Shafer's 150 Million Tax Package Advances in Pennsylvania
The Republican Senate approved a 150 million tax package including a shift to the highest state sales tax in the nation, sending the measure to Gov. Shafer. The plan raises the sales tax to 6 percent and is projected to yield 65.6 million this fiscal year with several Democrat votes amid GOP support.
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Paul Zdinak
Harrisburg
Senate
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Shafer
William B. Lentz
Dauphin
Richard J. Green Jr
Cambria County
Green
Higher Court Fees Set to Rise in Somerset and Nearby Counties
Somerset officials report new state law increases probate and register of wills fees after January 1. Fees for letters of administration rise across brackets from $10 to $13 and $15 to $17, with new tiers for estates from $20,000 to $100,000 and up to $75,000, plus $45 for $75,000 to $100,000 and a $10 per extra $100,000.
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Somerset
America
Harrisburg
Register of Wills
Somerset County
U.S. Planes Deep Over North Vietnam Amid Offense
Air missions over Hanoi and Hai Phong ended after six days of heavy jet bombing. Five planes reported lost, one dead, five missing, three rescued, with Hanoi radio claiming five downed, three by North Vietnam air force. Spokesmen said bridges Paul Doumer and Canal des Rapides targeted to disrupt Red supply lines.
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Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Radio
Paul Doumer
Canal Des Rapides
Trinity Church Receives $26 500 Gift For Organ Memorial
Miss Elizabeth Launtz provides 26500 to fund a new Moller pipe organ at Trinity Church. The instrument will be named Melda and Elizabeth Launtz Memorial and joins hundreds of living memorials recorded in the Abiding Memorials Register.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Caer
Elizabeth Launtz
Moller
Melda and
Christ
First Lutheran Church
Chambersburg
Second English Lutheran Church
Baltimore
Maryland
Renkel
Trinity Church
Phillip C. Dosch
Albert E. Bittner
Albert E Bittner
Meaningful
Kiwanis Installs 1968 Officers in Somerset
Attorney John M R Ayres led the Somerset Kiwanis ceremony at Town and Country Restaurant installing Edgar W Fritz as president and a slate of officers and directors for 1968. Past presidents attended and plans included a Salvation Army kettle drive and a Christmas party with gifts.
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Kiwanis Club
Somerset
John M. R. Ayres
Johnstown
Kiwanis Division 10
Center
Warren Talbert
Edgar W. Fritz
Attorney Ayres
Charles H. Carver, Jr
Verle Fritz
John M.R. Ayres
Division 10
Kiwanis International
Somerset Kiwanis Club
Ayres
J. Richard Ross
Richard A. Geisler
Dean Mickey
Matthews Ayres
Carver
Salvation Army
Kiwanis Club of
Town and Country Inn
World Leaders Gather For Tribute To Holt
Canberra reports the largest gathering of world leaders in Australia to honor Prime Minister Harold Holt after his disappearance near Melbourne. President Johnson travelled a record 10 173 miles, with leaders from South Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, New Zealand, and Thailand attending the Friday memorial at St Pauls Cathedral in Melbourne. A 100000 person crowd was forecast as security and transport plans centered on Holt’s political heirs and Australia’s interim government.
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Canberra
Australia
Harold E. Holt
Johnson
Melbourne
Prince Charles
Harold Wilson
Prince
Queen Elizabeth II
John McEwen
Congregation of
World Leaders
Holt
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Keith Holyoake
New Zealand
Thanom Kittikachorn
Thailand
Washington
Vietnam
U.S
McEwen
St. Paul's Anglican
Sydney
Perth
Adelaide
Hobart
Portsea
Somerset Post Office Sets Christmas Mail Record
The Somerset post office reports a record Christmas mail season with over 200000 pieces handled on December 18. Postmaster George Cassett credits public cooperation and zip codes for preventing a backlog and enabling delivery before Christmas Eve.
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Somerset
George Cassett
Casset
Lindsay Faces Worst Scandal Of His Two Year Administration
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay fired Water Commissioner James L. Marcus after a Manhattan DA inquiry and ahead of Marcus being indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring with Antonio Corallo in an $800000 Bronx reservoir contract kickback. Marcus faced personal and professional turmoil amid the probe.
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Lindsay
New York
John V. Lindsay
James L. Marcus
Manhattan
Marcus
Corallo
S. T. Grand and Co
Bronx
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
Woodrow Again Heads County Board of School Directors
I F Woodrow was reelected president for the fifth consecutive year at the County Board of School Directors regular meeting. He has served since 1958 and enters his second six year term. Karl Hay and John L Schrock were re elected vice president and treasurer respectively with Verna G Barron listed as secretary. A resignation by teacher Mrs Helen Curry was announced.
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County Board of School Directors
I. F. Woodrow
Woodrow
Somerset Area Board of
County Board of
Karl Hay
Berlin Area
John L. Schrock
Jennerstown
Western Pennsylvania Weather Outlook
Sunny and mild Wednesday in Western Pennsylvania with a high of 47 to 56. Thursday brings increasing cloudiness and a little warmer conditions.
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Pennsylvania
Navajos Seek 90 Tons of Military C Rations
Helicopters airlift snowbound Navajo residents as tribal leaders appeal for 90 tons of military C rations. Mercy flights resume after storms. three exposure deaths reported, including an infant and a 2 year old, with hundreds signaling distress.
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Howard Graves
Associated Press
Window Rock, Ariz
Air Force
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E. Smedley Jarvis
Irwin Shapiro
Glenn Younkin
Robert Carver
Fritz
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Alan Stewart
Portzea
Stewart
Liberal Party
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Gorton
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Antonio
Tony Ducks
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Window Rock
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Canada
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