Heroic Volunteers Stop Philly Gas Tank Fire
In Philadelphia on August 17 1975 three Gulf Oil Co volunteers in a boat entered a water curtain to cap a leaking naptha tank valve feeding a two day refinery blaze that killed six firefighters. The men Stanley Przyjemski Butch Koff and Joseph Callahan braved flames to shut the valve behind the water curtain. The second blaze at the Gulf refinery complex continued for hours with eleven alarms before control. Gulf officials estimated at least 10 million dollars in damage. The Penrose Ave Bridge nearby was reopened after inspection.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Gulf Oil Co
Gulf
Jack Burk
Stanley Przyjemski
Butch Koff
Joseph Callahan
Penrose Ave
Schuylkill River
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Hoffa’s Ill Wife Responds as Missing Leader Remains Sought
Mrs. Hoffa, aged wife of Jimmy Hoffa, collapses at the Lake Orion home and is treated in stable condition after prayers for Hoffa. Investigators say Hoffa’s illness would lure him home if alive, amid broad searches, a $275000 reward, and persistent speculation about his disappearance.
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Detroit
UPI
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
Jimmy
Josephine Hoffa
Hoffa
George Halverson
Anthony
Tony Jack’ Giacalone
Union
July Breaks Records With 13.7 Percent Rise in Housing Starts
The Commerce Department reports housing starts climbed 13.7 percent in July to about 1.238 million, the largest jump in 14 months, while building permits rose modestly. Multifamily projects led gains, single family up 5 percent, and mortgage rates edged higher, signaling cautious optimism for construction activity.
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Washington
UPI
Commerce Department
Department
National Association of Home Builders
NAHB
Commerce
Rabin Faces Demands to Quit Amid Protests in Parliament
In Jerusalem Rabin confronted calls to resign as supporters and opponents clashed during a stormy Knesset session. Demonstrators outside the US Embassy chanted anti concession slogans while Kissinger faced criticism for probing a Sinai withdrawal pact and US aid amid talks with Egypt.
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United Press International
Yitzhak Rabin
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Sinai
Rabin
Labor Alignment
United States
U.S
Abu Rodeis
Egypt
Knesset
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Kissinger
Mediterranean
Alabin
Former mental patients describe drugs turning them into zombies
A Senate subcommittee heard six former patients recount periods of loss of physical control and speech after large drug doses in mental hospitals. They called the practice chemical straitjacketing and warned it treats patients as political pawns while doctors cite clinical success and side effects.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Subcommittee
Janet Gotkin
Croton-on- Hudson
N. Y
Flanagan Cleared in Mauldin Battery Case at Daley Party
A Cook County judge ruled Thomas D. Flanagan innocent of battery in a clash with cartoonist Bill Mauldin at a May 23 bachelor party for John P. Daley. Witnesses said they did not see Flanagan strike Mauldin or damage his camera. police described the incident as a domestic quarrel.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Thomas D. Flanagan
Bill Mauldin
James A. Zafiratos
Flanagan
Mauldin
Richard Daley
John P. Daley
Chicago Sun-Times
Zafiratos
Mauldin Central
Paul V McLaughlin
Ford Fights Recall Order Over Mustangs and Cougars
Ford Motor Co sued in Washington and challenged a new safety law aim to force a recall of 1968 and 1969 Mustang and Cougar models with allegedly defective seat backs. The company argues the defect is not a safety issue and seeks to invalidate provisions risking fines up to 800000 dollars.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
Ford
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. District Court
Washington
H.R. Nolte Jr
NHTSA
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Burk
Joseph R. Rizzo
Rizzo
Caroline Kennedy
Cape Cod
Upifoto
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Mortgage Bankers Association
Edward Kaufman
Tor
Lower Eastside
New York City
Kaufman
Anthony Brandt
Hudson River State Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Wade Hudson
San Francisco
Network Against Psychiatric Assault
Chee
Sorell Cole
Rwgteret Torereens Seaety Cothewer
Owen
TWEED
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Tarleston Blvd
Safety Administration
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