Postmaster urges clear approaches to mail boxes in Corry
Postmaster R C McLaughlin urged Corry mail patrons to keep sidewalks and porch steps clear of ice and snow and rural routes open so mail is delivered promptly. He stressed safety for letter carriers and noted a five day weather forecast calling for above normal temps in the 40s with heavy precipitation.
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R.C. McLaughlin
Mdi
Corry Area
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
NAACP Demands Erie Dissolve School District
The Erie NAACP called for dissolving the local school district and placing it under state education receivership after clashes over black history courses, police dog use, and corporal punishment. Five arrests occurred at Strong Vincent High School amid ongoing racial disturbances at area schools.
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Erin
Erie
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
State Department of Education
Strong Vincent High School
Heater Explodes Kills Seven Children in South Carolina Home
A kerosene heater explosion sparked a fire in a two story frame house in Clinton Laurens County South Carolina killing seven sleeping children ages 1 to 12 Thursday night The parents of the six youngest children were hospitalized with burns The seventh child was a nephew The Laurens County coroner Marshal Pressley said the father Edward William Walker 31 was found in a ditch outside the house
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Clinton
S.C
Laurens County
Marshal Pressley
Edward William Walker
Syria frees two Israeli hijack victims from Damascus
ATHENS AP The Syrians released two Israeli passengers from a TWA jet seized August 29 by five Arab hijackers. Dr Shlomo Samueloff physiology professor and Salah Muallem travel agent were among 113 aboard the Rome Athens Tel Aviv flight. Capt Dean Carter stayed in Syria seeking their freedom as US lawmakers and aviation groups pressed for action.
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Athens
Trans World Airlines
Damascus
TWA
Shlomo Samueloff
Salah Muallem
Rome
Tel Aviv
Dean Carter
Syria
United States
The
Air Line Pilots Association
Red Cross
International Civil Aviation Organization
Soldier continues My Lai coverage and probes
The article reports on ongoing My Lai allegations from soldiers and media, noting complaints about biased reporting and a lingering Army board inquiry. It mentions Sen. Percy pressing the Pentagon to examine charges of indiscriminate killings and cites Major Charles Robb's denial of civilian casualties.
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Medina
My Lai
Charles H. Percy
Pentagon
Vietnam
Percy
Anthony Martin-Trigona
Champaign
Jack Anderson
New York Post
Charles Robb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robb
Las Vegas
Nev
My Lal
Dems Push SS Benefit Hike Tied To Tax Bill Veto Warnings
In Washington the Democrats move to attach a 15 percent Social Security benefit increase to the tax reform bill. Senator Griffin cautions the Nixon administration believes a presidential veto could block both measures. Long Gore Mondale push the rider as a path to pass the Social Security boost before year end. Senate also backs a 225 million dollar amendment restoring full medical expense deductions for seniors and dependent parents.
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Washington
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Michigan
GOP
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Gore
George Murphy
R-Calif
One Killed One Wounded By Sniper In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh Hill District a gunman firing from a third floor window killed Nathaniel Brown and wounded William Miller before a nearly three hour standoff with police. Channes J. Dersarkissian, 46, was captured after his rooming house caught fire from a hot tear gas canister. Dersarkissian was charged with murder assault with intent to kill and firearms violations.
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Pittsburgh
Hill
Channes J. Dersarkissian
Dersarkissian
Nathaniel Brown
William Miller
Man awaiting court hearing takes own life in car
Barton Walters, 31, awaiting a malicious use of the telephone hearing, was found dead in his car on a rural road south of Townville. Coroner Dr. Wilbur C. Thomas ruled death asphyxiation by carbon monoxide from the running engine, noting time of death about 8:20 a.m. Walters had been arrested earlier for a malicious call and was free on $500 bail to await a hearing before Hayfield Township justice Wesley L. Sliter.
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Meadville
Titusville
Walters
West Mead Township
Meadville Telephone Co
Hayfield Township
Justice of the Peace
Wesley L. Sliter
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