Penn State closes Ordnance Lab amid ant war protest
Penn State University closed the Ordnance Research Laboratory after two days of protests that blocked U S routes and drew about 5 500 demonstrators. No arrests or injuries were reported as police kept a standby presence and Gov. Shapp and Lt. Gov. Kline described the shutdown as symbolic victory. Officials hoped the lab would reopen Monday with a broader rally planned on Old Main lawn.
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Penn State University
Ordnance Research Laboratory
U.S. 322
Shapp
Ernest Kline
Kline
Yic
John) Oswald
Boston
Cambridge
University of Iowa
Ohio State University
Columbus
ROTC
Ohio
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Eugene J. McCarthy
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Renewal Gets Set To Buy More Property
The Erie County Redevelopment Authority secured a 260000 grant to advance the Fourth Ward Urban Renewal Project. Authority Deputy Director Virginia Nuzzo announced parcels valued at 142700 will be declared under a proclamers certificate and offers to purchase will go out next week as the agency moves to acquire property and relocate residents in the Fourth Ward housing area and nearby blocks.
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Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Corry
Fourth Ward
Virginia Nuzzo
Prefabricated burial plots laid at Holy Cross Cemetery
In San Francisco AP reports a vast honeycomb of concrete grave cells has been installed at Holy Cross Cemetery to replace individually dug graves. Cemetery superintendent Tom McGrath says this system makes traditional digging obsolete.
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San Francisco
Holy Cross Cemetery
Tom McGrath
UN Headquarters Closed Amid Nationwide Vietnam Protests
U.N. headquarters in New York shut to tourists amid rising demonstrations against Nixon's Vietnam policy. Across 23 states and D C protests continue with hundreds arrested. violence largely subsides. Police use tear gas and shotguns in Boston Cambridge and Ohio incidents. President's mining plan supported by 59 percent in a poll.
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New York
Nixon
University of New Mexico
American Broadcasting Co
Lieberman Research
United Nations
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ponder Local Meals Funds If U S Aid Is Cut Off
Erie area Meals on Wheels faces possible disruption if federal funds end June 30. GECAC and SECAC seek local and state money to sustain the three month Erie county pilot, with $2,500 received and more funds awaiting approval. Commissioner Hill notes final federal payment arrived and will be allocated without a defined local recipient. Linda Colvin and staff push year end funds to cover ongoing meals service amid funding lag.
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Erie
Office of Economic Opportunity
Corry
Greater Erie Community Action Committee
OEO
Erie County
William C. Hill Jr
The
Journal Today
SECAC
Hill
Linda Colvin
GECAC
Harborcreek Aide Hurt In One-Car Crash
Harborcreek resident Van Newell, R.D.7, is in satisfactory condition at Corry Memorial Hospital after a one-car crash on Route 8 near Lowville at about 5 am today. He was treated after his car left the road and struck a utility pole. State Police from Troop E in Lawrence Park are investigating and had not interviewed him at press time. Newell is assistant building superintendent at the Erie County courthouse.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Lowville
van Newell
R.D
Troop E
Lawrence Park
Journal Press
Newell
Erie County
Sudden incident Fails To Stop North Tanks Troops
North Vietnamese troops and tanks battered An Loc as U.S. B52s dropped over 1700 tons of hazardous material on the provincial capital. One American adviser was fatally hurt, another wounded, two Air Force spotter planes were shot down near An Loc and Chon Thanh with two crewmen missing. The assault aimed to turn An Loc into another major battlefield.
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Saigon
An Loc
U.S
Chon Thanh
Soviet Ships Seen Southern Run Through Tsushima Strait
A Soviet cruiser and a Kotlin class destroyer were sighted moving south through the Tsushima Strait between Japan and the Korean peninsula. A Defense Agency spokesman noted low speeds and did not confirm any intent to reach North Vietnamese waters amid Nixon’s Vietnam policy. The report follows recent heavy fighting around An Loc and Saigon area as North Vietnamese forces press advances.
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Tokyo
Tsushima Strait
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Japanese Defense Agency
Nixon
Can Blockade Stop Viet Supply Flow?
Washington reports that after adjustments Russia and Red China may deliver enough war materiel and food to North Vietnam by rail to replace seaborne supplies cut by U S mining of seven ports. Analysts doubt the plan can sustain a heavy airlift or offset the blockade. officials warn input will be a trickle. Russia and East Europe plus Red China have sent about 200 000 tons monthly by sea and 22 000 tons by rail, with North Vietnam expanding its transport network to move more than needed.
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Russia
Red China
North Vietnam
U's
U.S
South Vietnam
Adm
Elmo Zumwalt Jr
Naval Operations
Nixon
Pass Arraigned on Yablonski Murder Charge in Pa
Albert Pass UMW secretary treasurer for District 19 Ky appeared in Washington County Court on murder charges linked to the slayings of Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter. He is held on $200,000 bond after a five minute arraignment.
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Yablonski
Washington, Pa
United Mine Workers
Albert Pass
Joseph “Jock’ Yablonski
Middlesboro, Ky
Thomas Gladden
Washington County
Bald, Bespectacled
Pass
UMW District 19
Kentucky
Union
Policymaking International Executive Board
U.S
Allegheny County
Hoyle
William Prater
District 19
LaFollette
Tenn
Huddleston
Yablonskis
Clarksville
Boyle
Cloud Burst Floods New Braunfels Kills At Least Five
A minute cloudburst sent a wall of water through New Braunfels causing five fatalities and 20 to 25 missing. Rivers swelled from about 25 feet to 200 feet wide as 3,000 residents fled. Gov. Preston Smith ordered National Guard help evacuating 100 to 125 families and others in nearby San Marcos and Seguin.
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Tex
Royce Couch
Comal
Guadalupe
Walter Fellers
San Antonio
Austin
Preston Smith
National Guard
San Marcos
Seguin
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Kurt Waldheim
Albuquerque
Anatoly Dobrynin
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Saigon-Phnom Penh
Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Gerald Lesher
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
FBI
Siraus Huddleston
W.A
Tony’ Boyle
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