Flooded Pennsylvania braces for more rains from Eloise
The Northeast faces heightened flood danger as tropical storm Eloise drives heavy rain and river crests. In Pennsylvania more than 20,000 fled homes, several counties declared disaster areas, and federal aid moves in while towns struggle with water supply and boil advisories.
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Eloise
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Steuben
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Allegheny Counties
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Milton
Faye Heads Out To Sea After Brushing Bermuda
Hurricane Faye with 100 mph winds moved north-northwest, then toward north, expected to turn northeast and miss the U.S. coast. Eye passed 40 miles east of Bermuda hitting rains and high tides as forecasters monitor Gladys on verge of downgrading to a tropical storm.
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Middletown Sees Cooler Night with Sunny Sunday Outlook
The Middletown area will be clear and cooler tonight with low temperatures in the mid 40s. Sunday is expected mostly sunny with highs in the upper 60s and a near zero chance of rain.
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Middletown
Ford extends oil price controls to November 15
President Ford says he will sign a bill reinstating oil price controls until November 15 and warns Congress this extension will be the last. Congress approves reestablishing controls retroactive to Sept. 1 as part of a broader energy policy effort. OPEC reportedly edging toward a 10 percent price rise on Oct. 1. A Getty Oil Co. report cautions gas prices could jump over 300 percent if controls end. Interior Department bars major oil firms from pooling bids for offshore leases.
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Senate
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Getty Oil Co
Ford thanks Oliver Sipple for saving president
President Ford sent a note of thanks to Oliver Sipple the ex Marine who deflected a gun arm aimed at him. The letter expressed appreciation for his selfless actions last Monday and noted the danger averted to Ford and others in the crowd.
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San Francisco
Oliver Sipple
Ford
Jerry Ford
Five young Spanish radicals executed by firing squads
Five young terrorists were executed by firing squads early today despite worldwide appeals for mercy. They had appealed to Gen. Francisco Franco for reprieves, but were refused. Three were executed at a barracks south of Madrid, others in Burgos and Barcelona.
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Franciso Franco
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Barcelona
Swinton to return to Vermont commune life after acquittal
Patricia Swinton was acquitted on all charges linked to a 1969 bombing spree that injured 21 people. She plans to resume life at a Vermont farm commune, living and working there as she told reporters outside the federal courthouse in New York City. Jury members said the government had no case. Co defendants included Jane Alpert and John Hughey III, both connected to the plot. Melville was killed in Attica in 1971. Bomb targets included the Armed Forces Induction Center in NYC and the RCA, General Motors, and Chase Manhattan buildings.
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New York
Patricia Swinton
Vermont
Swinton
Brattleboro
Shoshona
Federal
Jane Alpert
John David Hughey III
F Lee Bailey joins Hearst defense amid bank robbery links
F Lee Bailey, famed Boston attorney, joins Patricia Hearst's defense as questions swirl over possible ties to a Carmichael bank robbery where money linked to the April 21 heist was found. Sacramento officials probe whether the crime connected to Hearst, already facing federal charges for the Bank of Hibernia holdup by the SLA after her Feb 4, 1974 kidnapping.
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Bailey
Boston
Hearst
Carmichael
Miss Hearst
Sacramento
Geoffrey Burroughs
California
Bank of Hibernia
Symbionese Liberation Army
Dayton furniture executive kidnap murder suspects held
Two more Dayton men Herman Moore and Willis Leroy were arrested and charged with aggravated murder kidnapping and extortion in the Emoff case. Albert Scott Jr. also faces charges after his information led to arrests and the discovery of Emoff’s body five miles southwest of Dayton. Bond set at 500000 for each.
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Dayton
Lester C. Emoff
Herman Lee Moore
Willis Leroy
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Albert Lee Scott Jr
Emoff
Common Pleas Court
James L. Nolan
Montgomery County
James Brogan
Scott
Moore
Leroy
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