Education rally highlights Somerset area teacher pay plans
An Action for Education program at Somerset Area Senior High School compares salaries and benefits across districts. Panelists from Berlin to Meyersdale outlined incentives, medical benefits paid by boards, and proposed extensions like Blue Cross coverage and additional sick days as education officials discuss new proposals and maximums.
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Action For
Somerset Area
Somerset Psea
Harrisburg
Tom Brown
Somerset County
Leatrice Howhard
Claudia Roberts
Salisbury
John Snyder
Confluence
Majorie Ankney
Berlin
John Golish
Windber
Sam Romesburg
Meyersdale
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Special Meeting of Commissioners Rescheduled to Wednesday
The Board of County Commissioners changes its meeting from Tuesday to Wednesday March 6 due to a Meyersdale Route 219 meeting. Announcement made by Chief Clerk Mabel V. Comebecker notes the shift.
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Board of County Commissioners
Meyersdale
Mabel V. Comebecker
Area Teachers Attend Harrisburg Seminar in Somerset County
Teachers from Somerset County districts traveled to Harrisburg for a state Professional Seminar. In county groups some stayed for local sessions at Turkeyfoot Valley High School Lutheran Parish Confluence Rockwood Fire Hall and the Rockwood area meeting to discuss testing grades evacuation and salary issues.
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Shanksville-Stonycreek
Somerset County
Harrisburg
Somerset Area
Turkeyfoot
Turkeyfoot Valley Area
Confluence
Berlin Brothersgalley
Rockwood Fire Hall
Rockwood Area
Open Housing Guarantee In Some Form Is Assured
Senate leaders secure cloture on a civil rights bill with an open housing guarantee. The 65 to 32 vote ends seven week debate limits, clearing path for final passage though housing provision details remain uncertain. Opponents may seek unlimited debate. supporters expect passage with likely housing safeguards.
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Washington
Senate
Jack Miller
Iowa
Frank Carlson
Kan
E. L. Bartlett
Daask
Pueblo Crew Seeks Apology Over Pueblo Incident
A letter purportedly signed by the Pueblo crew urges President Johnson to admit intruding into North Korean waters and apologize. The telegraphed note lists five invasion points, notes the crew was captured while committing hostile acts, and claims the ship was on an intelligence gathering mission.
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Washington
Johnson
Pueblo
U.S
South Korea
State Department
Robert J. McCoskey
North Korea
United States
McCloskey
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Puebo
North
Ka Tan
Chongjim
Orang da
Nan Do
Songjin
Ansong Kap
Mayang Do
Yo Do
Wonsan
Janary
Dean Dusk
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Ung Do Isand
U. S
Weather Outlook for Southwestern and Northwestern Pennsylvania
Southwestern Pennsylvania shows cloudy skies with wind and a drop in temperatures and a chance of snow flurries. Wednesday brings continued cold and partial cloud cover with a high in the 30s. Northwestern Pennsylvania remains cloudy and colder with snow flurries inland and in the mountains, highs in the upper 20s to low 30s.
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Pennsylvania
Teachers in Harrisburg Demand Action From Gov Shafer
About 20,000 militant teachers gathered in Harrisburg to press higher starting salaries and more state aid, booing Gov. Shafer as he urged patience. PSEA president Joseph Standa warned of ballot box consequences if demands aren’t met.
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Vincent P. Carocci
Harrisburg
Shafer Day
Shafer
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Pennsylvania
Afl-Cio
Wiliam W. Scranton
Joseph Standa
Johnstown
Standa
Reds Mount Heaviest Attacks In Two Weeks
Communist forces staged their biggest coordinated assaults in two weeks across South Vietnam as planes and artillery hit Saigon and the central highlands. A hospital run by Dr. Patricia Smith of Seattle was seized and damaged by Viet Cong sappers near Kontum, while U.S. forces reported light casualties at multiple bases.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Camp Enari
Iet Cong
Tet
Hospital
Patricia Smith
Seattle
Wash
Kontum
Smith
Jean Platz
Joan Blomien
Milwaukee
Wis
Platz
Bonilen Apparenty
Dr. Smith
South Vietnam
Highlands
Somerset Area School Board Seeks 137000 Loan And Calendar
The Somerset Area School Board authorized borrowing up to 137000 to cover March expenses. Bids for supplies were opened and referred to the bid committee for tabulation to be awarded at the April meeting. A 1968 69 calendar sets Aug 27 start and May 28 1969 close with several vacations and makeup day on April 15. The board also donates 100 to the library for the Bookmobile program and renews a handwriting contract with Mas Lee School.
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Somerset Area School Board
Somerset Library
Pittsburgh teachers ignore injunction in city strike
A Pittsburgh judge extended efforts to reconcile the school dispute as teachers continue a strike after an injunction failed to stop it. Contempt hearings for union officials were delayed while hundreds picketed public boards and courthouses. The school system kept 88 elementary schools open with rising attendance noted.
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Ben DE Forest
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pittburgh
John Hester
Board of Public Education
Ambush by Viet Cong Wounds Dozens of U.S. Soldiers
The March 2 ambush on Charlie Company near Saigon left 48 dead and 28 wounded in about eight minutes. Capt. Willie Gore and Maj. Gen. F.K. Mearns comment on the attack as the unit moved to locate rocket positions. Survivors describe a chaotic scene with civilians decoying and gunships intervening.
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AL Chang
Associated Press
CU Chi
F.K. Mearns
Charlie Company
25Th Infantry Division
Charlie
Saigon
Willie L. Gore
Southport
N.C
Gore
J.C. Frank J. Hettinger
Monterey
Calif
Volunteer Recognition Week Observed Locally in Somerset
Local volunteers at Somerset Community Hospital and across health welfare and education agencies are honored during Volunteer Recognition Week March 4 to 9. Governor Shafer proclaims statewide observance and local officials praise volunteer service and call for continued public support.
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State of
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset
Raymond P. Shafer
William G. Barnhart
Barnhart
Somerset Community
Commonwealth
Benjamin Franklin
General Hospital
Public hearing on Route 219 in Meyersdale
Somerset County officials and political leaders gather in Meyersdale for a public meeting on Route 219. The debate centers on building a four lane right of way now versus the current plan for two lanes with two added later, with demand for interchanges and related requests for the vital road project.
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Pennsylvania
Meyersdale
Somerset County
Maryland
William Bartlett
Somerset County Commissioners
Somerset Borough Planning Commission
Somerset County Planning Commission
Ask
W. B. Leopold
Department of Highways
Hollidaysburg
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Henry Baker Reiley
The
Somerset Daily American
Ara
Gardner L. Bridge
By Jerry T. Baulch
Capitol
Capitol Lawn
Third St
David H. Kurtzman
Kurtzman
Reds
Somerset School Board
Lee School
Lee Pittsburgh
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