Teamsters Want Hoffa Out
Detroit residents react with bitterness as James R. Hoffa’s parole appeal is denied. Hoffa, serving 13 years for jury tampering and mail fraud, will remain at Lewisburg prison until at least July 1972 when parole officials will reconsider. Local 299 members recall Hoffa’s role in organizing the Detroit union and credit him with safety gains and better conditions for truckers.
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Detroit
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Local 299
Hoffa
Te International Teamsters Union
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
U.S. Board of Parole
Jimmy
Pittsburgh
PUC Orders Payment For Scotts Crossing
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission set shared costs for gates and lighting at the Erie Lackawanna Scotts Crossing, totaling 57 800 dollars. PennDOT pays 36 000, Columbus Township 2 600, Erie Lackawanna 11 400, and Warren County 7 800, after a safety campaign sparked by six deaths in 14 months. The case mirrors a similar ruling in Corry on Shady Avenue, prompted by a fatal crash and public demand for signals.
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Erie Lackawanna
Scotts Crossing
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
the Journal
PUC
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Columbus Township
Warren County
Journal
PAC
Corry
Shady Avenue
Railroad
Erie County
U.S. newsprint costs rise as paper firms hike prices
U.S. paper producers announce newsprint price increases of 7 to 8 dollars per ton, aligning with Canadian International Paper. International Paper had raised to 158 dollars per ton in the south and 160 in the north, with similar hikes delayed from January to April. Great North, Great Paper, and Kimberly Clark are among firms raising prices effective today.
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New York
International Paper
North America
International
U.S
Noc
Great North
Great Paper
Kimberly Clark
Calley Begins Freedom Struggle For Life To Freedom
Lt. William L. Calley Jr., 27, spared the death penalty after a court martial at Fort Benning for the My Lai massacre. He faces automatic review potentially spanning years, with possible civil- court routes after military appeals. President Nixon could pardon or reduce the sentence, while Calley likely serves at Fort Leavenworth.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ft. Benning
George Latimer
Latimer
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Penelec Win Cuts 75 Percent Of Requested Rate Hike
The Public Utility Commission granted three quarters of Penelec's $24.2 million proposed rate increase. Customers already faced partial increases since December, with fuel cost allowances added in January. Penelec President N Gwymme Dodson said the final order totals $18.7 million, about 75 percent of the original request, pending full analysis of the order. The changes phase in a six percent state sales tax removal from electric bills starting July.
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Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Carry
PUC
Penelec
N. Gwymme Dodson
Petreine
Peneloc
Hie
Dodson
General Railpeteoe Tr
Dwyer Seeks Data On Relief Abuses Here
Senator R Budd Dwyer urges Corry residents to report suspected welfare relief abuses to him. He cites a cursory audit claiming one in ten Philadelphia relief recipients are ineligible and says informers will be kept confidential. He aims to expose fraud to force corrective action by the welfare apparatus. Harrisburg file. state Senate committee investigates welfare administration.
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R. Budd Dwyer
Corry
Dwyer
Philadelphia
Senate
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Draft foes fail as House keeps the draft alive
In Washington the House soundly rejected a move to abolish the draft. A one year extension fell two votes short at 200 to 198 while efforts to cut Indochina troop use and end deferments progressed slowly. Divinity student deferments were approved by a 114 to 29 margin amid debate over moral climate and church state separation.
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Washington
House
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Rohio
Bella
Absug
D-N
Warren J. Mitchell
D-Md
Southeast Asia
Charles S. Gubser
Richard H. Ichord
D-Mo
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
Scott Leads Drive Against War Critics
Washington AP report says Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott led a GOP counterattack against critics of Nixon war policy. Four freshman Republicans Taft Jr Beal Jr Weicker Jr Brock joined Scott in speeches backing administration efforts amid tensions with Sen. Muskie over bombing policy.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Glenn Beal Jr
Maryland
William E. Brock
Tennessee
Scott
Edmund S. Muskie
D-Maine
Tom
Vietnam
House Democrats
Indochina
House
White House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
U.S
Taft
Kennedy
Johnson
Brock
John W. Gardner
Common Cause
New York Council of Churches
Arthur Hoppe
California
Mother For Peace
Boy, 15, Injured In Shooting Mishap
A 15 year old Centerville youth sustained a grazing wound to his right leg when a .22 rifle discharged accidentally on his porch. Mark A. Novak, 15, and his 17 year old brother Frederick were shooting at stray dogs on the porch of their home on R D 2 Centerville when the firearm fell and went off. He was taken to Union City Hospital by a friend, treated and released the same night.
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Centerville
Corry
Mark A. Novak
Frederick
R.D. 2
Mark Novak
Union City Hospital
Submarine threat drifts toward Florida with mercury cargo
AP report says a sunken German submarine, the Flying Dutchman, may drift near Tampa Bay carrying nearly 200 tons of mercury and munitions. EPA official Zeller notes risk if 200 tons of mercury were released into the Gulf of Mexico. federal figures discuss the salvage and secrecy around the wreck in late 1930s design.
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Atlanta, Ga
Florida
Howard Zeller
Southeastern
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Tampa Bay
Anne of Gey
Bahama Islands
Zeller
Food and Drug Administration
Gulf of Mexico
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Corry Fish Hatchery
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Ziegler
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