Mayors Groups Argue On Guns In City Lobby Clash
INDIANAPOLIS AP The two largest city officials groups the National League of Cities and the U S Conference of Mayors are split on gun control legislation. The League rejected a gun measure while the Conference called for broad national controls on firearms and licensing. The discord reflects urban versus smaller towns divides and could force shared lobbyists to tread carefully at the four day meeting.
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Indianapolis
National League of Cities
The
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Public Safety Committee
League
Conference of Mayors
Rent Watch Called Big Success
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration’s nationwide rent watch reduced illegal rent increases after a Social Security hike. IRS investigated 90,000 units, found 24 minor violations and one for possible prosecution, with 2,178 complaints and 1,462 completed investigations yielding 404 violations. Penalties total 28,819 dollars. four cases settled. The program stays in effect to curb retiree rent hikes.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Justice Department
IRS
TRS
Cost of Living Council
Housing and Urban Development Department
Preston
Burglars Hit Titusville Firm For $1,500
Titusville Agway store was burglarized over the weekend with an estimated $1500 taken after closing Friday. Police suspect the thieves watched the building, entry occurred about an hour after 5 15 p m. Items missing included cash register adding machine jackets tools and flashlight batteries. The cash in the drawer was only 32 99 while the cash register valued at about 950 and the adding machine at 30.
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Titusville
Titusville Agway
Donald Francis
Francis
Hunters Find Missing Plane in Western Pennsylvania
A private plane missing since June 16 from Detroit bound for Baltimore with three aboard was found by a hunter on Timmons Mountain north of Chambersburg. Civil Air Patrol reports the wreckage and bodies of the Baltimoreans were recovered after an intensive search. Names given include B.B. Van. Nordeck and Joseph Selaigh and his wife with ages not yet released.
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Chambersburg
Pennsylvania
Civil Air Patrol
Timmons Mountain
Here
Detroit
B. van. Nordeck
Joseph Selaigh
U S Cuba Seek Hijack Agreement
Negotiations between the United States and Cuba on antihijacking, conducted via the Swiss ambassador in Havana, aim to resolve hijacking issues affecting both nations with no substantive talks since 1961. The November Southern Airways hijack to Cuba sparked Cuban charges and a demand for reciprocal U S punishment of hijacker recruiters in Florida.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
U.S
Havana
State Department
John King
Southern Airways
Florida
Pontiac High School shooting suspect surrenders
A 16-year-old boy surrendered through his attorney to Oakland County Juvenile Court after shootings at Pontiac Central High School that wounded five sophomores, one seriously. Police sought a 16-year-old pictured in the yearbook as the suspect. an immediate hearing was planned.
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Pontiac, Mich
Pontiac Central High School
Albert Hatchett
Oakland County
Olice
James Lamear
Dale Miller
Marcos Says He Was Guided By God In Martial Law Proclamation
President Ferdinand E. Marcos told about 300 historians at Malacañang that he was guided by God when he proclaimed martial law to avert a right wing coup. He said he signed the proclamation on September 17, five days before it took effect, correcting prior belief it carried a September 21 date.
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Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Philippine Historical Society
Marcos
U S Planes Kill 19 By Accident Near Da Nang
U S planes accidentally dropped several 500 pound bombs on a populated area south of Da Nang, killing 19 civilians and wounding 29. The incident involved two F4 Phantoms and four Corsairs from 7th Fleet carriers. The cause is under investigation. North Vietnamese artillery pounded Quang Tri province as U S B52s answered with nearly 50 strikes and 1,200 tons of explosives around Quang Tri city and surrounding areas.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Hoi An
Cua Viet
Quang Tri City
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Abortion Group Claims Shapp Distorted Report
Seven members of Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission accuse Gov. Shapp of distorting their June report to oppose a strict anti abortion bill. They demand a retraction, stating the phrase grave irreversible harm referred only to cases of serious maternal illness with death likely.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission
Gov. Shapp
Shapp
Rita Burke
Lucille Clark
Dorothy Czarnecki
Judy Fink
Theresa
Kostka
Marie Adele Reagan
Anastasia
Minority Commission
Martin Mullen
Philadelphia
Mullen
$500 000 Ski Resort Planned Near Here
ELLICOTTVILLE The Kissing Bridge Corporation plans a private ski club on a 170 acre tract four miles north of Ellicottville. President Robert M. James says land clearing is underway. The new hill will include a 3000 foot double chairlift, a 2500 foot T bar, a main lodge, parking, and a maintenance building with about 11 trails. A second T-bar may follow.
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Ellicottville
Kissing Bridge Corporation
Robert M. James
Mansfield
James
Kissing Bridge
Salvation Army kettle stolen outside Macy's New York
Salvation Army officials report the theft of a 300 pound red iron kettle that had stood outside Macy’s on a New York street for two decades. Brigadier Frank Gibson notes the kettle is 5 feet wide and 3½ feet tall and hopes it is returned as a prank or theft.
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New York
Salvation Army
Macy's
Dth
Frank Gibson
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