Blizzard Batters Region With Heavy Snow and Cold
A powerful winter storm blankets Corry and surrounding areas dropping fifteen inches of snow with blizzard conditions. Roads remain open but hazardous as state police urge staying home. Accidents occur but no injuries reported. one heart attack patient admitted. Winds gust past 40 mph. forecasts call for continued cold and more snow across the nation.
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Corry
Richard Mountain
Department of Transportation
Union City Memorial Hospital
Daniel Martin
Garland
Corry Memorial Hospital
Boonville
N.Y
Associated Press
Great Lakes
Midwest
West Virginia
Florida
Everglades
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
International Falls
Minn
Key West
Fla
Kidnap Warrant Issued For Area Fugitive
A second degree kidnapping warrant was issued for George Miketish, a former murderer who fled Jamestown area after a late Thursday home invasion in Busti. He allegedly shot through a door wounding a boy, abducted Mrs. Yvonne Bancroft, and warned the Kyles against interference before fleeing in a stolen car. Police pursued but lost track. FBI involvement was reported but not confirmed. The Kyle boy remained in satisfactory condition at WCA Hospital.
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George Miketish
Jamestown Area
Kyle
Yvonne Bancroft
Miketish
Kyles
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Corry
FBI
Jamestown
WCA
Pa Nursing Home Rules Under Fire
The HEW warns Pennsylvania will face noncompliance action in a federal Medicaid nursing home program. Only Pa failed to meet the Feb 1 deadline due to its fire code not applying to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton. other states have been warned and must complete inspections by July 1 or face decertification.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pennsylvania
Social and Rehabilitation Service
John Yenneman
HEW
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Scranton
District of Columbia
Arizona
Alaska
Sisters Trapped Killed By Blaze
Five Nowicki sisters aged 11, 9, 7, 4 and Karen 1 died in Milwaukee fire that trapped them in bedrooms. Parents, a brother and grandmother escaped before firefighters arrived. Medical examiner cited smoke inhalation as the cause.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Daniel Nowicki
Hales Corners
Sains
Claire
Ann
Ruth
Jill
Karen
Viet Cong Reject Nixon Eight Point Peace Plan
North Vietnamese Premier Phan Van Dong reports Viet Cong opposition to Nixon's plan calling it an energetic indictment of Vietnamization and deceit. The Viet Cong also demands Thieu resign now, end Saigon's policy, and a set terminal date for U.S. withdrawal with elections overseen internationally.
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Paris
Phan van Dong
Nixon
North Vietnam
Dong
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
U.S. State Department
Thieu
1968 Stutzman Deaths Litigation Involving Erie Railroad
Federal court actions resume soon to recover damages for Walter Stutzman injured at Scotts Crossing on August 4 1968. Attorney John Blackmore and Donald Grieshaber concluded deaths of Mrs Stutzman and three children Brenda Ann Brian and James plus Mrs Thelma Gleason in the same crash. Railroad settlement reached for some estates while Walter remains hospitalized. Erie contends some negligence by Stutzman though most fault lies with the railroad. State trooper Barbour described the crash as Stutzman following another car stopped at a stop sign, triggering the fatal train encounter.
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Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Walter Stutzman
Scotts Crossing
John Blackmore
Erie
Donald Grieshaber
Stutzman
Brenda Ann
Brian
James
Thelma Gleason
Blackmore
Railroad
William Barbour
Corry
Stutz
Missing methadone doses spark county probe in Pittsburgh
An Allegheny County official alleges 1700 methadone doses are unaccounted for at the North Side program run by Pittsburgh Black Action Inc. Director Dr. Charles Burks is demoted. new oversight, an independent board, and tighter controls are planned. A Beechview overdose linked death is cited amid claims of lax urine checks and restricted inspections.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
North Side
George Lowe
Pittsburgh Black Action, Inc
Charles J. Burks
Lowe
Beechview
Burks
Police Roundup Nab 3 Snowmobile Drivers in City Crackdown
City police launched a snowmobile crackdown, citing eight drivers yesterday and last night in the first round of enforcement. The roundup names Thomas Mountain and others on sidewalk violations near Maple Avenue and the YMCA areas, with charges filed before District Justice Porter Auer. Penalties range from 20 to 50 dollars or up to 60 days in jail per offense.
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Thomas Mountain
Marion Street
Maple Avenue
Thomas A. Lindstrom
R.D
Corry
North Center Street
Sear Voebringer
Lake Milton
Ohio
Wayne Street
Congress
Frederick
Jack Reese
North Jackson
Porter Auer
Kenneth Nichols
Dayan Hints Canal Could Be Reopened
Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan says there is a good chance the Suez Canal could reopen without Israeli troops withdrawing from its banks. He offered no further details at a Friday news conference in New York.
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New York
Moshe Dayan
Suez Canal
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McEldowney and Pryor
Union City
Jeffery L. McCool
R.D. 1
Waterford
Bernard Karg
Oil City
Karg
McCool
County Mental Health and Retardation Program
Robert Wiles
Aror
U.S
Atorney
Richard L. Thornburgh
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
E Xak
de E Burks
Dayan Hints
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