Luminaria Glow Planned On Parsons Hill Christmas Eve
Mrs. Allen F. Opfar leads a luminaria display on Parsons Hill Somerset from 6 PM to midnight Christmas Eve using bags filled with sand and a candle to create a luminous, homemade glow. The project, a simple safe illumination echoing Southwest tradition, invites neighbors to brighten homes without electric lights.
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Dorothy Kantner
Parsons Hill
Somerset
Allen F. Opfar
Meyran Avenue
Jonathan
Boyle collapses in hospital en route to murder trial
Tony Boyle, former United Mine Workers president, fainted in his George Washington University Hospital room amid orders for him to appear in Pennsylvania for arraignment on Joseph Yablonski murder charges. Judge Charles Richey stressed Boyle would immediately begin a three year federal prison term in Missouri after arraignment.
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Boyle
Charles Moses
Richie
Court of Common Pleas
Washington County
Moses
Richey
Pennsylvania
Grinch fuels call for voluntary 10 gallon gasoline limit
Energy chief William E. Simon urged a voluntary 10 gallon per week limit to curb trips during the holiday period and said a mandatory rationing decision would go to the President this week if Congress authorizes it. He noted the plan aims to reduce fuel shortfalls and cited a Grinch analogy for holiday restraint. Pentagon said 1.5 million barrels of jet fuel would be diverted to airlines through January, from a pool of 19.7 million barrels commandeered to date.
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Washington
William E. Simon
Simon
Pentagon
U.S. International Airlines
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Defense Department
Warmth upswing cited by Somerset County retailers
Retailers report mixed Christmas outlook but overall strong sales in Somerset County with sweaters corduroy thermals and electric blankets in high demand. Toy lines from Tonka to Fisher Price sell briskly while outerwear and denim face supply issues and layaway use increases.
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Dick Cartwright
Somerset County
Salisbury
Tonka
Western Auto Associate
Ed Masterson
J.J. Newberry Co
George’s
George Lichty
Grant City
Kodak
Dennis Nevel
Lois Ann
Irwin Shapiro
Ike Congleton
J. C. Penneys Co
Jamesway Discount Department Store
Fisher Price Toys
George Schenck Jr
George W. Schenck Co
Machinery Sets Impeachment Inquiry For Nixon
The House Judiciary Committee named John Doar to lead its impeachment inquiry into President Nixon. Chairman Peter Rodino hopes to finish the investigation by April and will assess all evidence for impeachable offenses. If approved by the House, the process moves to Senate trial with a two thirds vote required for conviction. Doar, a former civil rights official, was chosen from 100 candidates.
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John M. Dear
Peter W. Rodine
D-N.j
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Washington
John Doar
Justice Department
Peter W. Rodino
Dn.j
U.S
Rodino
Judiciary Committee
Doar
House
Senate
Murtha Unveils Campaign Reform Bill in Pennsylvania
Democratic candidate John Murtha releases a state campaign reform bill modeled on federal limits, proposing ceilings on spending and contributions for all offices. Somerset County Attorney Joseph Cascio is named county coordinator for the Lawyers for Murtha Committee. Governor Shapp backs the plan, praised by Ronald J. Pettine as fair and needed to curb election fraud and spending abuse.
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John Murtha
Lawyers For Murtha Committee
Somerset County
Joseph N. Cascio
N. Center Ave
Lawyers For Murtha
Murtha
Shapp
Ronald J. Pettine
Pettine
Governor race spending plan outlines $1.2 million budget
The proposal details a $1.2 million general election fund for governor and sets candidate spending caps for the State House at about $14,000 and State Senate at $31,500. It also limits advertising across radio TV print and outdoor media, bans corporate contributions except to designated PACs, and bars candidates from funding more than one quarter of total expenditures from personal funds.
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State House
State Senate
Murtha
Weather advisory for Friday in Western Pennsylvania
Friday will see rain turning to snow with possible accumulation of two to four inches before turning to flurries. Temperatures fall steadily to teens lows Friday night. Saturday remains partly cloudy and cold with highs in the upper teens to around 20.
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Pennsylvania
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