Sausage Plant Blast in Chicago Kills Six
Fire and a series of explosions ripped the Mickleberry Sausage Co. plant on the South Side killing six people and injuring 78. The firm president Roy R. Laidly, 61, was found among the rubble, with one person missing. Three of the dead and 18 of the injured were firefighters. The blast hurled bodies across the street as flames raged in freezing temperatures. Rescue crews evacuated spectators and workers to distant hospitals amid widespread damage.
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Chicago
Roy R. Laidly
Four Crash Victims Show Recovery
Four young crash victims near Union City continue to improve after a one car accident that killed three companions. Linda Stinedurf and Mary Sloan, both 19 from Erie, are in Hamet Hospital ICU with severe internal and head injuries and internal injuries respectively. Lewis Denning, 21 from Erie, is in satisfactory condition at Union City Memorial Hospital with rib fractures. Roger Edwards is listed in fair condition with pelvic and skull fractures. The dead are Daniel Short, Elizabeth Smith and William Edwards. Police say the car was speeding and ran into a concrete abutment. Investigators note the group had been visiting a relative near Union City. The deaths bring Erie County 1968 traffic fatalities to seven.
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Union City
Hamet Hospital
Linda Ann Stinedorf
Mary C. Sloan
Erie
Miss Stinedurf
Miss Sloan
Union City Memorial Hospital
Lewis E. Denning
Roger A. Edwards
Daniel Lee Short
Corty
Elizabeth K. Smith
RB. D. 2
William J. Edwards
Roger Edwards
Drogper
William . Barbour
Corry
Fire Leaves Local Family Homeless in Concord Township
Six members of the Donald McKuhn family lost their home on Concord Ridge Road in a fire that destroyed the house and melted all contents. Total loss valued at 8 000 for the building and 4 000 for the contents. Fire chief says furnace not ruled out. Salvation Army and Red Cross aiding with clothing and furniture drives. The family stayed with Mrs. Lindstrom overnight. Continued on page four.
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Concord Township
Donald McKwhn
Concord Ridge Road
Y McKubn
McKuhn
Corry
Ajax
Boy 13 Hurt Slightly In Route 89 Crash Near Titusville
A two vehicle crash on Route 89 a mile north of Titusville injured a 13 year old boy slightly. Robert J Knapp 21 of Guys Mills faced charges for failure to yield. John Smalley 19 received minor bruises and the Knapp car and Smalley truck suffered 100 and 400 dollars in damage respectively.
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Guys Mullsman
Corry
Titusville
Route 89
Robert J. Knapp
Guys Mills
J. Lillie M. Smalley
Spartansburg
John Smalley
Knapp
Smailey
Size Of Train Crew Dispute Sparks Multiple Strikes
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen pushes for larger crews across Union Pacific Missouri Pacific and other lines amid a potential court ruling in Lincoln Nebraska. Union says safety is at stake while the carrier calls the safety claim a red herring.
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Associated Press
Union Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad
Lincoln
Neb
Jack Bardgett
St. Louis
U.S District Court
Union
Missouri Pacific
Texas & Pacific Lines
Seaboard Coast Line
MOPAC
Harry Hammer
Hammer
Slippery Rock College President Resigns After Criticizing Board
Dr. Robert S. Carter, president of Slippery Rock College, resigned after the board accepted his notice with no comment. He had alleged the trustees favored the status quo and weakened his power to fire faculty. Carter was appointed in March 1965.
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Slippery Rock, Pa
Robert S. Carter
Slippery Rock College
Board of Trustees
Carter
Johnson asks 3.04 billion for overseas aid in 1969 plan
President Johnson requests Congress approve 3.04 billion dollars for foreign aid for the next fiscal year, about 750 million more than last year. The package includes 2.5 billion for economic assistance and 540 million for military aid abroad, with total U.S. aid reaching 4.23 billion when including related programs.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
Vietnam
U.S
Agency For International Development
William S. Gaud
Peace Corps
Laos
Thailand
Lindsay orders 10 000 sanitation workers back
New York Mayor John V Lindsay vows to fight lawlessness and ready to call on state aid and National Guard if strikers do not return to work. With more than 50 000 tons of garbage piling up citywide, negotiations continue as snow warnings are canceled and trash fires rise amid mounting public hazard.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
National Guard
New York City
Times Square
The
Cay
Union
Gracie Mansion
Lindsay
Corry Teachers Endorse Sanctions Movement
Corry PSEA members voted last night to support sanctions against the state over unsatisfactory starting salaries. The tabulated result from Edinboro State Teachers College shows a clear preference for sanctions among northwestern Pennsylvania teachers, with several alternative actions noted including censure and contact with legislators.
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Corry
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Keppel Tiffany
Corry Psea
Max Bennink
Shafer Budget Sets Tone On Non-Public School Aid
Harrisburg AP reports Gov. Shafer’s 1968 69 budget frames an austere plan with a tax free $1.98 billion program. He proposes dedicating flat racing receipts to education and a share for non public school children, while awaiting three tracks to start this year to bring about $2 million in state revenue.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Teachers Accept Pact to Avert Walkout in Scottdale
In Scottdale Pennsylvania the Southforeland school district teachers vote to approve a new contract averting a strike planned for today The agreement includes improved hospital and insurance plans and salary raises The starting salary for standard certificate teachers rises to 5004 annually for bachelors degree holders increases to 9200 for those with a bachelor’s degree and to 5600 for masters degree holders.
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Scottdale
Southforeland
Focal Chapter
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Wife Mother Said Insane After Family Arsenic Killings
Janie Lou Gibbs 35 admitted poisoning five family members with arsenic. A jury found her insane and committed her to a state mental hospital, avoiding murder trial for the son Roger Gibbs 18. A psychiatrist cited schizophenia and lack of guilt. Gov Shafer named L Dice Miller to the Air Pollution Control Association Region VI.
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Vluhdele
Janie Lou Gibbs
Mrs. Gibbs
Roger Gibbs
Allen Turner
Albany
Shafer
Harrisburg
L. Dice Miller
Lewisburg
Union County Commissioners
Air Pollution Control Association
Region VI
Arthur R. Campbell Jr
Lancaster
Long-Expected Cong Offensive Under Way
North Vietnamese forces launched a major assault in northwest South Vietnam targeting Khe Sanh and Lang Vei. At Lang Vei they seized the Special Forces camp while heavy artillery and rocket fire battered the Khe Sanh Marine base prompting counterattacks aided by air support.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Lang Vei
John T. Wheeler
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Frank Shear
Charles Peppers
Peppers
Mickleberry Sausage Co
International Amphitheatre
Causey, N.M
Mollie Parnell
Ajax Iron Works
Jerome Davis
Public Utility Commission
Penn Central
Turtle Creek
Wilmerding
PUC
Port ‘Authority of
Allegheny County
Commission
Slippery Rock Board
Lower East Side
Nyc
Shafer Budget Rapped
General Fund
Tine
Racine
Raeneoe
Pupuc Education
Halim
Ganuare
Anon Suns
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