Storm Tragedy Survivor Tells Terror After Drowning
Walter Campbell, former Venango County resident, recounts the deadly storm in Ohio that claimed eight lives including his boss Basil Bright and two women and three children. He and companions fled by boat, were struck by a log, and Campbell survived clinging to a tree as floodwaters swept others away. The Akron Beacon Journal feature details his near death and rescue.
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Ohio
Venango County
Walter Campbell
Basil Bright
Corry
Akron Beacon Journal
Mickey Porter
Wooster
Campbell
David
Dowell
Bright
John Mann
Mann
Dowell Corp
Dow Chemical
Patty Lovett
Roger D. Henthorn
Colorado
Urge AMA To Drop Medicaid Endorsement
South Carolina delegates at the AMA convention urged withdrawal of endorsement for Medicaid, arguing expansion could burden states and widen the program. The opening session faced protests as a New York psychiatrist denounced the AMA for neglect of the poor, while HEW official Roger Egeberg urged reaching out to provide care.
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New York
South Carolina
American Medical Association
AMA
Americana Hotel
South
Carolinta Resulti Itn
Saic
United States
House of Delegates
Richard Kannes
New York City
Eople
Kannes
Roger C. Egeberg
Nixon Administration
AMA Board of Trustees
Bomb blasts cause $3000 damage in Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio two dynamite blasts caused $3000 in damage. One hit Pete's Music Center on Market Street injuring no one. A separate Northside house also damaged, with no injuries reported and the motive unclear related to a weekend poker game.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Peter L
Chakos
Pete's Music Center
Market Street
Robert Crowley
Poe
Car Drives Through Roof In Bridge Crash Injures Three
Three people escaped serious injury when a car crashed through a guard rail on the Monessen Charleroi Bridge, plunged 15 feet through a garage roof and onto a trailer truck. Police said the driver Gloria Dawson, 92, and another passenger were slightly hurt, while the third passenger was hospitalized in fair condition.
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Monessen, Pa
Monessen Charleroi Bridge
Gloria Dawson
Monessen
Father Drowns To Save Daughter
Darrel Fisher, 28, of Sharpsville, drowned while attempting to reach a plastic boat carrying his 6 year old daughter and a companion away from Shenango Reservoir shore. A fisherman saved the girls. The incident occurred Saturday. police reported Fisher could not swim.
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Sharpsville, Pa
Darrel Fisher
Sharpsville
Shenango Reservoir
Vermont Senator Holds Key To Safeguard Debates
Washington AP Senators push for a compromise on Nixon's Safeguard ABM plan as Vermont's Winston Prouty weighs in after his floor speech. Aiken opposes deployment, McIntyre's delay proposal gains attention, while ABM backers claim potential victory amid swift political maneuvering. Nearby London reports a health noise campaign highlighting sound hazards in urban life.
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Washington
Nixon
Vermont
Winston L. Prouty
Prouty
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Safeguard
Senate
Johnson
John J. Williams
Associated Press
Thomas J. McIntyre
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Laird
McIntyre
Montana
North Dakota
Hart
Cooper
London
Bere
Landon
Dilwy* Jones
Matt
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Walter Camp
Nell
Bauer Rd
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Yielim
Max Factor
Ogilvie
Solon
Frank’s
Columbus
APP Bros
Goodie
Coolalal Jp
Isc
Jane Fonda
MGM
John Frankenheimer
Edward Lewis
W. Washington Sr
Corry, PA
Aristocrat Saltines
Nultey Margarine
Corry Savings and Loan Association
North Center Street
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