Your Nation In Briefs Span Vietnam And American News
Across multiple short items, the report covers Vietnam asylum appeals to President Ford, Ben’s arrival as one of Saigon’s first orphans finding a new home, Esther Williams’ drunken driving conviction in California, Rettig’s cocaine import charge and bond, the Spruce Goose postponement following aviation outcry, Bradley’s stroke recovery, and George C. Wallace Jr.’s August wedding plans in Alabama.
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Washington
Ben
Saigon
Merle
Barbara Fischlowitz
Washington National Airport
Tan Son Nhut
America
Two Young Men Die In Franklin Township Crash
In Franklin Township two 23 year old Michael Stay of Fredericktown and 21 year old Robert Lawrence of Mather were killed when their car left a curve on Route 168 and hit trees and guardrails. Lawrence was driving east at excessive speed and the car crashed. They were pronounced dead on arrival at Greene County Memorial Hospital.
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Waynesburg
Franklin Township
Michael Stay
Fredericktown
Washington County
Robert Lawrence
Village of Mather
Green County
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Feds Probe Source Of $100,000 Purchase Behind Corry Drug Bust
Federal investigators in Miami seek the origin of $100,000 that funded a South American junket tied to the seizure of 4,000 pounds of marijuana and the capture of six Corry area men. The yacht Royono, seized with the drugs, was linked to Carl Hillstrom of Corry. Those arrested include Hillstrom, Savko, Darrow, Keppel, Leonard Stockton, and Loren Stockton, all Corry Columbus High School graduates.
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Miami
Fla
South America
Corry
United States
Colombia
Sun
Royono
Cape Knox
Carl Hillstrom
Hillstrom
Robert Savko
Richard Darrow
Henry Keppel
Leonard Stockton
Loren Stockton
Corry-Columbus
Corry Area High School
Rising hospital costs alarm Erie County hospitals
The Erie County Hospital Council and nine member facilities including Corry Memorial Hospital report rising care costs driven by hospital employment expansion and rapid medical tech advances. Automation and nurse practitioners are noted to create jobs and help curb costs while budgets allocate about 65 percent to wages and benefits.
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Erie County
Erie County Hospital Council
Corry Memorial Hospital
Doctor's Osteopathic Hospital
Erie County Hospital
Erie Osteopathic Hospital
Hamot Medical Center
Saint Vincent Health Center
Shriners’ Crippled Children’s Hospital
Union City Hospital
Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Council Has Full Agenda For Monday
City Council meets Monday at 8 pm in regular session to discuss a senior citizens center led by Mayor Mary Ann Kibler. Bids will open for a turbine pump and a street sweeper. First reading on a triennial assessment ordinance. Streets Director Miller to discuss a stop sign at West Park Place and Grace Street. City Solicitor Rozelle to cover two court cases. Engineer Johnson to comment on 1974 paying assessments and seek advertising for storm sewer pipe. Administrator Grice presents items from PUC, Government Study Commission, pension actuarial reports, and chlorine advertising.
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Mary Ann Kibler
David Miller
West Park Place
Grace Street
Douglas Rozelle
Porter Auer
Cpl
Joel Steele
David Johnson
Robert Grice
PUC
Government Study Commission
Explosion Near President Shocks San Francisco Office
A bomb ripped the 21st floor of a Standard Oil building as President Ford spoke nearby. There were no injuries and officials said there was no known link to Ford’s visit. The Red Guerrilla Family claimed responsibility, with related bomb threats and prior attacks noted. The incident followed a wave of Bay Area bombings and searches connected to Patricia Hearst cases.
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San Francisco
Standard Oil Co. of California
Ford
Red Guerrilla Family
Red Guerrilla
Menlo Park
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Here
Palm Springs
Calif
Market St
San Francisco Bay Area
Private interests seek UC Rec Area with easements
Property owners near Union City Dam urge the U S Army Corps to install a small controllable pool using their easement land without cost. The nine signers claim the miniature lake would restore fishing and boating along French Creek for about two miles and could lead to a larger 580 acre lake.
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Union City
Norman G. Delbridge
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Pittsburgh
Union City Dam
United States Corps of Engineers
Harry D. Walther
Marina Club
French Creek
Halt Sale of Rape Book At Mall
A permanent court order bars Colleen J. Williams from selling her book Corporate Rape in the Millcreek Mall walkways or distributing handbills. Authorized mall dealers may still sell the book. The injunction stems from Cafaro Company objections amid a dispute involving Williams and several Erie attorneys.
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Erie
Millcreek
Erie County
William Pratt
Cafaro Company
Colleen J. Williams
Cafaro
Gerald A. McNelis
Gerald A. McNelis Jr
Williams
Weather Stalls Journal TV Pages
Journal readers look for this week’s television schedule will be disappointed as the TV section failed to arrive from New York City and will appear in Monday’s edition.
City seeks new meter person after resignation
Mrs. Rosalie Mead, meter maid for four years, resigned this week. City Administrator Robert Grice announced the vacancy and noted applicants must be over 21 and city residents. Salary ranges from 210 to 240 per hour for a 40 hour week. Meters remain in operation and overtime tickets will be issued by police in the interim.
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Rosalie Mead
Robert Grice
Grice
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Vietnam
Oxnard
Esther Williams
Albert Blanford
Miss Williams
Fernando Lamas
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San Luis Obispo
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Richard Wood
Los Angeles
Rettig
Drug Enforcement Administration
Howard Hughes
Michael Collins
Smithsonian
Air and Space Museum
U.S
Ucla Medical Center
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Montgomery, Ala
George C. Wallace Jr
Alabama
Janice Culbertson
Montgomery
The
Wallace
Huntingdon College
Feds
CMH
Council
Red Guerilla
FBI
Berkeley
Weather Underground
New World Liberation Front
AP Wtae
UC Rec
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