Tank Car Rerailed After Pittsburgh Suburb Derailment
A tank car carrying more than 33 000 gallons of butane was safely rerailed in McKees Rocks after a derailment that forced about 1000 people from a one mile square area. The car remained upright as a crane lifted it and placed it on new supports. No leakage was detected. officials evacuated nearby residents as a precaution. Two derailed empty gondolas hit a plastics factory where 100 to 125 workers were present. Police and emergency crews cordoned the area as operations continued through the night.
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Mckees Rocks
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Chemical
Joseph Thompson
Pennsylvania, Chartiers & Youghegany Railroad
North Vietnam
Dmz
South Vietnam
Saigon
United States
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Khe Sanh
A Shau
Plain of Jars
Vientiane
Xieng Khouang
Kouk Cham
Angkor Wat
Angkor
Seven More Aircraft Downed In Indochina War
Saigon reports the U S command confirms seven additional aircraft losses in Indochina including three during heavy raids on North Vietnam. A spotter plane disappeared in Cambodia and three other losses occurred between February 4 and February 13. All six crew aboard the North Vietnam crashes were missing. three crew were killed and one injured in other crashes.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Demilitarized Zone
Plan Expansion of Special Ed Plan Expansion of Special Ed
Pennsylvania’s director of special education says a comprehensive plan to educate all mentally retarded children will be ready by year end 1972. Dr. William Ohrtman spoke before northeastern educators in Wilkes-Barre and said the program will be integrated within the existing system.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Pennsylvania
William Ohrtman
Wilkes-Barre
Ohrtman
Wolf Pack Moves to New Site in Washington State
Jack Lynch, owner of Lobo Wolf Park near Kane, prepares to tranquilize more than 50 wolves as the park relocates to a new home in Washington. He cites dwindling local food supplies and declining tourism, noting it takes 200 miles to obtain food. The pack will be trucked to Pittsburgh and flown to a site near Olympic National Forest.
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Jack Lynch
Kane
Washington State
Lynch
Pitsburgh
Olympic National Forest
Washington
Storms Lash Midwest and East U S in twin system
A powerful northern storm battered the Midwest with hurricane gusts and heavy snow creating blizzard conditions in parts of Minnesota. A separate Atlantic coast storm spread light snow to the Eastern Seaboard while winter storm watches were issued from Pennsylvania to southern New England. Rain fell in the Pacific Northwest with mountain snow, showers in the Ohio Valley, and thunderstorms in the lower Mississippi Valley as fair weather persisted elsewhere.
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Midwest
Minnesota
Atlantic
Seaboard
National Weather Service
Pennsylvania
New England
Pacific Northwest
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Science Eyes Acupuncture But Hates To Admit It
Washington AP reports U S government scientists quietly gathered information on acupuncture, a 5000 year old Chinese practice. Officials emphasize fact finding, not policy or program development. The interest followed observations by American physicians during a China visit and is framed as professional curiosity.
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Science
Washington
U.S
Nixon
Peking
National Institute of Mental Health
Associated Press
British Acupuncture Association
J. David Miller
NIMH
Miller
Mark Krass
Krass
Paul Dudley White
China
White
Victor Sidel
New York
First Lottery Draw Delayed To March Fifteenth In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg AP reports the first Pennsylvania lottery drawing slips to March 15, three weeks past the target. Revenue Secretary Kane apologizes for delays while processing about 13,000 applications from sales agents. Ticket sales begin March 7 and agent selection runs into March. Kane says 8,000 establishments will be tapped with no outright rejections, with potential replacements for underperforming agents. Gov. Shapp eyes delaying the April 15 tax deadline, possibly to May 15, to address mailing and staffing issues, though Kane calls extension premature and cites 50,000 returns daily. Final extension decision expected early next week.
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Harrisburg
Revenue
Robert P. Kane
Revenue Department
Kane
Shapp
Titusville High Suspends 12 Athletes Policy Clarified
Titusville coaches and officials explain the suspension of five basketball players and seven swim team members. Officials say disciplined athletes volunteered information that they broke team rules, countering rumors of unfair treatment.
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Titusville
Titusville High School
Probe Theft Of 8000 Dollars Of Booze In Campbell
Mahoning County deputies probe the theft of about 8000 dollars of liquor from a Campbell state store. Witnesses say the thiefs made repeated rear trips as nearly 100 cases shipped earlier in the week vanished. The city strike by Local 1156A is cited amid pay disputes and staffing gaps in safety departments.
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Campbell, Ohio
Mahoning County
Campbell
American Federation of State
Ohio Water Pollution Board
Mahoning River
Benefits End for 800 Workers in Masury Ohio
General American Transportation Corp. will halt supplemental unemployment benefits for 800 workers laid off in Masury near Youngstown on February 28. The fund, paying 65 to 150 dollars monthly to jobless employees, is exhausted and will not be rebuilt until the steel industry contract with United Steelworkers is renegotiated. Workers may still receive 26 weeks of state unemployment in Ohio.
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Masury, Ohio
General American Transportation Corp
Youngstown
United Steel Workers Union
Ohio
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