Florida floods trim vegetable crop and spark market strain
Dateline Tallahassee reports spring floods have destroyed up to half of Florida's vegetable crop raising fears of shortages in national markets. Conner cites rains rotting roots and crop losses across areas from Fort Myers to Palm Beach. In Rome Pope Paul VI leads Easter rites while urging world peace. Mariano Rumor forms new Italian government ending a 49 day crisis as Census Bureau mails nationwide questionnaires.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Doyle Conner
Conner
Fort Myers
Palm Beach
Rome
Paul VI
St. Peter's Basilica
Pope Paul
Acilia
St Peter's Basilica
Christian Democrat
Mariano Rumor
Italy
Organized Crime Brain Nabbed On Drug Charge
Meyer Lansky, 67, hailed as the financial brain of organized crime, was arrested in Miami and charged with possession of drugs without a prescription. He carried a nonprescription relaxant through Customs on March 4 returning from Acapulco, was booked, then released on 50,000 bond. Florida law makes possession without prescription a felony. unlabeled vial adds a misdemeanor. If convicted, he faces up to 2.4 years and a 1500 dollar fine. Florida official Bill Reed called the arrest strong.
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Miami
Meyer Lansky
Lansky
U.S
Acapulco
Mexico
Dade County
Florida
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Bill Reed
Sen
John L. McClellan
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Santa Barbara approves Humble drilling in channel
The Army Corps of Engineers grants Humble Oil exploratory drilling rights in the Santa Barbara Channel despite a prior moratorium and ongoing litigation seeking public hearings. Civic leaders say the move ignores testimony about navigation risks, following Union Oil’s devastating 1969 blowout and oil slick.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Army Corps of Engineers
Humble Oil Co
Army
Humble
Interior Department
Point Conception
Lois Lidenberg
Citizens Group
Get Oil
Goo
Senate Interior Committee
Union Oil Co
Probe Teenager's Bizarre Death
In Youngstown Ohio authorities investigate the death of 17 year old Joanne Bair found with her head near a furnace in the basement of her home. The Cardinal Mooney High School senior and National Honor Society member died from burns above the waist per Mahoning County coroner Dr. David A Belinky.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Joanne Bair
Cardinal Mooney High School
H. J. Bair
David A. Belinky
Mahoning County
Postal Talks Zero In On Wage Hikes
Washington AP union and government negotiators focus solely on wage increases in a postal dispute tied to reform. Talks resume amid a threatened strike by postal clerks and carriers with no clear sign of a settlement. Rademacher warned against deadlines while unions seek raises up to 20 percent and retroactive pay. Separately, a Kittanning jury sentenced Edward Silvis to life for first degree murder after venue change.
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Washington
Nixon
James Rademacher
Afl-Cio National Association of Letter Carriers
Afl-Cio
Albert J. Zack
Rademacher
Kittanning
Armstrong County
First Round Fatal In Area Roulette Caper
In Wickliffe Ohio Albion youth Robert Louis McCaskill 19 shot himself during first round pistol Russian roulette. Police ruled death accidental stating McCaskill placed one .38 shell in his nickel plated revolver spun the cylinder and fired killing himself in a railroad car where he and a 17 year old Albion youth lived. Neither youth had been drinking and investigators noted both were sober.
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Wickliffe
Ohio
Albion
Robert Louis McCaskill
R.D. 1
McCaskill
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Women Demand Hurricanes Not Named After Women
An NOW official and the Hurricane Center director met to press that hurricanes should not be named after women arguing it creates a derogatory image. Roxie Bolton stated the concern during the discussion in Miami with Dr. Robert Simpson.
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Miami
Herman
Stanley
National Organization of Women—Now
National Hurricane Center
Robert Simpson
Roxie Bolton
Easter Air Travel Strained as PATCO Strike Hits
AP reported Easter travel hampered by a PATCO strike with about 3 500 members heed ing the walkout, while the FAA claimed around 1 000 were absent. Major disruptions hit 21 centers, especially Kansas City and Newark, delaying flights and prompting contingency supervision. Bailey warned Shaffer under oath as talks eyed a new corporate solution.
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Washington
Midwest
East
PATCO
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Kansas City Center
Kansas City Municipal
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Chicago Control Center
Newark
New York
Islip
N.Y
Kennedy and LaGuardia
F. Lee Bailey
Washington, D.C
Point Jefferson
Long Island
Bailey
John H. Shaffer
Shaffer
Volper
Federal
Kansas City
Cleveland
Oakland
Calif
Andos Angeles
Cleveland Center
Oberlin
Ohio
Associated Press
Penn Central Ordered To Retain Trains
The Interstate Commerce Commission forced Penn Central to run 34 passenger trains four months beyond an April 15 deadline while it studies the plan to cancel west of Buffalo and Harrisburg. Public hearings will assess merits, with potential continuation or partial discontinuance after the delay.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
Buffalo
N.Y
Harrisburg
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Census Bureau
St. Louis
Washington University
Reserve Officer Training Corps
ROTC
Meadville
Wallace Hyde Sr
Springboro
Charles Rea
Linesville
Louis Richard Gabel
Girard
George W. Gabel
John W. White
House
Senate Post Office Conference Committee
Senate Committee
J. Frank Graffis
Armstrong County Court
Forest County
Oil City
Gerald McGill
McGill
Silvis
Route 6
W.E. Rodemeyer
Columbus
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