President Nixon to address plan to keep US mail moving
President Nixon scheduled a 2 p.m. EST television address as a postal strike disrupted mail service with 183,307 idle workers and 61,124 returning to work. The White House invited congressional leaders to discuss emergency steps, including possible use of National Guard and Army units to supplement postal forces.
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Washington
Nixon
Post Office Department
Boston
Buffalo
GIs In Viet Nam Suffer From U S Post Office Strike
Philadelphia letter carriers defy court order and vote to stay off the job for higher pay while other Pennsylvania towns resume duties for five days. Mail embargoes, partial or full, slow service. in Vietnam, air mail to servicemen slows as civilian postal staff strike impacts sorting and shipping.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
U.S. District Court
Coatesville
West Chester
Weekend crash toll tops $2400 in Corry area
Corry state police reported multiple weekend crashes causing one hospitalization and extensive property damage. Three utility poles were damaged and 12 cars affected as investigations linked to Route 6 Route 89 Route 426 and Route 8 incidents continued. Names include Ronald M Proper Doris J Thomas Michael B Woronski David D Babbitt Robert H Jaggs Ampleby Mansfield Mitchell Silka with injuries and possible charges pending.
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Corry
Ronald M. Proper
R.D
Columbus
Route 6
Corry Memorial Hospital
Doris J. Thomas
Wattsburg
West Seneca
N.Y
Raisley
David D. Babbitt
Waterford
Weronski
Babbitt
Robert H. Jaggs
Church Street
Jaggi
Martin Kaschalk
Michael D. Umpleby
Davisville
W. Va
Ampleby
Richard E. Mansfield
Erie
Charles Mitchell
K.D
Mansfield
Mitchell
Robert Fleetwood
Gary D. Silka
No Planes for Israel Yet U.S. keeps options open
Secretary Rogers announced the administration will not grant Israel’s request for over 100 new warplanes for now, while hinting at possible economic assistance. Nixon said the decision is interim, tied to the military balance in the Middle East, with Soviet shipments and future French jets watched closely. Abba Eban in Jerusalem criticized the shift, while Vietnamization and Laos complicate future withdrawals.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Israel
Nixon
Rogers
U.S
Mideast
Egypt
Libya
United States
Siey
Golda Meir
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Middle East
Eban
Nts
Laos
South Vietnam
Slowdown Here, But Carriers Shun Strike
The postal strike has slowed incoming mail especially junk mail but first and third class matter and newspapers arrive at nearly normal rates, said John Wascak acting postmaster. Local postal workers show little eagerness to strike and operate hour by hour awaiting federal action. If no action within five days national strike threatens local carriers, with some easing reported in Pittsburgh where embargoes were lifted on certain mail.
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New York
Chicago
Henry W. McGee
Philadelphia
Boston
Connecticut
Detroit
Michigan
Phoenixville
Downingtown
Malvern
Doylestown
Paoli
Norristown
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Wilkes- Barre
Lancaster
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
National Association of Letter Carriers
Local 157
Town Hall
Joseph Kelly
Saigon
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
San Francisco
Seattle
Army Post Offices
APO
John Wascak
Wascak
Erie
Nab Boys In Theft Of Corryite's Car
State Police at the Kane substation detained two 16 year old runaways driving a stolen car believed taken in Corry. The owner, Martin Keppel of 240 East Columbus avenue, was unaware the car was stolen. The youths from Chatham Massachusetts are suspected in other thefts. they are in Erie County jail awaiting Massachusetts authorities. A separate note reports Labor MP Robert Cant urging an inquiry into a $25 radar detector for motorists.
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Kane
Corry
Martin Keppel
East Columbus Avenue
Keppel
Chatham
Mass
Youngsville
Troop E
Lawrence Park
Erie County
Massachusetts
Buddhist Meeting Bombing Kills 17
A Buddhist prayer meeting in Hoc Mon district near Saigon was struck by a grenade killing 17 and wounding 41. Officials said the attacker, believed to be a woman, fled in the confusion as casualties rose past initial counts. The blast hit a crowd of about 400 women and children gathered for a peace prayer at a pagoda courtyard.
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Saigon
Hoc Mon
Hac Mon
Associated Press
Dang van Phuoe
Commuter Plane Crash Kills Three at Binghamton Airport
An 11 aboard Beechcraft commuter plane crashed and burned after takeoff from Broome County Airport in snow and poor visibility. Pilot Millard Phillips 43 Jacksonville Florida and Olive Carr 71 Sidney New York and Myron Ferito 76 Binghamton died. Three others injured seriously.
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Binghamton, N.Y
Broome County
Millard Phillips
Jacksonville
Fla
Olive Carr
Sidney
N.Y
Myron Ferito
Binghamton
Washington, D.C
Wilson Memorial Hospital
Helen Weeden
David Griffin
Endwell
Mac Lane Norcross
Potomac
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International
James H. Rademacher
Afl-Cio National Association of Letter Carriers
Rademacher
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Atlanta
Dallas
Tex
Memphis, Tenn
St. Louis, Mo
Seattle, Wash
Wichita, Kan
Corry Ambulance Service
Ronald Proper
Journal
Endsley
Viet
Corryite
London
Robert Cant
Labor
U.S. Command
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Mead Park
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