Shoe and Harness Shop Keeps Old Trade Alive in Salisbury
George E. Yoder runs a 14 by 16 foot shop on Main Street, Salisbury, repairing shoes and harnesses and selling Red Wing and Shaw Dress shoes. With over 35 years in the trade, he serves Amish customers and others, making parts for harnesses and riding gear, while noting demand has declined for mining-pony harnesses.
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Salisbury
George E. Yoder
Judy Durst
Arlington
Mr. Yoder
Judy
Thomas Sandwich
Yoder
Salisbury-Elk Lick High School
Somerset County
Thomas Sandwich Shop
Stanley M. Thomas
Salisbury Mortician
Thomas
Red Wing
Shaw
Little
Somerset
Grantsville
George
Scranton’s Carriage Men To Negotiate
Scranton mayor May Walsh invoked a 1947 law to fire striking city garbage collectors but rescinded the order as both sides agreed to meet Wednesday. The 180 workers were called to a 9:30 a.m. meeting with union and city reps set for 11 a.m. A second session could follow.
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Scranton
James J. Walsh
Walsh
Department of Public Works
John J. Brazil
Union
Council
Shafer
National Guard
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Poised for Warm Midweek
Western Pennsylvania forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and warm conditions on Wednesday with highs of 64 to 73 degrees. Cloud increasing tonight, turning mild. Thursday expects more clouds and cooler temperatures with a chance of showers and highs around the 60s.
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Pennsylvania
College teachers to get salary raises proposed in House bill
Harrisburg AP A bill from the House Higher Education Committee would raise Indiana University and 13 state college faculty pay from 6580 to 6910 for instructors and 15080 to 16620 for professors with steps in between. The measure, backed by Gov Shafer, includes 1.8 million for next fiscal year. A separate Rules Committee move would fund a 50 million bond for Pennsylvania Vietnam veterans bonuses. Also in the House a plan to bar leasing Lake Erie water for offshore oil or gas drilling was debated amid calls to protect the lake from pollution and bids already sought for 37 offshore lease blocks covering 369 989 acres.
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Harrisburg
Indiana University
House
Higher Education Committee
Shafer
House Rules Committee
Pennsylvania
Senate
Department of Forests and Walters
Lake Erie
Frank Polaski
D-Erie
Polaski
Seven Inches Of Rain Floods New England
A two day storm drenched southern New England with up to seven inches of rain causing widespread flooding. Gov Volpe seeks Small Business Administration aid for affected businesses. Federal agencies review emergency aid while power and telephone services were disrupted and repair crews mobilized.
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Boston
New England
John A. Volpe
Small Business Administration
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
U.S
Weather Bureau
Blue Hills Observatory
Milton
Masschusetts
Rhoad Island
New England Telephone Co
Copper Strikers Back Pact With Phelps Dodge
About 6,500 copper workers approved a new contract with Phelps Dodge in Arizona and Texas, part of a 22 state strike. The deal provides roughly 1.13 per hour wage increases over 40 months for 5,600 miners and 75 cents over 36 months for 800 wire and cable workers in Arkansas and New York, plus enhanced pensions health and layoff benefits.
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Washington
White House
Phelps Dodge Corp
Arizona
Texas
Arkansas
New York
Phelps Dodge
Fordyce
Ark
Yonkers
N.Y
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
River Projects In Somerset County Across Region Highlighted
The state submitted 17 priority water resources projects to the Appalachian Regional Commission. Key items include Casselman and Stony Creek flood control and drainage work with costs from 5 million to 37 million, plus the Naturealm conservation area in Cambria County and flood protections on Sam's Run and Upper Loyalhanna Creek.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
Stony Creek
Casselman
State Planning Board
Commerce
Clifford L. Jones
Pennsylvania
Commission
Cambria County
Sam’s Run
Cambria
Loyalhanna Creek
Westmoreland
Stonycreek
Somerset
Hog Killing and Grain Fires Coordinated in NFC Drive
In Corning Iowa a victory control center coordinates a campaign of hog killings and grain burnings by NFC chapters to pressure higher prices. NFC says local groups opt for destruction to express determination, while nationwide boycott actions by 35 states have had little market effect so far.
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Corning
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Victory
NFC
Indiana
Georgia
South Dakota
Fried
Elkhart
Oren Lee Staley
Victory Control Center
Federal Charges For Bank Robbers
Federal bank robbery charges were filed Tuesday against Donald Townsend and Mary Ann Barber in the $10 059 robbery of the Marianna branch of the First National Bank of Washington Townsend 35 of Detroit and Barber 26 of Brownsville Fayette County were ordered held on 10 000 bond after a hearing They were captured March 8 about 30 minutes after the robbery A third man Clyde Geary 34 of Detroit and formerly of Brownsville was shot to death by state trooper Vernon Blystone in a gun battle Blystone was slightly wounded
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Pittsburgh
Marianna
First National Bank of Washington
Donald Townsend
Detroit
Mary Ann Barber
Brownsville
Fayette County
U.S
Clyde Geary
Vernon Blystone
Blystone
Britain's Budget Hits Peacetime Tax Record From Labor Leaders
London AP report says Roy Jenkins unveils highest peacetime tax bill and wage price controls to balance the economy. Budget aims to curb demand and reduce the payments deficit, with debate set to start Thursday and potential political risks for the Labour government.
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Britain
London
House of Commons
Roy Jenkins
Johnson
U.S
America
Jenkins
Rockefeller Illumines Candidacy Bid Against Nixon
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller plans to announce a challenge to Richard Nixon for the GOP nomination, after discussions with Senate Republicans. He indicated the run would avoid most primaries, focus on Oregon May 28, and sidestep Nebraska if Nixon secures a ballot spot.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Associated Press
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Oregon
Nebraska
Nixon
Subcommittee Presses Air Force on Promotions and NCO Policy
A House Armed Services subcommittee faults the Defense Department for too few non commissioned officer slots, linking this to promotion stagnation in the Air Force. The report notes cases of soldiers with 10 to 20 years in grade without advancement and cites reforms underway in the Air Force Army and other services.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Armed Services
Defense Department
Air Force
Army
L. Mendell Rivers
Ds.c
Alton Lennon
D-N.c
Vietnam
Army and
Marine Corps
Czech president’s son grounded over Sejna friendship
Prague reports say Antonin Novotny Jr., 37, director of Artia, was denied an exit visa to West Germany and Yugoslavia due to fears of defection amid the Sejna case. Newspapers link the Novotny family to Gen. Jan Sejna, with arrests noted and a cabinet meeting held.
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Hans Neuerbourg
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Reform
West Germany
Antonin Novotny
Jan Sejna
United States
Antonin Novotny Jr
Sejna
National Assembly
Young Novotny
Artia Foreign Trade Corp
Yugoslavia
Novotny
Sejia
Zemedelske Noviny
Defense Ministry
Obrana Lida
More Troops For Viet War Almost Final
White House plans to commit about 35 000 more troops to Vietnam are near final with timing and announcement still undecided. Congress and key members have been briefed while debate over congressional consultation continues.
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Washington
White House
Vietnam
Congress
U.S
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Rusk
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Rocky
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Albany
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Howard University
District of Columbia
Howard
McCarthy
US Air Force
Tom Seppy
Gen
Senia
Somerset Armory
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