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Wednesday. Sepi«‘fcer 1?. 1*
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- “‘When ConRail was -fdrmedinApril of 1976 it was the concensus of our legal department that Confiail.did not; assume responsibility for overhead structures,” explained James Blake, of ConRail. TUs despite a 1953 order from the Department of Transportation to Pehn Central -allocating' full ' responsibility- to that ; icomnany 'for all overhead structures. .
Representatives < from PennDOT said 'that theirs agency owned the. first two spans oftheyiaduct and that these were structur ally
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upon receipt of a complaint would be to-set-up a con- , ference to determine if the problem can -be solved immediately. Next a formal hearing will be held -where all affected parties present testimony On the ' matter. After the testimony; is transcribed, ' an Administrative Law.Judge from the PUC will issue an initial decision and send it to all the parties.- They are given the opportunity to file exceptions to-the decision. Then the final decision,with exceptions,.goestO:the commissioners,” Flsisher < explained. r\:	S'
If an m-dejih study of the viaduct is ordered, it, may " take an additional three -months. To' save time, Fleisbev suggested that the four concerned parties,- -PennDOT, .ConRail; and Glehfieid Borough (retain • engineers to - review the ■ structure- and determi^i if -an in-depth* • study is ■ required: ^
- That review is'scheduled to take - place within two - weeks. .

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AFTER EIGHT YEARS, the.; state GlenfieW Mayor John Sebwoegtshows Public Utilities Commission a con- Police Chief Paul Cernaasky a piece of ducting a study of the deteriorating concrete that fell frem the structure.
/ . GlOnfield Viaduct. ln thls lm photo,	)
Leetsdalehousing ready
Plans for 1 high-rise budding 'fir senior citizen y hooting are rea&jto ^v* forward Leetsdale Planning Commission chairman Joseph Palmer reported to . borough'council on sept. 10.
According to Palmer, the Allegheny County Housing
is ready to ask tore buUding-
P^tosaidhehadbe«arted if the borough of LaetsfeM could make the coning amendments that are . required for the structure by Sept. 15.
Council, however, deferred action on the zoning amendments until a later date.
Councilman John Cigan asked if the financing for the structure had been secured, and Palmer said he could not “guarantee’ this had been done.
Solicitor Carl Kerchner said the earliest the zoning
—	could be amended would be
..	*	4usc ^p, visitine an Sept. 22, and council
MORNING GLORY: Herald photograph** D"l-"SmSSfSfHenry Avenue’,agt iff p'm* 1lha?Sft "5 open Morning Glory at the home	9pring, the Emmertsgota Jinsida- the change,
& »—>	of meeds planted I P	•*»rear wall of their	}n ^her action, council
voted to Join in Uie Quaker Valley Juvenile Officer
Program if the other boroughs with 75 per cent of the-. - school district’s population join in the program.
Solicitor. Kerchner also reported die Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission^ had finally order Gonrail to' make necessary repain to the Oliver St. midge, which will be a four-year project. ~ — In other action, council:
—tabled action , on a bid from the Buneher Co. for
5.42 acres of borough land in the amount of $51,007.13. .—approved purchase of some 500Jeet of fencing for $1,000 for^he borough, garage.
—heprd a report from building inspector Gaspar Breck that legal negotiations are being conducted with a Beaver Street property owner who is- constructing a duplex house for which the foundation has cracked.
open Morning Glory at the home of the Russel j. am.*.*.«, -	j
Friday, From just * few packets of seeds planted last spring, theE	g
magnificent profushm of blue flowers that rises twelve feet up tne ri house.
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window of a KtoMt van
parked in the Quotwr Val^ Junior High School tot, the same place where the tire stoshings occurred