Corruptions and Attacks Dominate War Update
An AP dispatch reports the Viet Cong spring offensive entering its 13th day with 30 bases shelled and a provincial capital hit by mortars in the Highlands. U S officials discuss retaliation possibilities including strikes on Da Nang, Dalat, and North Vietnam if warranted. Cape Cod search continues for more bodies as four girls’ remains are found. Antone Costa is charged with murder in Providence related to the case.
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Saigon
Laird
Viet Cong
Paris
North Vietnam
Kygon
da Nang
Highlands
Dalat
Lai
U.S
Cape Cod
Edmund Dinis
Antone Costa
Providence
Gershom D. ‘Hall
Daniel H. Hi
Quarrel Ends In Shooting in Reading Home
Reading Pa patrolmen confront a stabbing and fatal shooting at a family quarrel. Gerald Jarsocrak and Robert Dohner fire five shots killing Ronald I. Eby 28 after a confrontation at the Eby home. Mrs Eby 27 testifies to the events. Patrolman Ger ald W. Jarsocrak is wounded and treated at Reading Hospital.
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Reading
Harry P. Storch
Marion D. Eby
City Hall
Ronald I. Eby
Robert R. Dohner
Reading Hospital
Eby
Not Sorry Not Proud Says Sirhan RFK Shooting
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan says he is not sorry but not proud of killing Senator Robert F. Kennedy and claims memory gaps on the June 5 1968 slaying. Prosecutors say 17 more witnesses remain in the first degree murder trial as Sirhan testifies about drinks at the Ambassador Hotel and losing memory of the events.
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Sirhan
RFK
Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Robert F. Kennedy
Lynn D. Compton
Grant B. Cooper
Ambassador Hotel
Cooper
Storm Closes Philadelphia Runways As Snow Strikes Eastern PA
Eastern Pennsylvania endures a heavy wet snowstorm with two to six inches in the Philadelphia area. Philadelphia International Airport closes briefly until runways are plowed. suburban schools close and traffic slows. Eighteen crews in Philadelphia and Montgomery County crews with 250 men and 150 pieces of equipment clear roads. Harrisburg and Pittsburgh report lighter totals.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Philadelphia International
State Highways Department
Norristown
Montgomery County
County Highway Department
Harrisburg
Critics Lash Out As Nuclear Treaty Reaches Senate Hearings
Critics oppose the arms pact with a $5 billion ABM system alleging it violates disarmament aims under Article VI. Fulbright and others argue talks should start immediately, halting deployment. The treaty binds signatories not to transfer or assist weapons to non-nuclear states and allows peaceful atomic energy sharing. The Senate committee reviewed the pact in closed sessions but reached no conclusions. The agreement takes effect once ratified by the U S Great Britain Russia and 49 other nations.
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Fulbright
Senate Armed Services Committee
Great Britain
Russia
Rescue Still 24 Hours Away For Miner
Rescue teams said they were at least 24 hours from reaching miner William Jones trapped in the Lead-Zine mine since Saturday. Jones survived with water and light food and helped guide rescuers as a collapse of rock and mud sealed his small dead-end tunnel.
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Lark
Utah
William Jones
Jones
Moonlink Rendezvous Tests by Apollo 9 Crew
Astronauts James A. McDivitt and Russell L. Schweickart conducted a historic lunar module rendezvous with Apollo 9 to test Earth orbit linkup. They separated from Apollo 9 at 7:40 a.m. EST and pursued the LEM as it orbited, aiming for a midafternoon docking before returning home without reentry capability.
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Earth
Moon
McDivitt
Schweickart
Scott
Nixon Uncle Ernest Nixon Buried at State College
Funeral services were held yesterday for Ernest Nixon, uncle of President Nixon, at State College. About 2,000 people, mainly students, greeted the President and Mrs. Nixon as they arrived by helicopter from the White House for the burial. Nixon was a leading potato authority who helped launch Corry's first potato festival in 1948 and continued influencing area growers until 1957.
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Nixon
Ernest Nixon
State College
Corry
Mr. Nixon
Tate Potato Authority
S. A. Long
White House
City Violations and Minor Judiciary Redesign
Corry and neighboring areas face a shakeup as the new minor judiciary reduces numbers and shifts salaries to the state. Local officials doubt hearings for city and county offenses will be heard under the new framework. Corry will slim from four aldermen to one as incumbents address primary bids and retirement.
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Corry
T. A. Hubley
Porter Aver
Norbert Bachemer
Merle Ottaway
CAIDC Officials Hear Briefing on Harrisburg Development
CAIDC officials Lorry Area Industrial Development Corpora tion members A. Long and Jerome Davis attended a Harrisburg briefing on industrial development and CAIDC funding. Clifford Jones stated PIDA is out of funds as Budget Secretary Arthur Sampson pitched support for a $2.5 billion state budget and income tax. An Erie delegation also attended.
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Lorry Area Industrial Development Corporation
Harrisburg
Clifford Jones
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
PIDA
A. Long
CAIDC
Jerome Davis
Arthur Sampson
Long
Davis
Erie
Housing Aide Plunges Into Preliminaries
John Hornick, the city’s first housing officer, has been on the job two weeks inspecting dwellings. He reviews buildings needing repair, replacing the former part time supervisor, under federal rules tied to the Fourth Ward urban renewal funds.
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John Hornick
Hornick
David Johnson
Carl Hixson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Fourth Ward
Meir Sealed as Israel Labor Nominee for Prime Minister
The Labor Party approved former Foreign Minister Golda Meir as Israel’s next prime minister with a 287 to 45 vote. President Zalman Shazar is expected to invite her to form a government by Monday, replacing the late Lavi Bechkol.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Labor Party
Golda Meir
Zalman Shazar
Lavi Beshkol
Moshe Dayan
Meir
Yigal Allon
Dayan
Milwaukee
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David R. Scott
Keforris
Sabras
Allen
Central Committee
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