Nixon freezes 107 million for water projects amid cuts
Washington AP Nixon halts initial funding for 56 waterworks and flood control projects including CentArizona Project. The move delays construction money as Nixon weighs trimming costs and weighing next year's spending levels. Budget chief notes Nixon’s concern over impact of the pork barrel bill.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Arizona
Office of Management and Budget
Budget Office
Pa Gas Seeks 8 Percent Rate Increase In 1971
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission details a proposed general rate hike to start February 1, 1971. Pennsylvan ia Gas requests 1.627 million dollars more revenue to cover taxes and inflation. A 5,000 cubic foot monthly non heating bill would rise to 5.43, while a 3,000 cubic foot mid winter heating bill would rise to 23.19. Separately, Corry Polish National Alliance Club discusses purchasing the PNA building on Mead Avenue with VFW offering 25,000 dollars, requiring three successive member votes to approve. The Salvation Army currently occupies the VFW building on West Washington Street.
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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
PUC
Pennsylvania
Ralph E. Grimm
Gas Company
Grimm
Corry
Polish National Alliance Club
PNA Club
Mead Avenue
Archie W. Thompson
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Afl-Cio
George Meany
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Lee Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Texas
Louisiana
You Won't Believe It But What A Way To Earn A Buck
A chaotic collage reports Richard W Hawkins of Tionesta fined $100 after pleading guilty to illegal possession of a deer. District details include a Dec 16 payment deadline set by Justice Arthur Sager. Separate items cover injuries to Aliquippa’s George Henderson from a Kane area crash and local hunting anecdotes including a six point buck and a fox with deer gear at a Corry camp.
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Hawkins
Tionesta Justice of the Peace
Arthur Sager
Sager
George Miller
Dismiewlib
Spring Creek Township
Corry
Ralph Amoroso
Ducky Marty
Tony Amoroso
Pryor
Nixon Negative On Calling For Wage And Price Controls
The Nixon administration’s second inflation alert criticizes past wage and price decisions while focusing on monetary and fiscal policy. It notes approved home loan rate cuts and condemns price hikes in autos, gasoline, airlines, and rail settlements, urging restraint to curb inflation.
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Nixon
Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Christmas Decoration Fire Blamed for Two Fatal Blazes
State Police Fire Marshal Albert Vota links a Christmas decoration and faulty wiring to two fatal fires. In Union City a 9 year old, Blake Watkins, died from asphyxiation and burns as his bedroom burns in a two story home at 93 East. The grandmother, Mrs Hazel Pie, escaped with minor injuries. Investigators say a television set, faulty wiring, and a hot water pipe behind the set may have sparked the blaze. A separate fire near Oil City killed two girls with unknown exact cause. A three story home owned by Mrs Louise Desle ekine was damaged beyond repair. The total loss and exact circumstances remain under inquiry.
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Oil City
Van
Aliquippa
Bane Community Hospital
Tvening
Kane
George Henderson
Gerson
Conway
Buck
Union City
Albert Vota
Erie
The
Journal
Howard Watkins
East
Blake Watkins
Hazel Pie
Omote
Louise Deslekine
McKinley
Nixon plots planned air strike expansion in Vietnam policy
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration has broadened air attack concepts on North Vietnam as troop withdrawals proceed. Officials cite aims to pressure Hanoi amid stalled Paris talks and POW issues, with protective actions against Laotian targets and retaliation for attacks. The policy remains informal, not a formal new directive.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
United States
North
Defense Department
Laos
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Two Students Arrested In Northwestern Pa Crime Ring
District authorities prepared to arrest David A. Yorky and Donald Stile, both 18 and 19, for a spree across eight counties. A Warren campus vagrancy charge preceded ties to a theft of cement for a hunting camp fireplace. State Police file notes include an Indiana hospital x ray after Stile was shot in a sector incident. The pair attended Edinboro State College classes while under investigation for 22 burglaries and holdups.
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Paul Shafer
Meadville
Warren
Edinboro State College
Pennsylvania
Erie
Corry
David A. Yorky
Donald Stile
Indiana
Charles Gillett
Kinzua Road
Indiana Hospital
Stiles
Roy and Helen
Riceville Corners
Witness testifies Calley gunner saw civilians shot in My Lai
A machine gunner in Lt. William Calley Jr.’s platoon testified he saw Calley herd unarmed Vietnamese into a ditch and fire. The 22 year old Maples said Calley asked him to shoot civilians, which he refused, as court resumes.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Bain
Robert Maples
My Lai
Maples
Hamlet
Freehold
N.J
Paul
Meadie
Terre Haute
Ind
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VFW
Journal Today
Salvation Army
West Washington Street
American Legion Post
First. Avenue
Philadelphia
Rocco
Philadelphia Inquirer
Arella
Milton Supe
Southern
Arelia
Richard W. Hawkins
Tionesta
Imp
Soo Starrsner
Yen Aarti Tope Vooreau
Oi Uttak
Vota
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