Committee backs Burger for chief justice amid Senate move
In Washington two ranking senators Eastland and Dirksen urged confirming Warren Burger as chief justice. The Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the nomination, with Mansfield noting little opposition and an FBI check completed. Burger would replace retiring Earl Warren at term end. In Wilkes-Barre, about 1,400 miners walked out in a dispute over health and welfare fund payments.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Everett. M. Dirksen
Bell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burger
Dirksen
Eastland
Nixon
Abe Fortas
Law and Order
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Fortas
Judiciary Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mansfield
Earl Warren
Wilkesbarre, Pa
Luzerne and
Lackawanna Counties
Mine Workers' Health and Welfare Fund
Second Crash Claims Mother and Four Children
SLIPPERY ROCK Pa AP two Butler County mothers and four children were killed when their car collided head on with a second auto. The Meals car skidded over 100 feet and struck the victim’s auto, causing five of the victims to be thrown from the vehicle. The lone survivor is a 15 month old boy with a fractured skull treated in Youngstown Ohio. Victims identified include Irma Dellich Denise Dellich Danny Dellich Geoffrey Dellich Katherine Bonetti and Christina Bonetti. The Meals auto had earlier been involved in a hit run in Slippery Rock Borough with no details released.
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Slippery Rock
Butler County
Raymond Meals
RD 4
Meals
Mears
Grove City Hospital
Youngstown
Ohio
Irma Dellich
Bogers
Denise
Danny
Geoffrey
Katherine Bonetti
Harrisville
Christina
Workman Hit and Auto Crash Reported Here
A city employee on a North Center street road project was struck by a pickup driven by Frank L. Baresi, injuring William Thompson of 228 Essex Street. Thompson, at St Elizabeth Memorial Hospital, suffered an elbow abrasion and confusion but was released later. A second incident saw a two car crash at the Dairy Queen on East Columbus Avenue causing about 550 dollars in damage with no injuries. Eugene P. Wiler of Pittsfield struck Ronald Scalise of Columbus as she entered traffic.
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North Center Street
East Columbus Avenue
Frank L. Baresi
R.D. 4
Corry
William ©. Thompson
Essex Street
Thompson
St. Elizabeth's Ry Memorial Hospital
James Keppel
Baressi
North Canter
Keppel
Dairy Queen
Ronald Scalise
Columbus
East Columbus
Teen Driver Injured In Waterford Crash
A 16 year old girl identified as Suetta R Batchelor of Waterford lost control of a 1969 sedan near Waterford Monday night while attempting to eat a sandwich. The car veered off a rural road and struck a tree at 11 15 pm. Damage was about $600. Batchelor sustained a minor facial laceration and charges are pending after further investigation by Trooper William Barbour.
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Waterford
Corry
Suetta R. Batchelor
B.D. 1
Erie Lackawanna Plans to Drop Trains 5 and 6
Gregory W. Maxwell, president of Erie Lackawanna, says the railroad loses 1.7 million annually on trains 5 and 6 and lost 422,500 in early 1969. The carrier plans to ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to discontinue the westbound train 5 and the eastbound train 6, citing declining passenger use and rising auto, air, and bus competition. The move would end local passenger service, and officials note the era of the Erie and DL&W has changed.
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Erie Lackawanna Railway Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Gregory W. Maxwell
Irie Lackawanna Railway Company
Merce Commission
Evans Destroyer Search Ended After 73 Missing Sailors
The Navy called off the search for 73 sailors missing from the Evans after the destroyer was cut in half by the Australian carrier Melbourne during SEATO maneuvers. Survivors numbered 199 plus one dead. the stern section was towed toward the Philippines as a court of inquiry was ordered. Brothers from Niobrara, Neb., and other identified crew members are named among the casualties and survivors.
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U.S
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Evans
Three Sage brothers die in sea carrier collision
Gary Sage feared losing all three brothers if harm came to them. The Pentagon notified Ernest and Cheryl Sage that their three sons—Gary 22, Gregory 21, and Appren Kelly 19—died when the Australian carrier Melbourne struck the Navy destroyer USS Evans in the South China Sea, a tragedy that killed 73 U.S. sailors and shook Niobrara Nebraska where relatives mourned at a farmyard scene.
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Associated Press
Gary Sage
Evans
Cheryl Hargens
Niobrara
Neb
Gary
Pentagon
Ernest Sage
Melbourne
South China Sea
U.S
California
Sage Brothers
Radarman
C Gregory
Seaman Appren. Kelly
Sage
Douglas
Nebraska
Rehearing Refused in Warren County Crossing Case
The Public Utilities Commission denied Warren County a rehearing on the Shady avenue crossing signals order. The PUC ruled signals must be installed on the Erie Lackawanna line after a 1966 fatal accident with costs prorated among the railroad Erie County the city of Corry and Warren County. Warren County’s share is 2000 dollars and officials plan to pursue other avenues to avoid the cost while noting no notice was received for the January 4 hearing.
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Public Utilities Commission
Warren County
Shady Avenue
Corry
Douglas Rozelle
PUC
Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Erie County
David Rice
Rice
Fire damages Union City home. $3,000 loss
Union City suffered a late night house fire totaling about $3,000 in damage. Fire Chief Francis Won Tenay reported the rear upstairs portion of the residence belonged to the Holland family and the roof area was destroyed before 40 firefighters contained the blaze around 10:30 p.m. Faulty wiring is preliminarily blamed. no further investigation planned.
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Union City
Francis
Poke) Wontenay
Wontenay
George Holland
Family Seeks News On Destroyer Sailor Lost At Sea
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania Seaman apprentice Stephen Pagan Fagan was reported missing after the destroyer Evans was cut in half by an Australian carrier in the South China Sea. Navy officials later listed him and 72 sailors as lost along with three other Pennsylvanians and a West Virginia resident. Fagan, the oldest of five, had written home about life in the bow of the ship. He enlisted after graduating high school last year.
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Associated Press
Stephen Pagan
Evans
Huntingdon
Pentagon
Donald A. Fagan
Stephen
U.S. Navy
Stephen Fagan
South China Sea
Weirton
W.va
Raymond J. Earely
Elizabeth Earely
Mahonoy City
Donald E. Gearhart
McVeytown
Patrick M. Corcoran
Thomas J. Corcoran
Marianna Corcoran
Philadelphia
James Robert Baker
Warren Stanton Baker
Fagan
Navy
Grad
Eight Children Die In Major City Fire Tragedy
Fire swept the top floor of a three story Kansas City apartment building killing 12 including eight children and six members of a former Bradford Pennsylvania family. Fire trapped residents as flames rose over the roof. one man leaped with his infant son, both perished later. Eleven bodies were found on the third floor amid charred rubble.
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Kansas City
Bradford
Lawrence M. Smith
Harry
Smith
Barbara
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James Eastland
Ate Judiciary Committee
The
William Barbour
Erie Lackawanna
Erie
Delaware Lackawanna and Western
C. Gary
C. Gregory
Appren, Kelly
Lawrence J. Reilly Jr
Costa Mesa
Calif
Lawrence J. Reilly Sr
Navy Headquarters
Marcus Rodriguez
Fresno
Cam Rahn Bay
Subic Bay
Philippines
Kearsarge
Cmdr
A. S. McLemore
Corry Crossing
State
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