Nixon Sets 150000 Troop Withdraw Target In 12 Months
President Nixon outlined a plan to withdraw about 150,000 U.S. troops from Vietnam over the next year, with potential adjustments if peace negotiations progress. He warned Hanoi against risks to remaining forces and emphasized Vietnamization while seeking a political settlement led by South Vietnam.
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Washington
Nixon
U. S
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Pat
U.S
South Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Charges against seven Erie men dismissed in drug raids
Six Erie men and one from out of state faced charges after April 9 drug raids by Erie City Police, Corry State Police, U.S. Customs, U.S. Postal Service and state Narcotics Division. Charges dismissed on DA recommendation due to insufficient evidence. Readily seized items included marijuana, LSD, hashish, pills and barbiturates. marijuana reportedly shipped from Vietnam.
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Erie
Elliott Lefaiver Sr
Lefaiver
Alan Wise
Titusville
Eiie
Gerhardt
Bartmann
Thomas Pacoe
Diana Kolesar
Mark Hopeman
Cicero
Sidney “Michael
Harry Zmijewski
Corry State Police
U.S. Customs
U.S. Postal Service
State Narcotics Division
Vietnam
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
John Evanko
Corry State
Lawsuit Against Spencer Hospital Doctors Filed
A Crawford County civil case accuses Spencer Hospital and doctors Henrik DeKruif and Paul Poux of negligence in a fall by patient Mrs. Harry Taylor of Townville on November 17, 1965. The trial, noted as potentially lengthy, began at the Crawford County Courthouse with testimony from the plaintiff’s stepson Charles Taylor and his wife Janet.
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Meadville
Spencer Hospital
Henrik DeKruif
Paul Poux
Guys Mills
Crawford County
Harry
Lela) Taylor
Townville
Taylor
DeKruif
Poux
Charles Taylor
Centerville
Janet
Mrs. Taylor
Spencer
St. Francis Hospital
Pittsburgh
P. Richard Thomas
Apollo Astronauts Recount Lunar Mission Ordeal
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert recount the oxygen tank explosion and a four day survival fight as a review board probes the accident. The team will narrate a film and testify at a televised briefing while Cape Kennedy prepares Apollo 14 for October.
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Lovell
Houston
Earth
Review Board
Edgar M. Cortright
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
Cortright
Langley, Va
Washington
NASA
Thomas O. Paine
Haise
Swigert
Donald K. Slayton
Air Force
Lloyd Reeder
Salvation Army Drives $100,000 Fund With Community Briefing
More than 100 friends and Salvation Army members gathered at the Venture Inn for a briefing on the capital fund drive. Al Benedict of WSEE Channel 35 Erie stressed helping others and youth involvement, noting the drive benefits many in need and fosters a sense of belonging from kindergarten onward.
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Friends of the
Salvation Army
Capital Fund Drive
Venture Inn
al Benedict
Wsee Channel 35 TV
Erie
Salvation Army Board
Benedict
City Council Plans Summer Sidewalk and Paving Upgrades
The council approved repaving and curbing for Franklin Street from the railroad tracks to Mead Avenue and nearby sites including the new police station area and East Smith Street extension. They discussed eliminating street parking or adding a one way flow on Franklin Street to ease traffic, with no action on parking yet. Johnson outlined sidewalk upgrades downtown and warned higher costs if done by outside contractors. A storm sewer program was approved to advertise for corrugated steel pipe, with bids on May 18, plus paving East Washington Street funded by liquid fuels tax money.
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Corry Foam Products Co
Shady Avenue
Franklin Street
Mead Avenue
David Johnson
Johnson
North Center Street
West Smith Street
East Smith Street
Edward Zarger
North Center
Wright Street
East Washington Street
Center
Maple Avenue
Clifford Holcomb
The
Corry Ambulance Service
Holcomb
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By Bill Eaton
Apollo
Salvation Army Drive
Walter S
Peake
Frank Grice
Cyril Cooper
Norman Sampson
Paul Roche
Frank McKnight
Endsley
Council
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