Tragic Northwestern Pa Weekend Claims 16 Lives
A deadly stretch across Crawford and Bear Lake counties left 16 dead in crashes and a freight train collision near Conneautville. Nine victims, many children, perished when a B&LE freight train struck an eastbound car. The accident, believed to be the county’s worst, scattered bodies along the crossing. Two Bear Lake brothers died when a separate auto collision with a culvert near their home killed Floyd LeRoy Smith and Paul Ellis Smith. State Troopers investigated speeds and maneuvers as the death toll rose and emergency crews set temporary morgues and lighting at Conneautville.
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Pennsylvania
Crawford County
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Conneautville
Meadville City Hospital
Bear Lake
Corry Memorial Hospital
Floyd LeRoy Smith
Paul Ellis Smith
Robert Fleetwood
Corry
Smith
Ronald V. Schenck
R.D. 1
Schenck
Third Soviet Spaceship Launched With Veterans Aboard
The Soviet Union launched Soyuz 8 with cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov and Alexei Yeliseyev, joining Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 in orbit as the nation seeks a space platform. Tass described plans for scientific tasks and coordinated three-ship maneuvers to advance piloted space systems.
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Muscow
Soviet Union
Vladimir Shatalov
Alexei Yeliseyev
United States
Alexei Leonov
Shatalov
Yeliseyev
Tass
Citizens' Dissent Halts Brief End To Vietnam War
Washington and Los Angeles reports describe a rising protests wave hindering negotiated peace. Secretary Rogers cites domestic dissent as weakening Nixon policy and Paris talks, while moratorium organizers urge peaceful demonstrations and political figures respond with mixed support and caution.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Paris
Rogers
United States
Brown
CBS
Charles Goodell
R-N.y
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lewis B. Hershey
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Moss
Protestors Battle MPs At Fort Dix
About 5,000 demonstrators opposed to the Vietnam war and Army justice clashed with 1,000 military police at Fort Dix New Jersey. The confrontation ended when tear gas jets drove the racially mixed crowd from a field near the base family housing area.
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FT. DIX
N.J
Army Justice
Corry United Fund reaches over half of goal in 13th day
The Corry United Fund Drive at its 13th day surpassed 50 percent of its $85,000 target with $44,060 raised. The Schools Division led with 65 percent of its goal, followed by Industrial and Special Gifts. Other divisions showed varied progress while a final report breakfast is planned. Streets department leaf pickup begins amid weather delays and possible schedule shifts. A large antiwar protest at Ft. Dix faced tear gas as MPs confronted demonstrators amid tense standoff.
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Corry United Fund
Corry Motor Inn
S.E. Anderson
Clubs and
New Streets Department
David Johnson
Johnson
Streets Department
Accused Lennon Slayer Found Dead In Auto
Tuolumne County investigators identified a body in a car trunk as Marvin Major, 38, linked to the Lennon Sisters case. Major shot himself after failed suicide by carbon monoxide. papers tied him to Peggy Lennon and the Lennons. The Los Angeles police had issued a first degree murder warrant for Major ten days after William Lennon was killed at a golf range in Marina Del Rey.
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Sonora
Calif
Tuolumne County
Lennon
Marvin Major
Miller Sardella
Major
Peggy Lennon
Los Angeles
William Herbert Lennon
Marina del Rey Golf Range
Ang. L
Fire Destroys Car and Garage at Rennels Home
A fire at 608 West Church Street heavily damaged the Rennels property, gutting the garage and destroying a 1968 car and contents. Loss pegged around $5,000 with $3,000 charged to the car and the rest to the building and contents. Firemen worked about an hour, 23 men aided by Engines 1 and 3 and Truck 5. Cause undetermined. officials to continue investigation.
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Herman Rennels
West Church Street
Rennels
Jerome Davis
Davis
Journal
Endstey
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Lucille Shrader
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Floyd
Paul Smith
Eaton
Georgy Shonin
Frank Church
Idaho
NBC
Meet the Press
Church
ABC
Sam Brown
Luis Zuleta
Fort Dix
Herb Dryer
Catholic Peace Fellowship
Black Panther Party
Young Lords
Princeton
Columbia
Wrightstown
Bernard Carr
Army
Here
Lennon Sisters
Ray Antonini
Bill Lennon
Antonini
Stanford Hose Company
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