Jaycees Rally to Help Somerset Santa Make Christmas Bright
Somerset area residents respond to a gift-drive story with toys and cash for 60 children left empty handed after a Saturday Armory spree. Donations from individuals and groups flow in, while co-chairs Thomas Fridy and Lowell Pyle organize phone outreach and gift selections at Community National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Area
Somerset Jaycees
Santa Claus
Somerset American
Jaycees
Armory
Thomas Fridy
Lowell Pyle
Fridy
Kittie Kadets
Elizabeth Long
Community National Bank of Pennsylvania
Somerset
Route 31 West
Jamesway Plaza
Frndy
Pyle
Robert Ross
Santa
Jaycee
National group targets senior House members in 1972 primaries
The National Committee for an Effective Congress announced plans to recruit and fund challengers to entrenched senior House members in the 1972 primaries. It aims to back five to thirty targets per party, focusing on obstructionists and defenders of the status quo. The group, active 23 years, has aided candidates and helped elect 35 House members in 1970. It will study districts affected by 1970 census redistricting and conduct a talent search for candidates. Those backed will receive campaign support and substantial financial aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
National Committee For
Congress
NCEC
Three Holsopple Rd trio jailed after malt beverage and assault charges
Ricky Adams 18 Thomas Yourich 20 and James Shaffer 19 were arrested after a Jefferson Avenue crash. Adams resisted arrest and faced malt beverage act disorderly conduct resisting arrest and assault charges. Judge ordered fines 211 dollars or 60 days jail Shaffer faced 211 dollars or 60 days while Yourich faced 105 dollars or 30 days. All three remained jailed Monday night.
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Holsopple RD 2
Ricky Lynn Adams
Thomas Edward Yourich
James Allen Shaffer
Windber Borough
Jefferson Avenue
Adams
Justice of the Peace
Edward J. Sendek
Shaffer
Yourich
East German traffic harassment to shadow West Berlin meeting
East Germany intensified traffic harassment around West Berlin as a West German party meeting loomed. Tass and Bonn protests warned sponsors of meetings in West Berlin face consequences while allied talks on four power Berlin continue to January. Road blocks caused long delays with lights turning red then brief green paces to restrict Western vehicles.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Tass
Moscow
Willy
Willy Brandt
U.S
East Berlin
Bonn
Conrad Ahlers
West Germany
Soviet Blessing To New Regime In Poland
The Soviet Union endorsed Edward Gierek as Poland's new Communist party leader while Poland faces economic crisis and deadly clashes. Brezhnev's message urged unity and socialism, signaling unresolved troubles. Gierek moves to shape a pragmatic, collective leadership with allied parties as Go mulka’s ouster prompts new power shifts.
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Warsaw
Soviet Union
Poland
Communist Party
Edward Gierek
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Gierek
Moscow
Brezhnev
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Kremlin
Damages Set At 1850 In Somerset Car Crash
A two car collision Sunday in Somerset Borough caused 1850 in damage. Robert Bowlby 21 Somerset RD 1 drove a 1970 coupe and was rear ended by Samuel Weidner 52 of Berlin RD 4 who said brake failure and attempted to steer around the car. Bowlby damage 1500 and Weidner 350 to his pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Robert Bowlby
Somerset RD 1
Samuel F. Weidner
Berlin RD 4
Bowlby
East Main Street
Plant Road
Weidner
Cleveland teen earns Carnegie Hero Medal for Lake Erie rescue
Kathleen Ann Corrigan 18 of Cleveland receives a Carnegie Hero Fund bronze medal for pulling nine year old Mark W. Butler from Lake Erie at Lakewood on July 4. She swam through 3 4 foot waves and towed him to shallow water after he was caught in an undertow.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Kathleen Ann Corrigan
Cleveland
Carnegie Hero Fund
Lake Erie
Corrigan
Mark W. Butler
Lakewood
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Cold Snow and Rain Likely
Western Pennsylvania faces continued cold with snow mixed with freezing rain early Tuesday. Rain expected by Tuesday afternoon and night with highs in the mid to upper 30s. Temperatures rise slowly Tuesday night and Wednesday brings overcast skies with a chance of rain possibly changing to snow in the afternoon. East to southeast winds 5 to 20 mph. Precipitation probability near 100 percent Tuesday and 80 percent Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Congress Hurries To Get Job Done
Washington AP Senate makes a minor adjournment step then stalls in a funding fight as six major measures block progress. Mansfield calls a breach in the wall and bids private talks to end deadlock on defense, foreign aid, Social Security, and SST spending amid looming fiscal deadlines. Senate plans a vote after a possible Christmas recess as cloture efforts fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
Mansfield
Congressional
Southeast Asia
Nixon
House
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Charles E. Goodell
Rn.y
Christmas Spirit Keeps Cheer Year Round at Home
The Children's Aid Society of Somerset County cares for 104 children in foster homes and a home for those not in foster care. Eight children, ages 11 to 17, currently reside at the home, with staff led by caseworker Patricia Stone highlighting ongoing community help. Community groups visit, shop, and take the children to movies and caroling, while the agency relies on private funding and county support to provide supervision and counseling.
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Children’s Aid Home
Patricia Stone
Mark
Children’s Aid Society of
Somerset County
Children’s Aid Society
Ohio Judge Ok s Further Gilly Appeal
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John T. Patton approved extradition to Pennsylvania for Mrs Annette Gilly to face murder charges in the Joseph Yablonski slayings and granted a stay of execution pending appeal. The Cleveland defendant remains in federal custody and a defense deadline was set for filing the appeal. Claude Vealey has already been returned to Pennsylvania and others in the case remain in extradition proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Pennsylvania
Gilly
Gold
United Mine Workers
Joseph Yablonski
Patton
Yablonski
Claude E. Vealey
Washington County
POWs Send Christmas Greetings by Tapes from Hanoi
An American POW in North Vietnam records a two minute taped Christmas message to his parents in Florida. NBC Hong Kong reports the program is the second year and messages are checked against POW lists and relayed to families near homes. The tapes include brief personal lines to children and spouses and are read rather than improvised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North Vietnam
Radio Hanoi
J.g
Marvin Gartley
Gerard Gartley
Dunedin
Fla
NBC Radio
Hong Kong
Charles F. Eldridge
Radio News
Miracle Cure Sought for Three Brothers Suffering MD
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania three brothers Lee 16 Lynn 13 and Terry 10 live with muscular dystrophy. Their mother describes daily routines and the family’s hopeful search for a cure while the children attend school with help from teachers and classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney, Pa
Sidney Merrell
Lee
Lynn
Terry
Jerry
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LRB
Area Association
Shade - Central City Education Association
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
Malcolm B. Petrikin
Labor Relations Board
Shade - Central City
Cairnbrook
Social Democrats
Hubert J. Erb
Associated Press
Nicholas Lillitos
Peasant Party
Czeslaw Wycech
Democratic Party
Zagmunt Moskwa
PAP
Gomulka
Gdansk
Gdynia
Sopot
Szczecin
Slupsk
Elblag
Walter R. Mears
By Robert L. Shaffer
Miracle Cure For Sons
Mrs. Merrell
Merrells
Beatrice
Kathy
Julie
Benjamin Augustine
South
Columbia Avenue
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