Nonconformist Education Group Faces Backlash Over Pay Fight
The Shanksville-Stonycreek Education Association stands apart from most PSEA units by opposing a March 4 professional seminar day intended to press for higher teacher salaries. They face threats and social ostracism for pursuing a minority viewpoint while upholding the Code of Ethics and professional standards.
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Shanksville-Stonycreek Education Association
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Harrisburg
Shanksville-Stony
Judas
Shanksville
Shanksville-Stonycreek
Remember Thy Creator in Youth Bible Verse Note
A concise reflection on Ecclesiastes 12 1 urging fellowship with God in youth and avoiding late regret. The message highlights early spiritual connection as essential to a meaningful life.
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God
Pittsburgh Rowdy Students Lockdown Two-Day School Closure
In Pittsburgh officials closed the city’s secondary public schools for two days after a teachers strike of about 1 000 members spurred rowdiness. Elementary schools stayed open with heaters kept at 50 degrees as 2 000 teachers reported to work.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Afl—Cio
Board of Education
Sidney Marland
Marland
Pensylvania State Education Association
General Assembly
Forsyth Receives Bronze Star at Wright Patterson
Lt. Colonel George P. Forsyth USAF is awarded the Bronze Star Medal at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Dayton Ohio. The citation credits meritorious service as Chief of Supply 8th Tactical Fighter Wing Ubon Thailand during Oct 66 Oct 67. Forsyth is married to Katherine Boucher of Somerset and serves as Chief of the Inventory Control Division AFLC Has at Wright Patterson.
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George P. Forsyth
USAF
Wright Patterson AF Base
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force Logistics Command
AFLC
Lewis L. Mundell
Forsyth
Wolf Pack
Ubon
Thailand
Robin Olds
8Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Ubon Royal Thai Air Force
Katherine Boucher
Somerset
Wright-Patterson AF Base
Aflc Has
Former Rockwood Boy Dies In Fire
A six month old boy, James Grenham, died in a house fire in Rittman Ohio while parents and four siblings escaped. The infant, identified as son of Joseph Grenham, had moved to the new residence from Rockwood just days earlier. Relatives, including Mr and Mrs James E Pritts, could not provide details on the fire.
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Rockwood
Rittman
Ohio
Associated Press
James Grenham
Joseph Grenham
James E. Pritts
Champion RD 1
Four Articles Rewritten By ConCon in Harrisburg
Pennsylvania's Constitutional Convention finished its work late Thursday night after adjourning at 10:41 p.m. Delegates, active since December 1, celebrated as Lt. Gov. Raymond J. Broderick praised their reform effort. The final major proposal, a broad court reform plan, was adopted by a 134 to 1 vote just hours before the deadline.
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William E. Deibler
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Raymond J. Broderick
Last Month Death Toll in Vietnam Surges Past Five Year War
AP reports that 1,829 Americans were killed in Vietnam from Jan 28 to Feb 24, surpassing total deaths in the first five years of U.S. involvement. General Westmoreland notes 40,000 Communist troops killed. 470 Americans killed and 2,675 wounded last week.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Commad
William C. Westmoreland
South Vietnam
Three Communist Trawlers Sunk Off Vietnam Coast
Saigon AP report says U.S. naval units destroyed three gun running Communist trawlers off the South Vietnam coast on Friday. A fourth trawler was chased away as the Navy called the action the enemy s boldest sea infiltration attempt to date.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Navy
Construction Up During December in Somerset County
The State Department of Labor and Industry reported December construction activity in Somerset County with three building permits totaling 33 150 dollars. Two residential projects accounted for 33 000 dollars and one addition alteration or repair project for 150 dollars.
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Somerset American
Harrisburg
State Department of Labor and Industry
Somerset County
Snowy Weekend Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
The forecast calls for cloudy, windy, and cold conditions with snow flurries Friday. Highs reach the mid to upper 20s. Saturday forecasts variable clouds with a slight warmup and a chance of light snow.
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Pennsylvania
Marian Staub Named Meyersdale Citizen of the Year
Mrs. Marian Staub was surprised with Meyersdale Rotary's Citizen of the Year honor at the Stagecoach Inn during the club’s 44th anniversary. The event honored her decades of social work and service to aging, family guidance, and community welfare, with praise from Rev. Richard Tome and Rotary leaders.
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Charles E. Staub
Meyerdale
Rotary Club
Zion Lutheran Church
Meyersdale
John C. Cross
Marian Staub
Rotary Club of
Stagecoach Inn
Staub
Rotary District
Mrs. Staub
Richard Tome
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bedford
Tome
Meyerdale Golden Age Club
Polk Care Center
Bedford County
Somerset County Health and Welfare Council
Red Cross Builds 1968 Fund Drive to Reach 12000 Goal
Somerset County Red Cross kicks off a 1968 campaign at St Peters Parish Hall aiming to raise 12000 with the theme Help Us Help. Arthur Nuss notes Vietnam relief and blood donations while area chairmen and volunteers prepare March events at the Pennsylvania Electric Building in Somerset.
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Red Cross
Arthur Nuss
Johnstown
Somerset Cambria County
The
St. Peter’s Parish
Somerset
Somerset County
Luther P. Miller
Pennsylvania Electric
Helen Rue
Luther Miller
Cambria- Somerset
American Red Cross
St. Peter's Parish
Miller
Somerset County Fund
Whalley Opposes Gold Coverage Measure
Congressman J Irving Whalley votes no to the administrations plan to remove the 25 percent gold coverage on currency. He says focus must be on fiscal stability and dollar confidence and warns the move could enable freer money printing and end the gold standard outlook. The bill would release 11.8 billion in reserves to meet foreign demands, passing the House 189 to 190 and headed for Senate opposition.
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J. Irving Whalley
U.S
Cong. Whalley
Fort Knox
Senate
House
Stiff fine or 90 day jail for shoplifting in Somerset
John W. Spangler 33 of Somerset was fined 500 dollars plus costs or 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to shoplifting a bottle of Excedrin at a Somerset food market. Justice P. G. Marenna informed him of rights. witnesses testified. appeal rights noted. A 1967 law change raised penalties for shoplifting.
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John W. Spangler
Lincoln St
Somerset
Justice of the Peace
P. G. Marenna
Spangler
Squire Marenna
Marenna
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Paul E. Fuller
Locrians
Greece
America
Ben DE Forest
Afl-Cio
ConCon
Robert Tuckman
Meyersdale Rotarians
Milton Gnngey
James M. McCartney
Connellsville Rotary Club
Nuss
Te Red Cross
George S. Cook
Somerset County Red Cross
Thomas Schultz
van Berkley
Thomas F. Lansberry
Vernon Spangler
Howard H. Trexel
Somerset Area
Somerset Fund
Anthony Anodide
Robert Romesburg
Eugene E. Fike
James J. Mayer
Barbara Landis
Robert E. Elliot
Fred R. Shaffer
Ruthmay Frazee
Karl P. Catterall
William B. Statler
Robert D. Stewart
Jennerstown
Boswell
Harry K. Barnett
Lincoln Lee Red Cross
Whalley
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