Gas prices predicted to rise as summer approaches
Industry spokesmen caution prices will climb with premiums of three to four cents more per gallon. Some forecast up to 50 cents and even over a dollar, while others expect milder increases and note shortages may follow.
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Howard Hall
American County
Robert Gilmour
Somerset Gasoline Co
Gilmour
Philadelphia
U.S
John P. Saylor
Somerset County
Wall Street Journal
Luther P. Miller
Somerset
Ron Streets
American Petroleum Institute
Associated Press
Streets
Gas tax split looms in Pa House on resurfacing funds
The Republican led House Transportation Committee killed a $104 million road resurfacing plan and floated a plan to raise the liquid fuels tax from 8 to 9 cents for two years. President Shapp supports bond funding but GOP leaders favor cash via a gas tax increase. A separate measure reinstating the death penalty for eight killings was tentatively approved in the Law and Order Committee.
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Harrisburg
House Transportation Committee
Pennsylvania
Committee
Victor J. Westerberg
R-Mckean
Westerberg
Joseph Bonetto
Dallegheny
Bonetto
Senate
Shapp
House
Honorary FFA Group Awards Presented
Two Somerset Area School Board directors were named honorary chapter farmer degree recipients by the Somerset Future Farmers of America. Luther W. Brubaker and Herman L. Mosteller received framed certificates and pins at the Sipesville Fire Hall during the Parent and Son Banquet.
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Herman L. Mosteller
Luther W. Brubaker
Russell Friedline
Somerset Future Farmers of America
Mary Baker Ream
Somerset Area School Board
West Race St
Somerset
Friedens
FFA
Sipesville
Parent and Son
Friedline
Pennsylvania Association of Farm Cooperatives
William Swab
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Eileen Barbera
McCord Senate Testimony Yields Significant Leads
The Senate Watergate committee said 42 hours of closed questioning with James W. McCord Jr yielded a great deal of information. Chairman Baker described McCord as cooperative and said the panel will pursue all leads. Also: E. Howard Hunt testified with immunity before grand juries. G. Gordon Liddy faces possible immunity ruling.
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Washington
Senate
James W. McCord Jr
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
McCord
Baker
Grand Jury
Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Budget of 859 000 Approved For Tableland Programs
Tableland Community Association renewed funding for 12 months with a $859,000 total. Somerset office and Outreach Centers receive 59,000, Head Start gains 3,000 to 97,000 for salary raises utilities and supplies. Head Start serves five centers and 75 children with new handicapped inclusion target.
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Tableland Community Association
Charles Carver
Carver
Somerset
Hollsepple
Confluence
Central City
Meyersdale
Martha Coleman
OEO
Mark Rankin
Rankin
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Mostly cloudy Thursday with highs 60s to near 70. Thursday night low 30s. Friday remains mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and highs 55 to 65. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph Thursday. The precipitation chance is about 20 percent on Thursday and Thursday night.
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Pennsylvania
U S completes exit from Vietnam after decade of war
Saigon reports the United States ends its military role in Vietnam sending 2,500 troops home or to bases in Southeast Asia. Washington failed secret talks with Hanoi to keep the Joint Military Commission alive and extend U S presence. Canada stays on IC S for 60 days, while Indonesia Hungary and Poland participate.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
United States
Hanoi
Joint Military Commission
Washington
Canada
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Supervisory Commission
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
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National
Es Shei
University of Texas
Somerset High School
David Maize
Milton Shapp
Joseph Zord
Rallegheny
U.S. Supreme Court
FFA Group
Somerset Area High
Quentin Hine
George Newman
Rex Pyle
Pyle
Ann Landers
Joyce Brothers
E. Howard Hunt
Tableland
Dick Cartwright
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