U S Planes Bomb North Vietnam Drawing Criticism
The United States faces Senate criticism as raids on antiaircraft sites in North Vietnam prompt debate on Nixon's Southeast Asia policy. Leaders like Mansfield warn the bombing signals reinvolvement, while Scott defends the action citing casualties from unarmed reconnaissance missions.
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Washington
U.S
North
Vietnam
Congressional
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Senate Democrats
Cambodia
Majority
Mike Mansfield
Indochina
Montana Democrat
Hanoi
Paris
Melvin R. Laird
Senate
Hugh Scott
Mansfield
Scott
United States
Pennsylvania
Clymer Marine Robert Donnell II Killed in Vietnam
Sgt. Robert A. Donnell II, 22, of Clymer was killed in action in Vietnam on November 18. Born in Erie, he was a 1967 Clymer Center School graduate and former worker at Clymer Bay Co. He enlisted May 15, 1968 and served as a helicopter crew chief. He is survived by five sisters and seven brothers, plus his grandmother. Spitzer Funeral Home to announce arrival arrangements.
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Robert A. Donnell II
Clymer
Vietnam
Erie
Robert
Leona Orr Donnell
Clymer Center School
Clymer Bay Co
Donnell
Marine Corps
Roberta
Mary
Dorothy
Diane
Lisa Donnell
Gary
Samuel
Jeffrey
Thomas
Lysle
David
Timothy
Hattie Orr
Waterford
Spitzer Funeral Home
Corry GI Earns Bronze Star Medal
Army SFC Robert W. Jewell of Corry received the Bronze Star Medal near Chu Lai Vietnam for outstanding service with hostile forces. He serves in the Americal Division's 16th Artillery and entered the Army in April 1963. His wife Barbara resides at 719 East South Street.
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Army Sfc
Robert W. Jewell
Dorothy J. Gregory
Corry
Chu Lai
Vietnam
Jewell
16Th Artillery
Army
Barbara
East South Street
UN Probes Invasions Into Guinea Amid Crisis
Ivory Coast AP reports Guinea says mercenaries under Portugal attacked coastal targets to seize airports and the Defense Ministry. UN Security Council convened, called for immediate withdrawal of foreign forces, and voted to send an investigating mission. President Sekou Toure appeals for UN troops to drive out mercenaries and ships from Guinea waters.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Guinea
Portugal
U.N. Security Council
Sekou Toure
Conakry
Paterara
Defense Ministry
Boke
Portu
U Thant
Toure
U.N
Lisbon
Six Car Pileup in Erie Injures Four People
Four Erie residents were hospitalized after a six car crash that began as a minor fender bender on an east side street. A police cruiser pushed a vehicle, trapping bystanders as a blizzard reduced visibility and a chain reaction sent four more cars into the scene. Carmella Bogle and Dennis Stazer of Erie remained in serious or better condition at St. Vincent and Thomas Southwick, 18, at Hamet Hospital, with one victim unnamed. The investigation continues with no update on the Hamet victims.
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Erie
St. Vincent Hospital
Carmella Bogle
Dennis Stazer
Stazer
Hamet Hospital
Thomas Southwick
Hamet
Blizzard Strikes Erie and Surrounding Areas in New Snowstorm
Blizzard sweeps Erie and Lake Erie shoreline with three inches in Erie and up to six inches east along the lake. Six to nine inches reported in New York State as State Police note near zero visibility and closures on the Thruway from the state line to Buffalo, Route 20, and Route 5. Temperatures dip to single digits with noon readings around 18 degrees while Corry sees no added snow yet.
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Lake Erie
Erie
New York State
Fredonia
The
Journal
New York
State Line
Buffalo
Lowville
Journal Today
Shop Journal Christmas Pages Promotion Clarity
A brief promotional note urges readers to visit downtown shops for Christmas pages and early seasonal displays. It hints at accessible shopping or events to attract customers and invites anticipation of holiday savings and selections downtown.
There Is Hope For Route 426 Paving Efforts
Rep Forest Hopkins of North East answered The Journal beef on Route 426 paving and widening. He said he contacted Transportation’s approved plan for paving from Corry toward Cutting, the stretch most complained about, noting the road improves only after reaching the New York State segment.
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Journal Today
Forest Hopkins
North East
Hopkins
Corry
New York State
Fire claims life of 5 year old in Sugar Grove Township
In Greenville area Sugar Grove Township a five year old boy died of asphyxiation in a house fire that heavily damaged the family home. Four older children escaped from a second floor bedroom via a television antenna pipe while parents were at work. Carl 17 woke the others but the victim sleeping in a front bedroom could not be reached due to intense heat from flames.
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Greenville
Greenville Area
Sugar Grove Township
Thomas Kerekes
Steven Kerekes
Mercer County
Frank McElree
Hempfield
Carl
Four Weekend Crashes Investigated by State Police
Corry Substation reports five accidents in the Corry area over the weekend. One crash Saturday on Dutchtown Road near Mill Village involved Berle Atkins of Waterford and Victoria Webster, 17, of Cambridge Springs, both driving along the narrow road center when a head on collision occurred.
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Corry
Dutchtown Road
Mill Village
Berle Atkins
R.D
Waterford
Victoria Webster
Cambridge Springs
Erie Woman Receives 15 Year Slaying Sentence
Peggy Ann Sundberg of Erie was sentenced to 15 years for second degree murder in the shooting of her fiance David Hutchinson after a jury found her guilty. The judge noted no minimum term, suggesting seven years as a possible minimum. Sundberg can seek parole.
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Erie
Peggy Ann Sundberg
David Hutchinson
Edward Carney
Hutchinson
Millcreek
Sundberg
Western Penitentiary
Women's Correctional Institution
Muncy
Chance Of Special Session For Taxes Near Zero Say Solons
Harrisburg AP reports rank and file legislators see no December tax special session. One leader says no crisis now, virus of bills wasteful and many measures died in committee. The 1969-70 General Assembly produced thousands of bills. only a few hundred became law, with ten vetoed by Gov Shafer. The housecleaning begins as staff bind up the two year session and bills from 1968.
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Capitol
Chamber of the General Assembly
Senate
House
General Assembly
Shafer
Assembly
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