B52s Restart Border Bombing For New Year Offensive Fears
U S B52s resumed raids after the allied cease fire near the Cambodian border as ground patrols clashed with North Vietnamese infiltrators. 16 enemy soldiers were killed, Americans reported no casualties, while 12 rocket and mortar attacks wounded seven Americans. Vice President Agnew left Vietnam for Formosa after meetings with South Vietnamese leaders, stressing continued pursuit of peace and unity against a possible forthcoming offensive.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Formosa
Nguyen van Thieu
Lgipel
Agnew
Nguyen Vang Thieu
Thieu
National Assembly
Four Snowmobile Accidents Injure Four Near Corry
Four people were treated at Corry Memorial Hospital after New Year’s Day snowmobile incidents. Lawrence Eckman of Union City was hospitalized with bruises and a leg wound when his sled flipped at Canadohta Lake. Richard Wilcox and Ray Stutzman, also Union City and West Washington area residents, were released after injuries from a collision with a parked car. Charles Wade of Corry, 21, was treated and released for a broken left collarbone after his snowmobile hit a snowbank near Nancy Hill Road.
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Lawrence Eckman
R.D
Union City
Canadohta Lake
Eckman
Spartansburg
Richard Wilcox
Miles Street
Ray Stutzman
R.D. 3
West Washington Street
Wilcox
Stutzman
Charles Wada
Corry
Nancy Hill
Wade
Arthur Cohen dies at 53 Corry businessman owner of Leed's store
Arthur Cohen a Corry, Pennsylvania, businessman and owner of Leed's fashion store for 23 years died in St Vincent Hospital Erie at age 53 after years of heart illness. He served in WWII, and was active in local civic groups, leaving wife Naomi and daughters Rhoda Steiner and Ronna. Services in Pittsburgh with Heart Association donations desired.
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Arthur Cohen
Corry
Leed
St Vincent Hospital
Erie
Cohen
Erie Hospital
Pittsburgh
U.S. Air Force
Naomi
Stanford Hose Company
Rhoda Steiner
Ronna
Edinboro State College
Fern Legin
Norma Dobrushin
Letty Cohen
Blank Brothers Funeral
Kraft and
Forbes
Oakland
The
Heart Association
West 7Th Street
50 000 Blaze Wrecks Torpedo Wire Plant Near Garland
A section of the Torpedo Wire and Strip Co. along Route 27 near Garland was destroyed by a fire at about 4 a.m. Damage is estimated above 50 000. Henry McConnell owner says production halted for the holiday and no machinery was operating. Firefighters from Grand Valley Garland Tidioute Spring Creek Youngsville and Pleasant Township fought the blaze with about 70 men. Investigation into the cause is underway.
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Torpedo Wire and Strip Co
Garland
Garland Tire
Harold Williams
Grand Valley
Grand Valley Department
Holiday Traffic Death Toll Near 200 Over New Year Weekend
The nation's traffic death toll for the four day New Year weekend reached 200 today. Snow fell in scattered areas of the western mountains and in parts of the plains the Midwest and the Great Lakes. Main roadways were generally clear and dry elsewhere. The count began at 6 a.m. local time Wednesday and will end at midnight Sunday.
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Plains
Midwest
Great Lakes
Insurance Industry Fights U S Control
Washington AP The Mutual Insurance industry mounts a coast to coast lobbying push against a bill creating a Federal Insurance Guaranty Corp to insure victims of insurer insolvencies. AMIA argues for state regulation and cites prior consumer protections, while facing industry divisions and broad congressional support for federal action.
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Washington
American Mutual Insurance Alliance
AMTA
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
AMIA
Federal Insurance Guaranty Corp
The
Congress
Magnuson
Court Rejects Ohio PUC Request To Forestall EL Train Cutback
A U.S. District Court in Columbus refused the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s bid for a temporary injunction to delay Erie Lackawanna Railway’s last two passenger trains between New York and Chicago. The order ends service in Ohio cities including Youngstown, Warren, Kent, Akron, Ashland, Marion, Galion and Lima. Trains 6 westbound and eastbound 6 would end Sunday night and Monday morning, with last arrivals in Corry and Meadville area stops listed. ICC authorization ends service by December 30, amid reported possible delays from New York authorities.
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U.8
Columbus
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Erie Lackawanna Railway
New York
Chicago
PACO
U.S. District Court
Joseph P. Kinneary
Youngstown
Warren
Kent
Akron
Ashland
Marion
Galion
Lima
Ohio Commission
Interstate Compmerce Commission
Corry
Bolmer
ICC
Sche
New York State
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Greenville
Cambridge Springs
Union City
Agnew Arrives At Taipei Stop
Vice President Spiro Agnew arrived in Formosa to reassure Nationalist China of U.S. treaty commitments while signaling a Nixon Doctrine push for reduced tensions with Communist China. He urged dialogue and reduced military spending, stressing no change to U.S. support for Chiang Kai-shek and emphasizing a broader Pacific role.
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Taipel
Spirot
Agnew
Formosa
China
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Jimi
Asia
United States
Republic of China
C.K. Yen
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa Strait
Chiang
United Nations
Corry City Sends Out Income Tax Forms to Residents
Corry residents 16 or older as of December 31, 1969 received city income tax forms by mail. William Miller, the tax receiver, said most have had correct 1969 withholdings and urged prompt filing by April 15, 1970. The tax applies to wages and even nontraditional earnings like babysitting and cleaning work. A penalty exists for late filing, and city and school district collected $102,685 in 1969.
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Corry City
William Miller
Miller
Triple-Transplant Patient Falk Dies at 43
Edward Falk, 43, who received a transplanted heart and two lungs, died after his body rejected the organs. The New York Hospital reported the patient from Newton, New Jersey, and noted he was the second person to receive a triple transplant.
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New ‘York
Edward Falk
Christus
New York Hospital
Falk
Newton Nij
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Los Angeles
Golden State Freeway
Highway Patrol
Pasadena
Ba Nang
Alliance
American Insurance Association
ALA
Mutuals
Ohio Puc
Two Electric Company
Harpeth River
Nashville
Taipei
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