Memorial Day Observances Planned Across Somerset Area
Memorial Day services and parades honoring veterans and war dead are planned in Somerset County communities. Judge John G. Brosky will give the address at the Somerset County Courthouse Plaza at 9 30 a.m. Other ceremonies, marching bands, bells, and a Gettysburg Address recitation are scheduled, with veterans groups sponsoring and a parade proceeding through local streets.
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Somerset County
John G. Brosky
Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
South Pacific
Judge Brosky
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
171St
Pennsylvania Air National Guard
University of Pittsburgh
Robert G. Platt
Somerset High School
Courthouse Plaza
Somerset
Samuel J. Tomaselli
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Carl R. Hull
Pas Peter’s Catholic Church
St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
John Runneer
Somerset Area High School
D. Weimer
Jay Walker
Loretta Wilmouth
Betty Specht
Ruth Male
James R. Fike
War Mothers
Clara Huston
Julia Schrock
Gene Lloyd
Ralph Barnett
Elmer Kline
Harvey Eisler
Richard Beeghly
Robert Lloyd
Diamond
West Patriot Street
North Rosina Avenue
Felgar Road
Husband Cemetery
North Edgewood Avenue
West Union Street
Robert G. Doyle
Calvary United Methodist Church
Dave Miller
Larry Hoffman
Herbert Kaufmann
Ankeny Square
Col. Cummins
Union Cemetery
Somerset Memorial Day Committee
Oscar
Sutliffe
George Cassett
Boswell American Legion Post 461
SALT pact leaves room for larger nuclear arsenals
The Moscow accord allows both the United States and the Soviet Union to expand and modernize their nuclear forces. It permits upgrading existing missiles and submarines, with MIRV and sea-based missiles potential boosts. Read as a framework that signals intent to slow the arms race but preserves sizable expansion room.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Vietnam and Mideast Problems Cited in Summit Accord
Nixon and Brezhnev sign a two part pact to curb nuclear arms growth and halt the spread of conflict in Vietnam and the Middle East. The agreement includes an ABM missile site limit and a five year freeze on offensive missiles while broader talks continue.
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Moscow
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Din
Eterim
Este Lance
Alexei N. Kosygn
Kosygin
Middle East
Vietnam
Kremlin
Senate
Washington
D.C
Grand Forks
N.C
North
North Vietnam
World Of Work Open For Youth In Somerset County
The Somerset County Board of Assistance discussed the Neighborhood Youth Corps at an open meeting. It offers 60 summer jobs for welfare families: 10 for boys at Babcock State Park, 25 for boys at Mt Davis, 25 for girls at Somerset State Hospital, paying $1.60 an hour for four days weekly starting June 26.
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Somerset County Board of Assistance
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Sam Beattie
Somerset County
Babcock State Park
Mt. Davis
Somerset State Hospital
Board of Assistance
YMCA
Beattie
Kontum Defenders Repel Second Day North Vietnamese Attack
In Kontum the defenders battled a second day of North Vietnamese assaults. Officials report about 12 enemy tanks destroyed and an estimated 1,000 troops killed or forced back. American advisers say the city is under control as government forces push pockets of enemy from the outskirts.
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Saigon
Kontum
Associated Press
David J. Paine
Pleiku
Highlands
Paine
U.S
Windber Leads Debate On County Housing Code
Somerset County officials surveyed 50 municipalities on a countywide housing code with responses of yes no and maybe Windber already uses a housing code Analysts heard support for minimal codes while opponents warn of privacy invasion and local control concerns A model code was proposed detailing minimum standards and enforcement with debates over county versus local administration and cost considerations.
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Somerset County
Dick Cartwright
Somerset Count Planning and Zoning Commission
Windber
Planning Commission
Commission
Somerset
Pennsylvania projects 22.4 million surplus end of June
Harrisburg AP: Revenue Secretary Kane says the fiscal year will close with a 22.4 million surplus, the final estimate pending books closure. Gov. Shapp had floated a 32 million surplus, with earlier ranges from 31 million to a 29 million deficit. Kane notes tax-cut proposals amid receipts, and cites general fund collections totaling 3,348,700,000 for the year.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Kane
Kane
Shapp
Commonwealth
GOP
Elder Drowns At High Point Lake While Fishing
State Police report a 72 year old Fayette County man Walter B. Marinak drowned Friday at High Point Lake Elk Lick Township. He fell from a boat during fishing with his son Gerald Marinak 45. Divers from Greensburg Fire Department found his body in the afternoon.
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Fayette County
High Point Lake
Elk Lick Township
Walter B. Marinak
Main St
McClellantown
Gerald Marinak
Marinak
Greensburg
Fire Department
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Sunny and pleasant Saturday with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s. Clear cool Saturday night with lows in the mid 40s. Sunny and warm Sunday and Memorial Day with highs in the 70s and low 80s. Light winds from 5 to 15 mph, southeasterly at times. Rain probability near zero.
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Pennsylvania
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Boswell
Robert Brown
Reid Weimer
Oscar Sutliffe
Mitteemen
American Legion Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Allison Revelle
Allison
William Revello
Russia
Kansas
Shade Central City High School
Cairnbrook
Frances Lewandowski
Donna Zellers
Dennis Lewandowski
Mideast
State Hospital
Kkontum
Haiphong
Midway
Hetty
Elder
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