Natural Gas Sought Under County Land
Amoco Production Co. has been purchasing oil and gas leases in 18 central and southern townships in Somerset County as part of renewed interest by oil companies in Western Pennsylvania. The company is active in the Appalachian Basin where exploration and production have grown since leasing began in mid 1971.
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Dick Cartwright
Pennsylvania
Somerset
Amoco Production Co
Amoco
Appalachian Basin
Appalachian
New York
Maryland
West Virginia
Robert B. Rizal
Bizal
Amoco Eyes Renewed Gas Drilling Across Western PA and Nearby States
Amoco expands leasing in western Pennsylvania and adjacent regions as it tests subsurface potential with vibratory seismic surveys. The firm plans two to three years for initial leasing seismic and exploratory drilling, with landowners receiving a 12.5 percent royalty on oil and gas produced.
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Somerset County
Bizal
Amoco
Bill Adams
Houston
Texas
Pittsburgh Ballet Here Tonight at High School
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre performs at Somerset Area High School in a benefit for Somerset Community Hospital. The program includes an excerpt from Romeo and Juliet plus Swan Lake and Rite of Spring with pieces from the company founder Nicolas Petrov. Roberto Clemente memory noted. tickets sold at local pharmacies and by Welfare League members.
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Kathy Lyon
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Somerset Area
Somerset Community Hospital
New York Times
Clive Barnes
Nicolas Petrov
Somerset Area High School
Somerset
Somerset Welfare League
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Pittsburgh Pirates
Roberto Clemente
Rod J. Rubbo
Shafer's
Findley's
Welfare League
Nixon imposes ceiling on beef pork and lamb prices
President Nixon announced a price ceiling on retail and wholesale meat prices for beef pork and lamb aimed at curbing inflation. The policy freezes prices near current levels and targets processors wholesalers and retailers while farm prices are exempt to boost production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
America
Congress
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Internal Revenue Service
Cost of Living Council
Shultz
Organized Labor
Mitchell Denies Bug Role as Grand Jury Probe Expands
Senate inquiry stretches as Mitchell denial clashes with McCord testimony. Weicker accuses White House linked espionage while pressing for top aides to testify. McCord claims Mitchell approved bugging. no corroborating evidence found. Hunt pleads guilty. grand jury session continues in Washington.
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Mitchell
Washington
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr
R-Conn
White House
Weicker
Nixon
Senate
James W. McCord Jr
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Democratic
Watergate Complex
McCord
G. Gordon Liddy
Ervin
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
D-N.c
Charles McC. Mathias
Maryland
Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
Shapp Attacks GOP Over Gas Tax Policy
Gov Milton Shapp accused House Republicans of rushing blindly into a gasoline tax increase to fund resurfacing of 1800 miles of secondary highways. He said pothole conditions worsen while House Republicans play politics and noted even small tax increases fail to meet the program’s needs. The GOP led Transportation Committee had voted to cut 104 million dollars for road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Milton Shapp
House
House Transportation Committee
GOP
Shapp budget hints at highway upgrades and gas tax rise
The plan funds resurfacing with a $492 million capital outlay. Committee chair Westerberg plans a bill to raise the gas tax from 8 to 9 cents to cover improvements. Rep Ritter supports a gas tax increase over bond financing, while Shapp pledges no new taxes this term and backs $35 million in federal revenue sharing for maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shapp
Victor J. Westerberg
R-Mckean
James Ritter
D-Lehigh
House
Former POWs recount harsh life in Vietnamese captivity
Former U S prisoners of war described brutal torture beatings and drugging by North Vietnamese captors to force antiwar statements. Air Force Colonel Robinson Risner and Navy Captain James Mulligan spoke at Andrews and Portsmouth, noting long solitary confinement and deaths from neglect and brutality.
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U.S
Air Force
Robinson Risner
Oklahoma City
Okla
Andrews Air Force Base
Risner
Navy
James A Mulligan Jr
Portsmouth Va
Naval Hospital
Mulligan
Virginia Beach
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Pittsburgh Ballet
Petrov
St. Peters School
W. Church Street
Walter Bowen
Ann Landers
Bridge
Financial News
The
Associated Press
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