Fire tears through Lower East Side NY telephone center
A 16 hour blaze at an 11 story New York Telephone Co. switching center on the Lower East Side disabled 170000 phones and injured 150 firefighters. The fire disrupted NY to California calls, halted mobile service for 600 customers, and led to evacuations of Stuyvesant High School and nearby facilities.
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New York
Lower East Side
California
Pacific Telephone Co
San Francisco
New York Fire Department
John O'Hagan
New York Telephone Co
13Th Street
Second Avenue
John Russo
Ronald Shea
O’hagan
Ray loses bid for new trial in King assassination case
James Earl Ray, the condemned killer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., fails to overturn his 1968 guilty plea as voluntary and advised by his own chosen counsel. U.S. District Judge Robert McRae Jr. rejects claims of attorney coercion and confirms Ray opted for a 99 year sentence over trial. Ray not present. defense lawyer reports. Also notes Carla Anderson Hills nominated as secretary of housing and veteran newscaster George Putnam exits KCOP show.
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Percy Foreman
Houston
Tex
U.S
Robert McRae Jr
McRae
Tennessee
Nashville
Robert Livingston
Memphis
Livingston
Bernard Fensterwald
James Lesar
Washington
State Supreme Court
Senate Banking Committee
Carla Anderson Hills
Hills
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Acre Pressire
Joseph Biden Jr
D-Del
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Proxmire
Senate
Snow Buries Upstate New York and Surrounding Areas
Heavy snow swept from the Great Lakes into Upstate New York with the Carthage Boonville region hit hard and several communities reporting 30 feet totals. Some towns measured 28 to 45 inches as schools closed and roads deteriorated amid widespread winter conditions. The narrative shifts to a courtroom case where Hall contends the government tapes were manipulated as he faces bribery allegations involving W. W. Doc Taylor and a $10 million investment in state funds.
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Great Lakes
New York
New England
Carthage-Boonville
Boonville
Turin
Lake Ontario
Hall
John Rogers
Rogers
Dallas
W. W
Taylor
Russian space link mission eyed for July in orbit
Aleksey Leonov promised to strive for success as the upcoming joint mission with a U S spacecraft nears four months away at Johnson Space Center. He told a large crowd of aerospace workers cooperation with the United States remains a goal for future space ventures.
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Houston
Aleksey Leonov
Johnson Space Center
Bank Robbers Free Hostages After Citywide Chase
In central Paris two robbers freed three women and fled with about 470000 dollars after a car chase. A bank teller and a second robber were killed in a police shootout during the attempted northeast bank hold up. The surviving robbers released the hostages in Pigalle after a wild ride and threats.
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Paris
Pigalle
Dollar Sinks Worldwide Amid Oil Confidence Drop
The dollar fell amid a weak U S economy and reduced Arab oil producer confidence, hitting near all time lows in Zurich and Amsterdam and slipping in Frankfurt Paris London and Zurich traded at 183 25 per ounce and 181 50 in addon per ounce with a 1 75 drop in addon.
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Brussels
UPI
Zurich
Sterdam
Frankfurt
Paris
London
Ich
Addon
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N.Y
Combined News Services
Fifth Avenue
East River
26Th Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Telephone Company
Carla Hills
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and Welfare
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Putnam
George Putnam
KCOP
Channel 13
Mort Sahl
Tutnam
Sahl
Evan Thompson
Long Beach
Mees
Carr'er
SUN
Mail S
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
David Hall
South ST. Paul, Minn
Roy I. Powell
The
South St. Paul
Ternational
United Nations
Turkey
U.N. Security Council
Cyprus
Osman Olay
Council
Periled
Buenos Aires
John P. Egan
Montoneros
Egan
Egypt
Soviet Union
Moscow
Tobias
Lakewood
Bullock’s
Clark Ave
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