Chamber seeks protest data on Penn Central freight service
The Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce requests users of rail freight ice to send letters of protest. Theodore Cox reports Penn Central Railroad may discontinue freight service to Titusville and area. Letters should state current usage, form of usage, projected usage, and impact of loss. Data needed from Titusville Centerville Spartansburg and nearby areas to help reverse the decision.
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Titusville Area
Titusville
Centerville
Spartansburg
Cox
Chamber
Oil City
New York
Ite
Fee To Area Congressman Loses Job
WARREN The Department of Commerce cancelled a $70 000 research contract with Bradford economist Richard McCormack who is running in the April 25 primary against Congressman Albert W Johnson a Nixon supporter After one month on the job at 2500 McCormack lost the government contract to study economic conditions in Northwest Pennsylvania Officials from the Economic Development Administration said the contract was cancelled because McCormack's conclusions were minimal Unemployment in Bradford is 18 to 20 percent McCormack had filed for the Republican primary on October 15 Johnson his primary rival has voted with the Nixon administration on most proposals including the SST program
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Department of Commerce
Bradford
Albert W. Johnson
Nixon
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Richard McCormack
Pennsylvania
Economic Development Administration
McCormack
Johnson
LBJ Reported Good Told Take It Easy
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson days after a major heart attack is in good condition at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio. Officials say he remains under doctor orders to rest and take it easy, with a spokesman noting he is “getting along just fine.” Johnson, 63, receives cards and letters and may watch some television while spending most hours resting.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Army
Brooke General Hospital
Virginia
Johnson
Nixon Address Joint Session of Canadian Parliament Today
President Nixon arrives in Ottawa for a 40 hour visit and will address a joint session of Parliament The trip marks the first American president to speak before Canada's lawmakers since John F Kennedy in 1962 Talks with Prime Minister Trudeau are not expected to resolve economic clashes over U S investment and Canadian sovereignty Demonstrators protest American economic influence while security preparations proceed ahead of the visit
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Canada
Ottawa
John F. Kennedy
Government House
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
U.S
Trudeau
Uplands Air Base
Alexei N. Kosygin
Roland Michener
Canadian Liberation Movement
Hijacked Frontier jetliner tied to personal troubles says official
Ricardo Chavez Ortiz a 37 year old Mexican father of eight hijacked a Frontier Airlines 737 over New Mexico then landed at LAX Eventually surrendering after hours in the cockpit He told authorities his actions were driven by personal setbacks and social grievances and he sought to tell his story on radio and TV He was charged with hijacking and held on bond of 500000
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Los Angeles
Ricardo Chavez-Ortiz
Frontier Airlines
New Mexico
FBI
Chavez-Ortiz
Socorro
N.M
Los Angeles International Airport
Minot
N.D
United States
Mexico
Willie Hunt
Mid Atlantic Gets Heroin Crackdown
Philadelphia AP reports the Nixon Administration named Joseph H. Reiter to head a Mid Atlantic street heroin crackdown. The task force covers Pennsylvania Southern New Jersey Delaware Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia with a parallel methadone treatment program.
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Philadelphia
Mid- Atlantic
Joseph H. Reiter
Justice Department
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Myles J. Ambrose
Reiter
U.S
Eyeglass loophole eyed in Pa welfare rules
Federal welfare official questions Pennsylvania's move to close the eyeglass loophole noting the state only narrowed the opening. The new regulation bars eyewear aids from the higher AFDC category while critics call the method weak and rely on vague medical judgments. Senate critics say county boards are directed to find any physical impairment to qualify for welfare.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Larimer
State Welfare Department
Helene Wohlgemuth
AFDC
Miss Larimer
Richard A. Snyder
R-Lancaster
Senators Press ITT Aide Over Evasiveness in Kleindienst Hearings
Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John V. Tunney assail ITT official John Ryan for evasive answers during the Judiciary Committee hearing into Acting Atty. Gen. Kleindienst and ITT ties. Ryan, advised by counsel, remained silent as the panel probes antitrust matters and the Republican National Convention link. Dita Beard’s memo and San Diego funding figure in the probe. Beard to be examined by two heart specialists to assess travel.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
John V. Tunney
ITT
Richard G. Kleindienst
John Ryan
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tunney
Ryan
Kleindienst
Justice Department
Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
San Diego
Denver
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PC Freight Data
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Parliament Hill
Mid-Atlantic
Jerone Jaffe
Desmond’s Electrical Contractors
HONDA
Leisure Time Toys
Columbus Ave
Corry
North Center St
IGA
Dell
Armour
Rome
Sane OO
Welfare” Department
Wohlgemuth
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Edward Posner
Kennedy
D-Mass
D.-Calif
Try-M Consumer Credit
Try-M Consumer Discount Co
North Center Street
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