Blast and Fire Kill One Injure Forty Eight in West Conshohocken
Explosions and gas leaks blew through West Conshohocken causing a 450 foot wall of flame along Front Street. One firefighter was killed and about 48 people, many of them rescuers, were hospitalized as crews of over 100 battled freezing conditions for hours.
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Philadelphia
West Conshohock
Front Street
Robert Ganley
Bridgeport Fire Department
Philadelphia Gas & Electric Co
Terrence Campbell
Conshohocken
Sacred Heart Hospital
Norristown
Montgomery Hospital
Riverview Osteopathic Hospital
Blaze and blasts rip through West Conshohocken homes
A gas main explosion and subsequent fires devastated a West Conshohocken block along Front Street near the Schuylkill River. One person died and about 40 were injured, including many volunteer firefighters. The sky glowed red as houses exploded and heavy beams rained down while residents fled screaming.
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Philadelphia
West Conshohocken
Charles Millhouse
Front St
Schuylkill River
Black Caucus Organized by 12 Black House Members
Washington AP The group named the Black Caucus unites 12 black representatives to press civil rights housing education and jobs. Led by chairman Charles Diggs and secretary Charles Rangel they plan broader action and expect gains in the 1972 elections while seeking a seat on the Appropriations Committee for Stakes.
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Washington
House
Watts
Harlem
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Augustus F. Hawkins
D-Calif
Hawkins
Charles C. Diggs Jr
D-Mich
Charles B. Rangel
D-N.v
Robert N.C. Nix
D-Pa
John Conyers
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Louis Stokes
Ohio
William Clay
D-Mo
George Collins
D-Ill
Ralph H. Metcalfe
Ronald V. Dellums
Calif
Parren J. Mitchell
D-Md
Clay
Stokes
Nixon
House Appropriations Committee
Administration split on revenue sharing pact raises Mills clash
Washington AP report shows White House distributing the 16 billion revenue sharing package in seven bills to bypass House Ways and Means. Ehrlichman confirms 5 billion segment sent to Mills. critics doubt full benefit and legality. Nixon aims 10 billion in grant transfers with looser guidelines and no matching funds, raising questions on true revenue sharing. Corry Savings and Loan hosts open house at new North Center Street facility with decor and convenient access.
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Washington
White House
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means
Associated Press
Congress
Mills
Ronald L. Ziegler
Mills House
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Mills Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Ehrlichman
Ziegler
Congressional
Corry Savings and Loan
North Center Street
Corry Public Library
David Nichols
Park Street
Thoughtless Thug Steals YMCA Plaque
Allen Schell appeals for information after a memorial plaque for Albert Bush is stolen from the YMCA building. Bush helped start the movement and was honored when the new facility was built.
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YMCA
Albert Bush
Allen Schell
Schell
Snow blamed for two car crash near Corry
State Police investigated a 7:30 a.m. collision on Route 957 four miles west of Corry. Raymond Happ 51 Bear Lake stalled in a snowdrift, hit from behind by Thomas Felton 61 Corry. Happ's car worth 3500, Felton's 700, no injuries. A second accident on Route 277 caused 25 damage to a truck. driver William Weasel 50 Spartansburg uninjured. A hit and run on Route 8 south of Union City damaged Gary Koenig 19 Union City’s car 200. Investigation continues into a private-drive collision on Route 8. The final Tuesday crash on Route 426 near Corry was reported.
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Corry
Raymond G. Happ
Bear Lake
Thomas G. Felton
Felton
Rapp
Route 277
Spartansburg
William D. Weasel
Route 8
Union City
Berm
Gary J. Koenig
R.D. 2
State To Chop 85 Percent Off Aid To Schools
Harrisburg AP Gov Shapp presented a 1.59 billion plan for new taxes and reform to lawmakers in a closed session. The Department of Education then announced an 85 percent cut in school subsidies until the tax package gains General Assembly approval.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Department of Education
General Assembly
David H. Kurtzman
Shapp Faces Bills as He Sets Tax Cut Austerity
Gov. Milton Shapp outlined a plan to cut state payrolls by ten percent and impose austerity to address fiscal ills. He warned the eight county area and the state may not meet all debts as he seeks a stable tax climate to attract and retain business. Education subsidies would drop to 15 percent of normal funding, with February payments totaling 23 million of 154 million owed, pending legislative action on the tax program.
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Uniontown
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Blair
Cambria
Somerset
Westmoreland
Bedford
Greene
Washington
Fayette
Shapp
Kurtzman
Plans Group Hears Things To Come In 771
The City Planning Commission met at noon yesterday in the Phoenix Hotel for its annual reorganization and heard status reports on urban renewal, housing inspection, and future projections for 1971. David Johnson, John Hornick, and M S Cobbett spoke on inspections in First Ward, the broader rat control program, paving projects on Worth and Spring streets, annexation of Wayne Township, and HUD funding expected by early next year.
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City Planning Commission
Phoenix Hotel
Commission
David Johnson
John Hornick
M.S. Cobbett
Fourth Ward
Hornick
First Ward
Johnson
Worth Street
Smith Street
Route 6
Corry Plaza
Spring Street
Wayne Township
State Superior Court
Cobbett
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Two Die In Area Blizzard Crash Near Warren
A blizzard moderates as two women die in weather related incidents. Diane Sue Lewis, 22, of Martinsburg, died from internal injuries after a head on collision on Route 59 six miles east of Warren. John Steinable, 64, of Lewisburg, was driving a westbound car that crossed the centerline during the snowstorm and crashed into Miss Lewis's vehicle.
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West Virginia
Route 59
Warren
Diane Sue Lewis
Martinsburg
W. Va
Warren General Hospital
Ronald Simmonson
Warren County
John Steinable
Lewisburg
Lewis
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Joseph E. Powers
John Lewandowski
Paul Decker
George Taylor
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Cs&l
Pittsburgh
Louis
Davis
Ronald Fields
Pitt
Fields
A. Edward Simon
Storm
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