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There are 25 help wanted ads listed in the Classified section today./Pages B-6 to B-8
Who’s in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area people: Deloris Kay Early, Betsy Ramsey Arone, Bill Ackerson, Elmira Parks, Shirley Somerville.
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SCARLET PATTY, 5, of Plumville, bounced in a bungee jump Saturday at the annual Indiana County Day of Play at the White Township Recreation Complex. The event, sponsored by the Children’s Advisory Commission of Indiana County, offered free family activities.
By ERICA WERNER Associated Press
KEVIN STIFFLER/Gazette
Saturday scores IUP 47 Seton Hill 10 Indiana 7 Penn State 29 Virginia 19 Pitt 26
Review: Training on shootings varies at colleges across U.S. By LISA LEFF and RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press
Coverage begins on Page C-1.
Inside VIEWING HARRISBURG: All three Democratic candidates aired their first TV commercials this week, drawing cash from the huge financial advantage that labor organizations and Philadelphia trial lawyers have provided./Page A-3 SHARED SORROWS: As the water rose after days of unrelenting rain in South Carolina, the creek spilled misery and pain on rich and poor alike, robbing both of the things most precious to them./Page B-4
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Deaths Obituaries on Page A-4 DAVIS, Richard Lee, 91, Indiana GIBSON, John C. “Jack,� 75, Indiana, formerly of Blairsville SIMON, Marie (Miller), 80, Torrance
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Eight years after the Virginia Tech massacre led to tighter security at colleges across the U.S., some schools make “active shooter� training mandatory for incoming students, while others offer little more than brief online guidance on what to do if there’s a gunman on the loose, a review by The Associated Press finds. The AP looked at public colleges and universities in more than 40 states after yet another shooting rampage, the killing of nine people at an Oregon community college Oct. 1. On Friday, there was
more bloodshed, with one person killed and three wounded at an Arizona university. At some institutions, such as the Colorado School of Mines and Arkansas State University, training on how to respond to an armed intruder has become as much a part of fall orientation as lessons on alcohol abuse. Students hear presentations covering their options, such as running, hiding or fighting back. Other schools have purely voluntary training. Or they put information on what to do in an emergency on websites, where it can easily be overlooked by students and staff members. Many public
college and university systems leave it up to their individual campuses to draw up emergency plans and decide what level of training, if any, to give employees and students. In the wake of the recent violence, some professors, students Continued on Page A-5
PAGE A-5 • Though the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education does not require campuses to have security plans for active shooters, they all do.
Spirit of family reunion marks march anniversary By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Black men and women joyously returned to the National Mall on Saturday for the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, calling for changes in policing and in black communities amid an atmosphere almost like a family reunion. Waving flags, carrying signs and listening to speeches and songs, people mingled as they wove their way through security barricades and around loudspeakers and souvenir vendors at the U.S. Capitol and down the Mall on a sunny, breezy day. For some, it was a return to Washington after the Million Man March on Oct. 16, 1995, and a chance to expose their children to the same positive experience the first march represented to them. “This is a very special moment for me. Twenty years ago, I was by my-
WASHINGTON — The job of leading House Republicans may have gone from difficult to impossible. After two tumultuous weeks that saw the current speaker announce his resignation and his heir apparent abruptly pull out of the running, House Republicans are in disarray as they confront a leadership vacuum. And the only person widely deemed fit to fill it is a lawmaker who says he doesn’t want to, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the party’s 2012 vice presidential nominee. Even as they plead with Ryan to reconsider, Republicans are left asking themselves whether anyone can lead them. And even if Ryan does yield to their entreaties, some question whether even he could tame a House GOP that seems fractured beyond repair, with a “hell no� caucus ready to risk crises and government shutdowns to achieve its goals and establishment-minded lawmakers seemingly powerless to do anything about it. “It is bad,� said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. “We cannot allow 35 or 40 people to hijack the party and blackmail the Congress. We have to get things done.� On Friday, lawmakers left Washington in confusion and discord to head home to their districts for a weeklong recess. Ryan returned to Janesville, Wisconsin, to his wife and young family to turn over his options, with leading Republicans inside Congress and out urging him to step up for the good of the party. Before the House adjourned, outgoing Continued on Page A-8
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self,� said Joey Davis, 47, of Detroit, who was setting up chairs for his family near the Capitol’s reflecting pool. “And 20 years later, I come back with my wife and five children. And so I like to think that over the last 20 years I’ve been doing my part in keeping the promise of the spirit of the original Million Man March.� Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who spearheaded the original march, called the anniversary gathering the “Justice or Else� march. Many speakers asked the crowd to chant that slogan during the day. Farrakhan, in a wide-ranging speech that lasted for more than 2 hours, called for more responsibility in the black community for innercity killings and for the government to investigate recent high-profile killings of unarmed African-American men and women. “There must come a time when we say enough is enough,� the 82-yearold Farrakhan said. Continued on Page A-5
SYDNEY BLACK, an IUP junior from Homer City, harvested heirloom corn Saturday from the Community Garden at Mack Park in White Township as part of the annual Into the Streets event. More than 100 students provided community service at 10 sites as part of the national program. KEVIN STIFFLER/Gazette
Attorney: Army officer recommends no jail time for Bergdahl By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — An Army officer is recommending that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl face a lower-level court martial and be spared the possibility of jail time for leaving his post in Afghanistan, his lawyer said Saturday. Readers’ Choice Advantage! Savings and Discounts For Gazette Subscribers. Visit www.indianagazette.com
Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban after leaving his post on June 30, 2009, and held until last year, when he was exchanged for five Taliban commanders. His commanding officers in Afghanistan say a 45-day search for Bergdahl put soldiers in danger. Military prosecutors Educational Tutoring. Elementary Through Junior High. Angie Logsdon, MEd, PhD. (724) 910-1665
charged Bergdahl in March with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, a charge that could carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. But defense attorney Eugene Fidell said Lt. Col. Mark Visger has recommended that Sgt. Bergdahl’s case be referred to a special court
martial, which is a misdemeanor-level forum. It limits the maximum punishment to reduction in rank, a badconduct discharge and a term of up to a year in prison. Fidell also said that Visger recommended that there be no prison time or punitive discharge against Bergdahl. In light of Visger’s recom-
mendations, the defense is asking that the case be disposed of non-judicially, rather than by any court martial. Visger presided over last month’s Article 32 hearing in Texas that reviewed evidence against Bergdahl. Visger submitted a report with his recContinued on Page A-8
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