Senate delays final tax action amid amendments
The Senate postpones final action on a bill combining a 10 percent income tax surcharge with a $6 billion spending cut. Amendments pass on textile import quotas and nonprofit advertising tax status. proposals for excess profits tax and small business tax breaks fail. House already passed the basic bill. conference or White House action pending.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Vance Hartke
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
North Vietnam
House
Senate House
White House
US Planes Drop Napalm Near Saigon Contact
In a major battle near Ap Long Mac northwest of Saigon, US troops pounded Viet Cong positions with napalm within 50 yards of their lines. artillery and fighter bombers supported. by nightfall only a quarter of the hamlet was in American hands as fighting raged toward Cambodia.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Ap Long Mac
U.S
Quyet Thang
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
al Chang
John H. Tipton
John J. Menning
Chang
Memphis Strikers Plan Dual Action Led By King
Sympathizers of striking garbage collectors in Memphis plan a Thursday march led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a citywide Negro work stoppage. Police will block downtown traffic and enforce a midnight parking ban. King will speak Thursday night at a mass meeting backing the seven week strike over wages union dues and recognition.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Warmer Weather With Showers In Pennsylvania
Northwestern and southwestern Pennsylvania face variable clouds and wind. Thursday brings warm temperatures 65 to 74 with afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Friday turns sunny and cooler with highs 55 to 62 and lighter winds.
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Pennsylvania
Mild Travel Tax Hurdles Narrowed By Tax Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee approved mild restraints on U S travelers abroad and delayed a broader 30 percent tax amid opposition. The bill would apply the existing 5 percent tax to foreign air tickets and reduce duty-free allowances for goods bought abroad. consideration of the expenditure tax is postponed pending administration recommendations on a border tax or other measures to curb imports.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House
Ways and Means
U.S
Johnson
Medal For David B Marker Receives Army Commendation
David B Marker 21 of Somerset RD 5 was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service in Vietnam. The citation covers August 1966 to July 1967 as Radio Telephone Operator with Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. Marker and his wife Mary Ann live near Somerset after working at Dumbauld's Tire Service. He is a Meyersdale High School Class of 1964 graduate, son of Mr and Mrs Wilmer Marker Jr.
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David B. Marker
Somerset RD 5
U. S. Army
Vietnam
United States
Republic of Vietnam
Comany B
22Nd Infantry
4Th Infantry
United States Army
Markers
Marker
Dumbauld’s Tire Service
Mary Ann
Somerset
Meyersdale High School
Wilmer Marker
Garrett
Gov Lurleen Wallace in worsened condition after surgery
In Montgomery Alabama Gov Lurleen Wallace’s condition worsened as doctors report a possible pulmonary embolus or blood clot to the lung. Acting secretary Ed Ewing said doctors are treating her with larger doses of anticoagulants.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
Ed Ewing
Teachers Fight $18 Million Cut to Pay Bill in Pa
Harrisburg AP A PSEA leader Joseph Standa vows action after Senate Education Committee trims a salary bill for 1968 69. The measure now offers about 35 million for raises with districts deciding distribution and raises for starting salaries to 5400 and a 6 percent subsidy hike. No date set for further increases. floor amendments likely when the Senate returns Monday.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Senate
Joseph Standa
Johnstown
Standa
Senate Education Committee
House
Somerset County Industry Review 1966
Pennsylvanias Department of Internal Affairs releases a county industry report for 1966 showing 15 printing and publishing firms with 89 workers and $711000 in production value, five newspapers with 71 employees and $156000 in production value, and multiple sector counts across chemicals paving, rubber, leather, stone clay and glass, signaling continued industrial growth in Somerset County. See Somerset on Page 5.
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs
Somerset
Daily American
Ingram Gas Explosion Testimony
Pittsburgh AP reported two Equitable Gas Co. workers testified their instruments registered gas accumulations at explosive levels over two hours before the Ingram blast that killed eight and injured 17. Frank Gunia Jr. said odor in a building prompted evacuation guidance, while foreman Andrew Riedel described tests and ampler checks before the explosion. He could not identify what touched it.
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Pittsburgh
Equitable Gas Co
Ingram
Frank Gunia Jr
Gunia
Kennedy enters Indiana primary challenging McCarthy and LBJ surrogate
Senator Robert F. Kennedy announced he will enter Indiana's May 7 presidential primary, pitting him against Eugene McCarthy and a Johnson stand-in. He pressed a peacetime military service plan while criticizing current policy and took a skiing break near the Wasatch Range during a revamped western swing. Kennedy urged service without a uniform, while noting the idea works only in peacetime and must not worsen social inequities. He faced a cool reception at Brigham Young University before engaging students with questions on Vietnam and troop plans.
