Boroughs Protest Reduced Liquid Fuels Tax Share
Somerset County will receive 102 353 86 for the six months ended Dec 1 under a new county driven split of the 14.1 million state liquid fuels tax. Boroughs and townships now get 40 percent of the take instead of 50 percent, a change critics say harms budgeting and was not warned in advance.
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Somerset County
Grace M. Sloan
Somerset
William G. Barnhart
Barnhart
Somerset Borough and Township Association
Thomas Panetti
Windber
Oscar Ripple
Everglades Crash Toll Reaches At Least Ninety Six
Searchers sift through marsh grass for seven bodies missing after Eastern Air Lines TriStar crash near Miami. Officials report 89 bodies recovered, 81 identified survivors, while ticket changes cloud total aboard the flight from New York. Capt. Loft praised for sacrificing himself to save passengers.
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Everglades
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
New York
Kosygin Mediation Credited in Hanoi Bombing Pause
Reports cite circumstantial evidence that Soviet Premier Kosygin acted as a go between to end U.S. air raids on Hanoi and Haiphong and to restart U.S. North Vietnam talks. Brezhnev's Dec 21 speech, Kosygin meetings with Dong, and Chinh’s presence at celebrations fuel the mediation theory.
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Soviet Union
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Hanoi
Haiphong
United States
North Vietnam
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietnam
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Uss.r
Truong Chinh
Chinh
Kosygin
Vo Thuc Dong
Tass
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Kosygzin
Dong
U.S.S.R
D R.V
le Duc Tho
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Reform Efforts Rise as 93rd Congress Opens
Fresh moves to change House chair selection based on seniority collide with GOP talks in the Senate to elect top committee leaders by merit. Taft argues seniority thwarts ability and public will while Democrats retain control after Nixon victory, ending near unanimous party dominance.
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Nixon
Robert Taft
Ohio
Robert Packwood
Ore
GOP
Taft
Stitelers Die In Mexico Car Train Wreck
Col W John Stiteler Jr 76 and wife Marion Simpson Stiteler 72 of Greensburg died in a car train collision while vacationing in the Southwest en route to San Miguel de Allende Mexico. Stiteler served in World War I and had a long career in insurance and Somerset County public service. Strong ties to Somerset County marked the couple with family connections to local politics and civic groups.
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W. John Stiteler Jr
Marion Simpson Stiteler
Greensburg
Middle Creek Farm
New Lexington
Stitelers
San Miguel de Allende
Mexico
Col. Stiteler
Media
W. J. Stiteler
Sarah Critchfield Stiteler
Somerset County
Stiteler
Edward and
Cathryn Simpson Stiteler
Norman Bruce Critchfield
Pennsylvania
Cam
Shapp Fires Urella and Forces Creamer to Quit in Wiretap Scandal
Philadelphia AP reports Gov. Milton J. Shapp dismissed state police commissioner Col. Rocco P. Urella and accepted Atty. Gen. J. Shane Creamer’s resignation amid a probe into illegal wiretap equipment. Maj. James D. Barger named to replace Urella. Israel Packel courted as new attorney general. Creamer blamed cabinet failures and said he was forced to resign after detailing the wiretap discovery.
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Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
Maj
James D. Barger
State
Col
Rocco P. Urella
Atty
Shane Creamer
Urella
Creamer
Israel Packel
Packel
Superior Court
Jude
Crime Commission
Weather snapshot for Western Pennsylvania Holiday period
Variable cloudiness with a chance of snow flurries. Highs near 40 on New Year s Day and cooler nights with low 20s to upper 20s. Tuesday brings westerly winds 10 to 20 mph and highs in the mid to upper 30s.
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