Apollo tragedy battles lingering questions on cause
Rep. Teague says the cause of the Apollo capsule fire that killed three astronauts may never be known. NASA plans a final report around April 8 while investigators search for answers amid wide speculation.
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Washington
Olin E. Teague
Congressional Space
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape Kennedy
Ila
Teague
Texas
U S Death Toll In Viet Sets Weekly Record
Saigon AP reports the Vietnam war weekly toll as 274 U S troops and 2 774 Communist deaths. The American total broke a 240 record set earlier, marking the second consecutive weekly high for Communist fatalities.
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Vietnam
U. S
1St Infantry Division
U.S
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Eight Children Hurt As Bus Rams Bridge Near Selinsgrove
A school bus with 26 pupils crashed into a bridge abutment on Route 25 four miles west of Selinsgrove Pennsylvania. Eight to ten students were taken to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Driver Pauline Clouser escaped injury.
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Fred Roth
Jefferson Parish
Rams Bridge
Selinsgrove
Snyder County
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville
Freeburg
Pauline Clouser
Selinsgrove B.C
Dodd Ethics Panel Delays Verdict On Expulsion
The Senate ethics committee will not recommend expulsion nor exonerate Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. It plans no removal of seniority or financial penalties, with a mid range action likely including censure or reprimand. Full findings due after Easter recess.
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Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
Senate
Connecticut
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Congress
John Stennis
D-Miss
Franklin Hires Ambulance Service Consultant
The Franklin Chamber of Commerce funds a study by Jerry Esposito of the Pennsylvania Ambulance Association to tackle the free ambulance service issue after funeral directors plan to discontinue their service by July. The council approves up to 250 dollars for the survey and awaits a report during the week of April 10. In Titusville, officials monitor similar moves by funeral directors who may end their ambulance operations July 1. A meeting is set Monday for directors to sign the proposed agreement. Johnsonburg also runs an annual ambulance drive for the Armstrong Hose Co. now 33 years old, with a paying Ambulance Club since 1950 charging 3 dollars for new members, 2 dollars for those paid to date, and 25 dollars per trip for non-members.
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Franklin Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Esposito
Pennsylvania Ambulance Association
Esposito
Titusville
Johnsonburg
Armstrong Hose Co
Johnsonburg and Wilcox
Te Ambulance Club
Missing Pilot Lands in Cuba From Missing Flight
Nevad a pilot Richard Coopman aged 45 who disappeared during a flight from Miami to Curacao landed safely in Cuba after radio trouble required repairs. The Coast Guard confirmed via the State Department relaying Swiss Embassy Havana information. Coopman, from Reno, was en route in a twin engine plane and had missed a scheduled touchdown at Great Inagua Island Bahamas.
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Fla
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Cuba
Coast Guard
Richard Coopman
State Department
Havana
Coopman
Reno
Curacao
Caribbean
Great Inagua Island
Bahamas
Rogers Steel Working On Largest Job In 58 Years
Rogers Structural Steel Co. moves into the largest single job in 58 years as it handles design and erection for a 285 by 1000 foot foundry building for Black Stone Corp in Statesboro Georgia. Erection to begin July 1. The firm has expanded its workforce and capacity to meet larger contracts.
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Darwin Wolcott
Eagle Street
Alby
Black Stone Corporation
Statesboro
Rogers
Wolcott
Blackstone
Glenn Waite
Brockway Glass
Zanesville
Ohio
Ohio Ferro Alloy
Speer Carbon
St. Marys
Chicago Pneumatic Tool
Franklin
Jamestown Community College
Wellsville
N.Y
Xerox Corporation
Webster
The
Journal
Railroad Strike Threatens Weekend Action Nationwide
US railroads face a possible nationwide walkout by 18 500 conductors and brakemen as of 12:01 a.m. Saturday over health and welfare benefits. The union says carriers will breach contracts, while carriers call the move unlawful and vow court action to stop the strike.
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Cedar Rapids
Clyde F. Lane
Uien
Doctors sue Citizens General Hospital for 2.6 million
A group of physicians from the Russellton Medical Group filed a federal suit in Pittsburgh alleging Citizens General Hospital New Kensington denied them courtesy staff status and access to facilities. They seek 600000 in actual damages and about 2 million in punitive damages plus an injunction.
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Pittsburgh
Citizen's General Hospital
New Kensington
U.S. District Court
Russellton Medical Group
North Apollo
Russelton
Acmetonia
Citizens’ General
Pital
Russellton
No Settlement Seen In TV Strike Before Saturday
The NBC evening news faced disruption as Huntley reported solo while Brinkley did not cross the picket line. AFTRA members press for higher wages and fees, with no settlement in sight before a Washington mediation meeting.
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New York
David
Chet
Huntley
Brinkley
Chet Huntley
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
National Broadcasting Co
David Brinkley
NBC News
Washington
NBC
CBS
ABC
Mutual Broadcasting System
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
AFTRA
Seek Woman In Levittown Murder Beating
Police sought Mary S Mamon 49 in a Levittown homicide and beating spree. Two children were severely injured and three of her sons were held as witnesses. search moved to Atlantic City after sightings of a vehicle. In Philadelphia, George Washington Jones 45 was charged with murder and arson in the February fire death of infant Sean McKinney.
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Bucks County
Ward F. Clark
Mary S. Mamon
Bristol Township
Harry G. Merker
Philadelphia
George Washington Jones
Sean McKinney
Jones
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