DER Rejects Doraville Strip Mine Near Laurel Hill Creek
The state Department of Environmental Resources denies Doraville Enterprises Inc. the 65 acre strip mine permit in Upper Turkeyfoot Township near Whipkey Dam after hearings and months of appeals. The denial cites need for more testing on pollution potential while noting possible future approval if data show minimal risk.
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Bureau of Surface Mine Reclamation
Somerset Coal Company
Laurel Hill Creek
DER
Doraville Enterprises Inc
Turkeyfoot Township
Whipkey Dam
Environental Hearing Board
Doraville
Eugene Dice
DEA
Office of Enforcement
Dice
Critchfield
Fish Commission
State Fish Commission
Environmental Hearing Board
Laurel Hill
Somerset County
DEA and Fish Commission
Harrisburg
Jefferson Township
Kooser State Park
Bakersville
Upper
Lake Clairton
Ford Signs Energy Bill and Vetoes Picket Rights
President Ford signed a comprehensive energy bill that rolls back oil prices and sets mileage standards for cars. He then announced a veto of the bill expanding picketing rights for construction unions, a measure conservatives had pressed for years.
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Washington
Ford
Frank G. Zarb
Dunlop
Supreme Court
Penelec Customers Overcharged Over $3 Million Says State Committee
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania Electric Co. customers were overcharged more than 3 million dollars for electricity last year due to coal purchase gaps. About 500000 Penelec customers in Pennsylvania and Waverly New York were affected as fuel adjustment clauses passed increased costs. Penelec denies overcharges claiming coal prices were below 1974 averages while the House Mines and Energy Management Committee accuses improper contract actions and unnecessary black lung costs.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Penelec
Pennsylvania
Waverly
N.Y
House Mines and Energy Management Committee
Bernard O’brien
John Dial
O’brien
Wilkes-Barre
Dial
Frycklund
J. Franklin Smith
Manpower funds allocated to six county region in 1976
Six county Southern Alleghenies region receives 2.99 million under CETA and ARC agencies. Somerset County gets 687 515 for training programs with welding and other courses while regional totals, incentives and transitional payments are itemized.
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Dick Cartwright
Alleghenies
Somerset County
Vernon M. Spangler
Regional Commission
Spangler
Somerset
Cambria
Edford
Fulton
Blair
Huntingdon
Appalachia Regional Commission
ARC
Terrorists Land in Tripoli With OPEC Ministers Aboard
Austrian Airlines DC9 carrying Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani and other officials landed in Tripoli after hijackers seized the plane in Vienna. Algerian Foreign Minister Abdel Aziz Bouteflika said the raiders planned to drop ministers in their home countries as the craft made multiple stops.
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Associated Press
Vienna
OPEC
Tripoli
Libya
Austrian Airlines
Abdel Aziz Bouteflika
Algiers
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Somerset County Budget Forecast Sees $404 000 Hike
State funds boost Somerset County finances while trimmed office budgets help keep the 1976 budget at 3 million plus. The total levy remains about 16 mills with a real estate valuation near 86 million and several grants shaping the spending plan. Public welfare and court administration receive notable allocations, while departmental charges and miscellaneous receipts rise to fund district justices and services.
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Somerset County
Weather outlook for Laurel Mountain area Tuesday Wednesday
Cloudy and breezy with occasional light snow expected on Tuesday. Partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday. Low Tuesday night 10 to 18 degrees. Highs Tuesday and Wednesday in the 20s. Northwest wind 8 to 18 mph. Precipitation chances 60 percent Tuesday and 20 percent Tuesday night.
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Laurel Mountain
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Fee
Robert E. Barrett
Mining Enforcement Safety Administration
Interior
Thomas P. Klep
United Arab Emirates
Bouteflika
American County
Weights and Measures
Somerset County Board of Appeals
Rumsfeld
Ann Landers
Daily Record
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