Defend U S Air Missions Over Cambodia
The United States dispatches helicopters from 7th Fleet ships off Cambodia to support Cambodian South Vietnamese forces reopening Phnom Penh's highway to the sea. Defense official Friedheim calls this air combat and logistic activity, saying it does not change longstanding policy and fits within broader interdiction efforts in Cambodia.
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Washington
Cambodia
Nixon
U.S
7Th Fleet
Phnom Penh
Jerry W. Friedheim
Defense Department
South Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Vietnam
Plant Blast Injures 16 at Enjay Chemical Co facility
Sixteen people were injured in an explosion and fire at Enjay Chemical Co in Baton Rouge. Half were plant employees. Fire contained early morning. no deaths reported. Tanker contents unknown. damage not estimated but deemed not serious by company spokesman.
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Baton Rouge, la
Enjay Chemical Co
Shapp Faces First Day With Empty Cabinet In Snub
In Harrisburg on Tuesday Governor Milton J. Shapp confronts a cabinet void as Senate Democrats delay confirmation of all his nominees. Designees wait in the House chamber for oath while Shapp reassigns them as special assistants to keep departments running.
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Harrisburg
Milton J. Shapp
Senate Democrats
Shapp
House
Senate
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
James H. J. Tate
Sen
Jamin R. Dondlow
Donclaw
Robert P. Casey
Shafer
Insurance
Community Affairs
Welfare
Revenue
Fred Speaker
Retired Coast Guard Admiral Decorated Just Before Ouster
A Coast Guard admiral recently retired for a serious error in judgment in allowing Soviets to capture a defecting Lithuanian seaman reportedly received the Legion of Merit for sound judgment and dynamic leadership. Secretary Volpe, who criticized the admiral, signed the citation. The disclosure follows controversy over the Kudirka incident.
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Washington (Ap
Coast Guard
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
William B. Ellis
Ellis
1St Coast Guard District
Nixon
Simanas Kudirka
U.S
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Jillis
Fletcher W. Brown
Volpe
Elis
Legion of Merit
High Transportation Department
Adm
Chester R. Bender
Guerrillas Shift to Support Peace Efforts in Arab-Israeli Conflict
The central committee of the Palestinian guerrilla movement backed Arab state efforts to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict, withendorsement from both the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Al Fatah. The move marks a sharp break from past opposition to peacemaking, described by Al Ahram as a broad reconsideration of Palestinian strategy.
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Cairo
Palestine
al Ahram
Palestine Guerrilla Organization
Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
al Fatah
Fire destroys two area homes in Waterford and Clymer
A Waterford house burned with loss over 10000 while a North Clymer home also burned. Irene Blankenship and four children escaped as crews from Panama Bear Lake Ashville and Clymer fought the blaze amid minus five degree wind. The Waterford family faces humanitarian aid needs as Salvation Army and locals rally.
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Waterford
North Clymer
Clymer
Irene Blankenship
Blanketship
Edith Yoder
California
Sheryl
Karen
Gary
Larry
Culetta
Bruce
Amy
James
Ohio
Union City Fire Control
1970 Year in Corry Police Records Shows No Major Crimes
Police chief Charles Lutton presented the 1970 annual report to the City Council noting no major crimes in Corry that year. The document records 249 automobile accidents, 236 motor vehicle code violations, and numerous petty offenses including larceny and drunkenness, with 43,374 patrol miles logged. It also notes new no major crimes status, near-misses like a rape reduced to assault, and minor offenses such as vandalism, violations by minors, and sheltering drifters.
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Corry
Charles Lutton
Frank Carnegie
Lutton
Band Misses Parade in Harrisburg Inauguration
Elk County Christian High School band of 70 students waited in St Marys for two buses bound for Harrisburg. The buses were in Emporium 20 miles away and neither side could locate them. Police roadblocks found no sign of the chartered buses as band director Brian Kasper called the trip a big letdown.
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ST. Marys
Elk County Christian High School
Harrisburg
Brian Kasper
Emporium
Erie
It's Not Spoiled Lester It's Spiked
Lt Gov Maddox, a teetotaler, said a rum parfait tasted spoiled as if frozen and thawed during the Georgia dairy farmers' 20th annual banquet dessert. He questioned whether the dessert would upset his stomach and noted uncertainty about the incident.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Georgia Dairy Farmers
Maddox
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Rome
National Statistics Institute
John C. Bell
At Center
Robert H. Jones
Alter
Peace Stand
Waterford, North Clymer
North
Virgil Endsley
Sutton
Lester
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