State Water Board Endorses Major Part of Clean Streams Bill
The State Sanitary Water Board backed most of the Clean Streams Bill in the House while rejecting a 10 day hearing mandate for mine drainage permit actions. The vote was 4 to 3 against the amendment proposed by John K. Tabor. Final House action is expected next week as the bill seeks stiffer penalties and stricter enforcement to curb mine drainage pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Water Board
Harrisburg
State Sanitary Water Board
Commerce
John K. Tabor
Ators
Tabor
Robert Biele
The
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Maurice K. Goddard
James H. Pierce
Scranton
Jack C. Sheffler
Dubois Sportsman
Bielo
House
House Fisheries Committee
PanAmerican System Put To Test
AP reports that Johnsons order of U S troops to the Dominican Republic tests the inter American system after Cuba crisis. Latin nations debate intervention and the OAS may set a firm policy at the May 20 Rio de Janeiro ministers conference.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Johnson
U.S
Dominican Republic
United States
Chile
Peru
Venezuela
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Soviet Union
W. Averell Harriman
Organization of American States
Red
Americas
Latin America
Rio de Janeiro
OAS
Senate approves 700 million Viet Nam war fund bill
The Senate passed the 700 million Viet Nam war fund bill 88 to 3 after five hours of debate. Democrats and Republicans backed the measure, while Morse Gruening and Nelson opposed. The bill goes to the White House for Johnson's signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Johnson
House
White House
Wayne Morse
Dore
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Gaylord Nelson
Wis
Morse
Viet Nam
Congress
Jury Deliberates as Wilkins Trial Continues in Alabama
Rural Alabama jurors reject a dinner break to keep deliberating the murder trial of Collie Leroy Wilkins 21 a Ku Klux Klansman in the slaying of Mrs Viola Liuzzo during the Selma Montgomery civil rights events. The case opened after both sides attacked Liuzzo's beliefs and after the defendant did not testify.
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Hayneville
Ala
Alabama
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Viola Liuzzo
Hrs
Luzzo
Detroit
Matt H
Hufnagel Awarded 2000 in Somerset County Injury Suit
A Somerset County jury awarded Harold Hufnagel 2000 in damages after an eight hour 40 minute deliberation over a Feb 1962 head on collision with a tractor trailer driven by Thomas Barner for the Robert H. Carr Company. The trial noted disputed speeds and medical testimony.
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Harold Hifnagel
Irwin
Somerset County
Thomas Barner
Bellefonte
Lansberry
Hafnages
Barner
Robert H. Carr Company
Thomas F. Lansberry
Hufnagel
Berlin
Marines clash with rebels in Dominican capital. fatalities reported
U S Marines fought rebels in rebel territory near Santo Domingo with at least one killed and two wounded, while two Marines were captured. Reports vary as to casualties with one or more dead and several missing, amid a cease-fire dispute and a wrong turn during a patrol.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Embajador
Marine
Santo Dominigo
Red Cross
United States
Organization of American States
Washington
Damage Suit Begins Today
Witnesses in a damage suit arising from a 1962 automobile crash will testify as the Civil Court of Somer set County sits at 9 30 this morning. Two cases run simultaneously James M Wisnouse and Ann M Wisnouse versus Robert K Clingerman and Ann M Wisnouse added. and James Wisnouse and Ann B Wisnouse versus Robert K Clingerman and James H Barnett. The accident occurred Oct 11 1962 on Route 31 east of Somerset near the Rustic Inn near Dead Man's Curve. Barbera states the case. Clingerman and Barnett are represented by Norman A Shaulis and Nathan C Kascona of Shaulis and Rascona.
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Civil Court of
Somerset County
James M. Wisnouse
Ann M. Wisnouse
Robert K., Clingerman
Robert K. Clingerman
James H. Barnett
James Wisnouse
Ann B. Wisnouse
Nat Barbara
Wisnouse
Somerset
Rustic Inn
Barbera
Dead Man’s Curve
Clingerman
Barrett
Norman A. Shaulis
Nathan C. Kascona
Shaulis
Rascona
Two Named To Head and Stamp Program in Somerset
Dale Weller of Meyersdale and Luther Hoffman of Somer were appointed as resource examiners for the food stamp program in Somerset County by the County Board of Public Assistance. Weller begins today, Hoffman earlier this week. officials will attend a May 11 meeting at the Holiday Inn in Irwin with Welfare Secretary Arlin Adams and Commissioner William Tolen. The report details 24 community projects with 78 men and 5,642 hours, 112 total applications with 40 approved, 9 added to existing aid, 17 rejected, 20 not kept, and 26 pending. As of March 1964, 5,154 people were on assistance, down from 4,185 this March. expenditures for March 1964 were $226,620, versus $237,398 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Weller
Meyersdale
Luther Hoffman
Somerset
Somerset County Board of Public Assistance
Department of Welfare
Weller
Hoffman
Southampton Township
Somerset County
York County
Somerset County Board
Pennsylvania
Holiday Inn
Irwin
Arlin M. Adams
William B. Tolen
Public Assistance
Marie Phillippi
Bomb Explodes at U S Consulate in Guayaquil
A bomb exploded Thursday night at the U S consulate in Guayaquil Ecuador creating a column of smoke visible across the city. No further details were immediately available.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
U. S
Weather in Southwestern Pennsylvania Friday and Saturday
Variable cloudiness will bring warmth into the weekend with showers and thunder showers affecting over 40 percent of the area, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Highs reach 75 to 82.
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Pennsylvania
Party Will Provide Leadership the GOP Told
Former Congressman James E. Van Zandt urged area Republicans to unite and provide strong leadership after 1964 defeats. He spoke at Friedens urging 180 attendees to mobilize city halls and county courthouses for victories in 1966 and to build confidence for 1968. He outlined his three hat roles in Washington and warned of hidden procurement problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. van Zandt
Republican Party
United States
Friedens
van Zandt
Washington
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Teen Killed After White Gang Attack
Three Negro youths hunted white gang members for revenge on a nonfatal stabbing, fatally punching and stabbing 15 year old Elmer Rush Jr. as he walked home. The assailants claimed they intended to grease a white boy and fled. Rush died on the sidewalk.
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Philadelphia
Elmer Rush Jr
10Th Street
Joseph Golden
Robert Bell
Rush
James Tinsley
Albert Mitchell
Golden
Special Jr
Mitchell
Beil
Tinsley
Louisa
Elmer Sr
Lisa
Elmer Jr
Salvator Debunda
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Wilbur
Jose M. Orlando
U. S. 82Nd Airborne Division
U. S. Navy
Asia
Gruening
Lee
U. S. Steel
Ailen Cohen
Gatz
Barner and the
Carr Corporation
James O. Courtney, Jr
Courtney and Courtney, Somerset
Party
Gop
Fred Clampett
Bell
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