Trustees See Congress Key to Penn Central Bid to Avert Auction
Penn Central trustees warn that without congressional action the ailing railroad could be auctioned off, possibly by year end or early next year. They expect a reorganization plan or liquidation by July 2, with cash shortfalls risking a shutdown affecting 35,000 daily commuters.
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Oral Contraceptives Linked to Gallbladder Disease
Boston University researchers report in Lancet that women using oral contraceptives have about double the risk of surgically proven gallbladder disease versus nonusers. The study of 212 cases and 842 controls suggests estrogen in low‑dose pills may alter bile, with risk appearing early in use.
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Boston
Lancet
Ion Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program
Boston University Medical Center
Fire Kills 28 in French Quarter Bar Flash
A second story New Orleans bar fire on Sunday night killed 28 people. The coroner described the scene as a mass of death. Firefighters battled the blaze in the French Quarter as investigators began work at the scene.
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New Orleans
French Quarter
Area Code Change Causes Confusion
Richmond Virginia based Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co reports mixed results after introducing the 804 long distance area code. Western states dialing the new code encounter switching issues, while callers inside Virginia and neighboring states face no major problems.
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Richmond
Virginia
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Becky Milton
California
Iowa
Oklahoma
Chicago
Lll
C&p
Icelanders Fight Lava Flows From Kirkjufell Crater
Sigurgeirsson led a piping system up Kirkjufell to spray seawater on lava streams threatening the port. Eighteen pumps directed half a million tons daily, preserving the $100 million harbor and boosting recovery. Over 400 residents returned home as weekend volunteers clear roads. about 600 homes were destroyed or damaged.
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Sigurgeirsson
Kirkjufell
Atight Essor
Richmond Men Drown After River Rescue Bid
Two Richmond men William Wood Jr aged 21 and Joseph Douglas aged 27 drowned while fishing on the south bank of the James River near Ancarrow's Marina. Douglas fell in and Wood jumped in to assist, authorities said.
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Richmond
James River
William Wood Jr
Joseph Douglas
Ancarrow
Douglas
Wood
Princeton Man Burned In Workshop Fire
A 35 year old Princeton man suffered facial burns when a gasoline container burst while he cleaned brushes. R. J. Sisk of 309 Fourth Street was treated at Princeton Community Hospital after the 2 p.m. Sunday incident. An outside storage workshop building was destroyed by the fire.
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R. J. Sisk
Fourth Street
Princeton Community Hospital
Prison Farm Escapees Sought in Danville
Danville authorities hunted two escapees from the Danville Prison Farm who fled during a church service. Witnesses saw Raymond Johns 27 and James Wells 21 flee over a wall and into a white car driven by a woman parked near the facility.
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Danville (Ap) Ities
Danville
Raymond Johns
James Wells
Deaths: Nellie Louise Brown 38 Gaithersburg resident
Nellie Louise Brown 38 of Gaithersburg Md formerly of Tazewell Va died after a short illness in a Bethesda Md hospital. She was wife of Arnold Herald and mother of eight sons and two daughters. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. at Church of God Thompson Valley Va with Rev Bobby Overton. burial in Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell Va. Greever Funeral Home of Tazewell in charge.
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Tazewell
Bethesda
Clarence Brown
Arnold Herald
Dora
Lynn Herald
Bobby
Larry
Randy
Donald
Jimmy
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Allen
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Marie Herald
Ada Sizemore
Salem Va
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Martha Brown
Allie Brown
Patricia Brown
Frank Brown
Clarence Brown Jr
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Thompson Valley
Bobby Overton
Maplewood Cemetery
Greever
Obituaries Items From Tazewell and Welch
Alta Totten 61 of North Tazewell Va died recently services today at Greever Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev Cecil Barnett and Rev Ralph White burial Rhody Cemetery Thompson Valley Survivors include one daughter Mildred Herald pallbearers and hospital staff from Mattie Williams Hospital Richlands Va honorary pallbearers named Osie C Bailey 89 of Welch died today at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch services 11 am burial Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield pallbearers listed Burge David Cline Ervin Allen Ray Stanley Ronnie Perdue and Jim Duty.
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Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Cecil Barnett
Ralph White
Rhody
Thompson Valley
Mildred Herald
Mattie Williams Hospital
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Nixon and Brezhnev tout improving U S Soviet relations
Nixon told Brezhnev the two powers will use force or threats sparingly in their dealings and with the world. Brezhnev said he is leaving the United States with good feelings and believes the agreements will be welcomed globally. He thanked Americans who support the move toward closer U S Soviet ties and expressed trust that U S policies will be backed by the people.
