Snowbound Europe Faces Record Cold in March
Blizzards blanketed from Scandinavia to Sicily as Europe endured its coldest March in a century. Rome saw eight to ten inches of snow paralyzing traffic and schools while Corsican villages were cut off by three feet. Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis were stranded at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport as a private plane waited for reopening.
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Sicily
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England
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Alps
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Gilligan Proposes Broad Package For Ohio Workers
Gov. John J. Gilligan outlined a sweeping legislative package to aid unemployed and injured workers. The plan, developed with William Garnes and Joseph Sommer, would raise unemployment benefits to 99 dollars weekly, extend coverage to non profit and small employers, and extend benefits to state and local workers. The workmen’s compensation changes would boost death benefits to 27 500 for two children, raise weekly benefits to 98 dollars, and lift the minimum to 49 dollars, with broader coverage and modernized administration.
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Ohio
John J. Gilligan
109Th General Assembly
Gover
Gilligan
Rail Talks End and Walkouts Hinted
Assistant Secretary of Labor W J Usery Jr says there will be no nationwide rail strike but selective walkouts possible. Negotiations between UTU and rail carriers recessed after 13 days with work rules bottlenecking gains for UTU's 150000 train crews. wage issues not on the table.
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Usery
Clyde Lane
Cleveland
Charles Luna Usery
Usuery
South Vietnamese seize Sepone in key Ho Chi Minh trail strike
South Vietnamese troops, with U.S. air support, captured Sepone Laos a hub on the Ho Chi Minh trail after heavy fighting. Lt. Col. Tran Van An said about 283 North Vietnamese were killed and that enemy forces had withdrawn. Government reported light casualties and declared complete control.
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Sepone
U.S
Tran van An
Laos
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Spone
Dragnet Sweeps Ankara For Kidnapers In US Airmen Case
Turkish police and troops set up roadblocks across Ankara as a dragnet targets five leftist extremists who abducted four U S airmen S Sgt Jimmie J Sexton Airman C Larry J Heavner Richard Caraszi and James M Gholson. Ransom deadline of 400000 passed with no payment. Authorities call the threat to kill a possible bluff while diplomats remain cautiously hopeful.
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U.S
Jimmie J. Sexton
San Angelo
Tex
Larry J. Heavner
Denver
Colo
Richard Caraszi
Stamford
Conn
James M. Gholson
Alexandria
Turkish Peoples Liberation Army
Cold spell continues with wind chills and measured precipitation
The article notes late season winter weather with wind making temperatures feel colder. Lows fall to the upper teens and low 20s tonight. Monday brings partly cloudy and cold conditions with highs in the lower 30s. Saturday records .72 inches of rainfall and light snow began around 9 45 p.m.
Beloit middle school aims to put kids first with open spaces
A Beloit Wisconsin school embraces child centered learning with three large rooms no doors or bells and flexible schedules. The concept advocates education focused on children rather than teachers as described in the issue.
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Beloit
Wis
Lawler Ends 54-Year Newspaper Career Here
On the fiftieth fourth anniversary of his Middletown journalism career N B Lawler retires as editor publisher of The Middletown Journal He remains on the paper board with Chew Publications and will be succeeded by Frank R Myers now general manager of The Journal Myers son of the late E Myers succeeds the retiring editor-publisher
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St. Marys
Ohio
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Ind
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