Commissioners Explain Procedures Policies On Tax Assessment
Somerset County officials respond to public questions about tax assessment. County elicitor William S Livengood asserts board procedures follow the law, while chair Dwane E Ringer calls the issue a campaign topic. A resolution to audit two years of changes is tabled. supporters defend fairness in a disputed $20500 reduction.
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William S. Livengood
Board of Tax Assessment
Board of County Commissioners
Dwane E. Ringer
General Assembly
Somerset Township
Elvin Lease
Roy E. Walker
Livengood
Warren K. Hay
Board of Assessment
Tax Assessment Office
Hay
Ringer
Lambert
Board of Accessment
Somerset
Somerset County Law Library
Board of Assessment and Revision of Taxes
Pope relaxes Vatican rules on mixed Catholic marriage
Pope Paul VI eased restrictions on interfaith marriages by abolishing the signed promise that non Catholics raise children Catholic and by ending excommunication for Catholics who marry outside the Church. Bishops may dispense the promise, and non Catholics pledge only to raise no obstacles, while Catholics retain primacy in educating offspring.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Michael Ramsey
Canterbury
Pope Paul
Paul
Commissioners Vote To Borrow $100,000
The Board of County Commissioners agreed to seek a $100 000 loan to cover general fund expenses and overdue contractor bills including 12 883 50 owed to Carstenson and Co Johns town and 7 213 46 to A J Vater and Sons Pittsburgh for courthouse renovations The loan would come from County Trust Co Somerset at up to 3 percent interest with Philson National Bank as an alternate The panel also discussed bridge repairs at Stonycreek and Quemahoning Creek and reported progress on courthouse painting airport plans.
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Board of County Commissioners
Carstenson and Co
Johnstown
A.J. Vater and Sons
Pittsburgh
Carstensons
A.J. Vater
The
County Trust Co
Somerset
J. Richard Ross
Stonycreek
Shanksville
Stony Creek
Ross
Kiefl
Quemahoning Creek
Somerset County
Federal
Aeronavautics Administrati
Architecs Administrati
Suharto Forms Anti Red Indonesian Cabinet Coup
Lt. Gen. Suharto, army chief, detained Deputy Premier Subandrio and 14 pro Communist ministers, naming Hamengku Buwono as first deputy premier and Adam Malik as second deputy premier in a temporary reshuffle. Sukarno reportedly protected, but seen as figurehead by Singapore sources.
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John Cantwell
Singapore
Suharto
Sukarno
Subandrio
Bogor
Jakarta
Indonesia
Hamengku Buwono
Sultan
Jogjakarta
Buwono
Dairy Farmers Push Price Increase at Harrisburg Hearing
Pennsylvania dairy farmers urged the State Milk Control Commission to unify milk prices and raise pay to producers. Ernest Hayes of Dawson called for one price for all milk, citing equal production costs for ice cream and drinking milk. The hearing, tied to a federal marketing order due by April 1, featured testimony from various farmers and cooperatives on higher farmer prices to offset drought and rising costs.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Milk Control Commission
Ernest Hayes
Dawson
U.S. Agriculture Department
Hayes
United Dairy Farmers Cooperative Association of
Western Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Walter E. Arnold
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
Pittsburgh
Increas
Weather Outlook for Southwestern Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy and breezy in Southwestern Pennsylvania with a cooler trend over the weekend. Saturday highs range from 45 to 52 degrees, followed by variable cloudiness and little temperature change on Sunday.
Experts say Red China expects war and possible U S nuclear strike
Washington AP experts warn China fears a U S attack sparked by Vietnam. Morton H Halperin says Beijing aims to avoid Munich like catastrophe while resisting Viet Nam retreat. Samuel Griffith foresees a long U S struggle and China may intervene to defend North Viet Nam, possibly inviting nuclear conflict.
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Washington
China
U.S
Morton H. Halperin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Viet Nam
Peking
Harvard University
Munich
Samuel B. Griffith II
Griffith
United States
Southeast Asia
Halperin
Intelligence Estimate Plans For Chinese N Viet Divisions
The Joint Chiefs of Staff accept an intelligence estimate that China and North Vietnam could deploy four to five divisions into South Vietnam, totaling up to 100,000 troops with support units. China could potentially mass about 400,000 along a wide Southeast Asian front, prompting consideration of nuclear options if massed forces appeared. The Army notes a five-division US force could hold a line across Vietnam to Laos, while logistics and transport limits may restrict enemy operations from long supply runs.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Red China
North Viet Nam
U.S
Southeast Asia
Burma
North
South
Viet Nam
Laos
Mekong River
Mili
Tary
Medicare Enrollment Month Declared By President Johnson
Postmaster George Cassett announces supplemental Medicare benefits available at the Somerset Post Office window with application blanks. The Social Security Administration seeks to contact 3.1 million seniors before the March 31 deadline. National enrollment month proclaimed to boost senior enrollments.
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George Cassett
Somerset
Social Security Administration
Johnson
Allied Sweep Turns Up Abandoned Weapons
In the D Zone jungle near Saigon a U S Navy and Australian sweep found 36 crew served weapons and a large pile of field radio gear left behind as enemy forces fled. A 20 pound mine killed 15 farmers on a road, with other attacks reported in the region. Lt Gen Krulak said indicators show progress toward victory despite ongoing violence.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
USS
D Zone
1St Infantry
Juy Hoa
U.S
County Boards May Join In Promotion
Somerset and other sixth class counties may form or join joint tourist promotion agencies under act No. 319. The agencies may study plan and promote programs to boost tourism and authorize funding. Another act No. 189 clarifies reassessment rules for after-built residential properties including single and multiple dwellings.
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Somerset
Harrisburg
Mar
County Board of Commissioners
Avalanche Kills One at Austrian Tunnel Site
An avalanche swept a group of Austrian workers at a tunnel construction site in the Alps on Friday, killing one and wounding nine others.
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Salzburg
Austria
Alps
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