Linda Olson Crowned Miss Pennsylvania In Hershey
Linda Kay Olson, a 19 year old Corry Area High School graduate and Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania, won the Miss Pennsylvania title crowning in Hershey. She earned a $1200 scholarship and will stay in Hershey this summer to prepare for Miss America while her family plans Europe trip. Olson sang On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and wore a pale blue swimsuit in prelims. Her father, a science teacher, described the family upbringing as strict and religious.
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Linda Kay Olson
Pennsylvania
Hershey
Miss Olson
Robert Olson
Columbus Avenue
Corry Area
Maureen Victory Wimmer
Europe
Linda
Olson
Gron
Friday to Be Linda Day in Corry Pennslyvania
Corry proclaims Linda Olson Day with ceremonies in City Park and a dinner to honor Linda Olson the junior music education major at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She emphasizes levity in upbringing and plans to teach music after graduation while leading the school chorus.
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Linda Olson
Corry
Pennsylvania
Miss Olson
City Park
Linda
Indiana
Barbara Lou Verlander
Allegheny County
Kathryn Jane Munnell
Cumberland Valley
Mary Beth Derry
Central Pennsylvania
Jameila Nan Meachum
York County
Deborah Irene Ewing
Shippensburg State College
Worldwide pilots strike begins with mixed U.S. impact
Associated Press reports a 24 hour strike by airline pilots, grounding 19 foreign flag carriers while major U.S. airlines mostly kept to normal service. Eastern, Southern and Northeast Airlines suspended flights. ALPA-backed action faced a temporary court injunction. Foreign carriers largely halted. Frank Borman warned Eastern’s full flight cancellations would cost about 2.5 million dollars daily.
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United States
Eastern Airlines
Southern Airways
Northeast Airlines
U.S
Airline Pilots Association
America
International Federation of Airline Pilots
ALPA
Trans World Airlines
American Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Delta Airlines
United Airlines
Western Airlines
Irish Airlines
Scandanavian Airlines System
Air France
Sabena
Belgian World Airlines
el al
Air Canada
Alitalia
Lufthansa
Swissair
Air New Zealand
Czechoslovakia
Hong Kong
Manila
Tokyo
Berlin
London
Pan Am
New York
Vienna
Panama City
Frank Borman
Nixon Aide Linked to DNC Break-In Sparks Espionage Debate
A Nixon campaign security expert among five men arrested at the Democratic National Committee headquarters triggers Democratic charges of political espionage and Republican denial. DNC chairman Lawrence O'Brien calls for a full FBI probe. DOJ says FBI investigating as routine matter. Former Atty. Gen. Mitchell comments.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O'Brien
O'Brien
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
FBI
Justice Department
John N. Mitchell
Committee For Reelection
Worst In British History 118 Killed In Jetliner Crash
London AP reports a British Trident airliner from Heathrow to Brussels crashed two minutes after takeoff, killing 118 aboard including 34 Americans. Irish industrialists, doctors headed to a homeopathic congress, and Guinness executive among the dead. Heseltine said recorders recovered for inquiry. three-jet BEA flight. Prior Britain’s worst crash was 81 in 196? Welsh fans. This week also three fatal crashes in five days.
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London
Brussels
British European Airways
Heathrow
Britain
Michael Heseltine
Common Market
Con Smith
Confederation of Irish Industry
Michael Sweetman
Irish Council of the European Movement
Ivan Webb
Irish Employers’ Federation
Guy Jackson
Guinness Brewery
Ireland
Thomas Fergus Stewart
Elizabeth Stewart
New Ski Resort Planned in Wayne Township
Private investors from Erie plan a July start on a Route 426 site near Croscott road for a winter opening. The resort will feature a 1600 foot lift for experts and a 500 foot lift for beginners with potential expansion to five lifts. The alpine lodge will overlook slopes and offer a food service center.
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Wayne Township
Erie
The
Journal Today
Croscott Road
Court Upheld Baseball Reserve Clause in Key Flood Case
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling and declined to strike down baseballs reserve clause in the Curt Flood case on a 5 to 3 vote. Justice Blackmun noted baseball is interstate commerce but Congress has not chosen to apply antitrust laws to baseballs reserve system, which binds players to their teams. Ted Simmons of the St Louis Cardinals led a notable shift by continuing to play without agreeing to offered salary terms from owner August Busch.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Curt Flood
Harry A. Blackmun
Congress
Arthur J. Goldberg
Blackmun
Flood
St. Louis Cardinal
Ted Simmons
August “Gussie
Busch
Moscow Radio Demands Halt to U S Actions in N Vietnam Ports
Moscow Radio urged the United States to stop military actions against North Vietnam’s ports and resume constructive talks in Paris. The broadcast said the Soviet government would continue to supply aid to Hanoi. It dampened hopes for new peace moves as Kissinger planned talks in Peking and Le Duc Tho and Podgorny met in Hanoi and Hanoi’s delegation head Xuam Thuy returned from Paris.
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Moscow Radio
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Far East
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Nikolai Podgorny
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Moscow
Podgorny
Xuam Thuy
Calcutta
Soviet Union
Tass
Hawaii
Guam
Shanghai
U.S
Washington
Vietnam
William J. Porter
South Vietnam
City Agenda Sets Tonight Meeting for Penelec Rate and Pay Hikes
City Council meets tonight with a packed agenda including the Penelec rate increase and a 2.5 percent wage hike for city employees approved by a Pay Board ruling aiding small employers. First reading on a triennial assessment and a drug program item are also on tap, with appointments and sewer work plus street reopenings to be discussed.
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William Halfast
Robert Grice
Streets
Edward Zarger
David Johnson
West Washington-York Streets
64 Dead In French Train Crash Toll Rises In Tunnel
In Soissons France rescue workers battled exhaustion to reach survivors and bodies after two trains collided and a tunnel ceiling collapsed. Sixty four bodies have been recovered and the final death toll is expected to climb.
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Soissons
France
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