B52s Respond To Heavy Fighting Near Cambodia
Saigon reports heavy six hour fighting six miles south of the Cambodian border with a South Vietnamese unit suffering over half its 140 civilians casualties. Seven irregulars killed, 62 wounded. four Green Berets wounded. U.S. B52 bombers then hit North Vietnamese bases along the border with 750 tons. Marines and helicopters exchanged fire as 16 enemy soldiers were killed in other engagements. total U.S. helicopter losses reach three. General Abrams notes signs of a winter spring campaign by the enemy.
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Saigon
Thien Ngon
Green Berets
Sau
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Demilitarized Zone
Gio Linh
Accused Slayer Of Cop Sought For Kidnaping
Police hunt for Stanley B. Hoss Jr. a 26 year old Tarentum man charged with first degree murder in the Verona patrolman slaying and accused of kidnapping 20 year old Karen Malgott from Arnold. He is believed armed with a 38 and a 22 pistol and driving a stolen white sports sedan as FBI and regional authorities extend the manhunt through three states.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Verona
Stanley B. Hoss Jr
Tarentum
Ian D. MacLennan
FBI
Ohio Valley
Hoss
Westmoreland County
New Kensington
Karen Malgott
Arnold
Ohio Valley Hospital
Allegheny County
Fort Duquesne Bridge Opens After Delays
In Pittsburgh the Fort Duquesne Bridge, long nicknamed The Bridge to Nowhere for its unfinished mid air span, will officially open to traffic on October 16. Built to cross the Allegheny River, the four lane structure stalled due to a planning mix up over its highway linkage.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Fort Duquesne
State Highways Dept
Allegheny River
Harvest Moon Opens Autumn Harvest Labor Light
Corry residents awaken as Fall arrives at 1:07 a.m. EDT marking near equal day and night. The Harvest Moon rises soon after, providing brighter evenings for farmers to work late in the fields during the equinox season.
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Corry
Cross Sworn In as City Council Streets Director
Donald L. Cross aged 39 of 121 West Frederick Street was sworn in as a City Council member replacing Russell Brant who resigned September 1. Cross immediately became streets director, the post Brant held.
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Donald L. Cross
West Frederick Street
Russell Brant
Cross
Brant
To Council Cross to Serve Through Year End
Cross, a Republican and catalog manager at Associated Spring, will serve at least until year end as victorious November candidates are seated. He is one of three GOP hopefuls alongside Dr. George Gould and Benjamin Calderone, facing Democrats John Bolan and Thomas McKetn. Cross arrived from Archer City Texas eight years ago after serving four years in the US Army, three in Germany. He is married with a six year old daughter Kelley.
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Cross
George Gould
Benjamin Calderone
John Bolan
Thomas McKetn
Associated Spring
Archer City
Tex
Texas City
United States Army
Germany
Kelley
Meter Man Wins City Parking Role After Title Change
The city solicitor said discrimination in employment is illegal, leading Mayor Furst to hire Arthur Fitch as meter man. Fitch, formerly with cab service and head of Seaway Coach Lines terminal, will wear a uniform and issue parking tickets but have no police powers. The move follows merchants’ complaints about Friday night turnover and is part of replacing the traditional meter maid title with a male appointee.
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Furst
Arthur Fitch
Douglas Rozelle
Fitch
Seaway Coach Lines
REA Express
Bronx taxi driver charged in toddler death
Moses Rodriguez, 31, a Bronx taxi driver, was arrested and charged with homicide after allegedly throwing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son from a fourth floor apartment window following an argument with the mother, Maria Acevedo, 23, who was critically injured in the fall.
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New York
Bronx
Moses Rodriguez
Maria Acevedo
Acevedo
Corry man named to Erie County Industrial Development Authority
Seven members were named to the Erie County Industrial Development Authority by county commissioners including Jerome o er as the Corry representative. The board can issue tax free bonds for industrial buildings land and machinery to attract plants and jobs. It aims to supplement the state PIDA program and may fund Hammermill Paper Company pollution abatement in Erie to reduce Lake Erie's pollution.
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Erie County Industrial Development Authority
Jerome
Jerry) Oer
Chester Poor
Eric
Thomas Bundy
Layton Swift
North East
Richard Andrews
Fairview
Bert Leopard
Albion
Peter Homich
Girard
Bundy
Greater Erie Chamber of Commerce
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Pennsylvania
Hammermill Paper Company
Erie
Lake
City to get permit for Worth street sewer project
The State Health Department notified Corry city engineer David Johnson that a permit to proceed with the sanitary sewer on Worth street and the Route 6 bypass should arrive by week’s end. Johnson proposed moving Olzewski Bros. to the westside project to serve the new shopping plaza, seeking immediate authorization to beat winter delays. Council narrowly backed the plan four to one, with safety director Downey supporting the risk. The city pledged to upgrade the sewage treatment plant, at unknown cost, to satisfy state requirements amid crackdowns on stream cleanup.
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State Health Department
Corry
Worth Street
Route 6
David Johnson
Olzewski Bros
Kane
West Smith Street
Westside
Johnson
Clare Capwell
Capwell
Jack Downey
Olzewski
Plaza
State Sanitary Water Board
Robbery Fatal To Grocer in Seattle Store
Alfred Mathison a 77 year old grocer was found slain in his Seattle neighborhood store. The body showed a stabbing to the chin with a paring knife near the cash register. Police noted Mathison had been robbed or threatened 12 times including the latest incident.
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Seattle
Alfred Mathison
Mathison
Bailey to defend Beret officer in Vietnam murder case
Famed attorney F Lee Bailey will defend Capt Robert F Marasco of Bloomfield NJ in a Green Beret murder case in Vietnam. Trial set Oct 20 with several co defendants and possible postponement. Other high profile lawyers will lead defenses for Col Robert Rheault and others as charges may be quashed if first trial acquits.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
Boston
Lee Bailey
Green Beret
Bailey
Robert F. Marasco
Bloomfield
N.J
Leland J. Brumley
Duncan
Okla
Budge EB. Williams
Athens
Edward Bennett Williams
America
Robert B. Rheault
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Rheault
Williams
Henry B. Rothblatt
New York
Saigon
Brumley
David E. Crew
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson
Marasco
Thormas H. T. Young
Transpacific
Young
Army
Green
Operation Intercept cuts smuggling and disrupts trade
Los Angeles AP reports Operation Intercept disrupts dope smuggling from Mexico, with 418000 people searched in the first 9% hours and 3000 dangerous pills seized. Officials say contraband flow is reduced, though border commerce suffers as tourists and shoppers face long delays and clashes occur at inspection gates.
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Los Angeles
Operation Intercept
Mexico
United States
Tijuana
U.S
Four Mile
Alfred E. Freeman
San Diego
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City
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Eaton
Ulineas
Cambodia
F. Lee Bailey
Beret
Pedestrian
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