Drug and Alcohol Abuse Program to Meet Gov Shapp in Harrisburg
Somerset and Bedford County officials join Gov. Milton Shapp at a planning conference on Friday in Harrisburg. Carl Amenhauser leads the program with a $67,000 grant request to the Governor’s Council. The three level approach focuses on community education prevention services and treatment for abusers.
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Dick Cartwright
Somerset-Bedford
Milton Shapp
Harrisburg
Carl Amenhauser
Rockwood
Somerset
Bedford
William Ryan
Norman A. Shaukis
Albert Flower
Mary Carter
David Hofricher
Bud Hay
Amenhauser
Richard E. Horman
Governor’s Council On Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Economy Expanding, U S Says
The Labor Department reports February shows 1 percent rise in employment, higher weekly earnings, and longer work weeks, signaling expansion. Unemployment edged up to 4.8 million as jobseekers rose, notably among women and teens, with overall pay and hours increasing for most workers.
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Washington
Labor Department
Nixon
Herbert Stein
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Agreement Near At Wounded Knee Ends Occupation
The Wounded Knee occupation nears end as the federal government and American Indian Movement sign an agreement in principle. Lawyers for the AIM resume talks with federal officials and mediators to decide timing and method of the 250 occupants departure and whether arrests will follow.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
American Indian Movement
China To Release CIA Agent and 2 Pilots
Washington reports CIA agent John Downey held in China for over two decades will be freed at the Hong Kong border after Nixon requested word to Premier Chou En-lai as Downey’s mother suffered a stroke. Also slated release for two American pilots Maj. Philip E. Smith and Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn.
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Washington
John Downey
CIA
Hong Kong-China
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Peking
Downey
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Ziegler
Hong Kong
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Navy
Robert J. Flynn
Henry A. Kissinger
China
Road Vandalism and Thefts Hit State Road Budget
PennDot secretary Jacob Kassab says vandalism and theft cost the state $250000, with traffic sign losses rising and a stop sign theft near Allentown cited as a fatal example. Largest damage reported in Montgomery County at $122184 as crews replace route markers and large signs.
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Kassab
Allentown
Montgomery County
Two Year Old Scotty Seifert Seriously Ill in Pittsburgh
Scotty Seifert, two, son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Seifert of Somerset, remains seriously ill with cancer at Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh after more than a week of treatment. Doctors amputated his left leg to mid calf to halt the rare ligament cancer which has spread to his lungs and right arm. Two anti-cancer drugs were used. the first seemed to halt the disease while the second caused illness and was stopped.
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Saigon
Vietnam
John A. Wickham Jr
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Scotty Seifert
Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
Scotty
Kenneth Seifert
South Center Ave
Somerset
Mrs Kling Sues Bell Over Alias Listing
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania the Public Utility Commission will hold a hearing on a complaint by Sarah T Shore known as Z Klinghoffermandell alleging Bell Telephone refused to list her alias. She argues the lack of proof of legal status equals discrimination since other alternate names are listed in the Philadelphia directory.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Bell Telephone
Sarah T. Shore
Pre. Z. S. Klinghoffermandell Fields
Bell
Philadelphia
Somerset Firms Foreign Exports Top $1 Million
Somerset County exports rose to 1 051 000 in 1971 from 976 000 a year earlier, with eight plants listed as exporters. Direct exports were 859 000, plus 140 000 through intermediaries and 52 000 for exporting. Major ports included New York City Philadelphia Baltimore and others. Products ranged from corsets and plumbing fixtures to pumps and surgical instruments. Weather outlook shows showers Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 50s to 60s.
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Capitol Bureau
Harrisburg
Somerset County
State Department of Commerce
Pennsylvania
New York City
Philadelphia
Buffalo
N.Y
Baltimore, Md
San Francisco
Laredo
Tex
Miami
Elizabeth
N.J
Red Cross Drive Reaches 4300 Enlistees in Somerset Area
The second campaign report shows 4300 donors or subscribers in Somerset. Augustine Simone, general chairman, says the drive should finish by March 31 with daily demand for blood products in the area. The next report meeting is Thursday.
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Red Cross
Somerset Area
Augustine Simone
Somerset
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Conemaugh Township
Windber
William
Connecticut
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Mad
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New Britain, Conn
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Lynn
Mass
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South Korea
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Army
North Korea
Peking Radio
Fecteau
PennDot
Jacob Kassab
Ann Landers
Acucsnes
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Joyce Brothers
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Ma Bell
Somerset Firms
Pensylvania
Red Cross Drive
Floyd Bruner
Somerset RD
Bruner
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