Wreckage of Indian jetliner on Mont Blanc area
Mist and winds halt search for Air India Boeing 707 crash on Mont Blanc after it struck the peak killing all 117 aboard. Rescue teams report scattered wreckage and bodies across miles as snow and blizzards bury the scene. helicopter pilots warn recovery could take months.
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Chamonix
France
Mont Blanc
Europe
Air India
Geseva
Bombay
New Cs
Jandal
Miles Mountain Red
Ace
Rene Payot
Mont’ Blanc
Homer Bhabha
India
Atomic Energy Commission
New Ac
Americine
Fom. Maritime Corp
I Rl
York City
Apace
Ap Call Po
Ale
Army veteran and engineer from Fort Mn ND dies
A newspaper obituary notes a Fort Mn North Dakota native born in 1870s era who served as a railway and heavy engineer. The deceased had a career as an engineer and held public works posts, with service during the Philippine insurrection era noted.
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Tate
Fort Mn
N. D
Zoning OK To Build Apartments Near Golf Course
A zoning appeal seeks approval to replace a single family limit with multi family units on Macadam Hill opposite the Corry municipal golf course. The Zoning Board, Planning Commission, and City Council will decide on removing the two and a half story restriction to allow a three story duplex style complex. The 2 1 2 acre site is jointly owned by Fred Jackson, Robert Olson, and Frank Frising. Indications point to an early spring start if appeals succeed. initial development would occur in Wayne Township within city limits.
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Corry Municipal Golf Course
Macadam Hill
William Pelifer
Peiffer
Fred Jackson
Robert Olson
Frank Frising
City Planning Commission
Wayne Township
Two Youths Die In Toboggan Collision Near Reading
AP reports two 15 year old boys were killed when their toboggan sleds struck a parked car on a deserted Reading road. Three other youths on the two sleds escaped injury, including Douglas Warner and Joseph Roslin Jr. both 18, who fell or were thrown free. Police said Michael Kine and Chester Slabik died at a local hospital.
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Reading
Michael Kine
Chester Slabik
Douglas Warner
Joseph Roslin Jr
Critically Ill British MP Edith Pitt Faces Brain Hemorrhage
Dame Edith Pitt, 59, Conservative MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, was reported critically ill after a brain hemorrhage. She fell ill following a lecture tour in the United States.
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Birmingham
England
Dame Edith Pitt
Edgbaston
United States
Snow Equipment Returns to Full Strength Today
City streets department faced delays after heavy snow over the weekend when a snow blower motor valve broke and a piston dropped a stem. A Jamestown part stop and repairs paused work briefly, but Streets Director Dorr Clark said the equipment would be back in operation today. Downtown crews assisted with chains and continued snow removal as the department regained full strength.
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Jamestown
Dorr Clark
Auto Skids Kill Two in Lancaster Crash
LANCASTER Pa AP one car slid on ice and snow and was struck by another killing two persons and hospitalizing a third. Harry N Lefeber 73 Banks Pa died in the wreckage along with Mrs Cora Lee Kearse 65 York a passenger in George A Wilson 56 Yorks car.
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Lancaster
John Fi
Harry N. Lefeber
Banks
George A. Wilson
York
Lefeber
Cora Lee Kearse
Wilson
Prisoner Released After Judge Rules Rights Equal
A 3 year old Ohio truck driver jailed 35 days of a 100 day sentence for lacking a tax mileage plate was released after Judge O Cunnor ruled his constitutional rights were violated. The indigent defendant faced a fine of 100 dollars or one day in jail per dollar unpaid and appealed via habeas corpus. The defense cited People vs Colling and argued equal protection under the fourteenth amendment requires laws to treat the poor same as the rich. the ruling emphasized indigent protections and equal treatment under state law.
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Mayville
Ohio
Chautauqua County
Town of
Fredonia
William Caater
Cumter
Custer
O'Cunnor
The
People
Zoning Board Meeting On Single Residence Variance Appeal
The board will meet Monday to hear an appeal seeking a variance in a area zoned for single family homes. The case centers on permitted uses and the impact on surrounding properties.
