Alliluyeva accuses Soviet leaders of Stalin era crimes
Svetlana Alliluyeva told a New York news conference that present Soviet leaders share responsibility for killings during Joseph Stalin's regime. She described disillusionment with communism, conversion to Christianity, seeking asylum in the United States, and hopes to write about her experiences. She said her baptism was in 1962 and noted her children are not guilty of her actions.
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New York
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Joseph Stalin
Central Committee
Stalin
United States
Plaza Hotel
Moscow
Grand Jury Indicts Three From Corry
Erie County grand jury indicted thirty defendants this week, including Ralph Perkins of 414 East Smith Street for hit and run driving after his vehicle swiped another at the fish hatchery curve on March 17. Samuel Miceli of Meadville was the other motorist. Total property damage was $150. Paul Keppel of Corry R D 3 faced aggravated assault and battery for a December 24 fight at the home of his former wife in Columbus.
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Corry
Erie County Grand Jury
Ralph Perkins
East Smith Street
Perkins
Fish Hatchery Curve
Samuel Miceli
Meadville
Paul Keppel
Melvin Baccus
Keppel
Baccus
Columbus
Workman Falls 21 Stories Will Recover
A 35 year old Tulsa carpenter fell 21 stories from the 29th floor of the University Club Tower landing in trash on the eighth floor. He suffered multiple fractures and lacerations, underwent leg repair surgery, and was removed from the critical list with consciousness upon arrival at St John’s Hospital. Bar association members in Lock Haven, Pa. voted 6 to 1 for eight amendments and the constitutional convention question.
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Tulsa
Okla
Bobby Gene Williams
University Club Tower
Williams
St. John’s Hospital
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Quiz Man in 2 A.M. Erie Killing and Holdup
A 47-year-old restaurant owner Nicholas Fytikas of Steve's Lunch at 1523 State Street was shot and killed during a holdup attempt after 2 a.m. in Erie. Police seized a suspect nearby and question him as investigators probe links to an armed robbery at Spur Service Station and a nearby shooting.
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Erie
State Street
Nicholas Fytikas
Steve
Fytikkas
St. Vincent's Hospital
Plane Crash Near Airport Kills Two in Indiana Pa
A Smals airplane crashed into a gulley near Jimmy Stewart Airport during rainfall, killing two people whose identities were not immediately released. The craft, with an Ohio registration, circled the area before the crash and burned upon impact about 200 yards from the runway.
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Indiana, Pa
Jimmy Stewart
Ohio
Mystery of Olean beating cloaks young boy
Six investigators work around the clock trying to identify attackers of an eight year old boy beaten and stabbed in Olean. The child was found in an abandoned garage and remains under heavy sedation, with police seeking two suspects and unclear motive. Meanwhile a separate report notes a stolen Scotch truck recovered in Philadelphia with $102,900 worth of liquor, cargo intact.
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Olean
William Nitsche
Robert Nitsche
Olean General Hospital
Arthur Filjones
The
Journal Today
Philadelphia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Continental Transportation Lines
State police seize 81 wiretap devices in mystery ownership case
Harrisburg AP State Police Commissioner Frank McKetta told lawmakers 81 wiretapping instruments were impounded with no clear owner or purchase path. He said the gear was turned over after Maj Willard Stanton's court martial and ownership has never been established. Rep Martin Mullen criticized the remarks as ridiculous citing secret fund purchases supported by canceled checks. McKetta said the fund was abolished months ago.
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Harrisburg
Frank McKetta
McKetta
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Maj
Willard) Stanton
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
Mullen
MoKetta
U S Marines Fail to Take Hill Northwest of Khe Sanh
In South Vietnam a Marine assault on Hill 461 three miles northwest of Khe Sanh failed after a three day push. U S planes and artillery pounded North Vietnamese positions as losses grew with 37 Marines killed and 44 wounded. Air losses to North Vietnam rose to 10 aircraft this week, with four American planes shot down in raids on Hanoi Haiphong areas. Some pilots were rescued, others missing.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Hill 461
Khe Sanh
Associated Press
Richard Merron
Maine
Merron
Quang Tri
Laos
U.S. Ath Infantry Division
Highlands
Pleiku Province
Manhattan
Washington
Pentagon
Kep
Hoa Lac
Air Force
Vietnam
Cockfight Raid Seizes 36 Fines Paid for Privilege
State Police raided a Corry basement cockfight on Akam Road netting 36 participants and spectators. All fines of 10 dollars plus costs were paid. 28 live birds and two dead birds were seized. one live bird died next day. Birds entrusted to Erie Humane Society. 40 birds previously disappeared.
