Crane Co Plant Purchased Reopening Planned in Somerset
Rodicor Inc of Minneapolis bought the Crane Co facility in Somerset for 750000 and aims to start production within 45 days. The plant will produce pottery fixtures for modular housing and mobile homes, with about 100 former Crane employees to be hired.
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Dick Cartwright
Rodicor Inc
Minneapolis
Minn
Crane Co
Somerset
Stephen A. Keller
Keller
Kodicor
Somerset County Industrial Development Authority
J. L. Huss
90 000 Vietnam Refugees Forward to U S
As Kissinger plans a request to Congress for up to 60 000 or more refugees, the United States prepares housing at Camp Pendleton Ft Chaffee and Eglin AFB for tens of thousands. Officials estimate costs near 500 million over a year as ships ferry refugees from Guam to relocation sites.
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Associated Press
South Vietnam
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford Administration
Congress
Kissinger
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Philip C. Habib
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Philippines
Guam
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
United Nations
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
Pentagon
Clark Air Base
Clark
Saigon
California
James Fyock
North Viets and VC Enter Saigon in Pivotal Victory
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops entered Saigon amid capitulation of South Vietnam. The PRG flag flew over the presidential palace as President Minh ordered forces to lay down arms. U.S. evacuation had ended days earlier, with chaos and looting at the U.S. Embassy.
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Saigon
Indochina
Provisional Revolutionary Government
PRG
Duong van Minh
Bangkok
Hanoi
Tokyo
Ho Chi Minh City
Minh
United States
Dien Bien Phu
U.S
Graham Martin
7Th Fleet
South China Sea
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Laos
Pathet Lao
Republic of
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Pay Envelopes A Little Heavier Beginning Today
The IRS shifts federal withholding tax tables to reflect Ford tax cuts, lifting take home pay for workers. Affects May 1 pay and beyond with $1.44 weekly rise for a 10 000 annual earner, 2 94 for a 20 000 married couple, and 4 73 for a family of four on 15 000. Rebates and Social Security checks follow, totaling several billions. The changes boost consumer spending, with future withholding adjustments expected.
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Washington
Ford
Internal Revenue Service
Pennsylvania Bans Studded Snow Tires on Highways
Ohio? (Note: The provided text mentions Pennsylvania. Create a concise summary using entities: Pennsylvania, May, June, July August September October, $35 $45 $55 fines, months, November 1, ban effective Wednesday midnight. Include at least two sentences with clear facts.)
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Pennsylvania
Laurel Mountain Area Weather Outlook
Variable cloudiness with a chance of showers and thundershowers expected Thursday. Highs in the 60s. Partly cloudy and cooler Thursday night and Friday with lows in the 40s and highs in the 50s to 60s. Precipitation chances 50 percent Thursday and 20 percent Thursday night. Winds from the west to northwest at 12 to 26 mph.
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Laurel Mountain
Variances Sought for High Rise Elderly Apartments
Somerset Borough Zoning Hearing Board reviewed two variances for Hallstrom Development Co to build an eight story 101 unit elderly apartment on 1.5 acres bounded by Missoula S and Williams Streets. The plan requests 35 parking spaces and height to 80 100 feet.
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Dick Cartwright
American County
Somerset Borough
Hallstrom Development Co
DuBois
Missoula Street
Coleman
Hallstrom
J. H. Kring
Johnstown
HUD
Kring
Cambria
Somerset County
Dean Mickey
Walter Beals
James Knepper
John J. Kane
Somerset
Ford Delays Oil Tariff Increase
President Ford delays a $1 per barrel oil tariff hike for about 30 days and seeks a House vote on an energy program before Memorial Day. He orders hearings to begin on removing all price controls from domestically produced crude within two years.
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Washington
Ford
Federal
Frank Zarb
White House
House
Zarb
Federal Energy Administration
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Somerset County Development Council
Council
F. R. Brant
Stephen Gironda
State Dept. of Commerce
George S. Cook
Somerset Trust Co
International Brotherhood of Pottery Workers
Somerset Pottery
Tion
Bank Consortium
U.S. National Bank
the County Trust Co
Peoples Bank and Trust
National Bank of Western Pennsylvania
Philson National Bank
Citizens National Bank of Windber
First National Bank of Garrett
Citizens National Bank of Meyersdale
State Bureau of Economic Development
Subic Bay
Thailand
U.S. Air Force
Blue Ridge
North Viets
Philippine
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Administration
William E. Simon
James L. Pate
Commerce Department
Chrysler Corp
Viet Prg
Kline
Mazzei
Ann Landers
Daily Record
Heloise
Horosco
Investors
Sylvia Porter
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