Budget Battle Looms as Nixon Slashes Federal Programs
President Nixon moves to trim federal outlays to about 250 billion this year and 270 billion next year, targeting farm subsidies housing aid urban programs health services and waste facilities. Congress and party leaders vow intense clash as lawsuits test the president’s power over appropriations.
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D-Tex
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Missouri Highway Commission
U.S. Circuit Court
Kansas City
Rural co ops rally against Nixon loan cut
Somerset's Rural Electric Cooperative plans a protest in Washington after President Nixon halted low cost Rural Electrification Administration loans. Eugene Miller says the move endangers rural Pennsylvania power service and farm vitality. 12 co-ops join in the Jan 23 White House demonstration.
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Washington
Nixon
Rural Electrification Administration
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Somerset Co-Op
Miller
DuBois
Western Pennsylvania
White House
Somerset County
William Matson
State Rural Electric Association
Pennsylvania
America
Nicholson
Robert D. Partridge
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Two Killed In County Car Wrecks
Walter Williams 36 of Boswell RD 1 died at the scene after his 1966 Ford struck a Western Maryland train on SR 55082 two miles west of Jenner Crossroads in Jenner Township. Passenger Darlene Barkman 30 was hospitalized in serious condition with burns and fractures. A second fatality, Odas Humphries 51 of Central City, occurred in a single car crash on Route 160 in Stonycreek Township.
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Jenner Crossroads
Jenner Township
Walter Williams
Boswell RD 1
Somerset County
Robert H. Halverson
Williams
Darlene Barkman
Boswell RD 2
Somerset Community Hospital
Maryland
Jennerstown
Central City
Route
Stonycreek Township
Halverson
Odas Humphries
Kissinger Heads To Paris For Climactic Vietnam Talks
Henry Kissinger flies to Paris for a fresh negotiating round with Hanoi. Le Duc Tho says the decisive moment has arrived as both sides seek a durable peace beyond the possible nine point framework.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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le Duc Tho
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North Vietnam
Solar Fuel Elevates Weir to President and Treasurer
David B. Weir of Somerset was elected president and treasurer of Solar Fuel Company Inc. He has served with the firm for seven years and holds roles on the St. Pauls Presbyterian Church Board of Deacons and as secretary of the Somerset County Development Council and the Somerset Cambria Advisory Council of the Western Pennsylvania Comprehensive Health Planning Agency.
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Somerset
Solar Fuel Company Inc
Weir
Solar Fuel Company
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church
Somerset County Development Council
Somerset- Cambria
Western Pennsylvania Comprehensive Health Planning Agency, Inc
Pennsylvania Farm Show Opens With Big Attendance Expected
Thousands are expected in Harrisburg for the 57th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show the largest free indoor agricultural exposition with 11 acres of displays. About 76 000 in prizes will be awarded among 9 000 entrants in 25 categories as swine exhibitions are cancelled due to hog cholera.
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Pennsylvania Agriculture
Capitol City
Pennsylvania
Farm Show
Harrisburg Area Community College
Guernsey
Jersey
Slain, Snipers Prolong Downtown Hotel Siege in New Orleans
A shooting and fires at the Downtown Howard Johnson Hotel left ten dead as snipers on the hotel roof fired into crowds. Police, aided by a Marine helicopter and tear gas, battled a second gunman holed up inside a block house atop the hotel as officers evacuated guests and tended the wounded.
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Howard Johnson
Patrick Breaux
Charity Hospital
Dennis Lacey
Winter Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Lows Near Zero to 10 Above
Lows in western Pennsylvania range from near zero to 10 above with cloudy cold conditions and light snow possible totaling one to two inches. Highs reach the low to upper teens with additional light flurries likely tonight and Tuesday with easterly winds 10 to 20 mph and precipitation chances of 80 percent Tuesday and 40 percent Tuesday night.
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