Girl Scout Cadettes Clean Up Roadside Dump
Ursula Walker and six Rockwood Troop 307 cadettes spent three hours cleaning Water Level Road, collecting twenty sacks of beer cans whiskey bottles and debris. Their effort along with receipts reveals careless dumping near Hetzel Studio and Brown's Esso Station.
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Ursula S. Walker
Somerset RD
Rockwood
DeVore
Confluence
Hetzel
Brown
Esso
Carol Fraley
Stephanie Stewart
Kim Hoover
Becky Lelja
Kathy Weimer
Esther Fraley
Ursula Walker
Somerset RD 1
Girl Scout Troop 307
Mrs. Walker
Humphrey Leads in Indiana as Wallace Gains in Alabama
In Indiana Humphrey leads with 47 percent to Wallace 47 percent as 39 percent of precincts report, Muskie at 12 percent. Ohio tally slow with Humphrey ahead for 16,131 to 14,568, while Cleveland returns await final statewide results for 38 delegates. Alabama shows Wallace leading in most districts with pledged candidates.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Indiana
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Humphrey
Minnesota
Ohio
George S. McGovern
Cleveland
McGovern
Wallace
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Indianapolis
Hoover dies at 77 longtime FBI head J Edgar Hoover dies
Washington AP J Edgar Hoover the FBI chief for 48 years is dead at 77. President Nixon led tributes as the nation mourns. He died at his Rock Creek Park home with a housekeeper present. Autopsy not indicated death due to natural causes. Funeral arrangements pending with Capitol rotunda tribute.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Nixon
Hoover
Rock Creek Park
This
Richard G. Kleindienst
James L. Luke
District of Columbia
House
Capitol Rotunda
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clyde A. Tolson
Tolson
Byron R White
Supreme Court
Robert C. Mardian
Internal Security Division
Justice Department
Jerry V. Wilson
Los Angeles County
Peter Pitchess
S Viets regroup at Hue in defense against major push
South Vietnamese troops form a new line about 16 miles north of Hue as North Vietnamese forces press toward the city after their victory at Quang Tri. U S air power with five aircraft carriers and B 52 strikes reinforce the defense while commanders resist the insurgent advance.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S
Quang Tri
Thua Phien
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Somerset County 1971 Audit Report Reveals Expenditures and Taxes
The 1971 Somerset County financial statement shows total expenditures of 2,463,912.61 and receipts of 2,644,383.70. The 1972 county telephone bill exceeded 15,000, with nearly 6,000 in association dues and convention costs. Receipts include 65,625 from state agency funds. licenses and taxes detail hunting 35,076.30 and dog licenses 22,515.25. real estate exempt valued at 15,614,718 and taxable at 53,000,000. occupation tax near 4,000,000. personal property tax about 16,000,000. total taxable value 73,157,642. Judicial arm spent about 286,000. tax assessment office 146,334.36 with roughly 120,000 for salaries.
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Somerset County
Banquet Rescheduled as Jack Anderson Delays Speech
The Greater Somerset Area Chamber of Commerce moved its annual banquet from tonight to May 24 after main speaker Jack Anderson canceled due to the death of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Anderson will speak at the May 24 dinner and the chamber will present its Man of the Year and Grant B. Miller Awards.
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Greater Somerset Area
FBI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Chamber
Grant B. Miller
Somerset County
Anderson
Mine Dilemmas: Coal Mining Versus Stream Cleanup
Ray Magnetto of Berlin RD 1 warns a choice looms between coal mining and stream cleanup. Acid drainage from a nearby strip mine killed pond fish two years ago, prompting PBS Coal Co. to work on solutions while officials note ongoing water pollution from backfill last September.
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Ray Magnetto
Berlin RD 1
Stonycreek Township
Downey
Magnetto
PBS Coal Co
PBS
William C. Swab
Pennsylvania Ish Commission
Somerset County
Stony Creek
The
Fish Commission
Tartans Rile Belfast Streets Face Ulster Elders Order
Gangs of teenage Protestants calling themselves Tartans clash with police and British troops in East Belfast. The Ulster Vanguard Movement led by William Craig orders the Tartans to halt rampages and meet authorities. The violence follows shootings on Shankill Road as Protestants blame Catholics and fear a union with the Irish Republic. Many Tartans wear faded jeans and tartan scarves as a symbol of Protestant identity.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster Vanguard Movement
Short Strand
Vanguard Movement
William Craig
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Irish Republic
Shankill Road
Londonderry
IRA
Headstart Series Promotes Equal Learning Start
Dr Annie L Butler of Indiana University writes on Headstart for Every Child emphasizing guidance for all children. The series offers simple proven techniques to prime preschool learning habits and continues today on Page 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie L. Butler
Indiana University
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy and mild through Wednesday and Thursday. Highs reach the upper 60s to low 70s, with Wednesday night lows in the 40s and Thursday highs in the upper 60s. Winds southwest at 15 to 25 mph. Rain chances about 20 percent on Wednesday and Wednesday night.
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Pennsylvania
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Jack Anderson
Highway Department
Marvin Hammond
State Department of Environmental Resources
Lewistown
White House
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
S. Viets
ITT
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Bureau
His
National Security Council
State Highway Department
Ulster
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