Vietnam fight, talks suspend as cease-fire violated
In the central highlands near Pleiku, hundreds of North and South Vietnamese troops clashed for six hours. The Saigon command reports 182 North Vietnamese killed, 21 government troops dead, 58 wounded, six missing. Talks with the Viet Cong in Paris were suspended over cease-fire violations. In Lagos, Niger’s army chief said he deposed President Hamani Diori to end a catastrophic drought era, describing the regime as unjust and corrupt. Calm remained, the army in control with 2,500 troops.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Pleiku
Paris
Council of National Reconciliation and Concord
Lagos
Nigeria
Niger
Hamani Diori
Radio Niamey
Seyni Kountie
Niamey
Diori
France
Easter brings home long‑lost husband from war
In Frosinone Italy Luisa Gismondi reunites with Domenico, who had been reported killed 31 years ago after being captured in Albania. He escaped during a one‑month tourist visa and returned to his wife and their three children, noting he could not leave previously. His wife had not remarried.
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Frosinone
Italy
Luisa Gismondi
Domenico
Gismondi
Albania
Treasury tightens penalties to curb penny hoarding
The Treasury Department under George P. Schultz imposes up to 10000 fine and five years in prison for melting or exporting copper pennies amid a surge in penny demand totaling two billion in the last quarter, signaling a nationwide shortage response. Michigan voters in Saginaw face a tight special election for Congress as James Sparling Jr. (R) runs against J. Robert Traxler (D) with turnout expected around 50 percent. A study from the Medical College of Pennsylvania notes higher death-by-action rates among women physicians and presents data comparing male and female physicians to general populations. White House issues post Watergate guidelines to curb improper regulatory influence, with Baroody Jr. coordinating outreach to business and labor groups.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
George P. Schultz
Shultz
Michigan
Saginaw
Mich
Nixon
James Sparling Jr
J. Robert Traxler
Chicago
Philadelphia
Robert C. Steppacher
Judith $. Mausner
The
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Journal of the
American Medical Association
White House
William J. Baroody Jr
Court to weigh NLRB bid to halt teamster blockades
In Pittsburgh an AP report states U S District Judge Barron McCune will consider the National Labor Relations Board request to enjoin striking Teamsters from blocking construction at the Pittsburgh Press Co. In Philadelphia Coast Guard divers seek two more bodies from the Greek tanker Elias wreckage. Five dead, seven missing. Four men arrested in a $50,000 cigarette smuggling raid on J H Vending Go, described as Black Mafia activity by officials.
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Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Elias
Delaware
John W. Morris
J&h
Mortgage rate ceiling to rise to 9 1/4 percent May
Harrisburg AP report says Pennsylvania's mortgage ceiling will be 9.25 percent next month for loans under 50 000 while loans above 50 000 have no ceiling. Officials warn actual rates may vary and rise gradually, affecting home building and lending, with brokers noting limited availability of conventional mortgages.
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Harrisburg
Banking Department
H. Robert Nissley
Clarke Mortgage Co
Samuel Barbush
Cumberland Valley Savings and Loan Association
Savings
Ldans
Nissley
Clarke
Savings and Loans Banks
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Williamsport
New Jersey
Barbush
UFO Expert To Study Mystery Steel Sphere
Navy experts probe a 25 pound gleaming steel sphere found in grass by Mrs. Jerri Betz and her husband and son. The orb rolls on a table without falling and causes dogs to whimper as it is set for examination by astronomer J. Allen Hynek at Northwestern University.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Jerri Betz
Northwestern University
J. Allen Hynek
Fort George Island
Here
Former Corry Man Part of NATO Event
U S Air Force Master Sergeant William H Loveland Jr son of Mr and Mrs William H Loveland Sr of 329 Marion Street will take part in NATO s 25th anniversary observances in Naples Italy this month He is an administrative supervisor with NATO s Allied Air Forces Southern Europe headquarters in Naples The piece notes NATO s 15 member nations and its defense role dating to 1949 Also included is a local anecdote about a UFO sphere and a Grinnell Iowa newspaper ad from Tampa neighbors displaced by a move
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U.S. Air Force
William H. Loveland, Jr
William H. Loveland
Marion Street
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Naples
Italy
Loveland
Allied Air Forces Southern
Europe
Greece
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Corry Senior
Erie Business College
Warren-Warren County School District Budget Up Nearly $1 Million
The district plans a 1974-75 budget of 13.34 million with no real estate tax raise, relying on a $5 per capita tax revived and about 1.2 million in reserve funds. The per capita tax would yield 122,386 in revenue and be collected by the Earned Income Tax Office, while the 34 mill real estate levy remains unchanged.
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Warren
Warren County
Henry Petersen
Myron Jewell
Mortgage payments rise with interest rate increases
Harrisburg reports show a 25 year 30000 dollar mortgage at 8 percent costs about 246 dollars monthly, at 9 percent about 252 dollars, and at 9.4 percent about 257 dollars. A real estate agent notes the 1 percent rate bump adds roughly ten dollars monthly and about three thousand dollars over the loan.
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Nis
Ars Inke
Wyer Fice
Pkins Office
Y. Pa
Vietnam
Pittsburgh Press
Antoine Betz
U.S. Navy
Wayne
Corry
Grinnell
Iowa
Don Lloyd
Tampa
Paul K. Wavro
Corry Area High School
Harrisburg, Pa
Pennsylvania
Federal Savings &L Loan Insurance Corporation
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