Allies Pushing Hunt For More Red-Held PWs
Allied forces widen sweeps in the U Minh Forest seeking U S and South Vietnamese prisoners held deep in the Viet Cong sanctuary. So far one American and six Vietnamese rescued, with several Viet Cong weapon depots found and a major ambush reported in the upper delta near Saigon.
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Saigon
U Minh Forest
U.S
Florida
Everglades
Ters
James Rowe
Vietnam
Mekong
Gulf of Siam
Delta
State Gives Final Okay To Firestone
Harrisburg AP reports the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority approved 12 loans totaling 3.9 million with six tentative loans for over 1.5 million. Corry Area Industrial Development Corp. received a 730,400 loan to build a 1.8 million Firestone Tire plant, boosting employment to about 140 and payroll to 910,000 annually. Other loans target Donora, Tarentum, Clearfield, and Erie projects creating dozens of jobs and sizable payrolls.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Corry Area Industrial Development Corp
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
PIDA
Corry Foam Products
West Main Street
North Belle Vernon
Washington County
Middle Monongahela
Mills Tax Burden Rise Looms Over Corry Property Owners
In 1969 Corry property owners face a minimum of 46.5 mills from city school and county taxes after reassessment. City rate up to 13.5 mills, school at 23 mills with July rise possible, county talks 10 to 12 mills. Total could reach 48.5 mills, affecting owners broadly amid other taxes. A photo caption notes a balloon photography stunt drifting away in Cincinnati.
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Corry
Council Will Launch 69 On Monday
The city council will hold its annual reorgan ization Monday evening, with the actual reorganization among commissions and authorities, not the council. Mayor Joseph Furst and councilmen Edward Zarger, Jack Downey, Russell Brant, and Clare Capwell will retain their posts, and new appointments to civic bodies will be made. The brief session will hear the mayor discuss the 1958 and 1969 programs, while City Engineer David Johnson reports on current construction and other matters.
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Council
David Johnson
Navy reassigns inspector who exposed oil thefts
Navy transfers civilian inspector John McGee to the Navy Fuel Supply Office near Washington after his Bangkok posting became politically problematic. GAO later reported at least 5.5 million gallons of fuel stolen from U.S. operations in Thailand amid bribery forgery and lax controls. The Navy said McGee sought a higher level personal hearing, while rankin OSI findings were not public.
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Washington
Navy
U.S
Thailand
Bangkok
United States
John McGee
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
D-Wis
GAO
McGee
Arlie Rankin
Rankin
Air Force Office of Special Investigation
OSI
Air Force
Oil Fire Explosions Injure Six at Gulf Oil Boston Harbor
Six people were injured in a sequence of explosions and a fire at Gulf Oil on the East Coast causing about 200000 dollars in damage. Four firefighters and two Gulf employees escaped serious harm as workers forced vehicles, including a tank truck, out of the blaze. A southerly wind pushed flames away from nearby bunker oil storage tanks in the Chelsea Creeks area near densely populated zones in Boston Harbor.
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Edelsea
Mass
Gulf Oil
Gulf
Gulf Tank
Chelsea Creeks
Boston Harbor
Air Company
Congress Opens With Pay Raises On Agenda
The 91st Congress, after a ceremonial opening, will begin with a vote on pay raises for congressmen, cabinet members, and the President. Powell returns to the House under conditions, Kennedy and Scott win key posts, and the session signals shifts in liberal leadership and party dynamics ahead of Nixon’s start. Powell accepts a $25,000 fine and loses seniority, while Kennedy’s win may spur a future White House bid.
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Washington
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Senate
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Powell
Ath Congress
New York
Harlem
Education and Labor Committee
Kennedy
Louisiaa
Russell B. Long
Scott
Nebraska
Roman Hruska
White House
Minnesota
Eugene 1. McCarthy
Nationwide Sub-Zero Cold Grips Midwest and South
Bitterly cold air remains entrenched across the nation with subzero temperatures extending from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and into the southern plains. Snow fell in Atlanta while the Deep South faced cold rain as the Arctic surge continues, following a brief warm spell earlier in the week.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Rockies
Great Lakes
Florida
California
Hawaii
Atlanta
Plains
Midwest
Car Skid Crash Kills Sparta Man Driver
A car skidded on Route 8 and was crushed under a tractor trailer, killing 33 year old Kerry Katchen of Spartansburg. The incident occurred last night as the semi driver from Yesseyville was unable to avoid the collision.
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Route 8
Kerry Katchen
Ofing
Spartansburg Yesseyville
Lawrence Park
Katchen
Harold Graves
R. D
Spartansburg
Erie County
Chester Miller
Wesleyville
St. Vincent's Hospital
Erie
Dog Dies Just Before Heart Plant Surgery
New York AP report details Kai a four month old German Shepherd dying during preliminary tests at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center before open heart surgery. Dr Walton Lillehei who led a triple organ transplant on New Year’s Eve vowed to try to save the dog as a gesture to the many dogs used in heart research.
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New York
Kai
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
Walton Lillehei
Brooklyn
Lillehei
Planejacker Using 2-Year-Old Hostage To Force Cuba Trip
An Eastern Airlines hijacker seized a white two year old boy named Alan Levy, threatened to shoot him, and demanded the flight be taken to Cuba. A woman and infant accompanied the gunman as the crew and passengers were released in Miami after the Thursday night hijacking from New York. The pilot said the hijacker shouted Black Power and alternated between threats and awe at his act. The mother Beverly Levy, seven months pregnant, chased the hijacker and begged for her child. Continued on Page Six.
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Miami
Cuba
Eastern Airlines
Alan Levy
Larry Wenzel
Hollywood
Fla
Young Levy
Dennis Vanhuss
New York
Vanhuys
Beverly Levy
Massapequa
N.Y
Three more crashes lift Corry area's weekly total to twelve
Highway conditions remain a major factor in local accidents. Donald Messenger, 89, of Clymer, lost control near Corry, hitting an oncoming car driven by Ronald Wettenburg, with $360 damage and no injuries. Frank Cerra Jr., 23, of Pittsburgh, skidded into a snowbank then into Dennis Cochran's car. both drivers uninjured, $250 total damage. Frank Marcinko, 42, of McKean, skidded into a guard post, shaken but unhurt, $150 damage. Passenger John Arthur Gray, 22, of Wilmington, Del., was killed in a separate crash involving a parked truck.
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Corry
Donald Messenger
Clymer
Messenger
Ronald Wettenburg
Waterford
Frank Cerra Jr
Pittsburgh
Cerra
Dennis Cochran
Meadville
Cochran
Frank Marcinko
McKean
Marcinko
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Cincinnat
Ohio
Ken Wood
Robert Seifert
Erica
Freeman
Leary
Cresson State School and Hospital
Cresson
Alexandria
Sparta
Sloomer
Wis
Wisconsin
Earl Seckora
Tial Bloomer
Debra
Dale
Douglas
Gregory
Mary Kay
Karen
Kevin
Michael Doviphin
Edinboro
Marcus Hook
John Arthur Gray
Wilmington
Del
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