Nuclear test Baneberry erupts near Mercury Nevada
AP reports Baneberry the 230th underground nuclear test announced by the Atomic Energy Commission went off normally in Mercury Nevada creating a spherical cavern 900 feet below the desert. The day also brings reports from Poland of curfews after riots spread to a fifth city. In Washington the House clears a bill for nearly 10 billion dollars for interstate highways. In Rio de Janeiro Swiss Ambassador Bucher kidnappers demand 70 prisoners, while in Saigon Viet Cong mark Indochina War anniversary with two attacks. Nixon welfare reform plan deemed dead by Senate sources, though a vote to test sentiment is planned.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Police pursue leads in four Corry Plaza burglaries
City police continue the Corry Plaza break in investigation after four stores Murphy's Eckerd's Sherwin Williams and Loblaws were hit the night of December 13th or early December 14th. Loot and damage ran to several hundred dollars with about $1000 taken. Clues include a flashlight found at Loblaws and a 15 pound gunny sack found at Murphy's traced to New Jersey. Officers recheck backgrounds of three men in town over the burglary weekends. The report notes stresses on the high value of the damage and ongoing fingerprint work. The Salvation Army Red Kettle drive saw Stanford Hose Company raise 245.65 with firemen canvassing two plazas and urging greater need due to reduced United Fund allocations. A separate report states 78 year old Frank Brigdon died in a two story home fire in Springboro Crawford County.
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Corry Plaza
Charles Sutton
Murphy's
Eckerd’s
Sherwin-Williams
Loblaws
New Jersey
Sutton
Corry
Stanford Hose Company
Salvation Army
Bella
Joe Karpal
Capt. James
United Fund
Clean Air Promise Faces Auto Industry Clash
President Nixon backed a tough antipollution bill setting January 1, 1975, as the target to cut new car exhaust emissions by 90 percent. Auto makers warn the deadline may shutter industry, while a one-year extension could be granted if technology proves elusive. the measure also budgets 1 billion for pollution fight and adds federal enforcement.
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Washington
Nixon
House-Senate
Senate
Elliot L. Richardson
Thomas F. Ragleton
D-Mo
Administration
Richardson
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
U S Forces Soap Firm To Halt Production
The government says an anti pollution phosphate substitute used in soap may be harmful, prompting Monsanto to halt production of NTA after federal officials persuaded the detergent industry to quit using it. Tests showed NTA with mercury and cadmium raised stillbirth risk in animals, but officials say no current hazard. use should stop in septic tank areas. The abrupt note follows Surgeon General Steinfeld and EPA head Ruckelshaus stressing no proven harm yet.
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Washington
Monsanto Co
St. Louis
Public Health Service
NTA
Jesse L. Steinfeld
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Britons Fight Airport Plan With Armed Resistance
In six English villages residents vow to block a royal commission jetport plan with force. Billboards warn of dead bodies, and farmers report armed confrontations with survey teams. The Roskill Commission recommends four 14,000 foot runways and a large terminal to serve up to 100 million passengers annually by 1980, prompting massive opposition and calls for demonstrations and marches.
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London
Royal Commission
Stewkley
Cublington
Roskill Commission
Aston Abbots
Denton
Hoggeston
Paul Drake
Wing Airport Resistance Association
Foulness
Barbara Ginn
Philly Students Smash Doors and Windows at Edison High
About 100 Philadelphia high school pupils smashed windows and doors after Edison High refused to show a North Vietnamese revolutionary film in class. Principal Albert Glassman said a substitute teacher led a confrontation, with a student leaping on his desk and shouting revolutionary rhetoric before the group dispersed, prompting class cancellation for the day.
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Philadelphia
Philadel High School
Edison High
Som
Albert Glasaman
Mahamouda
Togane
Glassman
McNamara Blamed for Wasting Billions in TFX Case
A Senate subcommittee’s eight year probe accuses former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara of wasting billions and harming U S defense by ignoring warnings about the TFX plane. It faults aides Roswell Gilpatric and Fred Korth for conflicts of interest and poor judgment in awarding the General Dynamics contract over Boeing, with Navy and Air Force models facing costly failures.
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Washington
Senate
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
McNamara
TFX
General Dynamics
Boeing
Air Force
Vietnam
Navy
Roswell Gilpatric
Fred Korth
Gilpatric
New York
Pentagon
Korth
Blaze Charges Against Meadville Mother
Meadville officials consider criminal neglect charges against Caroline Rigby after a fire at their duplex. Five year old Randy Rigby was locked in a second story room by his mother while she was at work and cared for by grandparents after firefighters removed him. Two younger siblings were elsewhere at a day care as the blaze destroyed much of the second story.
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Meadville
Randy Rigby
Caroline Rigby
Plane crash kills two passengers near Butler airport
A small plane ran out of gas and crashed short of Butler Graham Airport. Pilot William A era Mystic Connecticut was killed instantly. His daughter Susan, 20, died later at Butler County Hospital. Another daughter Elizabeth, 16, survived. Police said the crash occurred Friday and investigators pursed the incident.
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Butler, Pa
Butler Graham Airport
William A
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