Death notice and local incidents in St Petersburg and area
Death of Mrs. Harry Prather formerly of Union City reported from St Petersburg Florida with surviving son Gene her mother Mrs Bessie Cyphert sister Mrs Lloyd Sargent brothers Carl Thomas S and Rev Leslie Thomas and nieces and nephews funeral and burial planned in St Petersburg. Columbus firefighters aided at Earl Coons trailer fire on Lacey Road extinguishing stove fire with only smoke damage. Portice seeks unidentified woman who struck his parked car and left contact. Sheila Benton named coeditor of Lions Line at Shenango Valley Campus PSU for 1971 72 year. Benton listed on dean's list as freshman in Mass Communications Journalism program.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Harry
Fern) Prather
Union City
Gene
Bessie Cyphert
Lloyd
Eva) Sargent
Carl Thomas S
Leslie Thomas
Ulysses
Columbus
Earl Coons
Coons
Thomas Messenger
Lacey Road
George Portice
Liberty Street
William Mack
East Bend Street
Portice
Sheila Benton
R.L. Benton
Corry
Lions Line
Shenango Valley
Pennsylvania State University
Miss Benton
Tractor Trailer Teeters Over Bridge Near Gothanburg
A truck driver spent two hours trapped in his cab after losing control and crashing through a guardrail, leaving the trailer hanging on a bridge northwest of Gothanburg before rescuers freed him yesterday.
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Gothanburg
Pees
PSEA Leader Criticizes School Board Bargaining Attitude
Pittsburgh is the scene as PSEA President David W. Kirkpatrick accuses school boards of bad faith bargaining under the new public employee law. He condemns attempts to strip previous agreements and urges fair talks despite high-priced negotiators. He argues boards push managerial gains while limiting teacher pay.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
David W. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Four Killed In Turnpike Crash
Four persons were killed early today on the Pennsylvania Turnpike when their station wagon struck a parked trailer truck. The victims’ identities were not immediately known and police said the driver of the eastbound vehicle was among the injured.
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Somerset
East
Cab Company Charges Conspiracy in Pittsburgh Taxi Case
Peoples and Co. accuses Yellow Cab Co. and its PAC allies of conspiring with state Public Utility Commission members to fix higher taxi rates while Checker Motors sold cheaper cabs. Peoples seeks 30 million in damages as it faces a March 10 order to cease operations amid bankruptcy liabilities of 374000 and 20000 in assets. A separate crash report notes a vehicle veered into a truck injuring a fifth passenger, hospitalized at Somerset Community Hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Peoples and Co
State Public Utility Commission
Peoples
Yellow Cab Co
PAC
Checker Motors Co
Yellow
Checker
Mayor Backs Down On Press Cards
PITTSBURGH AP report says Mayor Peter Flaherty withdrew a plan to charge newsmen 12 for city identification cards after critics called it licensing. The mayor said the proposal was overzealous and reviewed the service charge in a Tuesday letter.
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Pittsburgh
Peter Flaherty
Flaherty
Richard Benjamin to play Portnoy in Roth film
Warner Bros selects Richard Benjamin to portray Alexander Portnoy in Portnoy's Complaint adapting Phillip Roth's novel. Benjamin, star of Diary of a Mad Housewife, will depict Portnoy as both a teenager and a 12-year-old adult, the studio said Tuesday.
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Hollywood
Richard Benjamin
Warner Bros
Alexander Portnoy
Phillip Roth
Portnoy
Benjamin
Prince Stops At Pitcairn Island
Britain’s Prince Philip visited Pitcairn Island home to descendants of mutineers. Radio officer Tom Christian said the royal yacht Britannia arrived Sunday with most of the 93 residents aboard for a buffet dinner before a shore visit. Christian connects with a Glendale church group.
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Glendale
Calif
Britain
Prince Philip
Pitcairn Island
Tom Christian
Brittania
Christian
Calley Testifies Melting Point in My Lai Murder Trial
Lt William L Calley said during cross examination that men women and children were all the enemy and he ordered villagers destroyed in the My Lai massacre He testified he fired at groups with his M16 and changed magazines only once that day while rival accounts from platoon mate David Meadle described multiple magazine changes Calley admitted directing shooting at a ditch and firing into it but denied intending to kill all villagers He cited minefield worries and radio pressure from Capt Ernest Medina to move villagers faster
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Benning
William L. Calley
My Lai
Calley
Aubrey Daniel
David Paul Meadle
Ernest Medina
Meadle
Titusville Records First LSD Case and Two More Drug Arrests
Titusville police arrested Edward W. Wakefield 22 for unlawfully selling LSD to a 15 year old. The boy’s drug tablets were later confirmed as LSD by the State Police Crime Lab. Wakefield bound over to Crawford County court, released on $2000 bond. Two more youths, Gary McKee 18 and Joseph Stefaniszyn 19, were charged with possession of marijuana and suspected hashish and held on $1000 bond each.
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Titusville
Crawford County
Ron Cole
Edward W. Wakefield
Wakefield
Tidioute
Miller's
State Police
Greensburg
Meadville
Ronald Cole
Gary McKee
Joseph Stefaniszyn I
McKee
Stefaniszyn
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Dick van Dyke
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