World in Brief: Paris mine disaster and other global events
A coal dust explosion at a Lievin mine in France killed 36 miners and injured six as work resumed after a holiday. In Darwin, Australia, cyclone survivors face cholera and tetanus risks with hundreds possibly dead. Gold prices hit a record in London and Frankfurt. In Asmara, 18 students were found strangled, raising Eritrean Liberation Front links. Thailand warns after Thanom Kittikachorn’s return. Laos seeks talks over Ban Houei Sai rebels. Egypt honors Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail with a state funeral for leading October War breach.
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Douai
France
Lievin
Catro
Egypt
Ahmed Ismail
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ismail
Israel
Bar- Ley Line
Little League Opens To Girls In Law Change
President Ward signed a bill altering Little League charter from boys to young people, making girls eligible for participation. The measure, signed Thursday, updates the federal charter to reflect inclusion in youth baseball nationwide. The move marks a major shift in youth sports policy and gender equity in organized baseball.
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Vail
Galo
Ward
Ford
Crime rise by region and city size across areas
Cities under 10,000 saw the biggest jump at 24 percent while larger cities recorded a slight drop in murder rates. Regional gains ranged from 20 percent in the South to 13 percent in the Northeast, with cities over 25,000 up 14 percent. Suburbs rose 21 percent and rural areas 20 percent.
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North Central
Prisoner Surrenders Ends Hostage Drama in Indiana Farm Home
Michigan City authorities report that escaped inmate Riley Mosley Jr. surrendered after a seven hour hostage hold at the Napierala farm. A mother Marian Napierala 53 and daughter Gayle Napierala 19 were found shot dead. A third daughter Cynthia 17 was unharmed but hospitalized in shock. Mosley a 29 year old from Indianapolis had escaped a nearby prison farm and had threatened to harm the hostages. He dropped a pistol and rifle upon surrender at 10 10 p m. The investigation considers whether the two victims tried to subdue him during the standoff.
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Michigan City
Ind
David V. Renz
Moseley
Marian Napierala
Gayle Napierala
Cynthia
Indiana
Riley Mosley Jr
Indianapolis
Anthony Vicari
Dunes Park
Mosley
Vicari
Napierala
Robert T. Stephens
Stanley Napierala
Mark
Stephens
Snowmobile Crash Kills Busti Man
A 38 year old Busti man Charles VanGuilder died after his snowmobile struck a tree on a rural road in Sugar Grove Township near Jamestown New York. State police from Warren say he lost control and crashed head on into a large tree. death attributed to a broken neck.
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Busti
N.Y
Sugar Grove
Jamestown
WCA
Charles VanGuilder
Warren
VanGuilder
Area Man Arrested In Reckless Endangerment Case
Corry state police late last night arrested Allen L. Higby 28 of RD 1 Columbus on a recklessly endangering charge. He was arraigned before District Justice Suzanne Hodges in Sugar Grove and jailed in Warren County. Details were withheld to protect prosecutorial needs. the incident occurred on Simmons road RD 1 Bear Lake.
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Corry
Allen L. Higby
RD. 1
Columbus
Suzanne Hodges
Sugar Grove
Warren County
Simmons Road
R.D. 1
Bear Lake
Charge Man With Rape Four Murders in Virginia
In Martinsville, Eddie Lee Shanghai Thomas, 34, faces five murder charges and one rape charge for the killings of a mother and her four children. Police say the victims were found at the Aliff home and in a nearby wooded gully, with autopsies pending and authorities noting a possible earlier killings variance. The suspect is held on $100,000 bond and was questioned since Thursday.
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Martinsville
Henry County
C. P. Witt
Eddie Lee
Thomas
James Vernon Aliff
Snowmobile Stolen From Munsee's Service Lot
Corry state police investigate theft of a 1973 John Deere snowmobile owned by John Chapman of Bear Lake. The sled was parked for repair at Munsee's Sales and Service on Route 6 west of Corry and disappeared between Christmas Eve and yesterday. Valued at $850.
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Corry
Rm A
John Deere
John Chapman
R.D. 1
Bear Lake
Munsee
Benny Dies at 80. Pancreatic Cancer Claims Comic Treasure
Jack Benny, legendary American comedian, dies at 80 in Beverly Hills from pancreatic cancer. Wife Sadie Marks, also known as Mary Livingstone, at bedside along with daughter Joan and friends including Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, and George Burns. Benny's career spanned vaudeville to television, famed for his frugal persona and the Rochester sidekick, with a career beginning in music and radio.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Jack Benny
Benny
Irving Fein
Rex Kennamer
Fein
Sadie Marks
Mary Livingstone
Joan
California
Ronald Reagan
Frank Sinatra
Bob Hope
Danny Kaye
George Burns
Los Angeles
Cedars of Lebanon
Dallas
Hollywood Women's Press Club
Telvision
Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson
Dennis Day
Waukegan, Til
Benny Kubelsky
Russia
City ends fiscal year with probable zero balance in 1974
In a brief noontime session the City Council closed year end business and faced a possible zero treasury balance for 1974. While revenues may trickle in after year start, final figures hinge on the annual transfer of funds. A pending razing project and school district cost share loom, with action possible before spring. The meeting also set police and firemen working periods and trading time requirements.
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Robert Grice
W.W. Waterhouse
Waterhouse
West Main Street
Marty
Pontiac-Buick
Corry Area
Grice
Area crashes cause six thousand dollars in damage
Slippery roads caused two area traffic accidents near Corry yesterday, with total damage near six thousand dollars but no serious injuries. Corry state police investigated. first crash on Route 426 east of Corry involved Mrs. Joseph Smollek, 43, of 101 Meadow Lane, whose car struck a pole after sliding across the highway. Her vehicle sustained about four thousand dollars in damage, while the other car, operated by Thomas Kafferlin, 26, of Spring Creek, lost about five hundred dollars. A second crash three miles east of Corry involved James Krone, 40, of R D 2 Corry, whose Jeep rolled over on a rural road, totaling about one thousand five hundred dollars in damage.
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Corry
Joseph Smollek
Meadow Lane
Thomas Kafferlin
Spring Creek
Kafferlin
Smollek
James Krone
R.D. 2
Krone
Clinton To Close Local Store As Possible Move Looms
The Clinton Discount chain will close its local operation possibly in January, with its New York office saying the date is not yet set. Observers monitor a potential move into 51 North Center Street, former Woolworth location, where a local partnership weighs a new retail outlet, though no deal is final.
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Clinton Discount
New York
The
Journal Today
North Center Street
Woolworth
Clinton
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York
Owakia
Imo Star
Darwin
Australia
Timor Sea
Natural Disasters Center
London
Frankfurt
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Asmara
Eritrean Liberation Front
Bangkor
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
Vientiane, Laos
Laotiam Coalition
Ban Houei Sai
Laos
Pathet Lao
Royal Lao Army
Philadelphia
Valery
Galina Panov
Panovs
Washington
U.S
John J. Sirica
FBI
Atty
William B. Saxbe
Busti Man
Aliff
Virginia
Sign of the Times
Spokane
Edward B. Lindaman
Whitworth College
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