Freeze Lift Possible for Muddy Creek Reservoir Work
President Nixon's revised public works budget seeks 100000 to finish engineering for Muddy Creek Reservoir near Teepleville. The Ohio Valley Improvement Association backed the request as part of flood control projects, with similar hearings in both House and Senate subcommittees. The project has been on a freeze list for years, the funding would mark first approval since Johnson era cuts. A separate report from Formosa notes a 17-year-old received six years for a knife point robbery of 38 cents.
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Muddy Creek
French Creek Basin
Nixon
Congress
Teepleville
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
House Public Works
Appropriations Committee
Senate Public Works
Ovia
Union City
Woodcock Reservoir
Cambridge Springs
Johnson
Vietnam
Fourth Wrd Project Sees On Site Renewal Action Early 1970
Erie County planners report Fourth Ward urban renewal moving along with no hitch. HUD official Miss Sutton visits, site activity expected early next year after extensive planning. From 44 structures in four blocks, 33 to be demolished, eight rehabilitated, three used for industry. ten demolitions are homes or flats.
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Corry
Fourth Ward
Chris Capotis
Erie County
Capotis
June Sutton
Pittsburgh
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Miss Sutton
M. S. Cobbett
Dale
Hammerlee
John Blackson
Herslf
Miss Luttton
Cobbett
Spain Jails 5 Priests As Separatists
A Spanish military court sentenced five Roman Catholic priests to 10 to 12 years in prison for Basque separatist activity. The case reflects the Franco regime’s drive against ETA and related groups in the Basque provinces. Hunger-strike protests and ongoing arrests mark the crackdown, with more priests reportedly jailed or underground. The Vatican conflict over priest trials under military jurisdiction adds international tension.
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Burgos
Spain
Catalonia
Barcelona
Bilbao
Jose Maria Cirarda
Amorebieta
Euzkadi
Euzkadi-Ta-Azkatazuna
ETA
Vatican
Guards and Reserves Face First Vietnam Pullout Clash
Washington AP reports fears of outcry in Congress if mobilized National Guard and reserve units are omitted from the planned 25 000 troop withdrawal from Vietnam. About 12 000 of 20 000 guardsmen and reservists called up last year serve there. A Honolulu task force meets to map the pullout due this summer, with most returning from combat outfits.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
Pacific Command
Honolulu
Nixon
Pate
New Hampshire
Kentucky
Idaho
Indiana
Pentagon
National Guard
Nixon Presses Surtax Extension Amid Dim Hopes
Washington AP reports President Nixon calls a bipartisan meeting with House leaders as hopes fade for extending the 10 percent surcharge before expiration. Kennedy meets DSG moderates, but no votes secured. White House says wage and price controls are possible last resort, not planned.
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Washington
Nixon
John W. Mccormack
Democratic House
Kennedy
DSG
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
House
John L. Lewis Dies at 89 Mine Leader Remembered
John L. Lewis, renowned mine leader and founder of the CIO, died Wednesday night at Doctors Hospital after internal bleeding. He was 89, praised by labor figure Harry Bridges as a historic force who organized and united miners.
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John L. Lewis
Washington
John Llewellyn Lewis
Doctors Hospital
United Mine Workers Unit
CIO
Harry Bridges
Longshoreman’s Union
Lewis
End Trial Of Alleged Killers Pal Ends Deliberations
AP reports the trial of Harry Barnes of Volant for aiding three Mercer area convicts in the murder of Kenneth M. Frick near Ford City moves toward a jury verdict after closing arguments. Barnes is accused of aiding Perrine McConnell and Hosack. he denies feeding or lodging the men and says he urged surrender.
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Msruer
Virginia Military Institute
Harry Barnes
Volant
Kenneth Perrine
Arthur McConnell
Donald Hosack
Mercer
Kenneth M. Frick
Ford City
Barnes
Four Buffalo Residents Convicted in $1.5 Million Art Theft
Four Buffalo residents Russell DeCicco 29 Rene DeCicco 41 Gregory Parnes 22 and Louis Mavrakis 22 were fined 10000 each and sentenced by U S District Judge John O Henderson. DeCicco and Parnes received five years in prison while Rene DeCicco and Mavrakis drew three years. Defense lawyers plan appeals to an higher court.
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Burvanu
N.Y
Surange
Erie County
Russell DeCicco
Rene
Gregory Parness
Louis Mavrakis
Buffalo
John 0. Henderson
U.S. District Court
US Marines Clash in Five Day DMZ Battle
In Saigon AP dispatch, a U.S. Marine patrol clashed with North Vietnamese forces inside the DMZ. Two Marine helicopters were shot down during a rescue, but all crew escaped unharmed. Seven Marines were wounded as the patrol withdrew with 35 enemies nearby, the first ground clash in the DMZ in months.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Organised Crime Faces Pressure as Wiretap Evidence Surfaces
Newark AP report quotes State Police head Col. David B. Kelly saying organized crime is becoming nervous amid intensified wiretap probes. FBI transcripts from 1961 to 1965 linked officials and mob figures, while Samuel De Cavalcante seeks to void an extortion indictment. State AG Arthur Sills weighs state wiretap options as probes intensify.
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Newark, NJ
New Jersey
Col
David B. Kelly
FBI
U.S
Samuel “Sam
Princeton
Sills
State Police
State Investigation Commission
Cancer Crusade Starts Here Campaign Opens Drive In Corry
The Corry Chapter of the American Cancer Society and Corry Area Jaycees launch the 1969 campaign with George Smith as campaign chairman. A mail solicitation targets business and industry while a house-to-house canvass is led by the Sing-out Corry group under Judith Dwyer. Varig Airlines agrees to $185,000 settlement in a 1962 death case, awarded to Betty Bradley Best Ville Bas of Mobile, widow of Paul Amos Best, former president of California Crud Sales Co., San Francisco.
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Corry
American Cancer Society
Corry Area
Jaycees
George Smith
The
Smith
Judith Dwyer
New York
Varig Airlines
California
John M. Cannella
Betty Bradley Best Ville- Bas
Mobile
Ala
Paul Amos Best
California Crud Sales Co
San Francisco
Standard Oil
Milwaukee 14 jury bias halts federal trial in draft raid
Federal charges against ten of the Milwaukee 14 were dropped as U.S. District Judge Myron Gordon halted jury selection citing extensive publicity. Eleven defendants began two year state prison terms for theft arson and burglary after earlier sentences. Robert Lerner said he will appeal the decision.
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Milwaukee
Wis
US. Ally
Robert J. Lerner
U.S
Myron L. Gordon
Gordon
Lerner
Solicitor General
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Selective Service
Waupun State Prison
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Taipei
Formosa
C.S. Brewer
Huntsville
Brewer
Wrd
Meadville
State Department of Welfare
Pennsylvania
Sondrio
Italy
Virgilio Gugiati
Vors Nixon
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Democratic Study Group
Pal
Alice Kelom
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ann Arbor
Miss Kalom
Joseph Kalom
Pers
North Vietnam
Nay. L
Arthur J
Cancer Crusade
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