Clears Congress Near Adjournment
Congress nears end of session after approving a $2.75 billion foreign aid authorization. The House rejected a total Indochina withdrawal in six months and dropped the Mansfield amendment. Conferees set a $341 million Cambodia operations ceiling and a 285 personnel limit.
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Washington
Congress
House
U.S
Indochina
Senate House
Senate
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Mike Mansfield
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
Cambodia
Solar Fuel Co Wins 420000 In UMW Case
A federal jury in Pittsburgh awarded Solar Fuel Co 420000 against the United Mine Workers union for violence at the mine during 1967 68. The union faced 375000 for Sherman Act violation 30000 for damage to Solar property and 15000 in punitive damages. Judge William Knox presided with attorney John A Metz Jr representing Solar.
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Pittsburgh
Solar Fuel Co
United Mine Workers Union
Solar
William Knox
John A. Metz Jr
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Grant
North Star
Forbes
Daily American
Pauline Davis
Indira Ecstatic
Bangla Desh
Bangla Deshi
Bengla Desh Civil Administration
Cousines
Asia
Soviet Union
Max
Mrs. Gandhi
State Hospital
Garden Center
David Rios
Uivity
Junior Hospital
Betty Jo Waggoner
Paula Cunningham
Somerset Country Club
Ok ’d
UMW
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