Compromise Likely On Consumer Credit Bill
Harrisburg AP reports the House and Senate seek a middle path on consumer credit protection. Senate Banking Committee chair Mahany says House Bill 7 could be amended as the vehicle, while Senate Bill 10 has little chance. Both would curb hidden or excessive interest on installments with different disclosure methods. The measure is among a few major items left on the 1966 agenda.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Rowland B. Mahany
Mahany
Senate Banking Committee
House
Crawford
Pessimism Reigns In Airlines Discussion
Washington AP report on stalled airline talks as strike negotiators return to the Labor Department. Secretary Wirtz urges delaying emergency legislation while a Senate Labor Committee prepares to vote on a 160 day halt. Morse insists a national emergency exists and calls for immediate action.
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Washington
Labor Department
Woodshed
Senate
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson
White House
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Fire Kills 4 Children in Pennsylvania Home
Four children in a northeast Pennsylvania family died when a fire swept a three story frame house at about 2 a.m. Officials said the parents, awakened by the blaze, could not reach Marion 19 Nancy 16 Anthony Jr 13 or Allen 10 who were sleeping in other rooms. The parents did save their 2 year old daughter.
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Or. Allen
Two car crash causes $800 damage at city intersection
Police report a two car collision at Northwest and West Church streets last evening. William T. Oesch of Woodside N.Y. was eastbound on West Church while Charlotte Conant of Corry RD 1 attempted a right turn from Northwest onto West Church. Conant’s car skidded on a wet road and failed to complete the turn, striking Oesch’s vehicle, with damages listed as $300 to the Oesch car and $500 to the Conant car.
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Northwest
West Church Streets
William T. Oesch
Woodside
N.Y
West Church
Charlotte Conant
R. D
Corry
Northwest Street
Downtonw Display Shows Downtown District Update Sketches
Architectural sketches illustrating updates to the downtown business district are displayed at the Pennsylvania Gas Company office on North Center Street. The PGC footed the original 259 dollar coat and has donated the amount toward the project. As property owners pay their 35 dollar shares, funds go into a revolving fund for use in the Sears Roebuck building area. Ernest W. Nagle relief Manager at the PGC is shown during vacation periods and A. Long, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, is pictured at the Elks Club on the west.
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The
Pennisylvania Gas Com
Sears, Roebuck
Elks Club
Ernest W. Nagle
PGC
A. ‘Long
Chamber of Commerce
Honored By Heart Group Honored For 10 Years Service
Mrs. Robert Tunnel received a silver heart bracelet in Corry for ten years of continuous service as memorial gift chairman. Hubert Vaughn, executive board member, helped present the award. J. A. Sedam, executive director, attended the ceremony.
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Corry Aremy
Robert Tunnel
Hubert Vaughn
Northwestern Pennsylvania Heart Associaion
J. A. Sedam
Fulbright and Democrats Split Over Foreign Aid Vote
Senator J W Fulbright widened policy rifts by voting no on a military aid cut and signaling doubt on the administration foreign aid bill. The Senate passed the measure 82 to 7 after a 55 to 27 vote to reduce the 992 million package, with Fulbright, longtime chair, among the nay side and urging caution on both military and economic assistance amid Pakistan-India tensions.
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Washington
J.W. Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Senate
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pakistan
India
Man Thrown 100 Feet On Turnpike Crash Victim Identified
A tractor semi-trailer slams into a bridge railing on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Pittsburgh’s Allegheny River, hurling driver James O Wright, 44, of Warren Michigan, to his death. Police say the rig skidded after hitting the railing. Wright’s body recovered about two hours later.
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Sittsburgh
James 0. Wright
J. Warren
Mich
Wright
Red Wright
British Leader In U S To Request Economic Support
Prime Minister Harold Wilson travels to Washington to seek ironclad backing for Britain as the pound weakens. He aims to secure breathing room for a deflation plan, explain Moscow talks to President Johnson, and pressure for dollar stability within the standby credit framework amid wider Cold War tensions.
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U.S
London
Harold Wilson
Washi
Wilson
Britain
Johnson
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Hanoi
House of Commons
Charles de Gaulle
France
Three Die In Head On Crash Near Belle Vernon
Three persons died in a rain slick head on collision on Interstate 70 about one mile east of Belle Vernon Fayette County police said the car driven by Nicholas Chomko 36 of Monessen crossed the median strip and overturned Grunick 19 was thrown from the vehicle and run over by a tractor trailer Dennis Glover 23 of Belle Vernon also in the car died at Charleroi Monessen Hospital.
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Pewaue Vernoun
Belle Vernon
Fayette County
Charleroi
Monessen Hospital
Nichlas Chomko
Monessen
Dennis Glover
David Grunick
Chomko
Grunick
Record U S and Vietnamese air strikes in South Viet Nam
U S and Vietnamese pilots carried a record 826 combat sorties in South Viet Nam while 103 missions were flown in the north. American forces targeted Viet Cong positions amid light fighting as Marine units pursued near the northern border. A Navy Skyhawk was listed missing over North Viet Nam during a strike near Vinh. casualties rose as the war continued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Leathernecks
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Strategic Air Command
D Zone
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
North Viet Nam
Oriskany
Vinh
Baden
Pilot Rescued After 23-Day Jungle Trek in Vietnam
Navy pilot Lt. (j.g.) Dieter Dengler, born in Germany, was rescued after a 23 day trek through jungle terrain north of the 17th parallel in North Vietnam. He was spotted by Air Force Lt. Col. Eugene P. Deatrick and hoisted aboard a helicopter before being flown to a Da Nang hospital. Dengler, 28, became the first American to escape from North Vietnamese captivity.
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Navy
Pacifica
Calif
U.S
da Nang
Dengler
Viet Nam
Air Force
Eugene P. Deatrick
Morgantown
W.va
Flierson
17Th Parallel Frontier
Deatrick
1St Air Command
Pleiku
Housewives Learning: Bread Costs Rising and Prices Climb
Rising costs push up bread and dairy goods as supermarket prices show weekly increases. Bakeries lift wholesale bread by about 6 percent, with butter up 10 cents per pound in New York and flour costs up about 20 percent from last year. A winter crop impact and higher labor and packaging costs drive the trend.
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New York
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Israel
Rio de Janeiro
United
U. S
Knen
North
J.g
Dieter Dengler
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