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George Martin
Corry
Paul Sita
John
Evanko
Erie
Martin
Erie County Humane Society
Harry Clabbatt
Akam Road
Derailed Union City Boxcars Targeted After Crash
In Union City at 2 a.m. Tuesday, an attempted break into derailed Erie-Lackawanna boxcars along the right of way occurred while three police remained on site to guard cargo. A boxcar carrying radar equipment showed pry marks on a door. A second item notes Massachusetts Senate killed a bullfighting prohibition bill, with existing laws governing animal fights.
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Union City
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Corry road repairs urged as winter damage hits state arteries
State Representative Forest Hopkins told the Journal the Corry area roads are in dire condition from heavy winter damage. The Highway Department plans to transfer Erie area maintenance workers to Corry, but considers travel pay and out-of-area labor costs. Hopkins noted that essential routes remain badly rutted and resurfacing must be expedited to restore safe travel.
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State Highway Department
Corry
Forest Hopkins
The
Journal Today
Highway Department
Hopkins
Erie
PUC Probes Pennsy Sparta Crossing in Spartansburg
The Public Utility Commission ordered an investigation of a Pennsylvania Railroad grade crossing on Route 77 in Spartansburg after years of hazards and mishaps including a farmer losing two cows and a trooper accident. State Rep. R. Budd Dwyer pressed for improvements as informal talks failed. A separate Harrisburg note reports a 45820 grant to the University of Scranton for alcoholism study by the State Health Department.
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The
Public Utility Commission
Spartansburg
PUC
Harrisburg
Crawford County Assembly
R. Budd Dwyer
PRR
University of Scranton
State Health Department
Three Girls Hurt as Car Slams Dairy Stand
Waterford three Dairy Mart employees were injured when a car driven by John Seymour of Waterford crashed into the ice cream stand on Route 19. Debora Stull 15 Karen Richardson 17 and Rhonda Mitchell 16 suffered cuts and bruises and were treated at St Vincent's Hospital. Damage to the stand about 2000 dollars and to the car 200. In Pittsburgh Rachel Pinix 42 was cleared of murder after prosecutors rested in the stabbing case of Leroy Pinix.
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Waterford
Emale
St. Vincent's Hospital
Deborah Stull
John Stull
Karen Richardson
Leo Richardson
Rhonda Mitchell
Alan Mitchell
Dairy Mart
John Seymour
Conrad Ben- Uejewski
Seymour
Pittsburgh
Rachel Pinix
Brushton
Leroy
Allegheny County
William F. Cercone
Million Bass Airlift Planned for Kinzua Reservoir Stocking
A massive stocking operation will drop more than a million fingerling largemouth bass into the Kinzua Dam reservoir by a C-46 air tanker at 300 feet. The US Air Force drop marks the longest fish airlift in the nation with four release points. Coordinated by Richard Griffith and L K Kelly, the plan uses fingerlings from the Austin national hatchery and will be monitored by state biologists. Continued on Page Three.
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Kinzua Dam
Austin
Tex
United States
Richard &. Griffith
Federal Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Department of the Interior
Boston
L. K. Kelly
Allegheny National Forest
Warren
Kingua Dam
State Fish Hatchery
Censure Of Dodd Asked By Committee
The Senate Ethics Committee recommended censure for Sen. Thomas J. Dodd for conduct it's said harms morals and public trust. The panel unanimously directed Chairman John Stennis to propose Senate adoption of the resolution of censure. No date set as Mansfield urges reasonable time for study before a vote.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Sen
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Dodd
Connecticut
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Workman
Solon
Demilitarized Zone
Glo Linh
Owl Carriers
North
State Senate
Massathetts
Jets
Pennsy
Sparta Crossing
Kinzua Reservoir
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