Convention Costs To Be Met By Taxpayers
Chicago reports show 1968 Democratic National Convention expenses will largely fall on taxpayers. Coordinators note unclear party costs while cash and in kind contributions total 1 zak 750 000 and services valued at 160 000. Guard and police deployments, fire crews, and federal troops added to the price tag with thousands of personnel on duty and standby.
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Chicago
John Meek
James C. Worthy
Nonpartisan Committee
Democratic National Convention Committee
Sistant
Illinois National Guard
Pierce J. Fleming
Robert Quinn
Glenview Naval Air Station
O’hare International
Ft. Hood
Texas
Ft. Carson
Colorado
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Pentagon
Washington
Jury Commissioner Lauer Succumbs In Hospital
Edward Laurer a prominent Somerset County jury commissioner and Hooversville resident died in Somerset Community Hospital after a heart attack at the county courthouse He had worked at the courthouse since morning and was taken to the hospital by County Treasurer Newton D Picking Laurer operated hotels and co owned businesses in Somerset Hooversville Stoystown Barnesboro and Hooversville and served on borough council as a justice of the peace and on the local school board.
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Edward Laurer
Somerset County
Somerset Community Hospital
Laurer
Newton D. Picking
Hooversville
Hite House
Stoystown
Antler
Barnesboro
Specht and Laurer Motor Co
Somerset
United Food Store
Hooversville Supply Co
Gilmour and Jones Service Center
Third Phase Inspection At Coleman Plant
Directors of Somerset County Development Council learned at their Thursday meeting that the Coleman plant completed its third phase inspection. The $3,740,000 project sits on 423000 square feet and marks two years of operation in the Beggs Tire sales building on North Center Avenue. Progress on the White Cross warehouse west of Coleman includes structural steel now in place and grading to begin by the sixteenth of the month. David Weir reported applications for an assistant to Brant to promote the Jobs for Tomorrow program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County Development Council
Development Council
Coleman
F.R. Brant
Beggs Tire
North Center Avenue
Brant
White Cross
Coleman Co
David Weir
Mental Health Program Headed For Somerset Bedford County
A Somerset Bedford County Mental Health and Mental Retardation program report was given to the Somerset County Health and Welfare Council on Thursday. Dale Bennett, formerly of Elkins West Virginia, was named administrator. Bennett has prior experience in similar regional services.
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Somerset- Bedford County
Somerset County Health and Welfare Council
Child Welfare
West Union Street
Henry B. Reiley, Jr
Dale Bennett
Elkins
W. Va
Bennett
Health and Welfare Council
State Employees Leave Jobs To Serve Nixon Campaign
In Harrisburg AP report, Governor Shafer confirms a wave of election year departures as Robert L. Kunzig heads the Nixon Agnew National Republican Truth Squad for October from his post at the General State Authority. James Logan will replace him temporarily. Democrats critique the transfers as traditional Pennsylvanian politics.
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Vincent P. Carocci
Harrisburg
Robert L. Kunzig
Nixon- Agnew
National Republican Truth Squad
Kunzig
General State Authority
Shafer
Richard M. Nixon
Hugh Scott
GSA
James Logan
Borrow and Build Agency
David O. Maxwell
Jack Conmy
Schweiker
Senate
Craig Truax
GOP
House
Lee A. Donaldson
Washington
Citizens For Nixon-Agnew
Daniel Buser
Commerce Department
Maxwell
Advanced Work Underway on Somerset Diamond Project
The Somerset diamond renovation progresses as traffic lighting work begins with partial equipment and two weeks for total completion. Borough Secretary A D Graham says paving by Pennsylvania Department of Highways crews arrives Monday and will take one day. He also expects a parklets contract to be approved at the Monday council meeting.
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Somerset Diamond
A.D. Graham
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Graham
Somerset
Defense chief vows antimissile shield. boosts European forces
Secretary Clifford announces approval to proceed with the Sentinel ABM system, exempt from cuts, and plans to keep substantial NATO forces in Europe. He cites the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and warns negotiations must proceed from strength while denying missile warhead details.
