Thousands of Minnesota Students Battle Floodwaters
Thousands of high school and college students poured into Minnesota and nearby states to reinforce dikes and aid evacuees as floods rose along the Mississippi and St. Croix rivers. From 9 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. students built sandbag walls, patrolled, and ferried supplies, earning praise from mayors, city officials, and residents who called them heroic and tirelessly selfless.
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Gale Tollin
Preas
Minnesota
Dakotas
Springfield
Winona
Minn
Mississippi River
St. Teresa College
Gy. Maree
Carroll J. Fry
Cottonwood
Southwest State College
Marshall
Ames
Douglas Bloemke
Janu Mgu Scavui
Col
Jising
Mankato
Rubinoff to Play Three Indiana School Engagements
European to American virtuoso Dave Rubinoff will appear in Indiana County for three school concerts starting at Homer Center High School Tuesday, Indiana Junior High Wednesday at 4 15 p.m., and Cogswell Hall IUP campus. His major show is Wednesday evening at 4 15 p.m. for Indiana Junior High auditorium as a Lions Club benefit.
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Indiana County
Rubinoff
Homer Center High School
Indiana Junior High School
Cogswell Hall
IUP
Indiana Junior High
Indiana Lions Club
Vietnam
Lloyds of London
Strad
Dave Rubinoff
Romanoff
Stradivarius
Will Rogers
Uhinal
Americk Saat
Ruree
LTV Extends Offer for J and L Stock Through May 5
Ling-Temco-Vought extends its exchange offer for Jones and Laughtin Steel stock to May 5 amid a Justice Department lawsuit seeking divestiture. It is the second extension, agreed by LTV and the DOJ.
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Pittsburgh
Ling- Temco - Vought, Inc
U.S. Justice Department
Jones and Laughtin Steel Corp
LTV
Justice Department
Basic Changes Planned to Tighten Tax Loopholes
The plan targets the seven percent Investment Tax Credit and broad tax preferences by high income earners, aiming to curb abuses. It also trims the ten percent surcharge, phases out income taxes for many earners under 3,500 annually, and introduces revenue sharing with states while boosting incentives for business and manpower training in poverty areas. Some measures are immediate, others staged, with revenue-sharing and tax incentives to start after a year.
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Treasury
British Troops Hide as Belfast Rioters Attack Barracks
Rioters stoned two police barracks in Belfast and hurled flaming gasoline bombs while British troops guarding key installations stayed out of sight. Police dispersed about 100 people. no casualties reported. More than 200 soldiers manned power plants and depots to deter saboteurs amid a tense storm over Catholic grievances and protests.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
London
James Callaghan
Londonderry
Lurgan
Harold Wilson
Terence O'Neill
Knox-Johnston completes solo circumnavigation voyage
British yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston finished the first known solo nonstop voyage around the world aboard Suhaili, a 32 foot ketch. After 312 days at sea the 30 year old merchant marine officer crossed the line in Falmouth England as winds and heavy seas slowed his final entry by hours.
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Falmouth
England
Robin Knox-Johnston
Iman
Acetylene Leak Blamed for Pittsburgh Home Explosion
An acetylene leak triggered an explosion that heavily damaged a $125,000 suburban Pittsburgh home of restaurant owner Theodor Ola, injuring his three grandchildren. The Allegheny County Crime Lab said the leak apparently caused the explosion in the basement garage where a car was parked.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County CrimesLab
Theodor Ola
Baker elected president of American Physical Anthropologists
UNIVERSITY PARK Pa AP Dr Paul T Baker head of Penn State anthropology department was elected president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists at a recent meeting in Mexico City.
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University Park, Pa
Paul T. Baker
Pennsylvania State University
American Association of ‘Physical Anthropologists
Mexico City
Senate Bill Aims Small Mine Safety Standards
Washington AP Sen Marlow Cook Ky offered a bill to set precise coal mine safety standards and an interim dust limit of 4.5 micrograms per cubic meter. He stated small operators fear existing proposals harm smaller mines and lack real safety gains. Cook says measure should reach committee despite not endorsing it.
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Washington
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Congress
Cook
Cank
Teachers Pay Hike Approved By PSEA Leaders
A weekend telephone and telegram campaign by the 85,000 member PSEA helped win support for a teachers pay increase. An amendment was removed before the measure passed in the session, closing out weeks of debate and political pressure.
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PSEA
Obituary notices mix of memorials and political memo
Long fragment heavy with obituaries from Erie or Indiana area families. Names include Mary Roland, Richard Lezan ic, Nellie Allison, and others with church affiliations and burial plans. Also reports legislative debate on revenue and a 65-bill package to reduce age of majority, plus community notices and funeral details.
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Sen. Stroup
House
Senate
French Mother Confesses Killing Seven Of Her Babies
A French mother admitted to police that she killed seven of her own infant children over the past 15 years. Police say two bodies were found in her garden, and she has three living children. The woman, identified only as Mrs. L, has been interrogated after complaints and tips. Funeral arrangements are listed for Rural Valley and nearby areas.
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Nemours
France
MBS
Margaret Ellen
Rural Valley
Indiana Hospital
Bor
Tipa
Asighore
Court curbs police arrest power in fingerprint ruling
The Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, held police must have a judge's permission before seizing a suspect for fingerprinting, limiting arrests for investigations. Justice Black dissented, urging a narrower Fourth Amendment scope, while Brennan warned the amendment governs investigative detentions and bans wholesale intrusions on citizen security.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
William J.brennan Jr
Brennan
Lawyer Pleads For Sirhan In Death Penalty Hearing
In Los Angeles AP report, defense lawyer pleads to spare Sirhan Sirhan amid jurors in the penalty phase of the Robert Kennedy assassination trial. Prosecutor counters, judge instructs careful consideration. Jurors, after 24 1/2 hours, adjourned without a verdict. options are life or death. Grant B Cooper delivers final plea, defender expresses anxiety as verdict looms.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan
Herbert V. Walker
Sirhani
Grant B. Cooper
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