Smathers urges railroads to crave less restriction not control
In Pittsburgh AP report, former Florida senator George Smathers as general counsel to an AAR study group told local business leaders that railroads need fewer government restraints and not nationalization. He cited 43 of 71 major railroads had nine month deficits totaling 316 million and urged tax exemptions, a unified transportation fund, wide loans for rights of way, motive power, freight cars, and a nonprofit to run unassigned freight cars by 1990. Meanwhile Jones & Laughlin Steel recalls about 2000 workers in Pittsburgh Cleveland and Chicago due to rising orders. The move follows furloughs of roughly 4000 last October and signals upcoming steel labor talks.
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George A. Smathers
U.S
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Smathers
Association of American Railroads
Europe
Japan
Congress
Meadle Defends Calley as Man Doing His Duty
Former soldier Paul David Meadle testified at Lt. William L. Calley Jr.’s murder trial that Calley was “a man doing his duty and doing his job” during the My Lai shootings. Meadle said he faced emotional upset but believed he carried out an order as he stood with Calley spraying civilians.
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William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Paul David Meadle
Meadle
Meadie
Lt. Calley
George Latimer
Terre Haute
Ind
Myi
Ernest Medina
Charley Company
Medina
Speaker Says Drunks Should Be Hospitalized
Attorney General Fred Speaker proposes a public intoxication rehabilitation system modeled on Erie pilot to remove calls from police, transfer drunks to a center near skid row, and treat alcoholism rather than jail with judge cooperation, aiming to ease jail crowding and provide humane care.
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Williamsport
Fred Speaker
Erie
Speaker
Lycoming County Bar Association
Center For Treatment
Panel Formed To Monitor Schuylkill River
Gov. Shafer creates the Schuylkill River Advisory Commission to monitor environmental control along the 131 mile river from Tuscarora to Philadelphia. The watchdog group will work with state government and the Delaware River Basin Commission, with no compensation for members. Edward L. Gruber of Pottsville chairs. other commissioners include Robert McCracken, Gilbert Rendell, Alston Jenkins, William H. Ashton, Jacob Moser, and Norman Thornburg.
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Shafer
Schuylkill River
Tuscarora
Schuyldll
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Schuylkill
Edward L. Gruber
Pottstown
Robert McCracken
Times-Herald
Norristown
Gilbert Rendell
Reading
Alston Jenkins
The
Philadelphia Conservationists Inc
William H. Ashton
Edgemont
Jacob Moser
Norman Thornburg
Pottsville
Queen Elizabeth to Visit Turkey on State Visit
London reports Queen Elizabeth II is expected to visit Turkey soon after an invitation from President Cevdet Sunay made during his November 1967 state visit to Britain. A Buckingham Palace spokesman noted such exchanges are customary.
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Elizabeth II
Turkey
Buckingham Palace
Cevdet Sunay
Britain
Movers Can't Escape Taxes in Tittsville Board Meeting
In Tittsville, the Area School Board refused a Warren County request to exonerate a mobile home moved into Southwest Township to dodge school taxes. The board warned tax collectors to take action to recover the $70 owed and reiterated residents must pay school taxes wherever they reside.
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Tusville
Tittsville Area
Warren County
Southwest Township
Marriages Dominate County Statistics in 1970
Erie County issued 2,622 marriage licenses in 1970 while 564 divorces were decreed. June saw the most license applications with 339, followed by August with 337. Divorce filings peaked in April and September at 69 each.
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Erie County
Little-Box Detonator Blows Truck Off Interstate 61
Trucker Allan Root of Trucksville, Pa., says he saw a small black box with a wire in the southbound lane of Interstate 61 and a detonator box at the scene. The 4200-gallon gasoline tanker owned by Chemical Lehman Tank Co. was towed after damage to the cab and lights. Root was uninjured. Police seek motive as investigators note wires running to the detonator.
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Allan Root
Trucksville
Vietnam
Root
Chemical Lehman Tank Co
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