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Washington (Ap
Clark M. Clifford
Europe
Czechoslovakia
National Press Club
Congress
Vietnam
Clifford
Large Scale Enemy Drive Against Saigon Expected
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces pressed toward Saigon as U S intelligence warned of a possible large scale attack by mid September if they gained success in surrounding areas. US casualties surged with 408 killed and 2 513 wounded in the latest week and enemy losses totaled 4 476.
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Edwin Q. White
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Boi Loi Woods
5Th Division
25Th Infantry Division
Cu Chi
Song Be
Phu Cuong
Tan Uyen
Ben Cat
Lai Khe
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
California Gives Dick Nixon Thunderous Welcome
Nixon campaigned in California saying the average American is the Forgotten American due to national focus on the poor and unemployed. He rode through San Francisco and spoke at Santa Clara University, predicting November victory and highlighting GOP unity with Reagan Morton and Brooke. He noted inflation costing families about $1,000 in income and savings over four years.
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San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Santa Clara University
Chicago
Financial
Robert F. Kennedy
Chinatown
Ronald Reagan
Santa Clara
Weather in Western Pennsylvania Favors Cool Showers
Friday brings cloudy skies and cool air with a few showers, high 70 to 75. Saturday turns sunny with cooler conditions, northwest winds at about 15 mph.
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Pennsylvania
Revenue Dept Shows August Funds Slightly Below Forecast
Harrisburg reports August General Fund revenue at about 127.1 million, 822 thousand under forecast. For the first two months of FY 1968-69, state revenues total 205.3 million, about 1.9 million below estimates with sales tax and cigarette tax underperforming while corporate net income and liquor taxes exceed projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
General Fund
Office of Administration
Saylor After Moratorium
Rep. John P. Saylor calls for a federal committee to review civilian nuclear development and urges a moratorium on new plant licenses until safety issues are resolved. He predicts editorial pressure may push Congress to act as concerns grow.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
John P. Saylor
R-Pa
Saylor
House
Federal
Committee On
Congress
AEC
Czechs Seek Normalcy Amid Occupation Clashes
Prague reports say government leaders meet to outline steps toward restoring normal life under Soviet occupation as Moscow discussions loom. Signs persist of defiance by public and leaders despite crackdowns. The Ostrava union calls a special election to replace Drahomir Kolder, linked to the Russians, in the National Assembly. Road signs and house numbers removed to hinder raids are to be restored for emergency services.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Ostrava
Drahomir Kolder
National Assembly
Kolder
Communist Party Presidium
Area Legion Auxiliaries Install Officers Here
Patty Stutzman spoke at the joint Somerset Rockwood Legion Auxiliary meeting as Mary Irons was named Somerset chapter president and Marie Phillippi became Rockwood head. Ferne Saler directed ceremonies. other officers include Clara Huston Mary Anne Silvis Ferne Saler Marge Floyd Sara Gress and Henrietta Cowher. New officers also listed for the Somerset County Auxiliary Council and a Sept Harrisburg conference planned. An Oct 3 sauerkraut supper and a Halloween party for children at the aid home are scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Stutzman
Somerset American Legion Auxiliary
Somerset-Rockwood Legion Auxiliary
Mary Irons
Somerset
Marie Phillippi
Rockwood
Ferne Saler
Somerset County
Clara Huston
Mary Anne Silvis
Marge Floyd
Sara Gress
Henrietta Cowher
Somerset County American Legion Auxiliary Council
Betty Murray
Salisbury
Hilma Lohr
Central City
Mary Silbaugh
Ursina
Olive Maust
Nellie Grove
Loretta Wilmoth
Mildred Baer
Betty Shaffer
Betty Diehl
Boswell
American Legion Auxiliary
Samuel St. Crouse Legion Post
Somerset Post Auxiliary
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Merton Thayer
Harold Patton
Lauer
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Kakhk
Iran
Bob Horton
Paris
Soviet Union
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dick Nixon
By Relman Morin
Kenneth Carstensen
San Franciscans
Sen
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
Edward Brooke
Massachusetts
Nelson A. Rockeeiller
New York
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