Arsonist Burns Barns. Pa. Farmers Guard Nightly
In Mechanicstown area near Harrisburg, an arsonist has burned a barn every third night, causing over 450000 in damages. Farmers armed with rifles patrol at dusk as police monitor a 40 square mile region, with six prime targets in a one mile square. Local farms rally to protect property while awaiting the next blaze.
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Mechanicsburg
Pennsylvania
Silver Spring Township
Steve Barrick
Harrisburg
Cumberland Valley High School
Silver Spring
Barwick
John Henry Toomey
Conrad
Barrick
Clyde Strack
Strack
FTC probes Blue Shield practices amid physician control concerns
A three month FTC inquiry follows AP findings that Blue Shield plans may encourage higher doctor bills. The investigation covers 71 plans and the National Association of Blue Shield Plans, with focus on doctor control and potential conflicts of interest in reimbursement schedules. William E. Ryan defends cooperation and notes doctors’ support in areas.
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Pricy
Associated Press
Blue Shield
FTC
FIC
National Association of Blue Shield Plans
National Association
Wiliam E. Ryan
Amtrak Launches TTY System for Deaf Train Reservations
Washington AP Amtrak says it installed a new teletypewriter system to let deaf travelers make train reservations by telephone. Two TTY machines at the Bensalem Pennsylvania center will communicate with other TTY users nationwide. About 10 000 deaf residents are estimated to have TTYs at home. Calls use toll free numbers 800 5236593 and 890524 41 and Pennsylvania residents can call 800-362- something.
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Washington
Amtrak
Rail Passenger Corporation
Bensalem
United States
Pennsylvania
Officials released after Beirut detention amid competing claims
Gallagher and Dykes were handed to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut on Oct. 22. Lebanese leftist leader Kemal Junblalt said they were released by pressure from the PFLP, which claimed to hold them. Security officials say they were held by the PFLP, sharing cells with Arab prisoners, with no ransom paid. U.S. diplomats questioned the delay and motive behind the release.
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Malion Service
Beirut
Kemal Junblalt
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP
Gallagher
U.S
Food stamp rules aim to save billions and cut recipients
The Agriculture Department proposed new food stamp rules to save about 1.2 billion dollars yearly and reduce the rolls by more than 5 million people. It would tighten eligibility to below a new poverty line, require able bodied adults to seek jobs, and shift income calculations to a monthly average, impacting benefits and participation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Ford
Congress
Asst
Agriculture
Richard L. Feltner
Feltner
Food Research Action Center
New York
Food Stamp Division
Food and Nutrition Service
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Senate
100 Year Old Con Artist Weil Dies in Chicago
Joseph Yellow Kid Weil widely known for elaborate frauds across New York and Chicago dies at 100 in a Chicago convalescent home. The infamous con man who used multiple aliases spent decades swindling financiers, serving 27 months in federal prison, and bragging about his life of high living and manipulative schemes.
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Bridge
Ward
Birmingham
Britt
Montgomery
Edwards
Tyler Goodwin
Lowndes County
KKK
Bill Baxley
Livingston
Alexander
York
Chicago
Joseph
Yellow Kid" Weil
Weil
New York
Henri Reuel
John Bauer
John Ruskin Wellington
Count Tyan Ovarnoff
Atlanta
Slo‘ne
Fortune
Energy Plan Deals Nearly $6 Billion For Private Fuel Projects
A detailed energy package proposes six billion dollars to back private synthetic fuel development and expanded tax credits for new power plants. It envisions commercial oil production from nation's petroleum reserves, looser clean air rules to permit more coal use, and federal aid aimed at home inflation relief plus efficiency standards for new buildings.
Whispering campaign blamed for loss in General Assembly
Proachers and several Western Europeans and Latin Americans joined a whispering campaign against him. They claimed it cost the West votes in the General Assembly, though the evidence remained inconclusive.
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Proach
General Assembly
Nixon Keeps Silence On Critical Reports
Nixon returns exhaus ted from a hike through Reed Flute Caves in Kweilin and says no comment on Republican criticism of his China trip. Doctors report his blood pressure normal after the walk and note his recovery is remarkable. The former president plans a six hour river cruise and visits Canton before returning home.
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Kweilin
Chiis
Richard Nixon
Nixah
Robert Dunn
Duan
Nixon
China
John Brennan
Ford
Bempshire
Barry Goldwater
United States
Brennan
Peking
Great Hall of the People
Xiao Hsia-kwang
Revolutionary Committee of the
Nixons
Lichiang River
Canton
South China
Postal Service fights to cut costs amid lawsuits
The Postal Service presses ahead with cost-cutting, arguing lawsuits against closings will hamper its plan. Simon dismisses surveys by the Postal Service and GAO, insisting residents want to keep local post offices. The agency notes 186 post offices closed since July, with nearly 1.8 million annual savings, while 600 more offices are under study for possible elimination.
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Postal Service
Simon
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
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Oregon
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Luv
North Hollywood
Big George
Virgil Partch
Hately
Tsan
Pat
Moynihan
Republic
Party of Revolution
Revolutionary Party
W. Tapley Bennett Jr
Seramton
U.N
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Enery
Cole Shaw
King &Sea Restaurant
Gregory General Store
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Monroe
Life OF America Insurance Corp
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