A New Look For Downtown Somerset
Richard Gibbs proposes a voluntary cooperative plan with Albert Kelley Allison Kelley and James Cascie to revitalize Somerset Borough's downtown by exterior renovations within a one block radius of the Diamond. The project focuses on cleaning sandblasting painting and ivy and window box installations to boost civic pride and attract customers. Planning Director Donald Fleding supports the effort, noting that a strong downtown sustains community identity.
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Somerset
Richard Gibbs
Gibbs
Albert and
Allison Kelley
James Cascie
Somerset Task Force
Somerset County
Donald Fleding
Fleding
Gilmour Urges Unity in JARI Drive Across Somerset Cambria
Gilmour urges Somerset and Cambria counties to unite with chambers and councils to promote the area as a strong labor pool. He says the Initial Gifts Drive shows towns can cooperate for the county’s benefit and notes opportunities and youth returning after college. Nixon faces contempt risk over access to White House records.
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Robert A. Gilmour
Initial Gifts
Johnstown Area Regional Industrial
JARI
Somerset Cambria
Somerset and Cambria
United States
Gilmour
Chambers of Commerce and Development Councils
Somerset
James J. Mayer
Somerset County
Mayer
Board of County Commissioners
Somerset County Industrial Development Council
Greater Somerset Area Chamber of Commerce
Somerset Planning Commission
Gesell
Nixon
St. Clair
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
White House
Plumbers
G. Gordon Liddy
Lewis Fielding
Daniel Ellsberg
Henry A Kissinger
J. Fred Buzhardt
Somerset County nears federal funding for Manpower program
Somerset County advances toward an $811,129 federal Manpower package after the Southern Alleghenies board approves funds and Congress and the President must still sign off. The plan covers Title One and Two allocations and a 1974 summer youth program, with start tentative for July, while local officials await final approval.
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Bob Karlovits
Somerset County
Southern Alleghanies Manpower Executive Board
Congress
Vernon Spangler
Nixon
Spangler
Feds
Albert Hay
Paul O’conner
Alleghenies
Somerset
Bedford
Blair
Cambria
Huntingdon
Fulton Counties
Somerset County police radio network blocked by politics?
Courthouse sources say partisan politics hinder a 24 hour police dispatch plan led by Sheriff Norman Walker a Democrat while County Commissioner Vernon Spangler a Republican denies political obstruction. Agreement exists among 17 communities to pursue state funding and mutual cooperation for a 14 hour dispatch system with six operators if needed.
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Somerset County
Vernon Spangler
Board of County Commissioners
Norman Walker
Walker
Commission
Spangler
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George Lear
Barbera and
Barbera Law
Washington
Robert
A. Gilmour
Confluence
Ursina
John J. Sirica
Supreme Court
Capitol
Senate Watergate Committee
U.S. Court of Appeals
Sirica
U.S
George L. Hart Jr
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
Kleindienst
Pennsylvania
Addison Township
Lawrence Krupnik
Police
Ann Landers
Television
Sereseeres
Women’s News
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