Fires Sweep Sparta Lumber Mill and Erie Plant
Night fires across Spartansburg and Erie cause about 150000 dollars in damage. In Spartansburg the Clear Lake Lumber Co mill burned after an electrical short, with 125 volunteers from six fire companies battling the blaze through the night and aiding in protecting nearby structures. Coroner and Salvation Army aid were on scene. a minor rekindle occurred around 12:15 a.m. In Jamestown an elderly man died in Parisee's Cafe fire, with a second person hospitalized. In Erie Kraus-Finn Industries suffered a major blaze, with damage around 150000 dollars and arson suspicions due to prior break-ins, as three fire companies fought flames reaching 100 feet high.
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Clear Lake Lumber Co
Spartansburg
Erie
Jamestown
Area
Lumber Company
Mill Street
Sparta
Joseph Soety
Soety
Centerville
Bloomfield Township
Elgin-Beaverdam
Union City
Corry
Carl Brown
Corry Salvation Army
Sparta Firemen’s Auxiliary
N.Y
Parisee
Arnold Johnson
WCA
Thomas Kraus
Kraus-Finn Industries
Lawrence R. Finn
Bryan Mook
George Hamburger
Finn
Kraus
Eaton
Import Quotas and Gas Tax Plan in Energy Guidelines
A House committee moves toward an energy conservation bill with import quotas, higher gasoline taxes, and a tax on gas guzzling cars starting 1977 models. It also contemplates oil import tariffs and a licensing system to control overseas petroleum, aiming to cut foreign oil's share to 25 percent by 1985.
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Washington
Frank G. Zarb
Ford Administration
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
United States
Prosecution Considered After Joliet Prison Riot
Joliet Illinois officials mull criminal charges against inmates in a six hour takeover at Joliet Correctional Center that left one dead and eight injured. About 200 inmates seized 12 hostages and fought back with riot police using tear gas. Prisoner Herbert Catlett was found with his throat slit. State's Attorney Rudman vows prosecution if evidence supports crimes such as hostage taking.
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Rudman
Charg
Stateville Penitentiary
Illinois Corrections
Allyn Sielaff
Joliet
Chicago
Huong Bids for Negotiated Peace in Vietnam Crisis
President Tran Van Huong urged immediate ceasefire and coalition talks in Saigon as Communist forces seized Ham Tan and pressed gains in Binh Tuy Tay Ninh and the Mekong Delta. US airlift shifts to Guam and evacuations rise while Congress weighs a humanitarian aid and evacuation bill.
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Saigon
Tran van Huong
Nguyen van Thieu
Huong
Thieu
National Council For Reconciliation
Paris
Ham Tan
Binh Tuy
Tay Ninh
Go Dau Ha
Binh Tay
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong
Mekong Delta
Long An
U.S
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Guam
Pacific
Clark
Anderson Air Force Base
Washington
Edward H. Levi
Indochina
United States
Maryland Adopts Death Penalty Reinforces Mandatory Executions
Annapolis Maryland becomes the 32nd state to reinstate capital punishment after lawmakers sign 11 bills. A mandatory death penalty applies to premeditated murders of police and corrections officers child abductors murder during armed robbery or life sentence cases and those killed for hire. The law targets post July 1 murders and marks Maryland's return to the gas chamber last used in 1961.
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Annapolis
Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court
Marvin Mandel
High Court
Voters Queried On Annexed Area Residency and Elections
City officials debated where residents of recently annexed Wayne Township land should vote. Erie County election rules require party chairmen to request transfer to the city list, a process unlikely to finish before the May primary. City Administrator Grice urged cooperation to prevent taxation without representation.
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Wayne Township
William Halfast
Halfast
Robert Grice
Erie County Election Board
Grice
Erie County
William C. Hill
Edward Salaum
Richard Shuster
Fairman
Hill
Four Oil Giants See Profits Slump After Depletion Cut
The four largest U.S. oil companies report profit declines from 11 to 66 percent after the repeal of the oil depletion allowance. Exxon notes a $200 million tax rise in 1975 due to the depletion repeal, while Texaco, Mobil, and Gulf also report steep first quarter declines compared with last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exxon
Exxxon
J. K. Jamieson
Exxon Corp
Texaco, Inc
U.S
No. 3
Mobil Oil Corp
Gulf Oil
Stop Light Construction Planned for Seven City Intersections
Construction of suspended traffic signals at seven controlled intersections in the city is set to begin mid next month. City Administrator Robert Grice said Municipal Sales Inc of Bethel Park, the contract bidder, expects equipment in early next month and notes the project will cost about 78 thousand dollars. The over the street lights will have two signal faces per direction and will be installed at all intersections currently equipped with lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grice
Municipal Sales, Inc
Bethel Park
Grice
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Jesse Taylor Jr
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Tennet
Ford
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Tan Son Nhut
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