Crash of Troop Plane Kills 46 Americans
A U S Air Force C123 transport carrying 46 tons of cargo including mortar shells crashed in dense fog and rain five miles east of An Khe in central South Viet Nam. All 46 aboard died, including four crew members and 42 soldiers of the 7th Cavalry. Officials called it the worst American air crash in the Vietnamese war. Ammunition and grenades aboard contributed to the explosion.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Central Highlands
An Khe
15Th Air Commando Group
7Th Cavalry Regiment
U.S
Toll of War Amid Vietnam Casualties Rises
The Defense Department reported 1,750 American combat deaths in Viet Nam since January 1, 1961, surpassing Mexican War fatalities. In the week ending January 15, 68 American GIs died in combat in Viet Nam.
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Defense Department
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Plane Crash In Vietnam Leaves Many Dead In Highlands
Heavy rain and a cloud base of 300 feet enveloped Scene at noon as a U S Air Force C123 crashed near An Khe 25 miles northeast of Saigon. The disaster, the worst of the Vietnam War, occurred as U S Marines returned from brief leave in Hong Kong.
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An Khe
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Bae Ite Sy
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Nhs ‘Trang
U.S. Marine
Hong Kong
Uni
Government seeks end to poll tax voting rule
The federal government urged the Supreme Court to strike down Virginia’s poll tax as a requirement for state and local elections. Five Virginia Negroes seek reversal of a lower court ruling, arguing the tax targets the poor and is unconstitutional. The government said the core issue is whether any tax tied to voting can be permissible, noting the 24th Amendment has abolished poll taxes in federal elections.
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Washington
Virginia
Fenton
U. S
Thurpe Merehall
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Man Turns Off TV Rights Declared by Head of House
In Paterson New Jersey Magistrate Charles J Alfano ruled the master of the house may turn off the television set in a domestic dispute. The case involved Erika Weckenmann accusing Guido Weckenmann of assault after he lowered the volume and allegedly broke an indoor antenna. The charge was dismissed.
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Erika Weckenmann
Guido
Jane
Floods Kill 40 in Rangoon Burma Central Regions
Monsoon rains across central Burma have killed at least 40 people and left thousands homeless while destroying over 200000 acres of rice. Troops police and civilian volunteers are mobilized to the stricken areas as Burma’s economy endures a severe blow.
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Rangoon
Burma
Sorenson Named State Hatchery Superintendent In Pa
LeRoy Sorenson of Union City is appointed to succeed Niels Sorenson as superintendent of the State Fish Hatcheries at Corry and Union City. Sorenson, 46, will live in the state owned hatchery house in Union City and has served in the state hatchery system since 1940. The commission also set retirement ages 65 for most employees and 62 for certain rugged field personnel, plus naming the 1966 fish warden trainee class. John Barry Ryan Jr., a $29 million fortune heir and socialite, died at 65 in Newport Rhode Island. A separate Erie-Crawford Cooperative anti trust suit seeks treble damages against the co op and 26 dairies. jury term expected in June.
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State Fish Commission
Harrisburg
LeRoy Sorenson
Union City
Niels Sorenson
Corry
Newport
R. I
John Barry Ryan Jr
Ryan
French Riviera
Winston Churchhill
Anthony Eden
Erie
Erie-Crawford Cooperative Association
Erie and Area Dairies
U.S. District Court
Pittsburgh
Robert M. Knuth
Saegertown
Mills
Knuth
Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission
Co-Op
Howard Yost
Donald Triscuil
Raymond Boyd
John Barney
Lee Port
Waterford
Russell Raybuck
Calvin Henry
Wattsburg
Blood Drive Survives Snowstorm With 115 Donors
Amid heavy snow the Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 99 pints from 115 donors at the YMCA with 16 deferred. O Negative donations exceeded by five pints destined for open heart surgery. Local industry contributed half the blood but weather kept many workers home. Red Cross volunteers hauled donors through the snow. the Buffalo crew arrived 15 minutes late.
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Red Cross
YMCA
Red Cross Motor Corps
Jamies Howard
Blood Program
Buffalo
Howard
National Bank Reports Record Year at 1965 Meeting
At the tenth annual meeting of The National Bank of Corry president H. Martin Keppel announced 1965 marked record growth with total resources weighing $8,000,799, an increase of $1,281,380 over loans. Depositors received $121,078 in interest, up $28,296 from prior year.
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National Bank of Corry
H. Martin Keppel
Juouni Keppel
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Robert Clark Pow
William Deasldsus
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