Nine Feared Missing After Broadway Central Hotel Collapse
An eight story section of the Broadway Central Hotel in Manhattan collapsed Friday night on the edge of Greenwich Village. Nine people were reported missing hours later as fire officials warned the debris removal would take about 24 hours. A crane aided the rescue as crews worked in a slow, dangerous process to clear rubble.
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New York
Broadway Central
Greenwich Village
Robert Lowery
Ohio beef sales face critical week as packers close
Ohio retailers warn a coming week may tighten beef supplies after several major meat packers shut down this week. Stores limit purchases and urge customer restraint while Kroger and others report no current shortages. Canadian beef prices rise amid market tensions and shoppers still buy large quantities in Cincinnati area.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Findlay
Charles Sheets
Columbus
IGA
Jack Anderson
Big Bear
Anderson
Cincinnati
Columbus A & P
Beef Shortage Deepens Across Nation Prompting Rationing
Worsening shortage as 9,000 workers lose jobs at 100 beef plants and cattlemen withhold cattle from markets. Grocers impose rationing in Atlanta and Ralph’s in California while officials dispute severity and shoppers stock up ahead of the Sept. 12 price freeze end.
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American Meat Institute
Nixon
The
Meat Institute
Agriculture Department
Schwegmann’s
New Orleans
Atlanta
Ralph’s Grocery Co
California
FBI informer may have fired first at Kent State
Senator Birch Bayh cites letters from three Ohio National Guardsmen suggesting FBI informer Terrence B. Norman may have fired the first shot that sparked the Kent State shooting on May 4 1970. The guardsmen described Norman running toward lines as students protested Nixon’s Cambodia decision. Nine students were wounded in the 13 second burst.
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Washington
FBI
Kent State University
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Bayh
Ohio
Kent State
Richardson
Terrence B. Norman
Transplant Bay May Be Cut Off
doctors plan to analyze medical tests today to help determine if a transplant bay should be cut off and what actions follow for patient care and hospital policy in Denver.
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Denver
Jason Arthur Rae
Huntington Beach
Calif
Linda Rae
Capistrano Beach
Jason
Colorado General Hospital
Colorado
California
Rae
Gray Testimony Details Dispatch of White House Papers
Former acting FBI director L. Patrick Gray III testified to the Senate Watergate committee about orders he says came from White House aides John W. Dean and John D. Ehrlichman to destroy papers from E. Howard Hunt. Gray said he burned the documents at his home in Connecticut last December after receiving two sets in 1972 described as political dynamite. He resigned April 27 when the matter became public.
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Washington
L. Patrick Gray III
Nixon
Gray
Senate Watergate Committee
FBI
White House
E. Howard Hunt
Stonington
Conn
John W. Dean
John D. Ehrlichman
Burr Oak Lodge Closed by Ohio Gov Gilligan
Gov. John Gilligan ordered Burr Oak State Park lodge and cabins near Glouster closed for up to 60 days after three bomb scares in four days. The closure was recommended by Sheriff Paul Work to protect citizens and state property amid union dispute with Ohio Inns Inc. management. An Ohio Inns attorney threatened a damages suit and suggested National Guard involvement to maintain access.
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Columbus, Ohio
Burr Oak State Park
Glouster
John Gilligan
Gilligan
Morgan County
Paul Work
Ohio
Ohio Inns Inc
Ohio Inns
Robert Townsend
Cincinnati
Ohio National Guardsmen
Weather outlook for Middletown area tonight and tomorrow
Fair skies tonight with temperatures in the lower 60s. Sunny tomorrow with highs in the mid 80s.
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Middletown
Skylab 2 crew calm as NASA weighs rescue option
Space officials expressed guarded confidence that the Apollo taxi ship can return the Skylab 2 astronauts after 59 days in orbit. Engineers continued probing leaks in two Apollo jet engines to determine if a rescue mission might be necessary, while Bean Garriott and Lousma carried on with experiments and a 93 minute orbit per revolution telecast.
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Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousman
Cape Kennedy
William C. Schneider
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Mission Control
United States
World
Nixon proposes new bank rules to ease mortgage access
President Nixon calls for a sweeping banking overhaul over five years. He seeks to raise the ceiling on savings deposit interest from five percent and to free investors seeking higher returns. Admin officials say the plan aims to ensure banks have funds to issue loans and home mortgages at reasonable rates even in tight money periods. Deputy Treasury Secretary William Simon notes a mortgage funding goal and tax credits for banks and thrifts to spur home lending.
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Nixon
Savings and Loan Associations
William EE. Simon
Treasury
Supreme Court Justice Douglas orders bombing halt on Cambodia
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas lifted a stay on a lower court order mandating an end to bombing in Cambodia, making the July 27 cutoff effective. He stated that denying the request would put airmen and Cambodian civilians in a death zone.
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Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Cambodia
Douglas
U.S. Circuit Court
New York
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