Hearings End Today End Rail Cuts Cry From Witnesses
Hearings on rail abandonment wrap in Avoca with over 20 witnesses urging preservation of upstate Pennsylvania rail service. Transcripts will go to Washington as ICC and Transportation Dept weigh federal plan to cut a quarter of Northeast lines. Similar hearings occur in 18 cities. further rounds and a later second schedule expected.
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Avoca
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Washington
ICC
Transportation Department
United States
Northeast
Transportation
Claude Brinegar
Midwest
Robert H. Roger
Pennsylvania Highway Information Association
Royer
California Blasted By Winter Storm
Thunderstorms high winds and hail hit portions of the nation while a late winter storm battered Southern California. Spring-like temps prevailed from the middle Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast as thunderstorm activity spread from northern Texas into the central Plains and Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley and Appalachians. Golf ball sized hail fell near Lipscomb Texas and a tornado was spotted south of Topeka Kansas with 70 mph winds north of Kansas City. The West Coast storm moved east to drop up to five inches of snow in Southern California mountains with travel advisories. snow also fell in Montana and North Dakota where Williston reported cold and Miami hot.
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Associated Press
California
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Texas
Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Lipscomb
Tex
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
Montana
North Dakota
Williston
Cut Bank
Mont
Miami
Motorists Keep Gas Tanks Full Amid Shortage
North Hollywood California AP reports motorists now carry double the gasoline in tanks due to shortages. Average tank content rose from 4.6 to 9.5 gallons since January, with Dan Lundberg of Lundberg Survey noting about 91 million cars add a half billion gallons to storage. He cites panic topping off and high fillup rates as factors.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg Survey, Inc
Federal Energy Office
FEO
Lundberg
Mortality Declines Again In U S Infant Deaths
Infant mortality in the United States likely set another record low after the first 11 months of last year showed a rate of 17.5 deaths per 1000 live births, the National Center for Health Statistics reports.
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New York
U.S
National Center For Health Statistics
Mitchell Trial Goes On
New York AP reports Harry L. Sears is slated to testify a fourth day in federal court over Robert Vesco's $200,000 Nixon campaign contribution. Sears, key witness against John N. Mitchell and Maurice H. Stans, describes meetings with Vesco and SEC officials as prosecutors seek to show efforts to influence an SEC fraud probe.
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NEW York
Harry L. Sears
Robert L. Vesco
Nixon
Sears
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Vesco
Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S. District Court
Lee P. Gagliardi
New Jersey State Senate
Laurence Richardson
International Controls Corp
Stans
Mitchell
John Mitchell
SEC
William J. Casey
Casey
Bob Vesco
Europe
Miami Beach
Social Roundup of Visits and Guests Across Towns
Rey and George Fissel visited Mr and Mrs Max Bemis recently. Carl Bayle dined in Jamestown with the Willeys and later called on Albert Bayle at WCA hospital where he underwent surgery. Bernice Marsh hosted Elouise and others. Camp celebrated at Findley Lake with a family birthday dinner. Attendees included Gravis of Erie Hartlib of Edinboro Sturgis family North Clymer Beckerink family Clymer.
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George Gravis
Erie
Philip Hartlib
Edinboro
Neil Sturgis
North Clymer
Cornelius Beckerink
Clymer
Bernice Marsh
Forest Peiffer
Eva Kepler
Columbus
Frank Evans
Philipsville
Glen Evans
Leonard Blake
Elma
N.Y
Helen Rouse
Audrey Rouse
Carl L. Marsh
Richard Curtiss
Sherman
Amos VanHarden
Elouise Marsh
Clifton Cooper
Findley Lake
Max Bemis
Sam
Laurence Evans
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Corry Journal
IRS
ITT Hartford
NEW York — International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Internal Revenue Service
ITT
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Hartford
Joseph Nakoski
E.K. Storer
Homer Redding
Opal Pettis
Spring Street
Amos VanEraden
Mayville
Cutting Community Church
Marshall Sherwood
Corry
Arthur Wallace
North East
Robert McDonald
Wattsburg
Ernest Martis
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Popular Science Magazine
EPA
America
Corry, Pa
Volkswagen
Lou
Chrysler
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Sugardale Bologna
North Center St
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