Christmas desires from local residents reflect peace and home
Residents near Friedens, Fort Hill, Rockwood, Boswell, Somerset share Christmas wishes. Answers include peace in Vietnam, family unity, well being, a secure home, happiness, a table set for playhouse, and hope for harmony. Some mention wanting a lottery win to help others.
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Sharon Grinakml
Friedens
Vietnam
Gay Maclintock
Fort Hill
Donald Landis
Mary Mishler
Hollsepple
Gretchen Holman
Boswell
Maynard Saylokr
Rockwood
Joyce Holman
Boswell RD
E. Marie Brant
Somerset
Earth
Creek Status in Zoning Fight for Coal Plant near Jerome
The Jerome zoning case on a deep mine and coal processing plant by Island Creek Coal Co faces delays as papers move to the Cleveland office for approval. Objections from Concerned Citizens of Conemaugh Township focus on coal removal and daylight trucking versus a railroad spur whose existence is disputed. The case traces a long history of the old Jerome Branch railroad and deteriorating trackbed on the right of way.
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Dick Cartwright
Route 219
Jerome
Island Creek Coal Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Ferdinand Bionaz
Johnstown
Conemaugh Township
Somerset Countys Prothonotary
Hollsepple RD 2
B & O Railroad
Somerset-Cambria Railroad Co
Benson Borough
Verna V. Baer
Mary Shetler
Highway plans face environmental review rules in region
PennDOT orders stricter evaluation of economic social and environmental impacts before new highways. The plan requires citizen input and could slow or cancel projects though routes like Route 219 remain unaffected. County planners from Somerset and six southwestern counties discussed the policy at Hollidaysburg with officials from OEO Save Our Schools and private citizens in attendance.
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Howard Hall
American County
Penndot
Hollidaysburg
Fleding
Office of Economic Opportunity
Save Our Schools
Llnding
Truman’s condition worsens as blood poison rises
Kansas City AP reports former President Harry S Truman, 88, remains in very serious condition at Research Hospital. Doctors said kidney output has increased but blood urea nitrogen is mounting, risking coma if toxins remain unpurified. Vital signs near normal though overall condition unchanged.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Wallance Graham
John Dreves
Drewes
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania may see cooler temperatures with light rain on Thursday and Thursday night ending Friday afternoon. Highs on Thursday reach the mid to upper 40s with overnight lows in the upper 30s. Friday highs range from the upper 10s to low 50s as southerly winds 5 to 15 mph prevail.
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Pennsylvania
Postoffice Handles Christmas Mail Surge at Somerset
Somerset Post Office reports about 350000 pieces of mail passed through on December 8 with parcels and newspapers not counted due to new postal set up. Dec 18 marked the busiest day since. Dec 11 was heaviest for parcels. The office will close Dec 24 and observe regular hours Dec 23 for box customers. A Hawaii to Somerset misaddressed package was identified by a carrier and redirected to its destination.
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Somerset Post
Carl Miller
Somerset
Johnstown
Miller
Pittsburgh ZIP per Zapped By Holiday's Mail Deluge
AP reports Pittsburgh Postal Service handles holiday mail surge as three Zip Mail Translators work nonstop at the main office. Memory tapes fade and some ecards and letters land in wrong bins, but staff keep pace delivering 44 pieces per carrier per home, an efficiency record.
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Pittsburgh
Holiday
Postal Service
Paul Rafferty
Post Ofice
Rafferty
Bombings No Route To Peace
U S B52s tactical bombers and warships intensify attacks on North Vietnam with Hanoi and Haiphong targeted. Nixon threatens continued bombing and aid cutoff as North Vietnam resists peace terms. Polish sailors die when the Joseph Conrad ship is sunk in Haiphong harbor. Two U S sailors killed and three wounded by North Vietnamese coastal artillery aboard the Goldsborough.
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Saigon
Nixon
North
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Warsaw
U.S
PAP
Joseph Conrad
Radio
North Vietnam
Tass
Goldsborough
Halverson Named Chairman of House Subcommittee
State Rep Kenneth Halverson of Somerset was appointed chair of the House subcommittee on industrial development recreation and tourism in the 1973 74 Republican dominated legislature.
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Kenneth Halverson
Somerset
House
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Saylor
H. Bowlby
Mishler
Gunnarml
Landis
RK. Bowlby
Holman
Brant
Chapman
James Mayer
N. Viet
Steelers
Oakland Raiders
Three Rivers Stadium
Patriot Street School
Santa
Mrs. Claus
Reindeer
Janet Amenhauser
HST
Wrather
Ann Landers
Joyce Brothers
Hawaii
Halverson
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