Britain Ireland and Norway sign to join common market
In Brussels Prime Minister Heath along with Denmark Ireland and Norway signed the treaties to join the European Economic Community. Parliament ratification is needed. full membership could begin January 1 1973 with five years to adapt to Common Market rules.
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Brussels
Britain
Ireland
Norway
Edward Heath
Egmont Palace
Karine Cooper
London
Germany
Marie- Louise Kwiatowski
Stockholm
Heath
Otto Krag
Denmark
Jack Lynch
Trygve Brattell
Europe
Common Market
European Economic Community
Explosion rocks town injuring hundreds near railroad yard
An explosion in the Alton & Southern Railway yard in East St. Louis shattered 500 properties and sent more than 180 people to hospitals. A tank car carrying 30,000 gallons of liquid petroleum gas ruptured after a mishap during sorting, with no fatalities reported. Most injured were cut by flying glass. Federal investigators arrived as fires burned over four hours, with damage reported in Collinsville Belleville and St. Louis.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Elmo Bush
Alton & Southern Railway Co
Ollie Jefferson
National Transportation Safety Board
Collinsville
Belleville
Fewer Customers and Longer Hair Trim Middletown Barbers
Middletown barbers report fewer customers as styles grow longer and prices rise. Many shops keep staff but fewer barbers remain, with departures to other jobs or retirement over the past decade. Some owners doubt quick recovery as trends shift and weather and economy affect client visits.
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Steve Vorhis
Middletown
Clyde Snell
Clark Street
Vannest Avenue
Cecil Byrd
Laotian Troops Take Hill Near Long Cheng
Laotian forces recaptured a helicopter landing pad and hit back at North Vietnamese antiaircraft units on a ridge three miles south of Long Cheng. Front reports say about 500 dead on both sides with no U.S. losses. Saigon meanwhile lists a Viet Cong stronghold in South Vietnam.
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Vientiane
Long Cheng
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Mansfield Says Laos and Cambodia North Vietnam Stakes Rise
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield questioned if Congress would approve more funds for U S operations in Laos and Cambodia as North Vietnamese advances threaten the two countries. He warned the U S could be pulled deeper into Vietnam if Congress does not curb spending and noted his plan to step down as majority leader by January 1977.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Montana
Cale
Vientiane
Mansfield
Byrd
North Vietnam
Weather Update Ohio Weekend Storm
Partly cloudy and cooler weather today with temperatures in the 40s and a 4 percent chance of rain. A violent storm last Saturday around 6 p.m. dumped .35 inches of rain in 10 minutes and pushed the high to 60 yesterday. Snow could follow rain in northern Ohio with lows in the lower 40s tonight into Monday.
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Ohio
Soviet fishing ships reach Adak after Coast Guard seizure
Two Soviet vessels tied up at a U.S. Navy pier in Adak Alaska to face a U.S. investigation into alleged illegal fishing support within territorial waters. The Coast Guard icebreaker Storis escorted the Samut and Kalyvan after seizing them near St Matthew Island following a prior pursuit in the Bering Sea.
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Adak Island
Alaska
Coast Guard
US. Navy
U.S
Storis
Bering Sea
Adak
St. Matthew Island
Alaskan
Aleutian Island
Seattle
G. Kent
Baume les Dames Fights Tax Move Then Loses
Residents tried to block a regional tax office move by barricades nails and a bricked door but police moved vans in and bricks were torn from the door. Tax records desks and staff moved to Besancon forcing locals to travel 50 miles round trip for tax matters. The town of 6000 has lost its court jail registry and subprefecture since 1945.
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Besancon
France
Baume Les Dames
Kings Island Park rises with Eiffel Tower replica landmark
A new landmark is under construction in Warren County as Kings Island Park takes shape featuring a replica of the Eiffel Tower of Paris. The feature appears on page 32 of today’s Saeed US with photos and commentary.
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Warren County
Kings Island Park
Paris
Saeed
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Nixon
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Sheckler
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Hart
Armco
Cinneinnati
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Barber College
W. David Youtsler
Youtsler
Snell
Carl P
Ubsdorf
Phnom Penh
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Norman Peale
Thomas Collins
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