Erie Fire Ravages East Side In $3 Million Loss
Firefighters battled a blaze that started near the Erie Surplus Food Warehouse and spread through a row of East Side houses. Authorities say an explosion sparked a fire blamed on arson, with a gasoline drum found nearby. Damage estimated over 3 million dollars while 180 plus firefighters fought the flames. three firefighters were injured. About 200 residents evacuated as flaming debris ignited adjacent businesses including Arthur Schultz Co. and Sharkey's Auto Shop.
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Erie
George Hamburger
Hremen
Arthur F. Schultz Co
Sharkey's
Teen Center Planning Gets New Impetus
Corry Youth Center Board moved planning forward at a regular meeting with a guestState Police officer Edward Pasi outlining governance rules bylaws and disciplinary measures. A potential location was discussed as owners plan to relocate this week raising hope for youth. The group has raised over 120 dollars from a car wash and will host a peach social in City Park during Sidewalk Bazaar Days in early August.
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Corry
Pasi
Youth Board
Youth Center Board
Car Wash
Chamber of Commerce
Greece frees Arab prisoners after Athens hijack ends
An Arab hijacking of a Greek airliner ended with the plane and crew returning to Athens from Cairo. Seven Arab prisoners were released by the Greek government in exchange for the passengers, including two men charged with bombing an Israeli airline office in Athens and others serving terms for attacks on Israeli airliners. The hijackers, five men and a girl, demanded freedom for the seven prisoners, and the plane carried a Red Cross representative to Cairo before returning to Greece. The Popular Struggle Front claimed responsibility.
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Athens
Cairo
Greece
International Red Cross
Olympic Airways
Beirut
Rome
Aristotle Onassis
Onassis
Red Cross
Egypt
Popular Struggle Front
Damascus
Jordan
Assis
Scorpios
Jacqueline Kennedy
Davar
Tel Aviv
Haaretz
Battle Brews Over U S Crop Subsidy Ceiling
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration backs a 55 000 annual subsidy ceiling for federal crop setaside payments to farmers. The House Agriculture Committee approved a cap of 55 000 per farmer per crop category cotton wheat and feed grains, while critics push for 20 000. Agriculture Secretary Hardin defends the 55 000 limit as beneficial to farmers.
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Washington
Nixon
House Agriculture Committee
Silvio
Conte
R-Mass
Paul Findley
R-Nl
House
Senate
Hardin
Soviets Extend Military Aid To Libya
Washington reports the Soviet Union shipped T54 and T58 tanks along with trucks to Libya, marking the first known delivery of Russian supplied military gear to Tripoli. U.S. intel sees this as Libyan openness to Moscow, amid regional tensions and Libya’s 1969 coup that toppled King Idris.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Libya
U.S
Tripoli
United States
Egypt
Syria
Algeria
Sudan
Iraq
Yemen
Former Newark Mayor Convicted In Mafia Scheme
Former Newark Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio and four codefendants were found guilty on conspiracy and extortion charges in a Mafia backed scheme to extract payoffs from city contractors. The five, free on bail, face up to 20 years per count with sentencing pending. Addonizio had served in Congress and was ousted last month by Kenneth Gibson.
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Trenton
Newark
Hugh J. Addonizio
Addonizio
Congress
Kenneth Gibson
U S Forces Withdraw From Ripcord Base After Heavy Losses
U S troops abandon Fire Base Ripcord near the Laotian border after a mortar and ground assault left 12 Americans dead and 51 wounded. The pullout occurred amid heavy North Vietnamese fire, with the base on a ridge north of the A Shau Valley having endured siege since July. The move follows the heaviest American casualties in months and aims to avert further stalemate amid public criticism.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Ripcord
A Shau
Laos
101St Airborne Division
North Vietnam
Marine
Khe Sanh
Khe
Nab Local Parolee 28 In Alleged Rape Attempt
City police arrested David L. Buell a 28 year old parolee on assault with intent to ravish after a late night incident. The 49 year old Lemon Street resident was found bloodied and beaten, taken to Corry Memorial Hospital for jaw and facial injuries.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
David L. Buell
Corry
Buell
Lemon Street
Wants Sons Flunked To Limit Expenses
A Lebanon Indiana father asks the school board to repeat grades for his two straight A sons to delay college for one year. He fears three children in college at once would exhaust finances and hopes repetition keeps them engaged in school. The rest outlines separate criminal assault case with victim and suspect, detailing police response and impending arraignment.
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Lebanon
Ind
Robert Walker
Walker
Vicki
Steve
Brian
Cereal Nutrition Critique Targets Major Brands
Senate investigators heard that popular cereals such as Wheaties Cheerios and top shredded wheat brands offer calories with little nutrition. Nutritional specialist Robert B Choate testified that many cereals fail as a complete meal even with milk and that a study of 60 ready to eat cereals labeled many as empty calories. He noted Kellogg's Product 19 General Mills Kaboom Totals Nabisco 100 per cent Bran and others as nutritionally meritorious.
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Washington
Senate
Robert B. Choate
Choate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate Select Committee On Human Needs
White House
Kellogg's
General Mills
Total
Nabisco
Kellogg's Specia! K
General Foods
Kelloggs
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