China withdraws troops from Vietnam after border clash
China says its invasion force is being pulled out after achieving its goals and warns of the right to strike back if Vietnam resumes border provocations. Hanoi reports heavy Chinese losses and says Chinese forces failed to teach Vietnam a lesson. Western tallies vary on casualty figures.
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Thailand
China
Vietnam
Hanoi
Peking
Kyodo
Xinhua
Hsinhua
Voice of Vietnam
Dong Dang-Lang Son
Iran resumes oil exports after three months and executions rise
Iran resumes crude exports from Kharg Island starting with World Ambassador carrying 110 000 tons of light crude and 140 000 tons of heavy crude for Mitsui Japan as Ayatollah Khomeini approves more executions of Shah era officials including four generals. Tehran also reports seven more officials killed by firing squad bringing total executions announced to 24.
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Tehran
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
National Iranian Oil Co
Mitsui Trading Co
Japan
Kharg Island
Persian Gulf
Khomeini
Ashland Oil
National Oil Company
Revolutionary Committee
Islamic Courts
Abadan
Clarksburg Man Robert H. McConnell Jr. Dies in Route 286 Wreck
Robert H. McConnell Jr. 30 of Clarksburg RD 1 died in a late night one car crash near Route 286 1.5 miles west of Route 56. His overturned car was found in a small stream by a passing motorist at 5 45 p m Saturday. Coroner Thomas Streams ruled massive skull injuries. McConnell was a Merchant Marine captain with a storied career including ships USS Maryland and USS Baltimore. He raised Arabian horses at Pattisan Arabian Farms and was to train in Grenoble France before joining Energy Transportation Corp. He is survived by his mother three sisters and two brothers with funeral set at Ferguson Helm Blairsville. Donations to a memory scholarship urged.
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Aultman
Robert H. McConnell Jr
Clarksburg RD
Wakefield
McConnell
Route 56
Indiana
Thomas Streams
Homer City
U.S
Merchant Marines
Betty Lou Dornheim McConnell
Robert H. McConnell
Latrobe
Ebenezer
United Methodist Presbyterian Church of
Lewisville
Saltsburg
US Merchant Marine Academy
USS Maryland
Merchant Marine Fleet
USS Baltimore
Grenoble
France
Singapore
South Pacific
Energy Transportation Corp
New York
N.Y
Clarksburg RD 1
Pattisan
Barbara E
Scottsdale, Ariz
Jill K
Blairsville
Patricia L
William A
Alaska
John D
William McConnell
Stewart, Fla
Robert H
Flooding Impacts Homer City as Wet Weather Lingers
Rainfall drenchs Indiana County causing basement floods in Homer City with six to eight homes affected near Jacksonville Road and the FMC plant. Two Lick Creek holds steady. four roads closed as waters rise. Bolivar bridge damaged and several routes in Jefferson and Armstrong Counties under watch or warning.
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Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Jefferson County
Mahoning
Red Bank Creek
Homer City
Rodger Stimson
Civil Defense
Jacksonville Road
Bailey Bridge
FMC
Stimson
Two Lick Creek
Two Lick Dam
State Department of Transportation
Bolivar
Dilltown
Wehrum
Wandin
Pine Flats
Smicksburg
Political Announcements Due Tomorrow
County candidates are reminded that tomorrow is the deadline to submit candidacy announcements to the Gazette. Photos and notices will be published as public service items if received by tomorrow. School board and municipal posts qualify for free announcements without photos if submitted by tomorrow. March 6 is the spring primary petition deadline.
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Gazette
Apollo Bridge Closure Forces Detour Through Leechburg
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced the closure of the Route 56 bridge over the Kiskiminetas River at Apollo for three months for deck repairs. Traffic will detour via Route 356 through Leechburg during construction.
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Apollo
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Kiskiminetas River
Leechburg
Prison suit filed by eight inmates at Lewisburg federal prison
Eight inmates at the Lewisburg federal prison sue the system alleging poor treatment and brutal conditions. The suit seeks court relief with details on page four. Auto insurance reform could alter rates by driver factors with some paying less and others more, according to a separate story on page twelve.
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Lewisburg
Refrigerator Girl Found Dead In Lucernemines Home
Police investigate the Sunday death of 14 month old Elizabeth Ann Delancey in Lucernemines. Her brothers ages three and four were found with her in an unused refrigerator in the dining room around 1 07 PM. Elizabeth died at Indiana Hospital at 2 40 PM after efforts to revive failed. Parents Gordon and Cheryl Delancey were at home. autopsy planned to determine cause of death.
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Lucernemines
Elizabeth Ann Delancey
Indiana Hospital
Gordon
Cheryl Delancey
Gordon Delancey
Lucerne Mines
Elizabeth Ann
Gazette
Wakefield
Begin Cabinet Approves Proposals Aimed at MidEast Deadlock
Israel's cabinet backed Menachem Begin's recommendations on a U S plan to break the Mideast stalemate. Prime Minister Begin met President Carter at the White House after Carter floated new ideas to salvage negotiations. Israeli officials spoke of the proposals as important and a potential turning point, with Jerusalem expected to respond midweek.
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Washington
Menachem Begin
White House
Carter
Israel
Begin
U.S
Mideast
Oval
Yigael Yadin
Jerusalem
Voyager 1 Closest Jupiter Flyby Sparks New Photos
NASA Voyager 1 came within 172744 miles of Jupiter, sending back first black and white then color images of storms and moon Amalthea. A photopolarimeter temporarily shut down due to Jupiter’s radiation, with plans to reactivate it and assess recovery.
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Pasadena
Calif
Voyager 1
Jupiter
Saturn
Voyager
Earth
Project Sci
Entist Ed Stone
Stone
Garry E. Hunt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Hunt
Amalthea
JPL
Seasonal Outlook With Mild Temperatures Ahead
Chief Tommy Hawk reports a cooler night and a spring like day ahead with overnight lows around 25 to 30 degrees and daytime highs near the mid 40s on Tuesday under partly cloudy skies. The extended outlook shows a 20 percent chance of rain Tuesday with showers possible Wednesday and Thursday, ending Friday.
Obituaries Remain On Page 28
Viola Gertude Ackerson aged 72 of Clymer RD 2. Robert H McConnell, 30 of Clarksburg RD 1. Telford M McGaughey, 74 of 850 Fairview Ave Indiana. Joseph Pini, 89 of Homer City are listed in death notices with brief residential details.
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Ackerson
Viola Gertrude
Clymer
McCgaughey
Telford M
Tess
Fairview Ave
Indiana
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Cambodia
Najafabad
Abdullah Khajehnouri
Fakhr Modares
Clarksburg Area
Ferguson-Helm Funeral Home
Robert A. Orr
Ebenezer Cemetery
Armstrong County
Allegheny River
Business Mirror Pheneeereseres
United States
Tommy Hawk
Pini, Joseph
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