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Inside
Kindness Follows Family’s Journey on 9/11…16
PennDOT Spruces Up Judge Graff Bridge The newly painted superstructure completed by North Star Painting in October 2011.
Challenging Tunnel Work Under Way in Germany…22
By Jennifer Rupp CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Judge Graff Bridge in Armstrong County, Pa., carries 10,635 vehicles over the Allegheny River each day. Built in 1974, this 16-span, 2,700-ft. (823 m) bridge is a vital throughway for travelers around the Kittanning
area and those connecting with SR 28 to Pittsburgh. As part of its routine maintenance, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) designed a rehabilitation project that included expansion dam repair, substructure repairs, painting and other miscel-
laneous construction. The $12.1 million job received a notice to proceed on Aug. 6, 2010, and is on track for see GRAFF page 32
Paving Section ......63-75
Trico Equipment’s Oil Industry Chief Warns Founder Joseph Obama on Canada Pipeline Pustizzi Sr. Dies
Parts Section ............101
By Matthew Daly
Str uctal -Bri dges Sp ans U.S. , Cana da…42
Table of Contents ........4
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Auction Section .............. ..................Starts at 107 Business Calendar....109 Advertisers Index ....118
WASHINGTON (AP) The oil industry’s top lobbyist warned the Obama administration Jan. 4 to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline or face “huge political consequences” in an election year. Jack Gerard, president of the American
Petroleum Institute, said it would be a “huge mistake” for President Barack Obama to reject the 1,700-mi. (2,736 km), Canada-to-Texas pipeline. Obama faces a Feb. 21 deadline to decide whether the $7 billion pipeline is in the national interest. “Clearly, the Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest,” Gerard said at the see PIPELINE page 28
Joseph Pustizzi, 96, of Buena Borough passed away on Dec. 13, 2011, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Mr. Pustizzi, who was known to many as “Joe Senior,” was born on Dec. 3, 1915, at home in Forest Grove. He was one of 13 see PUSTIZZI page 26
Joseph Pustizzi Sr.