Nixon Honors Apollo Astronauts at White House Event
President Nixon hosted Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell for a dinner and medal ceremony at the White House. Shepard received the Distinguish Order of the Lunar Duffer while Mitchell noted space program insights and the astronauts traded anecdotes about early spaceflight.
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Unemployment Pay Extended By 13 Weeks
Edward C Kinley of the Bureau of Employment Security announces that Pennsylvania extends unemployment compensation to up to 39 weeks with a $60 maximum and $15 minimum. The plan, aligned with federal rules, keeps the statewide $50 average and requires claimants with SS numbers to follow a weekday reporting schedule. HEADS TIN MILLS PITTSBURGH L P Bureckel named vice president of tin mills products sales at National Steel Corp effective April 1.
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National Steel Corp
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Boy 11 Killed In Truck Mishap In Sheridan
SHERIDAN New York An 11 year old boy was killed when he rode his bicycle into the path of an oncoming truck. Charles Hebner son of Mr and Mrs Charles Hebner Middleroad was pronounced dead on arrival at Brooks Hospital in Dunkirk. He was playing with his twin brother Carl and friends when he guided his bicycle from the family drive into the west bound truck driven by 53 year old Harry Gorecki of Dunkirk.
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Johnsonburg Youth Guilty Of Manslaughter
A 16 year old Johnsonburg youth pled guilty in Elk County Court to two counts of voluntary manslaughter for the rifle slayings of his father John R. Clark and John Groll of Emporium on October 24. The case had been charged as murder but the DA accepted the lesser charges. Sentencing is set for March 15 with possible penalties up to 24 years in prison. He remains jailed in Elk County pending sentencing.
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George Ritter
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Penn Central Seeks Disposal of 650 Miles of Track
Philadelphia AP Penn Central railroad won permission to ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to dispose of about 650 miles of track as part of its federal bankruptcy reorganization supervised by U S District Court.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Innkeepers Protest Hike In Licenses
Erie County tavern owners contest county license and inspection fee increases from 1 to up to 60 dollars per year. The Health Department set a tiered schedule with 15 to 40 dollar base rates plus 10 dollars per bar, affecting 178 of 920 taverns. Association president Al Lopez seeks explanation on how the plan was devised amidst commissioner approval on December 2.
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Tavern Association
Penn Central Trustees Seek ICC Petition Rights
Penn Central's trustees pursue rights to petition the ICC while announcing an earlier year program to eliminate track mileage not in service.
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