Wrong Bullets Used That Killed Southern University Students
Governor Edwards says officers may have fired buckshot instead of tear gas at Southern University during a campus clash that killed two young men. Police maintain tear gas only. autopsies cite buckshot in both deaths. National Guard deployed, campus closed pending reopening after Thanksgiving. Students across campuses protest university leadership and demand more say in administration.
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Baton Rouge
Edwin Edwards
Southern University
Edwards
Denver Smith
New Roads
East Baton Rouge Parish
Hypolite Landry
National Guard
Southern
New Orleans
G. Leon Netterville
Emmett Bashful
Pothole disaster spurs toll of road neglect and damage
Mrs. Charles Savko of Bear Lake struck a large pothole on the Columbus Bear Lake Road, twisting her wheel and sending the car into a field. Repairs quoted at Costa's Garage run from six hundred dollars. Residents report four miles of bad blacktop, overflowing berms and ditches, plus neglected Plank Road and lingering snow fence remnants.
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Charles Savko
Bear Lake
Columbus-Bear Lake
Savko
Costa
Chester Hajec
Carter Hill Road
Lindsey Hollow Road
Commission Talks More Pay Hikes for Officials and Judges
Harrisburg AP The Commonwealth Compensation Commission plans higher salaries for top state executives and judges and a further $2,500 in expenses for legislators. The second report, with a pensions freeze for 342 judges and 274 officials, goes to the legislature Nov 20 and would become law automatically in January unless rejected or modified.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth Compensation Commission
Richard PF. Schier
Supreme Court
Federal Pay Board
Shapp
State Forced To Cut Funds For Handicapped
Harrisburg AP The state Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation will trim services to handicapped residents due to a federal funding shortfall. New applicants face priority-based service only if funds become available while emergency cases are served. Existing authorizations for training limbs medical care hospitalization continue. intake pauses unless severe emergencies arise. Continuing federal funds through February keep level at last year.
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Harrisburg
Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
John A. Hagan Jr
Hagan
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pennsylvania
Eral
Congressional
U S Steel Announces Broad Price Increases Across Line
Pittsburgh AP report says U S Steel Corp plans about half its products' price hikes, totaling a 0.7 percent rise systemwide, within federal approval limits. Price Commission noted an average 3.6 percent allowance unused. Bethlehem, Inland Steel weigh future moves as industry studies follow.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Federal Price Commission
Price Commission
Washington
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Frederick G. Jaicks
Inland Steel of
Chicago
Jakks
Local Appliance Store Moves to East Main Street
Local appliance firm shifts from Home Appliance Store in Columbus to the former State Liquor Store building at 6 East Main Street. James Hammond reports reopening Monday at 9:80. Ned Chase serves as service manager. The store, formerly Mond Appliance in Corry, dates to 1967 and will offer a full line of name-brand appliances.
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Columbus
State Liquor Store
East Main Street
James Hammond
Hammond
Ned Chase
Home Appliance
Corry
Union City Robbery Foiled At Quality Market
Union City police and Corry State Police seek two armed masked men who failed an armed robbery at Quality Market. Manager Howard M Sammons was locking up when the suspects, both white men in their 30s, forced entry but fled on foot after his wife locked the front door. One suspect wore a dark coat and hat, the other a light coat. heights 5 7 and 6 0, weights 175 and 180 pounds.
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Union City
Corry
Howard M. Sammons
Sammons
Rescue of two downed pilots amid heavy fire in North Vietnam
A USAF rescue team braved antiaircraft fire and overcast skies to recover Maj. Norbert J. Maier and Capt. Kenneth D. Thaete, shot down while baiting surface-to-air missiles near Thanh Hoa. Ground troops with dogs pursued them for 40 hours as weather hindered air strikes and hid enemy movements.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Air Force
South Vietnam
U.S
Panhandle
Norbert J. Maier
Avalon
Kenneth D. Thaete
Wendell
Idaho
Thailand
McConnell Air Force Base
Wichita
Kan
Thanh Hoa
Thaete
Radio Hanoi
Hanoi
Northeast
North
Seek Halt To Highway Work Stoppage
Harrisburg AP reports the state seeks to halt a snow removal dispute sparked work stoppage by several hundred highway workers in five counties. The illegal strike began in Cameron and McKean and spread to Elk Potter and Hiie counties. state officials warn of potential snow week disruption and outline contingency plans.
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Harrisburg
Cameron
McKean
Elk
Potter
Hiie
John Harligh
Penndot
American Federation of State
Harligh
Harleigh
Widow 84 Survives Four Days Of Terror in Philly
An 84 year old widow in Fairhill Housing, Philadelphia, endured five days of brutal attacks by four youths aged 10 to 13. Police say the assailants ransacked her apartment, robbed about $229, raped her multiple times, burned her with an electric comb and matches, and threatened to kill her. They face charges including burglary robbery rape vandalism indecent assault and aggravated assault and battery.
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Philadelphia
Fairhill
Kissinger to Start New Viet Nam Peace Talks in Paris
Washington confirms Henry Kissinger will fly to Paris to begin a fresh round of Viet Nam peace talks with Le Duc Tho. Officials say sessions could last several days with further consultations planned, while seeking a constructive outcome despite ongoing questions from South and North Vietnam about the draft settlement and ceasefire details.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
White House
Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
United States
Ussinger
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Four Killed In Truck And School Bus Crash
In Gwinner North Dakota a pickup collided with a school bus on North Dakota 18 killing four people in the truck and injuring sixteen pupils and the bus driver. The bus driver Shirley Bergermen aged 34 was in poor condition and a child, David Even age 9, was moved to a Fargo hospital in poor condition.
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Oakes
Shirley Bergermen
Oakes Hospital
David Even
Fargo
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