Global and domestic notes mix of 1969 events and policy shifts
AP reports a stalled Middle East peace effort as Gunnar Jarring returns to Moscow, a new voting age test case nears the Supreme Court, and two federal reform plans take effect creating a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and an Environmental Protection Agency. Nixon ends his European swing with a London stop and a Queen luncheon. Southern California brush fires burn over 240000 acres as crews gain control. A bank robbery chase recounts Sgt. Max McAlpine facing higher auto insurance after a 1969 pursuit incident.
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Washington
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
Commerce Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Los Angeles
Max McAlpine
McAlpine
Security Pacific Bank
Brooklyn father shot saving girl from rapist on roof
Rufus David Anderson, 44, interior decorator, died after rushing to help a girl being raped on his Brooklyn apartment roof. The gunman fled. police seek suspect. The attack occurred on private property. Anderson’s family may not receive Good Samaritan compensation. The girl’s mother, in hospital, expressed gratitude and the three orphaned daughters plan to move to Rochester with their grandmother.
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New York
Rufus David Anderson
Brooklyn
Anderson
Ruth Pinckney
Rochester
N.Y
Sarah
Anderon
Five Killed In Crashes On Area Ohio Roads
Five people died in area crashes in Ohio last night including residents of Titusville Jamestown and Conneaut. George W Sterling 66 of Titusville a business owner was killed when his late model car hit a tree on Mystic Park road and was pronounced dead at the scene. Lawrence L Ahrens 43 of Jamestown died when his car collided with a tractor trailer near Garland. A Conneaut couple and their 3 year old son died on Route 6 near Andover when their auto failed to stop for a stop sign and was struck by a truck driven by Merle McClimans. Two other occupants were hospitalized with injuries. Police and rescue workers reported extensive efforts to extract the victims from wreckage. The report notes the Kidd car carried three fatalities and two injuries.
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Titusville
Jamestown
Conneaut
Ohio
Mystic Park
George W. Sterling
C.M. Sonne
Crawford County
Sterling
Pennzoil
Meadville
Garland
Ahrens
Warren General Hospital
Jefferson County
Andover
Paul D. Kidd
Carol Ann
Ernest
Larry Platt
Dorset
Arlene
Ashtabula Hospital
Ohio Highway Patrol
Kidd
Merle McClimans
Hartstown
McClimans
Ashtabula General Hospital
Washington
Navy Ship Hunts Sunken Nerve Gas
The oceanographic ship Mizar and a team of scientists search the sunken Liberty ship LeBaron Russell Briggs in 16,000 feet of water 283 miles east of Florida to determine if 418 vaults of GB nerve gas remain intact and whether it has harmed marine life. Water samples will show any trace of the gas as conservationists warn of potential damage.
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Mizar
LeBaron
Russell Briggs
Briggs
Florida
Victory Marchers Press On Amid Ky Absence in Washington
Reverend Carl McIntire and followers march through Washington praying for victory in Vietnam after Mrs Nguyen Cao Ky fails to attend. Up to a quarter-million had been expected for a rally at the base of the Washington Monument, but police anticipated a smaller crowd. Speakers included Representative John Rarick and Maj. Gen. Thomas A Lane. The Youth International Party planned a separate event at Rock Creek Park, while more than 140 people were arrested in Georgetown.
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Washington
Carl McIntire
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Washington Monument
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mrs. Ky
Air France
Paris
New York
McIntire
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Monument Grounds
John Rarick
D-La
Thomas A.lane
Radical Youth International Party
Yippies
Rock of Rock Creek Park
Georgetown
Plane crash wrecks Wichita State football team trip
A Wichita State University football team charter plane crashed into Loveland Pass in Colorado while en route to Logan Utah. Twenty nine killed including 13 players, 11 survived. The other plane with 34 aboard reached Utah safely. The crash halted the game and likely the remaining season.
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Silver Plume
Colo
Wichita State University
Colorado State Patrol
Logan
Utah
Utah State
A. C
Bert” Katzenmeyer
Ben Wilson
Kansas State
Ray King
Wichita
John Grooms
Marvin Brown
Gene Robinson
Shockers
Ray Coleman
Shocker Club
Denver
Federal Aviation Administration
Doug Lewis
Golden Eagle Aviation
Golden Eagle
Wichita State
Runvay
Canyon
Tex
West Texas State University
Texas
Loveland Pass
Timberline
Auto Crashes Cause $1,200 Damages in Corry Area
State Police at the Corry barracks seek two drivers from separate one car crashes last night. One hit a rural mailbox on Route 426 north of Corry and fled in a 1963 to 1965 Chevrolet. The other involved Alston F. Chase, 37, of Corry, whose car left Route 89 and struck a home yard, with $1,200 damage.
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Corry
John D. Joy
R.D
Alston F. Chase
B.D
Corry Drive-In
Chase
Employers urged to list handicapped job openings locally
Edward C. Kinley of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and Mrs. Norman Tarbell of CHEER urged Corry area employers to list available jobs for qualified handicapped workers with the Corry BES Office. The effort coincides with National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week and aims to coordinate placement services and inform handicapped workers. Kinley noted no training charge and eligible unemployed workers may qualify for living and transportation allowances.
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Corry
Edward C. Kinley
State Department of Labor and Industry
Bureau of Employment Security
Norman Tarbell
Corry Council For Handicapped Education, Entertainment and Rehabilitation
Cheer, Inc
BES
CHEER
National
Kinley
Tarbell
Corry Bes
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Middle East
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Moscow
Supreme Court
Nixon
London
Elizabeth II
Edward Heath
California
Atlantic
Carl O. Meintire
Collingswood
New Jersey
Meintire
Colorado
George Grunwald
Huntington Beach
Calif
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