New Year Festivities Rock Europe While U S Sees Slump
As celebrations begin, Europe reports strong advance bookings at restaurants and nightclubs despite higher charges, while the United States faces economy driven cutbacks with reduced advance reservations. West Coast cities report robust demand, New York and Chicago keep pricing steady, and Rome Naples plan fireworks and noise driven luck in the new year. France, London and Scotland vary with snow and late night revelry shaping the year end.
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Rome
New York
United States
West Coast
U.S
Los’ Angeles
San Francisco
Boston
Dallas
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Waldorf-Astoria
Guy Lombardo
Times Square
Central Park
Naples
39 Killed In Blast At Finley Coal Mine Kentucky
Inspectors cited the Finley Coal Co mine for safety violations earlier this year. Rescue teams roped through a blackened interior as 39 men were presumed dead after a Wednesday explosion. One survivor from the day shift, 19 men still missing, toxic gas delayed work. Authorities weighed causes as officials noted potential dynamite use or a blown electrical cable. Debris sprayed hundreds of feet, with rock dust filling honeycombed shafts.
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Hyden
Finley Coal Co
Everett Bartlett
Hazard District
Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals
Deny Profit Expected In Harrisburg Land Sale
Former Commerce Secretary Robert Murama and two associates dispute the projected profit from selling land to PennDOT and the state for 25 acres in southeast Harrisburg at 15 750 per acre. They bought the Elacré tract last July for less than 4 000 an acre, expecting over 11 000 profit, but development costs would yield about 2 000 per acre. The sale to the state follows a council decision and involved grade elevation to avoid flooding risks near the Susquehanna River.
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Harrisburg
Commerce
Robert M. Murama
Departments of Transportation
Penndot
Mumma
Joseph J. Spera
Alexander Grass
Amanda
Pat
Sesalan
Soviets Back Down Drop Hijack Death Penalties
In Leningrad, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of Edward Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits to 11 years in a labor camp. The court also reduced terms for three others while upholding the remaining six sentences. The ruling followed a global protest campaign and a Franco commutation in Spain, with the defendants’ supporters outside the Moscow hearing amid rain and snow. The trial began December 15 and ended Christmas Eve after the defendants admitted planning to hijack a plane to emigrate to Israel.
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Moscow
Supreme Court of the
Russian Republic
Leningrad
Edward Kuznetsov
Mark Dymshits
Europe
Israel
United States
Francisco Franco
Finland
Tass
Supreme Court
Kuznetsov
Dymshus
Iosif Mendelyevich
Ari Khnokh
Anatoly Altman
Sylvia Talmanson
Israel Talmanson
Alexei Murzhenko
Yuri Fyodorov
Boris Penson
Mendel Bodny
Murzhenko
Fyodorov
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet Union
PUC seeks adequate Railpax service for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission urged federal action to ensure Railpax routes serve key cities including Scranton Wilkes-Barre Allentown Bethlehem Easton and Erie. It backed a north central corridor and warned against removing Buffalo to Washington trains through Harrisburg stating local communities rely on this line for transit. The plan should align with Volpe’s national rail network and maintain suburban commuter services while offering sensible hourly schedules.
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Harrisburg
Public Utlity Commission
Pennsylvania
Air Passenger Corp
Railpax
Congress
PUC
U.S. Transportation
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Shafer
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Milton J. Shapp
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Buffalo
New York City
Wilkes-Barre
Bethlehem
Commission
Scranton
Allentown
Easton
Erie
North Central
Northeastern
Lehigh Valley
Penn Central Railroad
Housing Officer Wears A Number Of Hats
John Hornick, the city s first housing officer, handled a busy year tackling rats weeds junk cars ramshackle houses and other hazards in the Fourth Ward urban renewal area He expanded beyond inspection duties to address code compliance trash complaints junk cars and health hazards while coordinating with city and county efforts and facing a pending trailer court variance request from Venture Inn
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John Hornick
Hornick
Fourth Ward
Corry
Journal
FBI Enters Leech Kidnap Case in Erie Arrest Warrant
The FBI has officially joined the hunt for Gary Lee Leech, 25, formerly of Union City, accused of abducting his estranged wife in Conneaut Ohio. An arrest warrant for kidnapping and charges tied to a parole violation were issued, with the investigation ongoing and no charges filed yet.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gary Lee Leech
Union City
Conneaut
Ohio
FBI
Erie
U.S
Lyman Shreve
Shreve
Leech
Carolyn
Partia
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France
Trafalgar Square
Old Phoenix Iron and Steel Co
Susquehanna
Department of Forests and Waters
Commonwealth
Pennuy Supply Co
Pennicivania
Kimbob
Spera
Grass
Binash Conseechange
Shiremanstown
Louisville Courier-Journal
Courier-Journal
Gifford Finley
Finley
Finney
A. T. Collins
Louie B. Nunn
Frankfort
White House
Nunn
Ayden
Tripoli
Libya
Bulgaria
Arraed
Appalachia
Beaver Falls
McKeesport
Philadelphia-Harrisburg
Philadelphia-Pottsville-Bethlehem- Newark
N.J
Venture Inn
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