Two Firefighters Die In City Ink Plant Blaze
In Philadelphia, two city firemen John W. Welsh aged 33 and Robert Malley 37 died under a cement wall blown out during a blaze at the Frederick Levey division ink plant. Forty or so others were injured as the fire raged through a three story annex and a five story main building, with explosions from drums of varnish and a large cloud of smoke.
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Philadelphia
John W. Welsh
Robert Malley
Frederick Levey Division
City Service Corp
Joseph Rizzo
Welsh and Malley
W.R. Hoster
Authority OK On Project Envisions HUD Support and Taxes
The authority discussed the project's financial feasibility via a monthly expense and revenue breakdown. HUD has a signed annual contract totaling $153,340 to augment occupant rents. Blairs ville Borough will collect real estate taxes on the complex once built, a key obstacle to feasibility. Robert Douglass was appointed solicitor, paid hourly. Janet Shetler, honored for six years of service, will consult at $2 per hour. Joyce Smith named secretary, donated by the county commissioners’ office where she directs the PEP program.
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Dellafiora
HUD
Blairsville
Robert Douglass
Janet Shetler
State Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities
Ebensburg Man Killed In Rockfall Near Colver
Ebensburg resident Anthony J. Larese 60 died in a rockfall at Eastern Associated Coal near Colver during shift work. Arthur Lechene 27 from Carrolltown was injured and listed in satisfactory condition at Culver Hospital. Coroner Joseph Goveka said Larese was crushed while operating a shuttle car. body not removed until after 2 a.m. The accident triggers state and federal mine inspectors inquiry. Larese survived by his widow Francis Leri and a son and three daughters with two grandchildren. Born Nanty Glo May 18 1913. Also included is Treasury figures for June 7 showing balance deposits withdrawals and total debt.
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Colver
Anthony J. Larese
Ebensburg
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Carrolltown
Arthur Lechene
Culver Hospital
Joseph Goveka
Cambria County
Larese
Nanty Glo
Tot Killed In Airport Bus Mishap
A Salvat ion Army truck driver delivering coffee to rescue crews died of a heart attack after falling from a moving vehicle on a downtown Pittsburgh bridge ramp. The shuttle bus skidded in rain, struck a divider, went off the road, overturned three times, and rested on its side. Pilot Don Rice and five crew members were aboard with minor injuries. no charges filed as police continued their investigation.
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Salvation Army
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Louis DeAngelis
Don Rice
American Airlines
Dallas
Tex
Rice
Sue Lahey
New York City
Astronauts Test Disney World Impact From Skylab Flight
Skylab astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz will survey Walt Disney World in Brevard County Florida as part of an earth resources test to gauge the environmental and urban impact of rapid population growth near Cape Kennedy. The 28 day mission includes medical and solar observatory experiments while two sensor aircraft collect corroborating data.
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Colorado Rockies
Wyoming
Big Horn Mountains
Great Plains
Midwest
Venezuela
Brazil
Brevard County
Fla
Cape Kennedy
Skylab
Verl R. Willmarth
Earth Resources Project
Walt Disney World
Disney World
Central Florida
Disney
Willmarth
Orbiting Laboratories
Earth
Conrad
Codefendant Claims Boyle Had No Part In Slayings
BAIE Pa AP William Prater facing a life term in the Yablonski slayings says a codefendant told him former United Mine Workers President W A Tony Boyle had no part in the murders. Prater withdrew his appeal of a first degree murder conviction in the case and testified that Albert Pass told him Tony Boyle did not know about the murder plan. Pass guided the murder plan claim, with trial interruptions in Erie County Court for Pass.
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Prater
Pass
Boyle
Harold Gondelman
District 19
International Executive Board
Yablonski
UMW
Albert
Jack Yablonski
Tony Boyle
Albert Pass
Silous Hudderston
la Follette
Tenn
Mrs Prater backs husband verdict in UMW case
Erie, Pa AP Mrs Maxine Prater defended her husband William J Prater after he pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge connected to the 1969 Yablonski murders She had supported him at his March trial where a state jury found him guilty of murder Her life sentences on state counts run concurrently with the federal term parole possible in 15 years
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U.S. District Court
Gerald Weber
Prater
Pass
Erie
Maxine Prater
Yablonski
Mrs. Prater
Erie County
UMW
Abzug calls House inquiry into Nixon impeachment
Bella Abzug urged the House to form a probe into possible impeachment of President Nixon over Watergate. She argued evidence shows deliberate illegal activities to justify a formal inquiry, while other Democrats supported sifting facts to prepare if impeachment arises.
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Washington
Rep
Bella
Abzug
House
Nixon
New York
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
D-Calif
Paul N. McCloskey
Calif
Judiciary Committee
Man Named Tony Paid Watergate Bills
Senate Watergate hearings reveal former Commerce Secretary Stans faced questions on a $1 million discretionary fund for activities beneficial to President Nixon re election. Magruder alleged to have detailed higher officials involvement as Stans disputed Sloan on Liddy cash requests.
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Stans
Commerce Department
Senate
Magruder
Rufus L. Edmisten
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Sloan
Liddy
Mitchell
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Sniffles
Major
Lion
Magic Mountain
Los Angeles
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Moss
White House
Frank Rizzo
Treasury
The
Tot
UMW District 19
Headquaners
Middlesboro, Y
Bella Abzug
Richard Nixon
United States
Tony
Watergate
Department
Dick) Whitney
Democratic
James
John Leydis
Indigna RO
Gregory Lingenfelter
Creekside
Route 110
Chambersville
Raymond Larson
Water Street
Indiana
Kydie
Lingenfelter
Indiana Hospital
Bechtel
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