Bridge Collapse Hits Girard Avenue In Philadelphia
A major section of the Girard Avenue bridge collapsed onto a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train in Philadelphia. Debris filled a 50 by 80 foot hole, five cars crushed but no injuries. Traffic detours followed as repairs and diversions were planned.
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Philadlphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Girard Avenue
Schuylkill River
Belmont and
Girard Avenues
Paoli
Harrisburg
Mythambi
Federal Judge Defendsself in Philly Traffic Case
Pittsburgh fed judge Louis Rosenberg faces a summons for abandoning his car on a Philadelphia street April 16. He denies the charge claiming he was merely passing through and last visited Philadelphia in September.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Rosenberg
Philadelphia
U S Grants Fund Erie Union City Albion Head Start Plans
Washington announces summer Head Start funding from the Office of Economic Opportunity for Erie City School District Archbishop's Commission Northwestern School District Albion. Grants total $37 057 to reach 60 children, 30 77 to reach 120, and 15 848 to reach 53 with local matching funds.
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Erie
Union City
Albion
Art of Economic Opportunity
Joseph P. Vigorito
Greater Erie
Archbishop’s Commission For Economic Opportunity
Commission
Probe expansion targets trading floor manipulation
Neville Co and Diversified Metals Corp lead a list of firms under probe as authorities review possible market manipulation. Officials say no evidence ties between riggers and exchange members on the trading floor, while the grand jury focuses on Pentron trading with indictments expected soon. Trade regulators in Washington and on Wall Street discuss potential regulatory actions to curb manipulation.
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Neville Co
Diversified Metals Corp
Hercules Galion Products Inc
Pentron Electronics Corp
Duraloy Co
Savoy Industries
Mercury Chemical Corp
Mercury
American Exchange
Dil
Exchange
Grand
Pentron Trading
Washington
Wall Street
Local Flooding Prompt Sewer Plan and Head Start Grant
After the airport area was cleared and paved a storm sewer project will use a pipe found beside the Tonnard Mfg Co to drain West Church to Euclid via Spring and Sherman. Flooding from Saturday's Hash storm caused about 4185 in damage. The Office of Economic Opportunity provides a 16813 grant to Union City School District for a Head Start four class program serving 600 children.
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Tonnard Mfg. Co
Spring Street
West Church
Office of Economic Opportunity
Union City
U.S. Navy sees Israel likely to invade Sinai if Egypt sinks ship
U.S. 6th Fleet officers in Athens say Israel would launch a major land assault into the Sinai Peninsula if Egypt sinks a ship bound for Israel in the Gulf of Aqaba. They note Israel’s limited naval power against Egypt and stress reliance on a mobile army and Allied support as tensions rise near Crete and Suez Canal routes.
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Israel
Sinai Peninsula
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Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
East Africa
Asia
Elath
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.S. Navy
Red Sea
Johnson
Mediterranean
William S. Martin
Little Rock
Crete
Intrepid
Vietnam
Suez Canal
7Th Fleet
Southeast Asia
Suez
Africa
U.S
Soviet Union
Johnson plan faces Senate hurdle on railroad seizure proposal
Administration lobbyists expect five Republican votes on the Senate panel for Johnson's plan to convert railroads for up to four months. Senator Javits may support it despite reservations about compulsory seizure. Democrats fear management bias while unions warn pay would fall below market rates under government control. The railroads argue earnings are already regulated, and carriers favor the resolution.
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Senate
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Javits
New Yorker
Lister Hill
Alabama
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Johnson
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Yarborough
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Supreme Court
Michael A. Musmanno
Navy Mothers’ Club
al Igeheny County
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
U.S. Navy Officials
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Dodd Farms Dairy
Scott’s Crossing Road
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South Center Street
Osts Family Discount Center
N. Center St
Corry, Pa
Corry Evening Journal
Corry Savings and Loan Savings
Corry Savings and Loan Association
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