Conditions Critical Decision On Sealing Of Coal Mine
Officials directing rescue efforts for 78 men trapped for nine days in fiery No. 9 mine plan a very comprehensive evaluation. Air samples from deep caverns show deadly carbon monoxide and dangerous methane levels. sealing the mine is a possible outcome depending on today’s assessment.
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Mannington
W.va
No. 9
Peter P. Ferretti
Consolidation Coal Co
Ferretti
Mountaineer Cost Co
Two Corry area crashes injure youth three faces charges
State Police report two crashes near Corry caused minor injuries and $900 damage. John J. McQuiston 18 sideswiped a bridge on Corry Higin road with $200 damage. Michael J. Nadolny 17 lost control on Route 426, his car struck a parked vehicle, injuring Diana Ploss 16 and Thomas Ploss 18, with $700 damage. Nadolny to be charged. Sister Rita Clair Reilley fatally burned while making tea in Pittsburgh.
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Corry
John J. McQuiston
West Pleasant Street
Corry- Higin Road
McQuiston
Ceal
Michael J. Nadolny
Spartansburg
Nadolny
John Joy
R. D
Joy
Diana Ploss
Marion Street
Thomas Ploss
Budgeting Outlook Dim For County Tax Cut
Erie County commissioners face a dim budgeting outlook as they assess a new three year 200000 reassessment by Allied Appraisal and a countywide 54 percent rise in assessments. With 60 000 short of a one mill cut and expenditures rising to 3 194 220 in the separate district budget the pace of talks continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie County
Fred Lamberton
Arema
Allied
Byron J. Clapper
Fierce Storm Heading Into East
A powerful November storm swept from Texas across the Midwest into the East causing heavy rain snow and high winds on Thanksgiving Day. Flood warnings were issued for areas including the Harpeth River near Nashville but were later lifted as conditions eased.
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Associates
Northwest
Midwest
Mexico
Texas
Ohio Valley
Middle Tennessee
Missouri
Michigan
Tennessee
Mississippi River
Cumberland Mountains
Harpeth River
Nashville
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Mississippi
Arkansas
Lower
Saigon Demands Cease fire Talks in Paris Peace Plan
A South Vietnamese spokesman in Paris says an early cease fire is a major priority and demands strong international guarantees in final settlement. North Vietnam and the NLF resist discussing a cease fire until foreign troops leave, complicating four way talks as Saigon and Hanoi prepare for December discussions.
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Paris
Nguyen van An
Saigon
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Vietnam
Harriman
Pentagon
Henoi
United States
NLF
Heavy fighting along Cambodian border as U S troops clash
Helicopters and Air Cavalry units pushed along the Cambodian border chasing retreating enemy forces after Thanksgiving Day battles. U S casualties topped two dozen with 25 killed in one clash. total enemy deaths neared 288 in two days as fighting spread across the 100 mile frontier.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Paris
Fifteen year old rescues family after Utah plane crash
In Eureka Utah a 15 year old William Rigby walked four miles through a snowstorm to fetch help after a twin engine plane crash. His mother Penelope died on arrival, his father Elmer Rigby Jr. was seriously injured, and his sister was trapped beneath wreckage. A Nevada motorist guided rescuers to the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
Eureka
Utah
William Rigby
William
Beverly Hills
Calif
Elmer C. Rigby Jr
Nevada
A. Duane Sperry
Sperry
Penelope
Juab County Hospital
University Hospital
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Math Professor and Wife Die in Pennsylvania Crash
Dr. Leonard Roth, Mellon Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh, and his wife Marcella die in a head on collision on Pennsylvania 22 in Westmoreland County. Roth joined Pitt in 1963 and published works on algebraic geometry.
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Murrysville
Leonard Roth
Andrew Mellon
University of Pittsburgh
Marcella
Pennsylvania 22
Westmoreland County
Charles H. Peake
Pitt
Roth
University of London
Mellon
Cambridge University
Clare College
Paul Mellon
Pittsburgh teen builds a $20,000 pipe organ at school
David Halliday, an 11-year-old senior at Taylor Allderdice High School, works with mentor William Matthews to assemble a 400 pound 10 foot 4 inch organ console from pipes gathered from churches and a Pittsburgh institute. He expects completion in February and plans an organ business in Pittsburgh citing local logistics and demand.
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Pittsburgh
David Halliday
Taylor- Allderdice High School
David
William Matthews
Audsley
Pittsburgh Musical Institute
Wilkinsburg
Pittsburgh Institute
West Virginia
Colts
Brush Fires Kill Five Near Sydney Tragedy and Aftermath
AP reports five men dead with seven missing and around 200 injured as bushfires hit a 50 mile radius of Sydney over two days. Fire danger eased as winds died and temperatures dropped after a record blaze destroyed numerous homes and buildings with a thousand firefighters on standby.
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Sydney (Ap
Sydney
Blue Mountains
West End Corry Heiress Theresa McSweeney Dies Richest Woman Estate Worth $23 Million
The life of Theresa McSweeney of Corry and New Rochelle, once married to oil magnate Henry McSweeney, ends with an early probate showing a $23 million estate. She led a secretive, wealthy life split between Atlantic City seaside property and her West Pleasant Street home, while surviving burglary threats and a public curiosity about her fortune.
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Westchester County
N.Y
Theresa McSweeney
West Pleasant Street
America
Atorneys
McSweeney
Theresa Nugent
Corry
Europe
Bradford Off Hook On Cops Pay
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that third class cities with charters may set police and fire salaries, potentially saving Bradford money after switching from a strong mayor system. The decision upholds a lower court ruling in a suit brought by Greenberg and Sampson against Bradford officials.
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Bradford
Associated Press
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Samuel J. Roberts
McKean County Common Pleas Court
Theodore Greenberg
Bruce Sampson
Michael J. Eagen
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Grafton, W
Hartzell Mayle
Farmington
Zelienople
Rita Clair Reilley
St. John the Baptist Convent
Margaret
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vienam
Laos
Attopeu
Saravane
Cambodia
Ban ‘Thateng
Demilitarized Zone
Philadelphia
Pollice
Sweeney
Oil City
Standard Oi Company
New Jersey
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