Penn Central proposes $1.24 billion New York real estate sale
Penn Central Transportation Co plans to sell land and air rights in a 10 by 29 block area around Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The package includes six parcels and 17 land sites with hotels Commodore Roosevelt Biltmore Barclay plus office buildings and Waldorf Astoria land rights not the hotel. The sale, tied to court supervised reorganization, could become the largest single‑owner real estate deal, and would exclude Grand Central Station itself.
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Penn Central Transportation Co
New York City
Grand Central Terminal
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Barclay Hotels
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Waldorf-Astoria
Madison Avenue
Lexington Avenue
42Nd Street
52Nd Street
Texas
Florida
Penn Central
Department of Transportation
Irm
Evon Transportation
New York
Penn Central Station
Madison Square Garden
Park Avenue
Manhattan
Stewart and Hayes TV Harvey rôles on Hallmark Hall of Fame
New York AP Helen Hayes and James Stewart will recreate their Broadway Harvey parts for a 90 minute Hallmark Hall of Fame special on NBC next season. Hayes portrays Vera and Stewart plays Elwood P Dowd, who is friends with a six foot invisible rabbit.
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New York
Helen Hayes
James Stewart
Gary Chase
Harvey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
NBC
Miss Hayes
Vera
Elwood P. Dowd
Stewart
Coalition Cancels Kent March in Ohio Demonstration
In Kent Ohio the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice canceled its march on Kent City Hall citing a depleted defense fund to aid demonstrators. Kent State student Clyde Hays said city officials refused a parade permit and warned arrests were likely. A later protest proceeded with about 200 marchers led by Jody Zahler of the Yippies, but no arrests occurred.
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Kent, Ohio
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Kent City Hall
Clyde Hays
Kent State University
Jody Zahler
Youth International Party
Yippies
Main Street
Water Street
City Hall
Promising Cancer Detection Test From Minnesota Team
University of Minnesota researchers announced an early detection test for neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer. About 300 U.S. youngsters die annually, but early treatment improves survival. Dr Arnold Leonard of University of Minnesota Hospitals said major trials will occur next year. if successful, the test could screen children up to age five for about 20 cents, detecting a urine breakdown product linked to the cancer.
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Leonard
Oil firm to release facilities sale in western Pennsylvania
BP Oil Corp a Sohio subsidiary agreed to sell about 200 service stations bulk plants and wholesale operations in western Pennsylvania to United Refining Co. The agreement in principle was announced Wednesday with terms not disclosed and finalization expected next month United Refining based in Warren Pa refines sells petroleum products and explores for oil and gas The sale covers former Sinclair marketing properties in western Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland, Ohio
BP Oil Corp
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Pennsylvania
United Refining Co
Sohio
United
Warren
Sinclair Marketing
More bodies feared as dig for graves continues near Yuba City
Sheriff Roy D Whiteaker says more slain transients and farm workers lie buried in concealed orchard graves along the Feather River north of Yuba City. Infrared surveys and dry weather aid digging as 23 victims have been found. Juan Corona faces 10 murder counts and a June 16 preliminary hearing is set.
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Calif
Roy D. Whiteaker
Feather River
Juan V. Corona
Justice Court
Whiteaker
J. J. Hankins
Corona
Raoul Ybarra
Hankins
Ybarra
Kenneth Edward Whiteacre
Roy van den Heuvel
Corona Woul
Yuba County
Marysville
Gloria
Candida
General Says Charges One-Sided In Vietnam Case
Brig. Gen. John W. Donaldson says the charges of murdering six Vietnamese civilians and assaulting two others are based on a one sided report. He notes the army investigation was not complete and expresses faith in the military judicial system.
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U.S
South Vietnam
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Joint Chiefs’ of Staff
Army
Criminal Intelligence Division
Donaldson
United States Army
West Point
Pentagon
Quang Ngai Province
William J. McCloskey
Americal
11Th Infantry Brigade
My Lai
McCloskey
Claire Hutchin
1St Army
Hutchin
Anthony B. Herbert
Morton Urged to Tighten Mine Safety Enforcement
W A Tony Boyle president of the United Mine Workers accuses the Bureau of Mines of lax enforcement under the Federal Mine Health and Safety Act. He urges Secretary Rogers C Morton to take direct charge, citing a GAO report showing few safety inspections and virtually no health inspections.
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W.A
Tony" Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Boyle
Secretary of the Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
General Accounting Office
Senate
Bureau of Mines
No Progress In Paper Strike Talks
Pittsburgh AP reports no progress in negotiations between Pittsburgh Press Co and its striking Typographical Union Local 7. A next session is set for next Tuesday, relocated to the Press Building from a federal mediator’s office, amid speculation an agreement nears. The union demands 73 dollar weekly raises. the company offers 52. The old contract expired December 31 and operations resumed under a day to day extension.
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Pittsburgh Press Co
The
Typographical Union Local 7
Afternoon Press
Morning Post-Gazette
Press Co
Drainage Aid Sought Over Rowlesburg Dam Project
Charleston, West Virginia. A group against the Rowlesburg Dam asks the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund acid mine drainage control instead of the dam. John L. Boettner Jr. for Cheat Valley Conservancy urges reopening the reservoir study to re evaluate a Cheat River basin solution, proposing equal funding to abate pollution at its source and a new mission to restore free flowing rivers in Appalachia.
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W. Va
Rowlesburg
U. S. Senate Appropriations Committee
Corps of Engineers
John L. Boettner Jr
Cheat River
Cheat Valley Conservancy
Appalachia
Boettner
Corps
Monongahela
Allende Pushes Chile Toward Socialism
In Santiago, President Allende’s left-wing government accelerates socialization by requisitioning private factories and offices under 1920s laws. Ford Motor Co. exits Chile after $16 million losses since 1969, workers rehired, while GM faces pressure as the state narrows private automotive capacity. The regime moves to take majority stakes in banks, textile mills, and El Teniente copper mine, with plans for worker councils and constitutional changes to nationalize copper. Industrial groups warn of centralized control and spying.
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Chile
Salvador Allende
MacArthur
Ford Motor Co
Ford
U.S. Kennecott Corp
Congress
Central Workers Confederation
Allende
Industrial Development Society
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