Truck stoppage sparks shootings and vandalism across states
Independent truckers staged a two day protest against high fuel prices and lower speed limits causing scattered violence and blockades. Bullets and bricks damaged rigs from Pennsylvania to Nevada with at least ten shooting incidents reported on I 76 and I 75. No injuries. some drivers had trailers detached or engines damaged.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
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Pennsylvania
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Maryland
Nevada
Reno
California
Highway Patrol
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Ivan Z. Zimmerman
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Industry Here Still Unhurt By Truckers
The nationwide trucking shutdown has caused minor local issues in Corry with plants noting little impact so far. If it continues, operations may be hampered as shipments by truck dominate. Cooper Pentax reports a delayed Dallas-bound truck with a smashed windshield and similar delays on the Ohio Turnpike.
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Cooper Pentax
Dallas
Texas
Oil City
Shawver
Cooper-Pentax
Ohio Turnpike
Dallas Attendant Foils Station Theft Inside Photos Show Arrest
Dallas Texas service station attendant Larry Bass 23 foiled a theft Tuesday at his station. A suspect sat in a car as Bass leveled a gun, a Dallas patrolman ordered him to drop the weapon, and officers restrained both men as the suspect was cuffed and Bass returned to work.
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Larry Bass
Dallas
Texas
Bass
R. T. Nutt
Welfare Increase Complicates Pa Budget Deadlock
Harrisburg AP report says momentum grows for raising Pennsylvania welfare payments, potentially 25 percent, costing about 55 million over six months. Gov Shapp could implement via order, but a supplemental appropriation would follow, widening rift with House Republicans over spending and tax relief.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Shapp
GOP
House
Energy chief orders reduced lighting in commerce
Washington AP William E Simon announced new fuel saving measures including mandatory cuts in lighting for commercial and industrial buildings to one third to one sixth of normal levels. He proposed highway lighting cuts and urged industry energy committees while limiting federal car use and licensing petroleum exports.
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Washington
William E. Simon
Congress
Todd
Simon
Federal Energy Office
United States
HUD suspends Corry housing chief over insubordination
Charles Lieberth, director of HUD's Pittsburgh office, was suspended without pay for three days during a conference trip. The move also targets Deputy Director Robert Anderson and Operations Director William Costello, hindering the Corry 30 unit elderly housing project approval. Virginia Nuzzo of the Erie County Redevelopment Authority calls the action a setback and plans a formal HUD complaint. An emergency meeting of 14 Northwestern Pennsylvania counties is set for Titusville to address the suspensions.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Pittsburgh
Poconos
Charles Lieberth
Titusville
Lieberth
James Lynn
Robert Anderson
William Costello
Allegheny Center
Lynn
Capitol Hill
Experts Say Neither Lamp Nor Typewriter Cause Of Hum
Technical experts told Judge Sirica that neither the high intensity lamp nor the electric typewriter likely caused the eight minute buzz on a Watergate tape. They noted tests did not confirm Woods or Buzhardt theories and said the recorder itself could have produced the gap. A final report is expected after year’s start and further analysis of other subpoenaed tapes was planned. Sirica also authorized a third grand jury to receive evidence from the special prosecutor’s staff.
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Washington
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
Rose Mary Woods
White House
Fred Buzhardt
Aggressive Who's Who Invitations Target Corry Residents
Local readers in Corry received envelopes inviting biographies for inclusion in a Who's Who style volume from American Biographical Institute. Offers promise immortality, a Library of Congress registration, and books priced at 21.95 to 26 with discounts for multiple copies and a wall citation. Rev Joseph Menchhofer warned the public, advising to discard the material.
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American Biographical Institute
Raleigh
N.C
Pennsylvania
National Register
Atlanta
Library of Congress
Wounded Knee
Joseph D. Menchhofer
Columbus
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Corry Jamestown
William Simon
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