Somerset Area Nursing Program Graduates Fifteen
Fifteen students from Somerset Area School District's Practical Nursing Program graduated Sunday at Somerset Senior High School. Awards honored top scholastic, nursing service, leadership, surgical, pediatric, maternity, and leadership skills with diplomas presented by the school board president. Graduates plan to sit for the State Board on April 19 and seek employment regionally after licensure.
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Somerset Area School
Somerset Senior High
Paul White
Church of the Brethren
Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
James Mayer
Linda Phillips
Somerset RD 2
Kiwanis Club
Sandra Dively
Friedens RD 1
Maddalena DiFabio
Bedford
Woman’s Club of
Patricia Gastley
South Center Avenue
Practical Nurses’ Association of Somerset
Gastley
Karen Berger
Ligonier
Somerset Area Registered Nurses Association
Cynthia Clay
Somerset RD 6
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Freda Maust
Springs
School of Practical Nursing
James Spangler
Somerset Area Board of Education
Mina Lucas
R.N
Viet Cong Forces Press Fight in Laos Incursion
Lt. Gen. James W. Sutherland said North Vietnamese troops are massing to block the U S backed South Vietnamese push into Laos. He called the operation very successful despite heavy resistance and noted air resupply issues and a high collision toll for helicopters.
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William C. Barton
Associated Press
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
James W. Sutherland
Laos
Sutherland
James G. Hill
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
U.S
Pennsylvania Gov Ends Signoff Leads to Pay Freeze
Governor Shapp withholds signature on a $2.2 billion appropriation, halting most state spending. Legislators and 70,000+ workers face possible unpaid paychecks as debates over tax measures and bonds continue. House action awaits Senate passage and final funding decisions.
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Shapp
House
Optimism Cited In Rail Talks
Washington AP reports negotiators from the United Transportation Union and railroads pressed work rule differences Sunday on the eve of a possible strike. Officials spoke of progress and said talks could continue past midnight if needed, with emergency legislation already in place.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
UTU
James Hodgson
Hodgson
Abc-Tv
W. J. Usery Jr
Usery
Congress
McGovern Seeks FBI Probe Over Hoover Leadership
Sen. George McGovern released an unsigned FBI letter from 10 agents urging an inquiry into FBI practices. He criticizes J Edgar Hoover for over sensitivity and personal prejudice, citing the Shaw resignation and attacks on Ramsey Clark, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King. The letter says many agents faced similar fates and accuses Hoover of focusing on petty matters to build a convictions record.
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Washington
George McGovern
FBI
South Dakota Democrat
J. Edgar Hoover
McGovern
Shaw
New York
John Shaw
Hoover
John Jay College
Senate
Ramsey Clark
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Teens Rally for March of Dimes Defects Fight
Somerset youths marching from the Teen Center demonstrated for the March of Dimes to publicize a two day basketball marathon at Somerset Area High School gym. Hi V members will play 48 hours straight to raise funds with pledges from residents and businesses.
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Somerset
Somerset Area Senior High School
Roof Garden
Larry Barron
The
Teenage March of Dimes
Hi-V
March of Dimes
Larry
Child Dies In Barnesboro House Fire
A two year old girl Tammy Fletcher died when fire tore through a Barnesboro home in Cambria County. Her father George Fletcher, 23, suffered burns to hands and face while trying to rescue her and is listed in satisfactory condition in hospital.
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Barnesboro
Tammy Fletcher
Cambria County
George Fletcher
Revenue fight persists as Pennsylvania tax plan debated
In Harrisburg the Senate debates a 4 percent income tax amid a $394 million treasury shortfall. Governor Shapp plans to announce cuts and whether to sign the House appropriations bill, while Senate and House leaders push to resolve the impasse by Monday or Tuesday.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Senate
Shapp
House
Benjamin R. Donolow
Philadelphia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Robert D. Fleming
R-Allegheny
Fleming
State, Commerce and Community Affairs
Thomas F. Lamb
Allegheny
Lamb
IRA Organizer Attacked Near Dublin Home
Denis Reynolds a 30 year old Sinn Fein IRA organizer and schoolteacher was kidnapped from his Drogheda home and found beaten near a country road five miles from town. Police investigate fratricidal IRA strife amid Northern Ireland troubles and warn of possible decoy maneuvers. In Belfast a Catholic crowd vandalized an army post during an arms search protest.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Northern Ireland
Denis Reynolds
Drogheda
Reynolds
Sinn Fein
Irish Republic
Ulster
Republic
North
Belfast
Springfield Road
Shapp Campaigner Named In Bribe-Offer Allegation
Gov. Shapp said a campaign figure offered Edward Nolan a $25 000 state job to sway Sen. Thomas M Nolan’s vote on the 5 percent income tax bill. The caller was not identified and allegedly acted outside Shapp’s administration. The report also covers security talks in Northern Ireland after two policemen were killed.
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Philadelphia
Shapp
Thomas M. Nolan
D-Allegheny
Edward
Swissvale
Nolan
Senate
Easter Seal Drive Starts with Somerset Kickoff Dinner
Nearly 190 attendees at the Somerset Country Club heard Stanley Miller former Pennsylvania Secretary of Public Welfare praise Easter Seal Society volunteers. He urged passage of bills to expand care for the crippled and noted half of those in need in Pennsylvania lack services. The campaign begins with 12 000 letters to residents and a countywide Coffee Day on April 8.
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Somerset County
Easter Seal Society
Somerset Country Club
Stanley Miller
Pennsylvania
Miller
Securities Commission
Governors Council On Drugs
Gov. Shafer
Capitol Hill
United Fund Campaign
Central Region
American Cancer Crusade
Harrisburg
Billy Osselburn
William Osselburn
Somerset RD
Billy
Tayman Avenue
Somerset
Men Vote No Vote For Women In Liechtenstein Referendum
In Liechtenstein a nationwide referendum rejected female suffrage by 80 votes. The tally was 1,897 against and 1,817 in favor among about 70 percent turnout of roughly 5,000 eligible male voters. The vote reflected a strong male majority despite party calls for yes and an imbalance in population.
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Geoffrey Atkins
Associated Press
Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Jordan
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Sieel
Tenstlein
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Diana Pagel
Laurel Pyle
Rockwood
Norma Tipton
Friedens
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James Chichester-Clark
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Unionist Party
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