Truck and Car Slide At Albany Work Site
State Police report two accidents in a foggy highway construction area west of Albany. Semitruck driver Joseph Tanner of Vienna West Virginia was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital with possible back injuries after his vehicle overturned and slid into a fence. Passenger Florence Ellis of Marietta escaped injury when her westbound car slid into a fence at the same site.
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Albany
State Highway Patrol
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Joseph Tanner
Vienna
W. Va
Tanner
Florence Sylvia Ellis
Marietta
Mayor Orders Crackdown on Illegal Parking in Athens
Mayor Raymond Shepard directs police to issue tickets or tow vehicles for parking on yellow lines, in front of fire hydrants, and in no parking zones amid numerous citizen complaints. A second item notes a Swiss legend linking the cello’s unpopularity there to a legendary avalanche.
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Raymond Shepard
Athens
Ilegal
Switzerland
Senators Demand Ban on Poison Gas Train Shipments
senators magnuson and hatfield urge deferral of army gas shipments from bangor washington to umatilla oregon saying safety must be ensured before moving 700 rail cars of mustard and nerve gas stockpiled on okinawa the dispute echoes earlier moves to halt chemical weapons transport by rail
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Washington
White House
Pentagon
Army
Pacific Northwest
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Mark O. Hatfield
Bangor
Wash
Umatilla
Ore
Magnuson
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Hatfield
Nixon
Senate
Okinawa
Pacific
Colorado
New Jersey
Defense Department
Atlantic Ocean
Senate Commerce Committee
Outdoor Christmas Decorating Contest Participation Sought
Residents of the Athens area are invited to join the Athens Jaycees second annual outdoor Christmas decorating contest. Entries in two categories residential or commercial. residential split into religious or decorative divisions. Winners receive prizes and plaques after judging on December 19 at about 6 p.m. Lyndon Johnson chairs the event and asks participants to notify him at 898 E State St Athens with display type.
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Athens Jaycees
Jaycees
Lyndon Johnson
The
State St
Athens
Top Quality Tape Sound Questioned by Consumers Union
Consumers Union evaluated 18 portable cassette models in Consumer Reports and found current machines offer AM radio quality for casual listening. The group recommends waiting for better sound, noting cassette is the future of recorded music and may surpass reel-to-reel soon.
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Mount Vernon
N_ Y
Consumers Union
Consumer Reports
Servicemen News from Hamden Area Men in Vietnam and Abroad
Army Pfc Allan K Patton 19 son of Mr and Mrs Billy Patton Hamden Ohio assigned to the 1st Logistical Command in Vietnam. Army Sgt Charlies R Willis 20 son of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Willis Hamden assigned to I Field Force Vietnam as a gunner. Army Pfc Richard D Rose 20 son of Mrs Twila G Rose Hamden Route 1 assigned as rifleman with 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Army Pfc Charles F Pittman 20 son of Mr and Mrs Henry E Pittman New Plymouth Route 1 assigned as combat infantryman. Thomas E Peacock awarded Combat Infantryman Badge rifleman near Pleiku Vietnam. Peacock is 1968 graduate of Vinton County High School who entered Army in March 1969 arrived in Vietnam last August. Airman J C Robert M Dagon son of Mr and Mrs Willis Dagon 40 Bowers Court Logan on duty at Udorn Royal Thai AFB Thailand serving as jet engine mechanic with 432nd Field Maintenance Squadron. Dagon is a 1968 graduate of Parkersburg High School. wife former Barbara K Rhodes. Army Spec 5 Donald L Dalton son of Mr and Mrs Donald R Dalton Nelsonville Route 2 assigned as instructor in helicopter loading at Ft Eustis Va. Dalton recently spent 30 day leave with wife and parents after a 12 month tour in Vietnam. His wife is Lana Jean Snedden daughter of Owen Snedden Athens. Dalton and wife now reside in Hampton Va.
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Army
Allan K. Patton
Billy Patton
Hamden
Ohio
Vietnam
Charlies R. Willis
Thomas J. Willis
I Field Force
Richard D. Rose
Twila G. Rose
Route 1
25Th Infantry
Charles F. Pittman
Henry E. Pittman
New Plymouth
Thomas E. Peacock
Francis M. Peacock
E. High St
McArthur
Pleiku
Vinton County High School
J. C. Robert M. Dagon
Willis Dagon
Bowers Court
Logan
Udorn Royal Thai Afb
Thailand
432Nd
Parkersbug High School
Dagon
McChord Afb
Wash
Barbara K. Rhodes
Donald L. Dalton
Donald R. Dalton
Nelsonville
Ft. Eustis
Dalton
Lana Jean Snedden
Owen Snedden
Athens
Hampton
Two Boys Find Toy Heaven In Boxcar
In San Antonio Texas two brothers aged 10 and 12 skipped school and hid inside a boxcar filled with Christmas toys for most of a day. A foreman for the shipping firm found them crying and revealed a teenage boy had admitted breaking into the car to obtain the toys. The boys said they met the youth while inside the boxcar.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mafia Sentences Seen Too Light by Courts
Sen. John L. McClellan cites FBI study showing Cosa Nostra defendants facing federal indictments since 1960 largely avoid prison or receive short terms. Of 328 defendants, 73 were acquitted or charges dropped, 15 got no jail term, 85 received below maximum, 96 not yet tried or sentenced.
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Cosa Nostra
John L. McClellan
Arkansas Democrat
FBI
McClellan
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