Two Miners Trapped as Coal Shaft Tests Begin
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania Buckeye Coal Co Nemacolin mine awaits atmospheric readings to determine if two trapped miners Richard Randolph 63 and Charles Gibson 61 can be reached. New drills and rescue gear arrived from Charleston West Virginia after a Friday fire.
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Gary Mihoces
Associated Press
Carmichaels
Buckeye Coal Co
Nemacolin
Richard Randolph
Charles Gibson
Charleston
W. Va
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Texas
Joseph J. Klimek
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Buckeye
Sun Faces Shine On Festival Parade
Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia were represented in a large parade through Meyersdale on Saturday. Bands, fire engines, horses, floats, Scouts, Shriners, and the Fife and Drum Corps drew crowds while judges watched from a viewing stand. New band uniforms were on display among the participants.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Meyersdale
Altoona
Berlin
Maple Manor
American Legion of
Iwo Jima
Meyersdale Farmers of America
Mt. David
Brownies
Salisbury
Mechanicsburg
Wellersburg
Keystone Acres
Latrobe
Jay Jones
Greensburg
Federal study weighs pollution aid for small firms
Federal environment agencies examine whether industry needs government help to meet anti pollution standards. The joint EPA and CEQ study surveys all firms from small to large, considering low cost loans and tax provisions as possible relief amid a sweeping clean environment program.
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Washington
Federal
Environmental Protection Agency
President’s Council On Environmental Quality
EPA
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Small Business Administration
Commerce Department
Economic Development Administration
Russell E. Train
Council On Environmental Quality
SBA
EDA
Sappers Kill 33 at U S Base South of Da Nang in Dawn Attack
North Vietnamese sappers breached barbed wire at the 196th Brigade base near Da Nang while a mortar barrage pinned Americans. The assault left 33 U.S. soldiers dead and 76 wounded, the worst loss for a single unit in over two years.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
196Th Brigade
Americal Division
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
Sepone
North Vietnam
South
Thousands Die in East Pakistan Rebellion as Pakistan Army Seizes Dhaka
The Pakistan army took full control of Dhaka in East Pakistan after a two day and one night clash that reportedly killed 5,000 to 7,000. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman reportedly arrested as his Awami League leadership collapses.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Pakistan
Dacca
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Sheik
West Pakistan
Shein Mujib
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Sheik Mujib
Awami League
National Assembly
New Delhi
Radio Pakistan
Maj. Zia Khan
Bangla Desh
Maj. Zia
Liberation Army
United News of India
Chittagong
Peter O’loughlin
Associated Press
Paul
U Nu
Ne Win
Welfare rolls rise in Somerset County
Somerset County welfare rolls climbed from 4,059 in Dec 1969 to 4,881 in Dec 1970, mirroring statewide gains as relief costs jumped from 380,155 to 598,299 dollars. Aid to dependent children led with 512 cases, old age assistance rose slightly, while general assistance fell.
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Somerset American
Harrisburg
State Department of Public Welfare
Somerset County
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West Virginia Line
Deborah Lutz
Queen Debby
Jeanne Barbera
Marva Edmiston
Dorothy Kantner
Stan Benjamin
Somerset Area
Howard H. Trexel
Norman Walker
Ed Dively
Andy Hobby
R.W. Stephan
Allegheny High School
Cumberland
Somerset High School
Somerset
Turkeyfoot High School
Mt. Savage High School
Northern High School
Accident
Free Statesmen
Black Diamonds
Central City
Net
Frostburg
Potomac State
Keyser
W.va
Apollo
Fire Corps
Meridian Woodpeckers
Butler
Tammies
Kitties
Berlin Fife
Sulang Fife and Drum Corps
Pittsburgh
Bruce Sutter
C.B. Sutter
Wayne McLaughlin
Mr. Pleasant
Ron Norris
Friedens
Bob Decker
Garrett
Ray Earheart
Claridge
Lynn Carr
Helen Pritchard
Grantsville
J.C. Blackburn
G. Floyd Dye
Albert Flower
Joan McKeag
A.M. Smith
James Hostetler
Dale Baer
Deborah Ann Lutz
Kathy Wable
Laurel Highlands
U.S. Base
George Esper
Pentagon
U. S
Indochina
Souther Panhandle
Plain of Jars
Luang Prabang
South Vietnam
J.T. Volkerstorfer
Highway 9
Khe Sanh
E. Pakistan
Arnold Zeitlin
Tikka Khan
Nepan
Japan
Voice
India
Foreign Ministry
Hooghly River
Calcutta
East Pakistan
Sajjad Hyder
all-India Radio
Yahya
Burma
No-Man
Karens Independence Army
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