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Salt Lake City
Robert F. Kennedy
Indiana
Eugene J. McCarthy
Johnson
New York
Kennedy
Wasatch Range
Indianapolis
Roger Branigan
McCarthy
Brigham Young University
Provo
West
New Maple Queen to Receive Multiple Gifts and Scholarships
Sally Ann Miller of Friedens is named Queen Maple XXI and will receive scholarships totaling 1000 dollars from the Somerset County Maple Festival of Pennsylvania Inc. and a five hundred dollar prize to the queen. Maids of honor Sherry Wright and Brenda Turney receive 300 and 200 dollar scholarships respectively. Presentations occur after the coronation on March 29 at Meyersdale High School Auditorium with gifts from Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative and Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co along with a savings bond from Citizens National Bank Meyersdale. The queen earns a one week trip to Washington and a silver trophy from A and P.
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Pennsylvania
Sally Ann Miller
Friedens
Meyersdale Area
Sally
Stanley G. Stroup
Sherry Wright
Turkeyfoot Valley
Brenda Turney
Rockwood
Sherry
Brenda
Robert G. Clapper
Somerset Rural Electric , Cooperative, Inc
D. W. Smith
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Citizens National Bank
Meyersdale
Fisher’s Music Center of
County Development Council Launches 30000 Bond Drive
The Somerset County Development Council started a 30000 bond drive to fund the county share of the White Cross Stores warehouse. Bonds at 2 percent interest will secure financing with a 15 year term and early call possible.
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County Development Council
Somerset County Development Council
White Cross
Coleman Company
Development Council
Coleman
Dayton P. Clark
Council
Clark
Ohio Woman Found In Windber Home
The body of Gladys Blankenship, a 45 year old white female believed from Canton Ohio, was found on a Windber kitchen floor where she stayed. Autopsy found death due to natural causes after initial suspicions. Police and county officials investigated. neighbors reported a missed newspaper on the porch.
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Gladys Blankenship
Canton
Ohio
Windber
Somerset and
Cambria County
Somerset County
Robert H. Halverson
Dock Strike Idles Port Of New York
A 10 day longshoremen strike idled about 160 ships at New York Harbor forcing scarce supplies and disrupted perishables and foreign cars. The International Longshoremen's Association walkout costs the city economy millions daily with 107 ships blocked at piers and 50 moored offshore.
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Port of
New York
Tom Crane
Associated Press
New Jersey
International Longshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
Volkswagen
Welfare Protest Demands Higher Aid in Harrisburg
More than 400 welfare recipients rallied in Harrisburg to press for increased aid. Pennsylvania Welfare Rights Organization led the march in front of the Capitol while Secretary Georges urged an $18.2 million state boost plus $10 million federal funds to reach 90 percent of the minimum standard, with protesters seeking 100 percent by July.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Welfare Rights Organization
Thomas W. Georges Jr
Senate Appropriations Committee
Georges
Capitol
Maple Festival Schedule and Maple Queen Crown Event
Somerset County hosts a two day Maple Festival with a maple products contest judging on Thursday and a Friday lineup including Main Street carnival, maple fair opening, hobby show at Amity United Church of Christ, Home Builders Show at the fairgrounds, coronation of Miss Sally Miller as Maple Queen XXI, an opening concert, and a round and square dance with The Back Home Boys performing. Notable attendees include Hon. Thomas F. Lansberry and Congressman J Irving Whalley.
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Ken Penn Amusements
Main Street
Golden Age Club
Amity
United Church of Christ
North Street
Meyersdale Jaycees
Somerset County Fairgrounds
Sally Miller
Somerset
Meyersdale Area
Somerset Area
Thomas F. Lansberry
J. Irving Whalley
Willard F. Rockwell, Jr
Pittsburgh
North American Rockwell Corporation
Rockwell Manufacturing Co
Israel braces for Arab guerrilla offensive after Jordan raid
Israel prepares for further guerrilla strikes amid the Jordan base raid last week. Officials speak of planned responses and possible small unit actions. Indications point to peak around May 2 Independence Day as border skirmishes continue and guerrilla recruitment rises.
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ED Blanche
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jordan
Middle East
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William E. Deibler
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Brigham Young
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Somerset County Maple Festival of Pennsylvania, Inc
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