Orphans Killed In Crash In Saigon Mercy Flight
In Saigon a U S Air Force Galaxy transport carrying 296 people including 243 Vietnamese orphans crashed after takeoff. At least 73 killed, 40 orphans among the dead. 105 orphans and 19 U S personnel survived. Rescue efforts pursued amid debris in a paddy field.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Ford
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
United States
Tan Son Nhut
13Th Air Force
Manila
Washington
CSA
Air Force
Associated Press
Huynh Minh Trinh
U.S. Defense Attache
Air America
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital
Clark Base
Tree crushes car on East Frederick during storm
During a fierce late winter storm a large tree toppled on East Frederick street slamming a branch into the windshield of a car driven by Mrs. Ralph Martin. She sustained slight injuries as city crews police and volunteers responded to the near disaster.
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East Frederick Street
Ralph Martin
Journal
McEldowney
Spring Blockbuster Roars Into Town Snowbound
A spring blizzard with 60 mph winds dumps eight inches of snow and drives the temperature to 18 degrees. The storm halts most activity though a YMCA belly dancing class proceeds. A maple toppled by wind crushed a car on East Frederick Street injuring driver Mrs. Ralph Martin, 50, who was treated and released at Corry Memorial Hospital. Wires down and local utility crews clear damage while police report $1,000 in car damage. Emergency crews and volunteers dig out streets as snowplows create drifts.
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Bill Eaton
YMCA
East South
Concord
East Frederick Street
Ralph Martin
West Frederick Street
Corry Memorial Hospital
Penelec
General Telephone
Corry
Martin
Charles Weston
Armory
Salvation Army
Union City
Guy Dalton
Warren
Matlack Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dodd Farms
Mill Village
Bear Lake
Sparta
Corry TV Cable Co
East Main Street
Erie
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Buck Page
Corry Men Arrested Aboard Yacht With Marijuana
Six Corry-Columbus men were arrested after U S Coast Guard found several thousand pounds of marijuana aboard the yacht Bogona, which is reportedly owned by one suspect. The yacht was towed to Miami, and the group was led off by authorities as a patrol photo noted the men.
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Corry-Columbus
Bogona
U.S. Coast Guard
Corryites
Miami
Robert Savko
Richard Darrow
Henry H. Keppel
Leonard Stockton
Carl Hillstrom
Loren Stockton
Burned marijuana seized from 60-foot boat case in Miami
DEA agents burned 5240 pounds of marijuana valued at 1.2 million dollars after Coast Guard seized the cargo from the yawl Rogono off Cuba Haiti waters. Six suspects from Corry and Columbus PA were charged with conspiracy to import the drug, identified as Carl Hillstrom Leonard Stockton Henry Keppel Loren Stockton Richard Darrow and Robert Savko.
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Miami
Drug Enforcement Administration
Coast Guard
Corry
Columbus
U.S
Portsmouth
N.H
Cuba
Haiti
Carl Hillstrom
Leonard C. Stockton
Henry H. Keppel
Loren @. Stockton
Richard J. Darrow
Robert C. Savko
Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.7 Percent in March
The Labor Department reports March unemployment at 8.7 percent with about eight million jobless, nearly 200000 new losses, and a labor force increase of 300000. Total employment falls to 83.3 million, marking six straight months of job losses and the highest rate since 1941.
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Washington
Labor Department
U.S
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ford
Treasury
William E. Simon
Recession Hits Hospitals With Fewer Patients
Cambridge AP report cites Arthur D. Little findings that hospitals treat 10 to 20 percent fewer patients as people defer nonurgent surgery amid recession. Suburban facilities feel the squeeze as demand drops, while big city teaching hospitals stay near full capacity. Loss of jobs and group health coverage drive avoidance of hospital stays.
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Cambridge, Mass
Richard L. Hughes
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Planes and boats rush to aid Spartan Lady oil tanker
NEW YORK AP A 557-foot tanker Spartan Lady was breaking up 150 miles south of New York reports say. Five Coast Guard planes and three cutters moved in along with a Russian vessel about 60 miles away. The Siberian registered ship carried No 6 fuel oil and a crew of 36. The SOS was received in New York.
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NEW York
Coast Guard
Siberian
S.O.S
Severe winter storm causes multi-vehicle crashes in Corry area
State police labeled the period from yesterday afternoon to tonight as the worst traffic accident spell in over two decades. More than 30 crashes across the Corry area were blamed on icy roads and near zero visibility, with property damage surpassing 27000 dollars and no serious injuries reported. Route 277 between Corry and Spartansburg saw a seven-vehicle pileup, Route 6 west endured multiple crashes, and buses were involved in at least two chain reactions. Troopers warned residents to avoid travel unless necessary. City police aided troopers at scenes, and Corry Memorial Hospital listed several accident victims, including Alfred Aikens, Russell Munsee, Joseph and Mrs. Fred Moses, Lydia Taggart, and a child passenger.
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Corry
INO
Corry Memorial Hospital
Alfred Aikens
B.D
Spartansburg
Russell Munsee
Unionity
Joseph. Moses
Fred Moses
Venture Inn
Lydia Taggart
North Center Street
Thieu Accepts Cabinet Resignations in Saigon Change
President Nguyen Van Thien announced in a nationwide broadcast that he accepted the cabinet resignations and named Nguyen Ba Can, speaker of the lower house, to form a new government amid mounting tensions after major North Vietnamese defeats.
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Nguyen Ba Can
National Assembly
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