New Jersey Battleship Returns to Sea for Shakedown Trials
USS New Jersey, after a decade in mothballs, glided from Philadelphia toward three days of Atlantic sea trials as the world’s only active battleship. Captain J Edward Snyder praised her handling while civilian pilot Samuel Schellenger and helmsman Frederick McMillan backed the ship’s easy steering and seaworthiness.
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AL Edmonds
Associated Press
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Delaware River
Atlantic
J. Edward Snyder
Samuel M. Schellenger
Fort Washington
Fredrick McMillan
Petaluma
Calif
Schellenger
McMillan
Pacific
Adm
William F
Halsey
Navy
North Vietnam
Navy Brass
Co Delegation Presses Four Lane Somerset to Maryland Route
In a morning meeting Gov. Raymond Shafer and Sec. of Highways Robert Bartlett heard a Somerset County delegation urge a four lane highway south from Somerset to the Maryland line. County leaders cited population projections and traffic growth to 1990, plus industrial, recreational and tourism development as justification. Bartlett noted funding limits and a 70-30 federal split, asking for willingness to pursue phased construction if Appalachia funds are limited.
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Raymond Shafer
Robert Bartlett
Somerset
Maryland Line
Morocco
Kimmel
Stanley Stroup
Kenneth Halverson
Peter T. Dumbauld
Sec’y Bartlett
Appalachia
Bartlett
Henry Reiley
Abrams in Washington for talks with Johnson
Army Gen Creighton W Abrams arrived in Washington and met President Johnson in the morning. Pentagon says he came to report on strengthening South Vietnamese forces, but officials see the visit as hinting at a possible succession to Westmoreland.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington (Ap
Creighton W. Abrams
Washington
Johnson
Pentagon
Abrams
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Soviet Tanker and Battlewagon Meet off Delaware Bay
A Russian water tanker named Buguruslan neared Philadelphia as the refitted battleship USS New Jersey left for trials. The Buguruslan, 80,229 tons and 477 feet long, will stay up to two days to take on water before returning to support a Russian trawler fleet under a new international agreement.
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Philadelphia
Delaware Bay
New Jersey
Delaware
Soet Guard
G. L. Oakley
Oakley
Senate GOP Expected To Cut Teacher Pay Legislation By Half
Harrisburg AP Senate Republicans held a lengthy caucus over a Pennsylvania teacher pay bill. A tentative plan would increase state subsidies to districts by 5 percent, with districts deciding pay raises, while the Senate Education Committee debates a $53 million package offering a $500 across the board raise for 1968 69 and raising the starting salary to 6000 in two steps. A separate bipartisan bill would raise Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission pay, increasing the chairman to 25000 and other officers to 20000 and 18000 respectively.
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Senate
GOP
Harrisburg
Senate Republicans
Pennsylvania
Senate Education Committee
Shafer
Joseph Standa
Johnstown
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Stanley G. Stroup
R-Bedford
Ernest P. Kline
D-Beaver
Commission
Industrialist Rockwell Will Crown State's Maple Queen
Willard F. Rockwell Jr., chairman of North American Rockwell, will guest of honor at the Maple Queen coronation in Meyersdale on March 29. The event opens Somerset County’s 21st Maple Festival, with Rockwell noted for expanding both recreation and industrial development in the region.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset County
Meyersdale
Williard F. Rockwell Jr
North American Rockwell Corporation
Sally Miller
Somerset Area
Coleman
Coleman Company
Rockwell
Negro Mountain
Mt. Davis
North Vietnamese Assault Repulsed By U S Artillery
In the central highlands near Kon Tum, about 1 000 North Vietnamese regulars attacked a U S artillery base manned by the 4th Infantry Division. They were repulsed with heavy losses as American artillery and air support hammered the attackers, while 19 Americans were killed and 51 wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Kontum
Cambodia
Dak To
Trang Bang
25Th Division
Somerset County Industry Review for 1966
An industrial report by the Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs details 1966 Somerset County employment at 4 205. Apparel and related products led with 50 percent of jobs, hiring 1 493 more since 1956, and female workers numbered 2 378 versus 1 927 men. Wages rose steadily over the decade. See SOMERSET on Page 15.
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs
Somerset
Daily American
Internal Affairs
Southwestern Pennsylvania Warm Sunny Wednesday Forecast
Sunny and warm in Southwestern Pennsylvania for Wednesday with highs in the 60s to low 70s. Thursday brings variable clouds and continued warmth with a chance of showers or thundershowers. Winds SW 10 to 20 mph.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset FFA Honors Trexel and Weicht as Honorary Members
The Somerset Area High School FFA and Young Adult Farmers Banquet honored George A. Weicht of Somerset and Howard H. Trexel of Somerset as honorary members. Certificates were presented to Trexel, supervising principal, and Weicht, stockholder of Bender Implement. Jay Shaffer led the toast as Quentin A. Hine presented awards. Keystone Farmer Award went to James Hay, who also placed second as Regional Star Farmer for Region IV and earned a $50 prize. Lee Shaffer received the Keystone Farmer Degree. Robert Steffy spoke on his Africa mission and Rio Muni work.
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Somerset Ffa
George A. Weicht
Howard H. Trexel
Somerset
Somerset Area High School
Somerset Area Schools
Bender Implement Company
Jay Shaffer
Quentin A. Hine
James Hay
Ralph B. Hay
Somerset RD 4
Keystone Far
Mer
Lee Shaffer
Lloyd Shaffer
Somerset RD
Hay
Region IV
FFA
FFA Y
Robert Steffy
Marion Center
Africa
Steffy
United Presbyterian Church
Rio Muni
Pennsylvania Synod of
Harvey F. Witt
Homer Hay
Ladies of
New Centerville
Reform Communists Call For Democratic Election Law Reform
The Czechoslovak Communist presidium urged a new democratic election law while signaling no willingness to permit Western type opposition parties on ballots. The move postponed local May elections to June and aimed to reflect democratization, with non Marxist parties excluded from voting options.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
National Assembly
Interior Ministry
Presidium
Zdenek Mlynar
National Front
Oppor
Congress Deals Double Setback To Johnson Plans
Congress delivered two setbacks to President Johnson's financial agenda. The Senate overruled a Treasury order expanding tax exempt municipal bonds for private plant development, while the House Ways and Means Committee blocked a proposal to tax American tourists abroad. A final Senate vote loomed as debate centered on limiting dollars outflow and funding public works.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson Administration
Senate
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
President Johnson
Finance Committee
William Proxmire
Dwis
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Proxmire
Staes
Johnson
Serviceman Appreciates Poem From His Sister
William V. Harris of Berlin serving aboard the USS Mars in the Pacific writes of a sister Jenny Lynn Harris who penned a moving poem about him. He notes he and other servicemen miss home since July 19, 1967, and may not return until late 1969.
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Sis
Berlin
Western Pacific
William V. Harris
SMSN
Mars
Pacific
Harris
The
Daily American
Jenny Lynn Harris
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Northern American Rockwell Corporation
Rockwell—Standard Corporation
Rockwell-Standard
North American Aviation, Inc
Rockwell Standard and
Commercial Products Group
North American Rockwell
Pittsburgh
Aerospace and Systems Group
North American Aviation
Willard F. Rockwell JR
Part
Trexel
Hanns Neuerbourg
Mylnar
Antonin Novotny
Josef Smrkovsky
Ludvik Svoboda
Gardner L. Bridge
Serviceman
Lynn Harris
Bill Harris
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