Fires leave area in deadly toll across Pa and N Y
A weekend wave of fires caused heavy property damage and loss of life with five confirmed dead and ten missing. In Elkland Pa a three year old Michael Fish died in a Tioga county home blaze. Mayville NY saw a second floor apartment fire with four adults and a firefighter rescued, a baby saved, and multiple injuries. Tyrone Pa crews probed the icebound Pennsylvania Hotel ruins for fourteen believed entombed as four bodies were found and ten still missing.
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Elkland
Pennsylvania
Tioga County
Michael Fish
Carl Fish
Brenda
Casey
Tyrone
Wilson
James W. Hoover
Hoover
Dominick Turiano
Joan
Fire Hits Carry Trailer with $8,000 Damage
A blow torch used to thaw water pipes sparked a fire at 2 p.m. Saturday in the mobile home of Mrs. Dorothy Scheller in Eastman's Trailer Court East Main Street. Firemen said her son Robert Scheller was thawing pipes beneath the trailer when flames reached the underside, causing $8,000 in damage.
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Jury Stanford Hose Company
Dorothy Scheller
Eastman
East Main Street
Snowmobobilers Run Ambulance Runaround At Colony Track
Snowsled racers at the No-Bar Riding Club track in Columbus drew repeat ambulance responses as Corry services ferried injured riders to hospitals. One rider, James Walder of New Bedford, suffered a left shoulder injury. others were treated and released. Freezing conditions hindered firefighting after a blaze, but damage stayed around $8,000. West Hartford notes include Gloria Schaffer winning Man of the Year from Emanuel Synagogue Brotherhood.
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Columbus
Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
James Walder
New Bedford
Jameson Memorial Hospital
New Castle
Robert Stanton
Dallas
Robert Boga
Eric
Paul Lamantagna
Biddleford
George Rickettes
Marion Street
Ernest
Ernest Daily
Shawanese
West Hartford
Three Area Crashes In Corry Leave Minor Damage
City police investigated three minor weekend accidents with light damage and no injuries. A rear-ender on North Center street involved Marko Kirin and Edward Giacomia. A West Columbus avenue collision occurred when Vincent Smith failed to notice a stopped Burkett. A rural road crash north of Corry damaged a parked Lindstrom vehicle. no injuries reported. PRINCE VISIT: Hassan Bin Talal returned from Pakistan, informing Bhutto of King Hussein's concern.
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Corry
Marko Kirin
R.D. 1
Columbus
North Center Street
West Bend Street
Edward Giacomia
South Second Avenue
Giacoma
Kirin
West Columbus Avenue
Vincent L. Smith
Warren
Clayton Burkett
Duane Street
Smith
Burkett
Lynn M. Levien
Hillcrest Drive
Richard F. Lindstrom
Erie
Bhutto
Amman
Hassan bin Talal
Pakistan
Radio Amiman
Talal
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Hussein
Subcontinent
Pressure Nets Freer Supply Of Food Stamps
The Nixon administration revised food stamp rules to ensure all eligible families receive at least as much as before. Agriculture Secretary Butz announced benefits for low income households will rise, while upper end recipients previously faced higher costs. About 10.9 million are enrolled. the program costs 2.2 billion this fiscal year. Additional rules retain work registration for employable recipients and require household members to be related to qualify, excluding students and youth commune members. Deputy AG Richard Kleindienst received the outstanding American award from Phi Beta Kappa in DC.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Congress
Butz
Kleindienst
Richard S. Kleindienst
District of Columbia
Phi Beta Kappa
Kleindienstas
Harvard
Radcliffe
Price Posting Rules Target Firms Over Two Hundred Thousand
Washington AP It is the last day big shops can avoid posting price signs for customers. The IRS will enforce a rule requiring conspicuous base price postings with fines up to 5 000. Small retailers under 200 000 in revenue are exempt per a Price Commission update.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
The
Price Commission
Congress
Reapportionment Tops Agenda As Harrisburg Reconvenes
In Harrisburg the reapportionment issue dominates as the House and Senate reconvene after a 10 day pause. Democratic leaders push a plan to shift Pennsylvania’s congressional districts with Allegheny County aimed changes amid deadline pressures for petitions and the April 25 primary.
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Harrisburg
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Allegheny County
U.S. Representatives
Pennsylvania
Washington
K. Leroy Irvis
D-Allegheny
Irvis
State Government Committee
Harry R.J. Comer
Philadelphia
Comer
Democratic Organization
Trvis
Donald O. Oesterling
Butler
Congress
Kenneth B. Lee
R-Sullivan
McCarthy attacks Muskie over war stance in 1968
Associated Press report notes former senator Eugene J. McCarthy criticized Edmund Muskie for supporting the Vietnam War while Burns, Lindsay, McGovern, and Humphrey seek the Democratic nomination. CBS and NBC programs featured Muskie and other candidates as surveys projected delegate counts on the first ballot. Delegates cited include Muskie with 1199 votes and Humphrey with 311.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
McCarthy
Muskie
John W. Lindsay
New York
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
CBS
NBC
Meet the’ Press
Philadelphia
Humphrey
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
McGovern
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
George Wallace
Alabama
Lindsay
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Mayville
Raymond Johnson
Chautauqua Avenue
Jack Knowlton
Theodore
Randy Swanson
Knowlton
Raymond Johnson Jr
Swanson
WCA
Jamestown
Children’s Hospital
Buffalo
Theodore Knowlton
Virginia Dawn Johnson
Tammy Sue Johnson
John J. Rowe
Joseph Stelmach
Miles Hedeen
Johnson
Herman Knowlton
Jaycee
USSA
Journal
McEldowney
Milton Bogdanowicz
Concord Street
Stanford Hose
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department
Columbus Department
Erie County Plastics Company
Cassed
Lee
Associated Press
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