Somerset Newspapers Editorial Policy Note
Editorial note outlines joint publication by Somerset daily papers with exceptions on Sundays and holidays. Credits Henry B. Reiley Jr as editor publisher and Henry Baker Reiley as founder editor. States Associated Press membership and exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Somerset Newspapers, Inc
West Main St
Somerset
Henry B. Reiley Jr
Henry Baker Reiley
Associated Press
Immunization Time Near School Entry
The state Health Department urges all parents of children entering school this fall to ensure full immunizations. About 57 000 Pennsylvania children ready for school lack rubella protection, 36 000 lack measles protection, 35 000 lack polio protection, and 25 700 lack diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough protection. Measles and rubella cases dropped sharply this year, underscoring the vaccines’ effectiveness.
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State Health Department
The
Health Department
Division of
Department of Health
Pennsylvania
Department
Nixon lands program transfers public lands to locals
The Nixon administration launches a program to transfer unused public lands to local governments to create parks and facilities for public use. So far 144 new parks in 39 states have formed with local funding and oversight. 20 400 acres valued at about 100 million dollars have been transferred. The administration touts reduced federal ownership and potential benefits to millions of Americans while warning that misuse could revert lands to the federal government.
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Nixon
Deepening faith and steadfast devotion across biblical history
The piece traces a lifelong pursuit of a closer relationship with God from Genesis to Revelation, highlighting Jesus as the perfection of this bond and citing exemplary early Christians like Polycarp. It contrasts spiritual aims with self will and notes diverse facts about lobsters, Peruvian textiles, and jet streams as fascinating asides.
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Jesus Christ
God
Abraham
Moses
Elijah
Amos
Isaish
Jesus
Father
Apostle Paul
Christ
Garden of
Gethsemane
Polycarp
Somerset artists remembered for muralists and teachers
Samuel Rosenberg joins four noted Carnegie Tech professors who taught at the Somerset Summer Art School in the 1930s. Murals by Kostellow Edmonds and McLeary adorn the Mary S. Biesecker Library while Rosenberg’s paintings appear in private homes. The article recalls local art history from 1898 to the 1950s and notes current exhibits and Teen Docents rocket launch plans.
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Somerset County
Samuel Rosenberg
Pittsburgh
Somerset
John S. Scull
CCC
Laurel Hill State Park
Carnegie Institute of Technology Art School
Carnegie Mellon University
Alexander J. Kostellow
Kindred McLeary
Esther Topp Edmonds
Mary S. Biesecker
Frederick Goeb
Alleghenies
Rosenberg
Sam
Carnegie Institute
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Hetzel
Charles Brennisen
George Hetzel
Lila B. Hetzel
George
Water Level Road
John I. Scull
First National Bank
Elizabeth Zoner
A. M. Matthews
Somerset Public Schools
Somerset County Artists Association
Richard Crist
Elizabeth Matthews
Richard Bowman
Income gaps and urban pullbacks in Newark area
Commentary questions Anthony Lewis view on the Newark suburban income gap. It notes Newark median income rise from 5454 to 7735 and Montclair from 8500 to 14500, explores urban growth patterns and limits of policy, cites urbanologist Banfield on poverty and planning, ends with a biblical prayer.
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New York Times
Anthony Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Newark
N. J
Lewis
Montclair
Edward C. Banfield
Train wreck near Steelton kills nineteen
Ed Peck Somerset Constable reports his sister and her husband died when a derailed train plunged into the Susquehanna River near Steelton. The disaster is described as the worst rail crash since 1958 with nineteen fatalities.
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Ed Peck
Somerset
Steelton
Susquehanna River
Monongahela River
Pittsburgh
Internat’l
Scotland
Gretna
Gary Visoski Appointed Deputy Constable in Seven Springs
Gary Visoski of Seven Springs was appointed deputy constable for the borough by Senior Judge Thomas F. Lansberry. The appointment was announced recently and completes the local constable lineup.
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Gary Visoski
Seven Springs
Thomas F. Lansberry
Watching as a Path to Living and Loving
A reflective meditation on watching in science and life. The author traces discovery through observation from Harvey to Palade and links attentive perception to religious, moral, and social growth, urging open hearts and actions to live with empathy and faith.
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William Harvey
Copernicus
Process to reform the vice presidency gaining pace
Marianne Means notes growing calls to change how the vice president is chosen. Eagleton’s backroom selection and open dissent at the Democratic Convention spark debate on reform, with Nixon’s preconvention certainty contrasted by talk of a national primary and two-vote system.
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Washington
KFL
Thomas Eagleton
Spiro Agnew
George McGovern
Eagleton
McGovern
Adlai Stevenson
Mike Gravel
Endicott Peabody
Gravel
Nixon
Agnew
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Peabody
Traffic Victim Funds Allocated in Pa Emergency Plan
A $500 000 federal grant will upgrade emergency services for highway accident victims in Pennsylvania. Ten Emergency Medical Services Councils will be formed to evaluate and coordinate regional medical emergency responses, Dr. Leonard Bachman said. He cited about 6 000 Pennsylvania deaths annually before hospital arrival.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Leonard Bachman
Shapp
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Judy Musser
Laurette Martens
Cleveland Institute of Art
American Watercolor Society
TADS
Somerset Historical Society
Historical Center
Jeffrey Hart
Yesteryears
Anna Ober
Stahlstown
Iva Sipe
National Peasant Party
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George E. Palade
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Marianne
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