Prices Shrink for Pork Chop Pa. Chuck Steady Across Cities
A 12 city survey by the Pennsylvania Agriculture Commodity Market Association shows pork prices easing end of October retail costs. Chuck price fell from December's 97 cents to 88 cents to 1.29 per pound in many areas, with most markets reporting lower prices. Franks and other items varied. several foods stayed steady or cheaper, while a few were more expensive in some locales.
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Rard Sparlia
Sparlia
Pennsylvania Agriculture Commodity Market Association
Pennsylvania
Snowstorm Affects Pennsylvania With One Death
A weekend winter storm dumped one to three inches of snow across Pennsylvania causing icy highways and multiple sledding and skating injuries. One death was reported when 34 year old Robert Morgan of Berks County was knocked from a sled into a tree and a parked car. Water service outages affected about 200 residents in Dunmore, Lackawanna County, after a burst water main. Service was restored about 9 p.m. as crews cleared two inches of snow.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
National Weather Service
Robert Morgan
Dunmore
Lackawanna County
Scranton
Pennsylvania Gas and Water Co
Corry Woman Assaulted in Millcreek Area
A Corry woman was raped and slashed by three men who allegedly took her to a remote Ramada area near Route 190 outside Erie. Police report the suspects aged 3 to 55, with details and identities still sketchy as agencies investigate. Separately, Congressman Joseph P. Vigorito voiced opposition to HR 2088 and related Senate bill 5634, arguing the costly child and family services program is not the time for a federal expansion.
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Raneflextors
Ramadalem
Erie
Joseph P. Vigorito
Congress
Vigorito
House
Senate
Vigorio
Vigorito Sai
Blown Off Foundation 20 Killed In Hotel Blast
Fremont Nebraska AP reports the Pathfinder Hotel blast killed about 20 people and leveled the building. Firefighters with cranes and help from passengers searched through concrete and debris for victims as officials investigated the cause. Three Nebraska Natural Gas Co. workers in the basement were among those missing or dead. Police and state fire marshal officials vow a full inquiry with a determination weeks away.
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Fremont, Neb
Pathfinder
Jim Rhodus
Bill van Meter
Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Carl Richard Strong
James, Walline
Fred Whitt
Agatha Christie dies at 85 in England
Agatha Christie, 85, the prolific English author of The Mousetrap and numerous novels and plays, died at her home near London. Her works have been translated into more than 103 languages, and she described writing as challenging. In a separate news item, fatalities and injuries from a hotel blast in Dodige County totaled 11 confirmed dead with 40 plus injured, as investigators and coroner’s office assess counts and causes.
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Miss Tie
Tex Weat
London
Teast
Christie
Budget Cuts Put End In Sight For Selective Service
Washington AP reports that with the draft inactive for nearly three years the Selective Service System could face budget cuts. The 1947 1948 tradition of a yearly lottery and universal registration stalled amid Ford era planning and fiscal squeeze. Officials say future moves depend on President Ford and no date for a 18 year old registration is set. Senate critics urge abolition, arguing the agency costs should end with the draft.
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Washington
Ford
Selective Service
Byron V. Pepitane
Senate Appropriations Micommmittee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Two Pittsburgh men held after area robberies
DuBois police arrested Rez A. Mounts 19 and Harry E. Clark 22 on burglary and theft charges tied to a DuBois Herb and Tom's Gateway incident and an armed robbery at the Red and White Store in Centerville owned by Richard Hester.
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Pittsburgh
Centerville
DuBois
Rez A. Mounts
Harry E. Clark
Herb and Tom
Red & White
Richard Hester
Area Woman Found Dead At Mailbox In Pittsfield Township
A 55 year old Pittsfield Township woman Mary Wright was found dead in the snow outside her home by a passing motorist on Saturday. Deputy coroner Donald E McKinney ruled death from an acute coronary occlusion noting a history of heart disease. The incident followed by a separate late night shop robbery at Centerville where Martha Heeter and her husband were tied and gagged while thieves stole cash bonds and cigarettes. Mounts and Clark were arrested and arraigned in DuBois on $15000 bond each.
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Pittsfield
Mary Wright
Davey Hill Road
Pittsfield Township
Steve Bosko Jr
Warren County
Donald E. McKinney
McKinney
Warren General Hospital
Tail Phan
Heeter
Mouns and Clark
DuBois
Gateway Market
Centerville
Mounts and Clark
Wesley J. Reed
Clearfield County
State Police Probe Odd Cat Burglary Case
Police investigate a peculiar burglary where a cat owner reported a theft. The culprit left another cat in place of the stolen one, and officers continue probing the unusual incident.
May Prosecute Ex CIA Boss
Former CIA Director Richard Helms faces potential charges on two misdemeanor counts for approving a break in at a photo studio. The Washington Post reports the ambassador to Iran was informed by Justice Department lawyers last week via a CIA line in a call about ongoing constitutional fights in the investigation.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard M. Helms
Washington Post
Helms
Iran
Justice Department
CIA
The
Post
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