Banks raise prime rate to 7 percent across major lenders
Several large banks boosted their prime rate to 7 percent, with Morgan Guaranty initiating the action and others including Continental Illinois First Pennsylvania State Street Bank and Trust Co and Chase later following. The rise, part of a wider tight money policy, signals higher loan costs for autos appliances and home financing as banks curb deposits and rely on Eurodollar borrowing.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty ,Trust Co
Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
Philadelphia
State Street Bank & Trust Co
Boston
First National Bank of Chicago
First National City Bank of
New England
Merchants National Bank of Boston
Union Trust Co. of
Baltimore
North
Federal Reserve
U.S
Two Youths Charged in Break-Ins as Police Extend Case
City police cleared up more angles in a series of break ins late Thursday night and early Friday morning citing two more young men for larceny and burglary and charging another with receiving stolen goods.
Fight With Bare Hands Fends Off Rural Fire
Two Elgin Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company members Joseph Wetmore and Norman Mitchell searched the home of Mrs Homer Berkhaus at Ranges Corners after a smoke report. They found a smoldering dust mop causing a burn on the floor and baseboard, not a real fire. The volunteers did not bring equipment to the scene.
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Elgin- Beaverdam Volunteer Hose Company
Homer Berkhous
Ranges Corners
Berhous
Corry
Elgin-Beaverdam
Joseph Wetmore
Norman Mitchell
Berkhous
Titusville Men Jailed After Parole Violation and Arrest
Titusville area men were picked up by Corry police and handed to State Police who sent them to Warren and Crawford county jails. James L. Williams, 19, RD 2 Titusville, is held in Crawford County jail in Meadville for missing an arraignment. Lyle Thompson of Titusville is in Warren County jail for parole violation tied to a burglary case from last year.
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Michael Nadolny
Spartansburg
Dennis Goodwill
Marion Street
Thames Press
Franklin Street
Nadolny
Goodwill
Lawrence Airport
Porter Aver
David A. Buell
R.D. 3
Corry
Buell
Boston
Dot
Auer
Erie County
Nadomny
Titusville
Warren
Crawford County
James L. Williams
RD 2
Meadville
Warren County
Lyle Thompson
Three Killed and Eleven Wounded in Head-On Crash
In Ebensburg area on U S 22 a head-on collision between a car and a van bus killed Rev Paul A Younger a Baptist minister and urban affairs director in Pittsburgh nine children and two others were hospitalized. Victims include Mrs Vila Werner and Lawrence Muschar of Pittsburgh with Frank Werner in critical condition.
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Sbensburg (Ap
U.S. 22
Ebensburg
Paul A. Younger
University and City Ministries
Pittsburgh
Vila Werner
Lawrence Muschar
Mra
Werner
Frank
Lee Hospital
Sinc Onl
Muschar
Lee
Conemaugh Valley
Cresson
Fifteen Crashes Claim Over 100 Lives
A VIASA airliner crashed in Maracaibo killing about 150 people. The report lists 15 other aviation disasters with over 100 deaths, naming several historic crashes by date and location. It notes two notable patterns from recent years and adds a local human-interest note about newborn sons in a police force.
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Maracaibo
Venezela
VIASA
Weekend car crashes cause $1850 in damage
Four local crashes over the weekend caused $1850 in damage and injured one woman. Nellie Edwards and Mary Kinner were cited for leaving the scene. Sherwood and Roden were involved in a Maple Avenue East Smith Street collision after a high speed approach and curb jump.
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Nellie Edwards
Concord Street
Mary R. Kinner
R.D
Corry
West Main Street
Edwards
West Smith
Kinner
George R. Sherwood
Mead Avenue
Robert E. Roden
Maple Avenue
East Smith Streets
Sherwood
East Smith
Roden
Israeli Air Raids Hit Arab Guerrillas Across Jordan
Israeli warplanes bombed Arab guerrilla bases in Jordan and struck targets in the Gilead foothills near the Sea of Galilee. Jordan reports civilian deaths and injuries. PLO claims deaths among its fighters. Golda Meir introduced her new government to the Knesset amid ongoing hostilities.
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Jordan
Gilead Mountains
Sea of Galilee
Amman
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Maj
Fayez Jarad
Israel
Golda Meir
Knesset
Death Toll Tops 155 In World's Worst Plane Crash
In Maracaibo Venezuela the death toll climbed to 155 as rescue teams combed the wreckage of a VIASA jetliner bound for Miami. The aircraft exploded minutes after takeoff from Grano de Oro airport destroying homes in a residential area and killing all 74 passengers and 10 crew members, including at least 47 US citizens.
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Maracaibo
Venezuela
4Ton
Miami
VIASA
DCS
Chalere
Grano de Oro
St Patrick Day Birthday Noted Amid Plane Crash News
A St Patrick Day birthday is recorded for Webb Andrus of Car ter. A Maracaibo Venezuela air crash near La Trinidad and Ziruma left 15,000 residents and 74 passengers dead or missing. Easter Egg hunt planned by Chamber of Commerce merchants at Mead Park on Palm Sunday with golden eggs and gift certificates as prizes.
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Webb Andrus
George
Fran) Andrus
Chamber of Commerce
Mead ‘Park
Seth
St Patrick Day Celebrations Across Cities Highlight Parade
Hundreds of Americans joined St Patrick celebrations with Dublin hosting the parade while Chicago dyed the river green. Grogan's in South Boston offered only corned beef and cabbage as crowds laughed in New York at reports of Savannah and Bobby Shriver and his sister Maria planning a large parade. The Ancient Order of Hibernian marchers led by Ireland's tourist board drew 27 000 marchers including 161 bands with Albany sending the largest single group.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Chicago
Grogan’s
South
Boston
New York
Savannah
Galim
Bobby Shriver
Maria
Sargent Shriver
John
Ancient Order of Hiber-t Kennede Tians
Irish Tourist Board
Par' York
Rade
Albany
N.Y
Emerald Isle
Ireland
Rescue 30 After Ship Sinks In Gulf
New Orleans AP reports 30 of 31 Liberian freighter Vaniquerr crew members were rescued after the ship sank 149 miles offshore. The destroyer escort Hyman found 24 survivors in fog and lifeboats, while the British freighter Arbitrator joined the air sea search for the lone missing sailor.
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New Orleans
Hyman
Coast Guard
Jaime
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Ern Trust Co
American National Bank of Chicago
Lancaster
Gerald Meshy
Glenn Summers
Kinzer
Here
Meshy
New York City
Tokyo Bay
Air France
Orly
Paris
South Vietnam
Tokyo
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Nicosia
Cyprus
Mt. Fuji
Japan
Cairo
Quebec
Air India
Mt. Blanc
Switzerland
Guadeloupe
West Indies
Douala
Cameroun
Vietnam
Pacific
Juneau
Alaska
Sherwood Smith
Ter
la Trinidad
Ziruma
Ziruna
Gulf
Sretts
Prague
Tito
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