Racing Yacht Yaksha Breaks Up West of Ireland
A French yacht in the Observer solo trans Atlantic race is breaking up 600 miles west of Ireland. Air rescue is under way as Yaksha, a 50 foot trimaran sailed by J De Kat, enters grave trouble with the crew abandoning ship. Race leader Geoffrey Williams aboard Sir Thomas Lipton is believed to be ahead in the 3000 mile race from Plymouth to Newport News.
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London
Ireland
Ministry of Defense
Yaksha
J. de Kat
de Kat
Geoffrey Williams
Thomas Lipton
Plymouth
England
Newport
Atlantic
San Francisco adopts gun registration law after RFK shooting
San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes a gun registration ordinance by 7 to 8 vote. The measure. imposes a $2 fee, provides a receipt, and allows up to $500 fine, six months in jail, and confiscation for violators. Mayor Alioto urges compliance and cites 300 weapons turned in.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Joseph Alioto
Robert F. Kennedy
No More Peaches Crash Injuries in Niagara Falls Driving Incident
Thomas R. Zarcone, 61, of Amherst, NY, allegedly developed a peach allergy while driving a truck. Juices blinded him, causing a loss of control and a collision with a pole. He recovered after hospital treatment for arm and hose injuries. Charities face pounds devaluation hits.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Thomas R. Zarcone
Buffalo
Amherst
Zarcone
Titusville ends fire protection for Cherrytree Township
Titusville city council in a special session repealed the 1942 ordinance requiring 25 per hour for fire calls outside the city and ordered protection only for municipalities with approved fire agreements. The measure, effective immediately, excludes areas with mutual aid. Negotiations followed rejection of a $1,200 annual coverage offer for about a quarter of the township.
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Titusville
Cherrytree Township
Indian doctor cites red tape delaying new medicines
Dr. B. J. Shah, president of the Cardiological Society of India, says government red tape blocks new drugs. He notes a drug must pass the Drug Controller and six federal ministries plus state governments, taking about three years to complete. The delay risks the drugs becoming superseded before reaching the Indian market.
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U.S
Cuttack
India
8. J. Shah
Cardiological Society of India
Close Dump Shuts Down Land Sparking Garbage Dumping
In Steuben Township, garbage piling along roads after Werling and Danforth Construction Co. closes the Old Grade Road landfill amid a failed rental fee hike from 300 to 690, then 450 dollars. Supervisors Floyd Du Pont Ken Yochum and Dan Werling split on the proposal leading to the closure.
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Titusville
Steuben Township
Harry Werling
Townville
Werling and Danforth Construction Co
Floyd DuPont
Ken Yochum
Dan Werling
DuPont
Yochum
Werling
Norman Thomas Listed Critical
Norman Thomas, 83, the six time Socialist party candidate for president, was put on the critical list today at Huntington Hospital after surgery for a liver ailment. He was admitted Sunday and underwent the operation the same day, with the hospital not specifying the procedure. Thomas was transferred to another facility.
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Huntington
N.Y
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Huntington Hospital
Thomas
Evan
Vacation plans and local social notes from Corry paper
Evelyn Merkle writes of summer plans with readers urged to share vacation details in July. Notices celebrate a birth, hospital stays, meals with families, church events, a missionary society meeting, a Nyack College musical visit, and sports camp attendance. Mozambique invites 17,000 Portuguese settlers, with land tracts and subsidized transport to boost settlement.
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Evelyn Merklemer
Isaac Sherlock
Louise) Fisher
Dan Bennett
Girard
59Er Club
Estella Stokes
Fred Burlingame
Arthur Burlingame
Frank Dudas
Union City
Don's
Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Tone Thompson
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Nyack Bible College
Nyack
N.Y
Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Portugal
Hammermill Labor Negotiations Stall In Erie
Federal mediator Abraham Kaplan joined talks between Hammermill Paper Co and Local 620 of the United Paperworkers union, but union president William Reed said no progress after a seven hour session. The 1,300 members have authorized a strike, with Thursday midnight as the deadline while negotiations continue under a contract extension.
Carley’s 1957 car totaled after rear end crash at bank
Berg began turning and struck Carley’s car in the left front area causing loss of control. Carley’s vehicle swerved into two parked cars in front of the bank. Damages are estimated at $45 for a truck from Elgin Laboratories and $200 for a Swanson car. Miss Malmberg suffered a forehead contusion from impact.
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Berg
Carley
Elgin Laboratories Incorporated
David Swanson
Marlon Street
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Columbus
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Neil McLaughlin
Erie County
Hengelslynd.com
Bradley Allen
Corry Hospital
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Brent Allen
Bernard Skiff
Chris
Donald Allen
Brad
Dale Maxon
Tom Stockton
Brian Allen
Rodney Skiff
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Ray Rogers
Valerie Straite
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