Meat boycott gains area support as weeklong drive continues
Area shoppers back the consumer led meat boycott with many switching to chicken fish and vegetarian options. Prices have prompted substitutions with macaroni and eggs rising in demand while wholesalers report stable staffing but wait for wholesale price drops to pass to retail.
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Tony Joseph
Joseph's Supermarket
Samuel Morcotuilio
Bartram Avenue
Joseph Garczewski
Joseph's
David Bollach
Reis Street
Tam
Edward Sunseri
Randolph Street
Joseph
Barger defends trial stance amid wiretap case
Harrisburg UPI report notes Col. James D. Barger denying that wiretap prosecutions against Lt. Stephen Luchansky and Cpls. Metro Kardash and Curtis Guyette were influenced by shared ties to former commissioner Rocco P. Arella. Barger says investigations followed regs, personnel friendships not considered.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Rocco P. Arella
Vurcent
James D. Barger
Barger
Stephen Luchansky
Cpls
Metro Kardash
Curtis Guyette
Stile
Crime Commission
Arelia
Palace Guard
Batger
Preparade motorcade planned for Cmdr Shumaker event
A preparate motorcade for Cmdr Robert H Shumaker is set for 1 45 p m Saturday in Mahoningtown. The route runs Liberty Street Wabash Avenue Ashland Avenue Cherry Street with a reviewing stand for presentations to Umar Shumaker his wife Lorraine and son Grant. Arrangements are by Leo Feld and Nick Perrotta. A dinner honoring Carr Shumaker at 7 p m Saturday at the Holiday Inn West 422 is mostly sold out with 50 to 100 tickets left, sold only at Davies Shoe Store and Citizens National Bank downtown. no tickets at the door.
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Cmdr
Robert
H. Shumaker
Mahoningtown
Shumaker
Lorraine
Grant
Liberty Street
Wabash Avenue
Wabash
Ashland Avenue
Ashland
Cherry Street
Umar
Leo Feld
Nick Perrotta
Carr
Holiday Inn
Myron
Jake” Glenn
Glenn
Davies Shoe
Citizens National Bank
Mafia taps blamed on nobody as Kapleau discounts Mafia link
Harrisburg UPI Milk Marketing Board Chairman Harry Kapleau dismissed claims the Mafia planted a telephone tap found on his office line last September. He said the idea never crossed his mind and criticized State Police for a poor probe. Rep. Hepford pledged further hearings, with former police involved to testify. Kapleau noted a past milk sale to Peter Maggio but denied any current connection.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Milk Marketing Board
Harry Kapleau
Kapleau
H. Joseph Hepford
R-Dauphin
Maggio
Kapleaur
Fap
Bruno
Rice
Var. Bell
Joseph Drssia
Train wreck at Edinburg clears after derailment
Penn Central officials cleared two tracks at the Pa 551 crossing in Edinburg after a derailment of 22 cars from an 80 car freight train. The train carrying 90 loads of U S Steel ore from Morrisville to Youngstown suffered extensive damage but no crew injuries. Unofficial reports cite a broken rail as the cause under investigation.
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Penn Central Railroad
Edinburg
Penn Central
Pittsburgh
Goveland
U.S
U.S. Steel
Youngstown
Morrisville
Thieu seeks congressional backing for aid to South Vietnam
President Nguyen Van Thien arrives in Washington after talks with Nixon seeks continued U S economic and military aid for South Vietnam. He plans meetings with Vice President Agnew and a National Press Club speech as supporters greet him at Andrews Air Force Base waving South Vietnamese flags and cheering.
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Washington
UPI
Nguyen van Thien
South Vietnam
Thient
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Spire T. Agnew
National Press Club
Thieu
Andrews Air Force Base
Fighting sharpens as Saigon warns of new Communist offensive
Fighting in South Vietnam escalated with a Saigon military source indicating three Communist offensives may be underway. The Saigon command warned the January 28 ceasefire could become fragile if pressure persists against Tong Le Chan, a government ranger base about 50 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
Tong le Chan
Senate limits on presidential and congressional spending
The Senate voted 70 to 24 to curb presidential impoundment authority and to cap its own 1974 spending at 368 billion dollars, 70 million under Nixon’s recommended level. Democrats united, with Byrd and Allen defecting.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Nixon
Harry F. Byrd Jr
James V. Allen
Ala
Anti cancer drug Adriamycin shows broad tumor activity
In Nath Malian tests in the United States National Cancer Institute official Dr. Stephen K. Carter reported Adriamycin has been highly effective against 10 major tumor types. He called it one of the most interesting drugs ever developed for cancer due to its broad activity, especially in usually resistant solid tumors.
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Nogales, Ariz
API
United States
National Cancer Institute
Stephen K. Carter
NCI
Carter
Flood threat eases along Mississippi after Ohio flow drops
United Press International reports the Ohio River flow fell to 460 billion gallons daily, reducing pressure on downstream Mississippi flood areas. Crests were projected near Memphis at 40.4 feet with mainly low land flooding expected. Sandbagging continues. thousands evacuated, shelters feed 1,200 in St Louis as levee risks persist.
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United Press International
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Missouri
Ilinois
Army Corps of Engineers
Ohio
Memphis
Teno
Vicksburg
Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi
Phillip Shultz
St. Louis
Iowa
Louisiana
Illinois
Salvation Army
Winfield
SL Charles
Greenville
Natchez
Tennessee
Ex POW details torture in North Vietnam prison camp
Sgt Arthur Black a 26 year old ex prisoner of war recounts torture after a 1989 escape attempt at The Zoo North Vietnam guards beat him with rubber hoses and forced crawl across broken glass. He says guards used pliers to tighten cuffs until wrist bones ached and crushing. He recalls tapping code messages from fellow prisoners signaling death and staying faithful to country as others were killed. Meanwhile a Shenango Township fire department responded to a blaze at Dave Rodgers residence Turkey Hill Road around 9 am with no injuries reported.
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Bethlehem
UPI
Arthur Black
Zoo
Black
Shenango Township
Dave Rodgers
Turkey Hill Road
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