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Brezhnev
United States
U.S
Britain sees 5.38 million foreign visitors in 1972
Britain recorded 5.375 million foreign visitors in 1972 excluding Commonwealth and Irish Republic citizens. The Department of Trade and Industry and the British Tourist Authority report an about 8 percent rise from 1971, with U.S. visitors at 1.6 million up 4 percent.
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British Commonwealth
Irish Republic
Department of Trade and Industry
British Tourist Authority
United States
Israel High Court Rules Extradition of Ross to U S
Israel's Supreme Court ruled that Steven Ivan Ross an American charged with abducting a 2 year old girl in Mexico can be extradited to the United States. The court upheld a lower court decision and rejected arguments that Israeli law does not cover cross border kidnapping.
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Israel
Supreme Court
Steven Ivan Ross
Mexico
United States
Ross
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Diana Carrion
Puebla
New Orleans
PPG Industries Builds 58-Foot Foam Insulated Refrigeration
A NEA Photo captures an imposing 58-foot-high foam insulated refrigeration unit near Paulsboro J. as part of PPG Industries' ambitious heating and cooling project.
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PPG
Paulsboro
NEA
Redbird serves as beneficial pest hunter in Almanac notes
The cardinal or redbird is described as a songbird beneficial to humans because it eats pests like cotton boll weevils and beetles. The World Almanac lists it as the state bird for six states including Illinois and Ohio.
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World Almanac Notes
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Indiana
Kentucky
North Carolina
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Speakers Lined Up For Taft Seminar
Morgantown West Virginia AP prominent speakers will address the Taft Seminar in Practical Politics at West Virginia University during its final week. Mary Lou Berg deputy chairwoman to the Wisconsin Democratic National Committee speaks Monday. Tuesday features John D Rockefeller IV and U S Rep R H Thornton. Wednesday hosts J Philip Reberger. Thursday brings Robert Nelson. Friday closes with Justice Charles H Haden.
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Robert A. Taft
West Virginia University
Mary Lou Berg
Wisconsin
Democratic National Committee
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia Wesleyan College
West Virginia
U.S
R.H. Thornton
Arkansas
J. Philip Reberger
Altair Airlines cancels all flights after pilot illness
PHILADELPHIA AP Altair Airlines halted all Sunday operations as 11 of 12 pilots called in sick leaving six flights stranded. President Tristram C Colker Jr warned Monday services may also be canceled while ongoing contract talks with the pilots continue. The carrier serves several East Coast states and the District of Columbia from Philadelphia International Airport.
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Altair Airlines
Tristram C. Colker Jr
Altair
Philadelphia International
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Inmate Escape Continues From Washington County Jail
Washington County authorities hunted for two inmates after they overpowered a guard and fled the jail early Saturday. John Hull, 40, was recaptured near Interstate 70 while hitchhiking. At large were James Taylor, 22, of Eighty Four and John Boyd, 26, of Pittsburgh. Sheriff Debreczeni said the guard was injured when a feigned illness prompted the escape.
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Washington, Pa
Washington County
John Hull
Derry
James Taylor
Eighty Four
John Boyd
Pittsburgh
Alex Debreczeni
Reservists Die In Plane Crash Near St Clair Michigan
Two Marine reservists Maj. John Rose of Bloomfield Hills and Capt. Robert Davis of Minneapolis died when their twin-engine military plane crashed on Interstate 94 near St Clair Michigan during a routine flight.
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ST. Clair, Mich
Michigan
John Rose
Bloomfield Hills
Robert Davis
Minneapolis, Minn
Dunford Named To Commission
Richmond AP reports House of Delegates Speaker John W. Cooke announced many appointments to state commissions. Delegates Sutherland Geisler Towler White McDiarmid Dickinson Elliott Morris Dillard Miller Durrette Melnick Dunford McClanan Parker Jones Cranwell McMurtrie Murphy Teich Moss were named to studies on public employes solid waste energy and education including a proposed veterinary school and energy crisis commission.
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House of Delegates
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
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Del
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Fairfax
Benjamin H. Woodbridge Jr
Fredericksburg
Jerry H. Geisler
Carroll
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Petersburg
John C. Towler
Roanoke
Dels
J. Warren White Sr
Norfolk
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W. Earl Dickinson
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Richard W. Elliott
Rustbury
Philip B. Morris
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