Franco Develops Fever As Spain Eyes Transition
Madrid AP Franco survived heart attacks and hemorrhaging but developed a fever in the afternoon. Doctors said intestinal hemorrhaging was controlled and heart irregularities eased, yet signs of heart failure persisted with a light fever as Spain awaited a possible end to Franco's 36 year dictatorship.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Western
Europe
Franco
Pardo Palace
Carlos Arias Navarro
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Mart
Arias Navarro
el Pardo
Juan Carlos
Sophie
Dynamite Blasts Stir Up City Controversy
Two blasts shook the eastern city side on a Pennsyl vania avenue Rogers Structural Steel Company site. Workmen reportedly had permission from City Administrator Robert Grice, who said the detonation would be by a qualified person under the fire code. Police Chief Kenneth Nichols and Corry Fire Chief James Maloney voiced concerns over notice and safety as residents flooded the streets, though no damage or charges were reported.
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Rogers Structural Steel Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
King and
East Main Streets
Kenneth Nichols
Robert Grice
Grice
Rogers
Corry
James Maloney
Fire Levels Means Plant Eye Arson in Warren
A 6:31 p.m. fire wrecked the Means Company salesrooms and main building in Warren, level with explosions marking the start. Four injuries were reported as firefighters battled the blaze and several nearby structures were protected. Owner Arch Means said the firm would reopen with trailers for temporary offices and that records were not kept in the burning site.
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Warren
Hardware Lumber
Means
Means Company
Corry
Houte 6
Warren Borough
Clarendon
Starbrick
Pleasant
Dudley Nollinger
Arch Means
Ed Galbreath
Glade Keystone
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sybil
Epworth Methodist Church
Frank Viola
Viola
LCB Sued Over Alleged Kickback Extortion Attacks
John W. Hollowell files a $4 million federal suit in Philadelphia against the state Liquor Control Board and 10 agents. He says agents extorted payoffs to avoid citations, beat relatives, and threatened witnesses to stop testifying in bribery cases. Dispute seeks $2 million from the board and $200,000 from each agent. state justice department to investigate.
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Philadelphia
State Liquor Control Board
John W. Hollowell
Hollowell
LCB
Henry Kaplan
State Justice Department
Veteran’s Day Mailbox Honors Battle Creek Farmer
Tom Nichols completed a bicentennial mailbox at his Battle Creek Michigan farm for Veterans Day. He described the straight lines and stars as painstaking but worth the effort to honor veterans.
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Tom Nichols
Battle Creek
Mich
Nichols
Bolivian Plane Crash Kills About 50 Officers
A Bolivian military plane carrying officers from the engineering school and their wives crashed in jungle territory, about 100 miles from La Paz. Officials say 49 crew and spouses were aboard. casualties about 50 with unknown survivors. President Banzer paused a 25th anniversary event, calling it Bolivia's worst air accident with cause not yet known.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Air Force
Tomonoco
Hugo Banzer
Bombings Across U S Cities Tied to Puerto Rican Revolt
Nine bomb blasts hit banks and buildings in New York Washington and Chicago early today claiming FALN responsibility. The group marked the 25th anniversary of Puerto Rico's 1950 revolution and demanded independence plus the release of Oscar Collazo and four others.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington
Chicago
Sears Tower
Puerto Rico
Ilar
Mid-Continental Plaza
New York Post
FALN
Washington, D.C
Oscar Collazo
Truman
IBM
Sears
Continental Illinois Bank
Standard Oil
State Department
Pork Prices Increase Farmers Now Selling Corn
Des Moines reports rising hog product prices outpacing beef as farmers prefer cash from corn. Decisions a year earlier slashed hog marketing at Midwest markets, with market hogs hitting record levels from 3.64 to 6.50 dollars per hundred pounds. Consumers faced bacon around 2.50 a pound as ham and pork chops climbed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Russia
Midwest
Sioux City
Joliet
Towa
Marvin Skadberg
Towa State University
Skadberg
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Man Is Hospitalized After Auto Hit in Corry
A year old Corry man is listed in satisfactory condition at Corry Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car Saturday night at the corner of North Center and Washington. Lloyd Ruppersberger of 105% East Main Street sustained a broken leg and cuts. The driver, Donald J. McCammon, 25, of North East, said he turned left onto Washington and did not see the pedestrian. investigators noted it was a short run situation.
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Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
Lloyd Ruppersberger
East Main Street
Donald J. McCammon
North East
McCammon
North Center
Washington Street
National survey finds haphazard rape response by agencies
Washington study funded by LEAA shows police hospitals and prosecutors respond poorly to rape cases. It urges local officials to treat victims with dignity and ease evidence collection. The 15 month project surveyed 51 police departments and 41 hospitals, noting some positives in departments using women investigators and advising against assigning rape cases to prostitution units.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Center For Women Policy Studies
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