Dollar Rebound Fades Amid Global Currency Crisis
The dollar briefly firmed on European markets but relief was temporary as a broad currency crisis persisted. West German officials eyed a possible mark revaluation, with markets speculating on a 4 to 5 percent rise and a move to free exchange rates, while other currencies could follow the dollar’s strength.
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London
U.S
West Germany
Germany
Brussels
France
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Fire Hazard Rising In Florida
Fires scorch Big Cypress swamp threatening Copeland and the Seminole reservation as explosive fire conditions grip two thirds of the peninsula. Tribesmen battle a 10,000 acre blaze near their southern border while state crews fight others 35 miles southeast near Copeland. Officials report losses of about 6,000 acres on the reservation and note the swamp’s historic role as a refuge since the Seminole Wars.
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Big Cypress Swamp
Fla
Copeland
Florida Peninsula
Big Cypress
Fort Lauderdale
Kem Blacker
Connie Ryan
Wallace Risher
Department of Interior
Hendry County
Risher
Andrew Jackson
Police Nab 2 Men and Juvenile in Wire Theft
Erie Police and State Police teamed to arrest three suspects driving through Erie with a trunk full of fence wire. Clarence Richardson 20 Carl Sherman 21 and an unnamed juvenile face theft charges for two rolls of four foot fence wire taken from a rural road west of Spartansburg. Richardson and Sherman posted $500 bonds and were arraigned in Titusville. the juvenile is in the custody of parents awaiting juvenile authorities action.
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Erie Police Department
Corry
Erie
Erie City
Marvin Johnston
Clarence Richardson
R.D. 2
Saegertown
Carl Sherman
R.D. 1
Centerville
Spartansburg
Ivan G. Rose
Sherman
Richardson
Titusville
Ronald Cole
Highway Firings Stir Erie County In Economy Move
Pennsylvania officials announce 54 highway workers in Erie County will be dismissed tomorrow as part of Governor Milton Shapp's economy plan. The firings are described as temporary for some and are tied to a county screening committee of Democratic committeemen. Some previously fired workers may be rehired. others must reapply. The shuffle aims to reset staffing quickly, with broader statewide firings and protests by workers seeking aid.
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Erie County
Milton Shapp
Corry Committee
Harrisburg
Boy Finds Soldier Photo He Sought For Months
Eight year old Douglas Hogan of 137 Maple avenue believed his cousin in Vietnam would appear in a newspaper photo. On March 1 1971 a photo in The Journal showed a soldier at a water hole in Vietnam, later identified as George Bowers of Punxsautawney, confirming the boy’s long quest.
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Tim Pryor
Douglas Hogan
Vietnam
Douglas
Doug
Kenneth Hogan
Maple Avenue
The
Journal
FDA Warns Public Do Not Eat Swordfish
The FDA urged Americans to stop eating swordfish after testing found 95 percent of samples contaminated with mercury. Officials warned especially against children and women of childbearing age, noting average mercury levels were above safety guidelines. recalls and market withdrawals have occurred, yet some swordfish remains available.
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The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Edwards
Japan
Canada
Northeast
California
Small Business Administration
Pennsylvania Mayors Back State-Local Revenue Sharing Push
In Harrisburg, seven city and town leaders urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve a $72 million state local revenue sharing plan. Mayors from Philadelphia Pittsburgh Erle McKeesport Scranton Lancaster testified about rising costs and limited local taxing power.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dow
James H. J. Tate
Philadelphia
Peter H. Flaherty
Pittsburgh
Louis J.tullo
Erle
Zoran Popovich
McKeesport
Brewer B. Yerger
Lancaster
Thomas J. Monaghan
D. Elmer Hawbaker
R-Franklin
Massive mud slide devastates St Jean Vianney town
In St Jean Vianney Quebec a mud slide engulfed 42 cottages and left a 2000 foot wide crater. 26 people are missing as 5 bodies are recovered. Aerial and ground rescue teams search debris while residents recall the moment the earth opened beneath homes and streets. Civil defense relocated about 1,200 residents to shelter centers.
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ST. Jean Vianney
Que
St Jean Vianney
Francois Richard
Saguenay
Moncalm Laforge
Laforge
Kenogami
Jonquiere
State Trial For Corryite On 3 Counts
A Corry man, Edward English, 28, was bound over to the September term of Erie County court on three counts after a District Justice hearing. Charges include burglary of tools from an airplane owned by Rev. Kenneth Enright and larceny of a police ring of keys. Bond was set at 2000 for the September court appearance. English also faces Erie court trial next Monday on a larceny case involving gasoline stolen from a Rogers Structural Steel Co. truck, with Theodore Cooper, 22, as alleged accomplice.
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Erie County Court
Porter Auer
Edward English
West
Washington Street
Kenneth Enright
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lawrence
James Hurlbut
Clymer Juvenile and Warren Woman Jailed in Car Case
A Clymer juvenile and Nancy Shank of Warren were charged in Cherry Grove Township with larceny malicious mischief and corrupting the morals of a minor after a parked car was stripped. The woman was jailed in Warren County jail for failing to post bond. police said the juvenile stole a 1965 model car and drove it to a rural road.
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Warren
Cherry Grove Township
Nancy Shank
Martha Lawson
Shank
Warren County
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