Turkish Hijackers Surrender in Sofia After 38-Hour Siege
More than 60 Turkish airline passengers were flown to Istanbul as four hijackers surrendered to Bulgarian authorities in Sofia. The Boeing 707 remained in Sofia. Bulgarians to try the four leftists. The plan was hijacked over Turkey with 71 passengers and 10 crew. The hijackers demanded freeing of prisoners and reforms, while the Turkish government refused.
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Ankara
Istanbul
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Safiq
One Nun Dead Nine Injured In I 79 Crash
Sister Marie Ralph Wick, 41, of St. Joseph Convent Baden, died in a two-vehicle crash on I-79 two miles north of Meadville at 9 20 a m. The van carried ten nuns from Baden Convent. Nine others were injured, eight to Spencer Hospital, one in guarded condition. The driver, Sister Catherine Jordan, 25, and eight others had minor injuries. Sister Wick, principal of Mount Gallitzin School, died from a fractured skull. The group was en route to an elementary school workshop at Edinboro State College. Four medical technicians were en route to Uganda to aid Ugandan Asians’ medical screening.
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Meadville
Marie Ralph Wick
St. Joseph Convent
Baden
Wick
Pennsylvania
Vernon Township
Catherine Jordan
Crawford County
Robert Challener
Spencer Hospital
Meadville Ambulance Service
Marilyn Washington
Caritas Marshall
Marsha Bronczyk
Anne Chifford
Stella Cronauer
Margaret Pakulski
Anne Celine Mutscheller
Aurea Wiethorn
Sister Wick
Mount Gallitizin
Edinboro State College
Uganda
Canada
No Funds Yet For Day Care Center
Tim Pryor reports that Corry Day Care Center planning stalls with the room nearly ready but empty. despite approval to hire two teachers, positions for assistants and aides remain unfilled as state welfare funds await release amid a large federal freeze. The project ties into Erie County centers Albion and Union City run by GECAC and funded through county commissioners and state agencies.
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Tim Pryor
Corry
Salvation Army
Harrisburg
Erie County
Albion
Union City
Greater Erie
Western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Pittsburgh
Louis Diplacido
Meadville
The
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First Black Baseball Star Jackie Robinson Dies at 53
Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 and earned Hall of Fame status, died at 53 in Stamford Connecticut. He collapsed at home and was pronounced dead on arrival at Stamford Hospital after being rushed there following a heart attack. He had faced health issues since a 1968 mild heart attack and had planned to speak at a Washington symposium on drug abuse.
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Stamford, Conn
Jackie Robinson
Robinson
New York City
Stamford Hospital
Washington
Kissinger reports to Nixon amid Saigon talks
In Washington Henry Kissinger briefed President Nixon and Secretary of State William Rogers on talks with Nguyen Van Thien as Saigon denounced Communist peace proposals. Kissinger and Gen. Abrams returned from nearly a week of meetings with South Vietnamese leaders in Saigon. Progress claimed, but no sign of a coalition with the Viet Cong. Officials cite heated talks and a Vietnamese stance against a coalition government.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
William Rogers
Nguyen van Thien
Saigon
Kissinger
Army
Creighton W. Abrams
Nguyen van Thieu
Thiet
Tin Song
Thieu
Vietnam
U.S
United States
Thieu rejects coalition. calls cease-fire under supervision
Bulletin SAIGON AP reports President Nguyen Van Thien declaring no one may impose a peace settlement on South Vietnam while suggesting a cease-fire could be declared soon. He said the cease-fire must cover all Indochina under international supervision and rejected a tripartite government. If a cease-fire occurs around the U.S. elections, Thien stands firm.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thien
South Vietnam
Thien
Indochina
U.S
Thieu
Bombing Reduced as Negotiations Continue in Vietnam
In Saigon reports Nixon cuts North Vietnam bombing around Hanoi and Haiphong during peace talks. Monsoon weather and a tacit deal are cited as factors, with fewer daily strikes and B52 raids paused in the north while jets hit South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia.
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Saigon
Nixon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S
7Th Fleet
Tonking Guill
South China Sea
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
Cambodia
Train crash death toll rises in Lima and Monroeville
A Penn Central train crash in Lima killed a woman, Sylvia Garcia, 27, and her four daughters Christine 7 Veronica 6 Angelia 3 Rebecca 4 months. Four hours later the same train hit a steel truck at Monroeville crossing with no injuries reported. Engineer Arthur Herron said he sounded his horn but the car did not stop. Authorities will investigate both incidents.
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Lima
Ohio
Penn Central
Here
Monroeville
Ind
Arthur Lee Herron
Sylvia M. Garcia
Cridersville
Christine
Veronica
Angelia
Rebecca
Herron
Allen County
Ft. Wayne
Churubusco
Women Edge Men In Vote Registrations
Final figures for Corry city await release due to heavy workload from 52 special registration sites netting growing totals. Countywide data show 132,487 qualified voters with 72,784 Democrats, 95,835 Republicans and 3,868 independents or splinter party members. Democratic margin stands at 16,949, the largest Erie County majority to date.
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Corry
Erie County
HON Leaders Promise to Turn CJ Around at Dinner Meeting
HON Industries executives C Maxwell Stanley and Stanley M Howe led a Corry gathering at the Corry Country Club pledging to lift Corry Jamestown Corp CJ to higher market shares. They outlined plans to push west and southwest markets and apply HON marketing, manufacturing, and personnel policies to elevate CJ to HON’s management standards.
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HON Industries
Corry Jamestown Corporation
Corry
Corry Country Club
C. Maxwell Stanley
HON
Stanley M. Howe
Howe
Stanley
The
Howe, C
Maxwell Stanley
William F. Cory
Richard Fuller
Dan Throop Smith
Stanley M
Austin Hunt
Ralph Hofstad
Pryor
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