Nixon Signals Possible 1970 Vietnam Troop Pullout
President Nixon, citing progress in training South Vietnamese forces and reduced enemy activity, hints at a faster timetable for pulling out U.S. ground troops by late 1970. He warns timetable adjustments are possible if enemy activity rises, with 60,000 already slated to depart by December and a December announcement likely.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Pentagon
Townville School Bus Crash Injures Seventeen
Seventeen youths were injured when a Townville area school bus overturned after the driver swerved to avoid a six year old boy who ran into the highway. Six were admitted to Titusville Hospital with three broken collars and other injuries. The bus, carrying high school and elementary students, was near a roadside stop en route to Titusville. Driver Lloyd Preston of Townville and bus owner Harry Werling hold contracts for the route.
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Townville
Titusville Hospital
Albert Blymiller
Blymiller
Titusville
Meadville Barracks
Lloyd Preston
RD. 1
Harry Werling
Bedford Prison Escapees Sought. One Captured Near Breezewood
Bedford police and state troopers continue to hunt four inmates who fled Bedford County Jail on Monday. Allen Steinhauer, 19, of Hollywood California, was arrested near the Breezewood exit after midnight. Remaining at large are Aaron Dishong 19 Everett for jailbreak James E Locke 23 Burnt Cabins for forgery Alexander Griselin 31 Los Angeles and John Weichman Jr 19 New Berlin Wisconsin both arrested Sunday on receiving stolen goods charges.
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Bedford
Bedford County
Allen Steinhauer
Hollywood
Calif
Breezewood
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Aaron Dishong
Everett
James E. Locke
Alexander Griselin
Los Angeles
John, Weichman, Jr
New Berlin
Wis
Girl Admits Razor In Apple Hoax Claimed by Trick or Treater
An 8 year old said an unemployed father of three gave her an apple with a razor blade. The tale proved false after a private investigator questioned the account. Jack Thomas, 52, jailed on $10 000 bail on charges of intent to maim and cruelty to children.
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Philadelphia
Jack Thomas
Torresdale Project
Thomas
Matthew Blelowhi
Grace Wistotszkey
Grace
Debbie
Benjamin Segal
Erie County Races See Gehrlein Triumph in Controller Bid
A.J. Gehrlein defeats Byron Clapper to win Erie County controller as Democrats gain a seat. Sheriff Andy Hanisek leads GOP in county returns, with incumbents Maclvor and Dailey winning reelection. Jury commissioners Salsbury and Strasser also win fresh terms in a largely party-driven result.
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Erie County
A.J
Jake) Gehrlein
GOP
Byron Clapper
Gehrlein
Clapper
Andy Hanisek
Alexander
Sandy) Maclvor
Recorder of Deeds
Robert M. Dailey
Hanisek
Joseph Antolik
Girard
Maclvor
John C. Wagner
Dailey
James D. Mitchell
Millcreek
Tech Memorial High School
Gerald S. Salsbury
Walter C. Strasser
Erie
Tech
Salsbury
Strasser
Viet Cong chief urges fall push to end U.S. war in Vietnam
Nguyen Huu Tho heads the NLF in Paris sends an open letter to Americans urging greater fall offensive success to force U.S. troops to withdraw. The letter is part of the NLF delegation’s Paris peace talks release and condemns the U.S. administration’s war policy. Also, the Washington radio and TV industry proposes a voluntary cigarette ad ban starting Sept 1 1971.
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Paris
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
U.S
Vietnam
NLF
Nguyen Huu Tho
United States
Washington
Voters Stir Yet Stick By Parties In Local Election
Corry voters turnout was around 45 percent with 998 Republicans and 435 Democrats. Republicans swept local offices including Mayor Edward Zarger and several council seats while Democrats held Erie county positions. Porter Auer to become district’s first justice of the peace under reform. others to be phased out.
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Corry
Edward Zarger
Ben Calderone
Don Cross
George Gould
Porter Auer
Thomas McKetn
John Bolan
Charles Blchynski
Erie
Erie City
Byron Clapper
A.J
Jake’ Gehrlein
Gehrlein
Maclvor
Robert Dailey
Harry Montgomery
Superior Court
Freak Mishap Leaves 14 Year Old Dragged By Car
A 14 year old Corry girl was injured when her coat caught in a car door and she was dragged about three car lengths. Beverly June Reynolds, 32, of 221 Mead avenue, drove the car. Ruby Bogert, 14, of 524 West Pleasant street, rode in the rear. The girl was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital with forehead contusions and head abrasions, treated for abrasions on the face hands and left knee, listed in satisfactory condition.
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Beverly June Reynolds
Mead Avenue
Ruby Bogert
Richard Bogert
West Pleasant Street
MIT Demonstrations Suppressed by Riot Police on Campus
Hundreds of riot-equipped officers moved onto the MIT campus in Cambridge to break up a 600-strong antiwar picket at a lab building. Several injuries were reported as clashes occurred, but no arrests were made. Police, aided by Cambridge and MDC units, surrounded the line as demonstrators refused access to lab staff.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Laboratory
Lab
Metropolitan District Commission
Rural Voting Trickle Shapes Erie County Ballots
In Corry area rural wards voters showed low turnout with more than half of registered residents casting ballots. Columbus Township re-elected Democrat Howard L. Goodwill to the Board of Supervisors. GOP gains included school board and tax offices. Spring Creek and Wayne Townships elected several GOP officials while some races drew only Democratic opposition.
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Corry
Columbus Township
Warren County
Erie County
Board of Supervisors
Howard L. Goodwill
Don O. Swart
Ronald L. Schrecengost
Gerald A. Deutschlander
Madeline Dodd
William &.Rodemeyer
Donald E. Chase
Gladys J. Stroup
Rosalind J. Small
Suzanne Hodges
Larry M. Miller
F. Lowe Edwards
Spring Creek Township
Spring Creek
G.K. Lodge
Lodge
Glenn E. Thompson
GOP
Ronald W. Messenger
Harold F. Smith
Dorothy V. Donaldson
William H. Kafferlin
Gilbert EB. Putnam
Doris E. Blakeslee
Marion Mason
Wayne Township
Justin R. Butters
Henry M. Williams
Maud Follett
Frances Butchko
Carl H. Fullom
Wanda Sanders
Hubert Watrous
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Apple
VC Head
War End Movement
James Howard
Roger Lansberry
Targer
Catherone
Howard
Corry Ambulance Service
Endsley
Berry
MIT
Julia Sekerak
E. Jane VanTassel
Florence V. Casler
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