Gas escape blamed for convalescent home blast in Harding
The Pennsylvania Department of Mines ties the July 3 explosion at Winters Convalescent Home to a gas escape from underground storage near Ransom. Four killed, seven injured. Investigation notes doubled well pressure, delayed opening of wells, and methane as the primary gas. Gas company disputes link to storage field and cites laboratory tests.
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Harrisburg
Department of Mines
Harding
Pennsylvania Gas and Water Co
Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna River
Ransom
H. B. Charmbury
Charmbury
Winters Home
Pennsylvania Gas and Water
Public Utility Commission
Four-Day Week Campaign Urged by Steelworkers Leader Abel
AFL CIO Industrial Union Department head J W Abel urged a nationwide push for a four day work week to counter automation and future recessions. He argued a four day week could be achieved within four years with no pay cut by bargaining and lobbying. Abel warned that automation threatens millions of American jobs and would reshape the modern economy amid tax incentives and rapid production modernization. The plan aims to spread work, create jobs, and reduce worker fatigue.
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Atlantic City
N.J
J.W. Abel
Abel
Afl-Cio
Industrial Union Department
Congress
Chicago Trial Fights Continue Amid 1968 Convention Protests
Jury selection proceeds in the conspiracy trial of eight men linked to antiwar and Yippie groups. Melees near the U S Courthouse injure nine officers and two city prosecutors as about 700 demonstrators clash with police after a Grant Park rally. Authorities guard the courthouse while judges and defense attorneys clash over trial venue and access.
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Chicago
U.S
Richard I Daley
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Grant Park
Federal
Hoffman
Gerald B. Lefcourt
New York
Michael J. Kennedy
San Francisco
Dennis J. Roberts
Michael E. Tigar
Los Angeles
Rapist, Accused Police Slayer Eludes Capture
Wellington Ohio AP report on fugitive Stanley B. Hoss a convicted rapist and suspected killer fleeing after escaping the Allegheny County Workhouse. He allegedly abducted Karen Malgott and may have killed patrolman Joseph Zanella while being tracked across Ohio West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Wellington
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kelly's Flowers
Stanley B. Hoss
Pittsburgh
Tarentum
Juille Faulkner
Brackenridge
Cleveland
Hoss
Faulkner
Allegheny County
Joseph P. Zanella
Vernon
Zanella
Karen Malgott
New Kensington
Wheeling
W.va
Ohio Valley Hospital
Malgott
LaVale
Cumberland
Linda Mae Peugeot
Lori Maé
Edward Dunford
Kelly’s
Mabel Evans
Patricia
Union City Hospital Offers $10,000 To Attract Doctor
Union City Memorial Hospital board votes to pay a $10,000 incentive to lure a physician to relocate and set up practice in the borough. With only three doctors on call handling a rising patient load, the move aims to avert potential hospital closure. Dr Samuel Lowery is slated to take over the former Conover office, but admin warns a shortage will persist. The payout spans six months with no strings attached.
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Union City Memorial Hospital
Union City
Samuel Lowery
John Conover
William Green
Burglars Steal Safe and Truck From Saegertown Garage
Burglars entered the Lawrence Deeb Garage in Saegertown early yesterday and loaded the company safe onto a truck, which was later found abandoned with the dismantled safe. The loot included 400 to 500 dollars in cash and four revolvers. Officials from State Police at Mearville investigated the incident. The second item notes Bombay authorities expecting record smuggling with 1968 seizures totaling about 15.5 billion dollars in gold silver and luxury goods.
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Saegertown
Lawrence Deeb
Mearville
Bombay
India
Senate pushes sweeping food stamp expansion led by McGovern
The Senate voted 54 40 to override Agriculture Committee lines and back McGovern's plan to make food stamps available to all poor families. The measure would authorize 1.25 billion this year and rise to 2.5 billion by 1972, with stamps accessible to households earning under 40 dollars per month.
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Washington
Senate
George S. McGovern
McGovern
Agriculture Committee
South Dakota Democrat
House
House Agriculture Committee
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Walter F Mondale
Minnesota
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Hunger Committee
White House
Clifford Hardin
Local banks aid 225000 in college loans to 292 students
Citizens Corry Office of Marine National Bank National Bank of Corry and Corry Savings and Loan Association report 225 720 in loans to 292 local students. Marine 252 loans 180 000 National 24 loans 22 800 Savings 16 loans 21 920. Loans backed by National Defense Education Act state scholarships and state loans with varying interest terms. A mix of federal state and bank programs funds the loans. Also a note on a Miami phone directory listing for Zayzz.
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Citizens Corry
Marine National Bank
National Bank of Corry
The
Corry Savings and Loan Association
Marine
National
Savings and Loan
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Youth International Party
Yippies
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Liberation Magazine
Rennie Davis
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
John R. Fraines
University of Oregon
Thomas E. Hayden
Students For A Democratic Society
Jerry Rubin
Berkeley
Calif
Lee Weiner
Northwestern University
Bobby G. Seale
Oakland
Black Panther Party
Carry College
Miami
Zero Zayzz
Arnie
Arnold Palmer
Palmer
West Shore Country Club
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