Rail freight rate hike to raise prices on everyday items
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a freight rate increase that will raise costs of lettuce meat soap bread and even moving cars from Detroit to New York by over five dollars per vehicle. The measure aims to boost railroads by about 1.2 billion annually and takes effect June 30. Penn Central expects about 14 million dollars extra each month.
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Association of American Railroads
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Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
Jervis Langdon Jr
FCC
Israel Syria POW swap ends long separation pact
Wild scenes greeted the return of 382 Syrian and 5 Israeli POWs as crowds in Damascus and Tel Aviv surged past barriers. UN patrols to man a buffer zone in the Golan Heights follow troop and weapon withdrawals under Kissinger brokered disengagement.
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Red Cross
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Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
Suez Canal
Henry A. Kissinger
IRA suspected in kidnaping of Irish peer and his wife
In Dublin police say the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore were abducted by a group of young Provisional IRA members in an amateur raid. A 71 year old peer and his wife were seized likely on impulse as investigators search Wicklow mountains and examine a burned getaway car.
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Knocklofty
London
Northern Ireland
Wicklow
Ammonia Pipe Break Evacuates Newark School
An ammonia cloud from a severed two inch refrigeration pipe at the P Ballantine Sons brewery led to the evacuation of St. Aloysius School in Newark. About 98 students, plus 170 others outside, were treated for nausea and irritation. no serious injuries reported. Workers purged remaining gas as the building is demolished and the school planned to reopen today.
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N.J
UPI
P. Ballantine & Sons
St. Aloysius School
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Patricia Maria
Edward Wall
Interstate Wreck
Ing Co
Ballantine
Wall
John Dolak
House votes to end sugar control program
In Washington the House defeated a bid to extend a 40 year old sugar control system by 209 to 175. The plan would have kept price and supply under federal control for five more years and included guaranteed marketing quotas for 32 foreign countries. The program is to expire at year end.
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UPI
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U.S
At the Movies and Film Listings Summary
Harte reviews Mean Streets as a tough crime drama in the Godfather vein though not comparable. Twin Cinemas shows Arnold rated X at Cinema I while Nurses Report and Love Style play at Cinema II. Chester Blazing Saddles at Manchester Shopping Center earns praise as a sharp Mel Brooks comedy. Times contact numbers listed. Also note debate on sugar policy with critics Peyser and Findley calling for change, Poage backing, and Butz suggesting a target price plan to aid farmers amid foreign cartels.
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Twin Cinemas
Arnold
Stella Stevens
Cinema II
Chester
Manchester Shopping Center
Mel Brooks
Omaha sniper battle ends with officer killed and riot aftermath
A gunman Elza Carr Jr. shot and killed Omaha patrolman Paul Nields and wounded ten others during a five hour siege in a North Omaha home. The sniper fired on officers as tear gas was used and was killed fleeing the burning building. A crowd of over 100 watched as authorities battled the standoff amid thunderstorms and racial tension.
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Richard Anderson
Elza Carr Jr
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Nields
Edward Zorinsky
Richard Roth
Andersen
Roth
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