Penn Central railroad placed under bankruptcy protection
The Penn Central Transportation Co. and its 12 directors obtained court permission to reorganize under Section 77 of federal bankruptcy law after a severe cash squeeze. Trains continue running while trustees may be appointed, with the order directing operations and book-keeping under court oversight and barring creditors from seizure or action.
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U.S
C. William Kraft Jr
Kraft
Penn Central Transportation Co
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Raiioad
States
Penn Central Co
Buckeye Pipe Line Co
Great Southwest Corp
Arvida Corp
Reality Hotels, Inc
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
United States
Penn Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
Heaviest Vietnam Weekend Since Early Spring Battles
U S and South Vietnamese report the weekend’s heaviest fighting in two months with 220 enemy deaths mixed with a Mekong Delta victory for South Vietnamese forces. The 1st Air Cavalry Division began withdrawing battalion elements from Cambodia toward a June 30 Nixon deadline. Across Cambodia, Kompong Thom saw reduced pressure as both sides cooled before potential renewed clashes.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnamese
Vietnam
Cambodia
Mekong Delta
1St Air Cavalry Division
South Vietnam
Nixon
Flames Dying In Crescent City After Train Derailment
Crescent City Illinois faced five propane tank car explosions after a derailment near dawn. About 70 people, mostly firefighters, were injured. 15 homes and 15 businesses were destroyed. Residents began returning as flames subsided, with officials citing a wheel bearing failure.
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Cresent City
Crescent City
Crescent City, Lll
Chicago
Orvel Carlson
Herbert Sterrenberg
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Costs In Ohio College Education To Rise
Ohio college students at state schools will pay about 150 dollars more next year while private institutions would rise about 250 dollars. The Ohio College Association surveyed 47 private and 18 state-assisted colleges finding average annual costs of 1676 dollars at state universities and 2672 dollars at private schools. Textbooks and incidentals will push total yearly costs higher, with a typical degree costing at least 6000 dollars and over 15000 dollars in total.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio College Association
Toy Gun Hijacker Forces Pan Am Flight to Cairo
A 30 year old Albanian armed with a toy pistol hijacked a Pan American 707 after Beirut departure. The craft diverted to Cairo where 153 aboard reportedly disembarked safely, after the hijacker attacked Captain John Burn and then surrendered to security.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Pan American World Airways
Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Rome
Paris
New York
Pan American
Mediterranean
John Burn
Arabs Seek Unity Among Palestinian Guerrilla Groups
Arab leaders met in Libya to discuss coordinating activities of Palestinian guerrilla organizations using Arab soil for raids on Israel. Egyptian President Nasser attended among other heads of state in Tripoli, framed as celebrating the evacuation of U.S. and U.K. bases in the desert nation.
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Libya
Isael
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Tripoli
Soviet Arrests Over Hijacking Plot In Moscow
Soviet authorities detained 12 people at Leningrad airport before a planned Aeroflot flight to Karelia. Among those held were Jews seeking exit to Israel and signers of a UN appeal. the case carries treason penalties.
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Moscow
Israel
Soviet Union
Leningrad Pravda
Leningrad
Aeroflot
Karelia
United Nations
U Thant Ap
Quito joins dictatorial rule in wake of student revolt
President Velasco Ibarra seized dictatorial powers after a week of Quito street fighting between Central University students and police. The army rounded leftist leaders and paratroopers occupied campuses nationwide as the rector Manuel Aguirre and student leaders claimed the bombing of the university printing shop was an army job.
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Quito
Ecuador
Jose Veloso Ibarra
Central Universy
Supreme Court
Velasco Ibarras
Dic
Jorge Acosta Velasco
Jorge Zavala Baquerizo
Manuel Aguirre
Central University
Aguirre
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S. Vietnam
Kompong Thom
Phnom Penh
Reuben Betterman
THE
Associated Press
Soviets
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Jordan
Amman
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Hussein
Nasser bin Jamil
London
Ammas
England
Puro
Barra
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