Senate renames Route 22 highway to Hex Highway
Several senators objected to naming the Lehigh Berks route the Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Highway. One proposed La Strada Michaelangelo Buonarroti for ethnic harmony. The Senate approved a voice vote to amend the bill to the Hex Highway.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Lehigh
Berks Counties
Richard Snyder
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Berks
Edward P. Zemprelli
Dallegheny
la Strada
Michaelangelo Buonarroti
Senate
Avalanche risk eases in Swiss Alps but still cautious
The Swiss Avalanche Institute says snow slide danger has diminished across the Alps after a spate of avalanches. Isolated slides remain possible as colder weather stabilizes conditions. In Reckingen 12 bodies remain buried under a collapsed barracks with 17 recovered and one more dying in hospital. In Lans-le-Villard a Paris dentist and his wife were rescued after being trapped under a bed as the avalanche struck. Eight people were killed in total.
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Davos
Switzerland
Swiss Avalanche Institute
Swiss Alps
European Alps
Reckin
Alps
Lans-le-Villard
France
Paris
Demonstrators Burn Bank Of America Branch In Isla Vista
About 800 protesters gathered in Isla Vista California as Bank of America was set ablaze inside a one story brick branch. Police and firefighters watched as flames consumed the interior until reinforcements arrived. A convoy of 240 helmeted officers cleared the campus area dispersing the crowd with rocks thrown by retreating demonstrators causing minor injuries.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Bank of America
Isla Vista
Baroness de Rothschild Recovers After Heart Operation
Baroness Philippe de Rothschild is reported in good condition in Auckland after a heart operation. Surgeon Dr Brian Barrett said he prepared to transplant a valve but repaired the damaged one instead.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Philippe de Rothschild
Chateau Mouton
Brian Barrett
Low mood linked to lasting foot damage warns USC expert
In Los Angeles, USC scientist Dr Rene Caillier says prolonged low mood can cause permanent foot damage. He notes foot pain is a common manifestation of psychological distress and that people often move with their feelings.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Rene Caillier
Astronomer Sells Stars and Galaxies for Charity
Dr. I. M. Levitt director of Franklin Institute's Fels Planetarium says he is selling star clusters and galaxies to fund new exhibits. Mars Hercules and Pleiades have sold while Milky Way asked at 2500 and Andromeda at 2000. Proceeds fund six instructional moon and space exhibits.
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Philadelphia
Mars
Dr. I. M. Levitt
Franklin In
Stitute
Fels Planetarium
Levitt
Milky Way
Andromeda Galaxy
Fertility Drug Produces Fifth Set of Quintuplets
A New Jersey mother, 27, gave birth to five preterm infants at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after fertility drug treatment. Arsene Eglis said the quintuplets three girls and two boys were born within ten minutes from 10:08 to 10:18 p.m. The babies, born to Margaret Kienast of Far Hills and William Kienast, join two older children and are all reportedly doing well.
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New York
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New Jersey
Arsene Eglis
Margaret Kienast
Far Hills
N.J
Mistaken Identity Case Moves to Probation in Melbourne
A 13-year-old girl described being grabbed and dragged by a youth in a Melbourne shopping center. The accused Arthur Jaworski, 18, testified he mistook a boy for someone he knew. The magistrate placed Jaworski on probation for one year after the incident and a bystander shouted the victim’s gender.
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Melbourne
Australia
Arthur Jaworski
Jaworski
C. J. Thompson
Slide Rule For Housewives In SC
South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner William Harrelson says inflation is not the only issue raising costs. Weights and price variations on goods can hit the household budget hard. Eugene W. Ballentine notes a one ounce error on a 16 ounce meat package could raise costs by 6.5 percent. The department issues tips and a weight and price table to help stretch the dollar and aid quick calculations.
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Columbia
South Carolina Agriculture
William Harrelson
Harrelson
South Carolina Agricul
Ture
Eugene W. Ballentine
Ballentine
South Carolina
Lords Proprietors
Charles Town
Drop Noted In U S War Deaths
The Vietnam war casualties show a slight weekly drop in American deaths to 83 with 657 wounded. South Vietnamese losses reach 361 dead and 1,123 wounded, while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong deaths total 2,469 for the week.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong
Ravenel Pushes Primary for South Carolina Governor Race
Arthur Ravenel, GOP candidate for governor, argued against nominating statewide candidates by convention and urged a strong statewide primary. He said South Carolina cannot afford to skip a primary and that a contest would boost party organization for the general election. He predicted good odds against Rep. Albert Watson and planned further remarks in Union York and Rock Hill.
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Arthur Ravenel
Aiken County
Republican Women's Club
Ravenel
South Carolina
Pete
U.S
Albert Watson
Union
York
Rock Hill
Educators Industry Workshop Highlights Lancaster Story
An all day workshop at Aiken High School featured The Lancaster Story film showing the industry education partnership in Lancaster County. Attendees included Aiken County industries school guidance counselors and superintendents. Goals outlined by Dr G T Myers include better curriculum student retention stronger industry school cooperation for summer jobs and informing students about local employment opportunities. He noted industry turnover reaches about 60 percent in some cases and urged joint efforts to improve job stability.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Aiken High School
Aiken County Industries
Dr. Myers
Happy Family Sticks Together at Aiken Trials
Woodrow Sedlacek and his family run race horses at the former Clark Stables near Ai ken Training Track in New York. The household includes his wife, three sons, grandfather, pigeons, a rooster named Peew, a hen, dog, fish, parakeets, turtles and tadpoles as they anticipate the March 14 Aiken Trials.
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Woodrow Sedlacek
New York
Sedlacek
Clark Stables
Aiken
C. W. Kilbey
Israeli Air Strikes Inside Egypt Near Cairo Reported
Israeli planes crossed the Suez Canal to hit an Egyptian missile base 18 miles west of Cairo and returned safely, marking a rare inside-Egypt raid near Cairo since the 1967 war. Reports say no Israeli casualties. Egyptian antiaircraft guns fired and Cairo sirens were limited to Heliopolis area.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Cairo
Israel
Egypt
Helwan
Sahsjar
Heliopolis
Canal
Israal
Obscene Film Case Set for City Court Appearance
A local theater manager identified as Jerry Southern Ballard, 26, faces charges in city court over distributing obscene film confiscated by police on Feb. 15. Det. Carroll Heath said the case will be heard at 9 30 a m tomorrow with bond set at 100 dollars. A youth charged in the same matter was fined 100 after pleading guilty two weeks ago.
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Aiken
Jerry Southerland Ballard
Carroll Heath
Bond
Kimberly-Clark officials attend Aiken High workshop
Arthur Harmon Kimberly-Clark personnel director James Pearce also of Kimberly-Clark and S. C. Miller guidance coordinator for School Attendance Area 1 listen to a speaker at an all-day workshop held at Aiken High School.
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Arthur Harmon
Kimberly-Clark Personel
James Pearce
Kimberly-Clark
S. C. Miller
Aiken High School
Hindman
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Vineyard
Red Hot Sale
Waycross
UPI
GOP
G. T. Myers
Suez
Lebanon
West Germany
Abba Eban
Norbert Oberle
Frankfurt
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