Wagon Train Fever Heads North For June Trek
Somerset County officials, including Sheriff Norman Walker, outline the 1972 Wagon Train journey from Fort Necessity in Fayette County through Somerset to Cumberland Maryland. About 200 riders, 60 wagons, and an overflow crowd gather at Bakersville Fire Hall for final briefing. beef stew and coffee pots join the tradition as beards sprout for the start Monday June 18.
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Bakersville Fire Hall
Fort Necessity
Fayette County
Somerset County
Cumberland
Allegany County
Norman Walker
Bender
Ft. Necessity
Markleysberg
North Vietnamese Attack Near Hue Slows Allied Efforts
Allied air and naval fire halted a tank led North Vietnamese assault on the Street Without Joy north of Hue at dawn. In An Loc, relief forces failed to gain decisive progress, with near-continual fighting and mixed advances reported as U S and South Vietnamese units pressed the siege.
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Saigon
Hue
An Loc
U.S
Quang Tri
Street Without Joy
My Chanh
Associated Press
Richard Blystone
Checkmate
Bastogne
An Loe
Lynn C. Newland
Highway 13
Tan Khai
Wallace Condition Stable After Shooting
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace remains stable at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring Maryland with near normal temperature and stable blood pressure. Kidney function is normal and leg paralysis from a spinal bullet shows no change. Surgery to remove the slug and assess walking ability is planned for this week.
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Silver Spring
Holy Cross Hospital
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Boy Power in Action at Ebensburg Scout Show
At the Cambria County Fairgrounds in Ebensburg a Saturday event showcased Boy Scouts of America Penn's Woods Council activities. Beginning at 11 a.m. invited boys from eight counties joined cub packs troops and posts as the council hosted a full day of displays stage shows and demonstrations highlighting arts crafts science conservation first aid cooking rope making and more with circus acts folklore and Indian dancing featured on two stages.
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Boypower
Cambria County Fairgrounds
Ebensburg
Penn's Woods Council, Inc
Boy Scouts of America
Penn's Woods Council
Boy Scouts
Cubs
Explorer
Somerset
Blair Bedford
Cambria
Indiana
Armstrong, Westmoreland
Centre Counties
Nixon Prepares for Moscow Talks Amid Armament Pact Uncertainties
President Nixon works with advisers on a tentative U S Soviet nuclear weapons limit while in Salzburg. Kissinger notes unresolved technical details may delay signing in Moscow as Nixon aims for a cooperative space pact and broader talks on grain sales and trade.
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Austria
White House
Nixon
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Kissinseer
Vietnam
Middle East
Europe
Mrs Semanitsky Succumbs At 87 In Connecticut
Kathyn Semanitzky 87 formerly of Somerset County died Friday in Bristol Connecticut. Her husband the late Rev John Semanitzky served as pastor of St Johns Russian Orthodox Church in Central City. She leaves three daughters and son Michael conductor of the Johnstown Symphony and Pittsburgh Youth Symphony. Funeral services set for Monday at St Peters and Paul Russian Orthodox Church Bristol with interment Terryville.
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Kathyn Semanitzky
Somerset County
Bristol
Conn
John Semanitzky
St. Johns Russian Orthodox Church
Central City
Michael
Johnstown Symphony
Pittsburgh
St. Peters and Paul Russian Orthodox Church
Terryville
Black Lung Bill Signed Extends Federal Benefits
President Nixon signed a law expanding federal benefits for black lung disease for 18 more months. Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia called the measure a debt owed by society to coal miners and their families, saying it brings justice and equity denied in the past.
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Washington
Nixon
Jennings Randolph
DW. Va
Wage and Price Controls Urged to Exclude Giants
The Joint Economic Committee urged removing wage and price controls from all but large firms. They proposed exempting the working poor and smaller companies, ending rent controls, and freezing executive salaries above 200000. The report targets big business and unions as price and wage power.
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Washington
Joint Economic Committee
O Congress
Family Of Five Homeless After Berlin House Fire
A late Saturday fire at 219 Main Street Berlin caused nearly total loss of a home owned by Mrs. Urbin C. Miller. Fire officials cite faulty wiring as the cause. The family includes three Miller children and a son recently returned from service. donations of clothing and household goods are being collected by Berlin Brethren Church with Rev. Ralph Mills coordinating and neighbors contributing.
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Urbin C. Miller
Main Street
Berlin Brethren Church
Miller
Ralph Mills
antibusing and welfare bills dominate Harrisburg session
In Harrisburg the House will likely pass an antibusing measure aimed at barring the Human Relations Commission from ordering desegregation with Rep. Caputo eyeing about 160 votes. In the Senate a $54 million welfare deficiency appropriation advances amid threats and a companion bill placing Welfare Department regulations under legislative control.
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Harrisburg
Human Relations Commission
Charles Caputo
House
Welfare Department
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Monday to Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warm with highs in the 70s to 80s. Lows Monday night upper 40s to mid 50s. Tuesday highs in the 70s with variable clouds. Light northeast to north winds 5 to 10 mph. Very low precipitation chances near zero Monday and about 1 percent Monday night.
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Pennsylvania
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