Worst Tornado Toll In 50 Years Surges Past 330
Tornado outbreak roared from Georgia to Canada killing more than 330 people, the highest toll in half a century. Xenia Ohio suffered near total devastation with about 30 dead and 1,000 homeless in a 25,000 population town. National Guard deployed, Red Cross mobilizes 800+ disaster workers, and Kentucky reports 77 deaths as storms cripple communication and power.
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Ontario
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West Virginia
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W. Va
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Radford
Virginia
Kansas City
Allen Pearson
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Chicago
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Columbus
Nixon May Borrow Money To Pay Back Taxes
White House officials say President Nixon will likely borrow to cover a tax bill of about 465000 dollars after IRS found he owed an extra 432787 in taxes before interest for his first four years in the White House. The White House noted no fraud and said deductions and income reporting were questioned, including gifts of papers and military flights.
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New York City
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Calif
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Florida
Gerald L. Warren
James B. Rhoads
United States
Rhoads
Election Outcry Over Two Votes at Third Ward Polls
Corry area politics boils after questions about premature opening of two absentee ballots at the Third Ward Second District polling place last November 6. Erie County Commissioner Leo Weir confirms two ballots were opened before polls closed but calls no legal breach, while denying any effort to rig results. Local officials remain divided on the significance of the incident.
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Second District
Corry
Kasper
Erie County
Leo Weir
Journal
Weir
Backed Out Of Yablonski Slaying Two Say They Were Hired To Kill
Two men testified in the W. A. Boyle murder trial that they were hired to kill union rebel Joseph Yablonski in 1969 but backed out. George Smith Jr. said he refused to kill anyone, while Charles Phillips described an October 1969 trip with others to find and kill Yablonski, including an attempted break‑in at his Clarksville home. Boyle is accused of three murders tied to a $20,000 union fund plot.
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Media
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W. A
Tony'’ Boyle
Joseph ‘Jock’’ Yablonski
George Smith Jr
Jellico, Tenn
Charles James Phillips
Ohio
Paul Gilly
Triggerman
Boyle
Tennessee
Smith
Clarksville
Gilly
Sileus Huddleston
UMW
la Follette
Tenn
Huddleston
Phillips
Claude Vealey
Washington, D.C
Bethesda
Township To Appeal Annexation Decision
Corry faces an annexation dispute as Wayne Township prepares an appeal after a Commonwealth Court ruling allowed the city’s 1968 annexation of a border parcel. Notices point to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, with potential move to the U.S. Supreme Court. The township also changes attorneys as halted actions continue.
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Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Commonwealth Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Barney Bernard
Brie
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