Ships collide in New York Harbor deadly blaze and fire
In New York Harbor near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge a American container ship rammed a Belgian tanker. Six people died including the Sea Witch captain William Patterson of Clifton New Jersey. Four crewmen are missing and more than 20 were injured among 68 survivors as flames and explosions engulfed both vessels. Fireboats fought to rescue crew from the Sea Witch and Esso Brussels while the harbor entrance suspension bridge was closed.
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New York
New York Harbor
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Brooklyn
Staten Island
William
Bracy
Michael O’connor
West Orange
N.J
White House calls summit a total success with Pompidou
President Nixon's Iceland talks with Georges Pompidou are portrayed as a complete win. Kissinger and Rogers defend the outcome, saying it met and exceeded expectations while noting plans for future negotiations and a possible July deputy foreign ministers conference. Brezhnev to address the nation as Nixon previously did in Moscow.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Iceland
Henry A. Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Kissinger
Reykjavik
Ronald L. Zielger
France
United States
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Moscow
Middletown Weather Outlook Goes Partly Cloudy
The Middletown area may see partly cloudy conditions with thundershowers tonight and Sunday. Overnight lows will be in the upper 50s and daytime highs tomorrow in the 70s.
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Middletown
Family buries truck driver with wife in Ohio
In Cincinnati area a San Francisco media fund drive sent Robert Baker's body home to Hamilton, Ohio, to rest beside his wife Shirley. His four orphaned children ages 14 to seven saw prayers answered as funds covered transport and funeral services, led by Baker's eldest daughter Marie.
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Baker
Hamilton
Ohio
Shirley
San Francisco
Longest hijacking ends in Buenos Aires getaway
Two masked gunmen who crossed 15000 miles in a record airline hijacking escaped with 50000 dollars after forcing Captain Hugo Molina to land in Buenos Aires. They fled to Resistencia and then into Paraguay before vanishing into the Chaco region, leaving pilots and crew unharmed.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Latin America
Hugo Molina
Molina
Resistencia
Here
Chaco
Asuncion
Paraguay
Air Force
Buenos
Panama
Aruba
Ecuador
Peru
Antioch College Reopens After Sheriff Led Campus Entry
Green County Sheriff Russell Bradley directed 25 deputies through a 200-strong student picket line to reopen Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio after a six week shutdown. No injuries or arrests occurred as officers cleared debris and escorted two removal trucks. Classes were slated to resume with some lockers and rooms still locked as officials assessed damage and financial aid demands.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Antioch College
Green County
Russell Bradley
Bradley
Antioch Hall
Antioch
Astronauts Return To Work On Skylab Mission
Skylab crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz resumed research at SPACE CENTER Houston as ground teams eye a possible space walk to free a jammed solar panel and consider extending the 28 day mission. Commander Conrad also marked his 43rd birthday with planned sun and star observations medical tests and earth resource passes over a 2750 mile strip from northwest of San Francisco to Mexico City.
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Conrad
San Francisco
Mexico City
Harvey Firestone Jr dies at 75 in Akron
Harvey S. Firestone Jr., philanthropist and longtime Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. executive, died at his Akron home. He led global expansion, served as president from 1941 to 1946, and remained a board member until 1969. Firestone chaired the Firestone Foundation since 1948, with assets over 30 million, supporting religious and educational causes.
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Akron, Ohio
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone
Harvey S. Firestone Sr
Akron
Giant
Rubber Company
Princeton University
England
Argentina
Switzerland
South Africa
Firestone Foundation
Loser Names Study Links Unusual Elmer Hubert to Grade Bias
AP reports psychologist Dr. Herbert Harari of San Diego State University finds elementary pupils with unusual names like Hubert or Elmer labeled as losers by experienced teachers. In experiments with fourth and fifth graders, Hubert and Elmer scored nearly one grade lower than common names, while teachers in training gave all four papers equal marks. Girls named Bertha lagged Adelle but outpaced Karen and Lisa, suggesting early bias fades by high school.
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San Diego, Calif
Hubert
Elmer
Herbert Harari
San Diego State University
Harari
Ers
San Diego
David
Michael
Karen
Lisa
Bertha
Adelle
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Cook Joseph Degreve
Belgium
Degreve
Coast Guard
U.S
Hamilton Orphans Home
Cincinnati, Ohio
Robert Baker
Elmer Garrett
Marie
Jorge Lucena
Harvey Firestone
Hubert and Elmer
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