Governor grounds Iowa guardsmen in bid to force pay
Governor Ray issued an executive order grounding 1,700 National Guard vehicles until compensation is paid to two Iowa families after Air National Guard jet crashes on their farms. Mrs. McCarville seeks 86,000 in damages. Mrs. Tiernagel seeks 130,000. Adjutant General May travels to Washington to press federal officials while the order stands unless settlements are made.
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Iowa
Emma Mmccarville
Marie ‘Tyemagel
Air National Guard
McCarville
Robert J. Ray
Town Air
Army National Guard
Ray
National Guard
Air Force
McCanille
Wisconsin
Towa Adj
Joseph May
Washington
Muskie asks networks for equal time on Vietnam address
Sen. Edmund Muskie seeks prime TV time to respond to President Nixon's Vietnam address and bombing resumption. He argues joint appearances are inadequate to compare major candidates, urging networks to allow him to present a clear alternative to Nixon's policy.
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Philadelphia
UPL
Edmund
Muskie
Pennsylvania
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George 5. McGovern
North Vietnam
Lyndon H. Johnson
Humphrey
Alabama
George Wallace
Rate hike sought by fifteen intercity bus firms
Harrisburg based report says fifteen bus firms including Greyhound have asked the Public Utility Commission to approve a five percent rate rise on intercity trips effective May 15. Firms seek more revenue to cover rising costs. Similar requests have been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission for long distance trips. Other lines named include C. D. Anderson Beaver Valley Motor Coach Bellefonte Bus Service Blue and White Lines Butler Motor Transit Capitol Bus Edwards Motor Transit Frank Martz Coach Grove City Bus Lincoln Coach Penn Stages Ritchie Transportation Safe Way Trails and Seaway Coach Lines.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Greyhound
Public Utility Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Bus Traffic Association of Chicago
C. D. Anderson
Greenville
Beaver Valley Motor Coach
New Brighton
Bellefonte Bus Service
Belle
Sue Iceman Ends Nightmare After Testimony Trials
Harrisburg reports Sue Iceman from Lebanon, a former heroin addict, testified in 32 drug cases in central Pennsylvania. She accepted a one year suspended sentence for possession after aiding prosecutions led by District Attorney LeRoy Zimmerman. She will start a new life outside Pennsylvania for protection amid threats.
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Pennsylvania
Iceman
Lebanon
LeRoy Zimmerman
Syas
Harrisburg
Zimmerman
Richard B. Wickersham
Harrisburg desegregation plan upheld by court
Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld Harrisburg desegregation goals and denied a damages based challenge. The ruling found the plan aimed at educational quality and racial balance with a comprehensive restructuring while dismissing the complaint for lack of actionable relief. In a separate Missouri shooting, a 24 year old man in Army fatigues killed two police and wounded four before suicide, prompting a curfew.
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Philadelphia
UPIC
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Thomas W. Pomeroy Jr
Harrisburg City Schol
Common Pleas Court
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
State Human Relations Commission
Pomeroy
Harrisonville
UPI
Missouri
Nelson Allan
Charles R. Simpson
Holden
Donald Marler
Francis E. Wirts
Communist forces overrun base near Dau Tieng northwest of Saigon
Guerrillas overrun a regimental camp 49 miles northwest of Saigon forcing South Vietnamese infantry and US advisers to pull back and form a ring around the town of Dau Tieng. South Vietnamese spokesmen report about 50 Communist fighters killed in the fighting near Dau Tieng. The base housed a regiment of the 8th Infantry Division.
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Saigon
UPS
Dau Tieng
South Vietnam
L8th
U.S. Says North Vietnamese Wield Main Firepower in South Vietnam
The United States released intelligence saying North Vietnamese combat units bore the major burden of fighting in South Vietnam. The statement supported Pham Dang Lat, the South Vietnamese peace talks delegate, who alleged about 100,000 North Vietnamese troops were engaged in the current Communist offensive.
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Paris
UPI
United States
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lat
Lottery Bureau shifts site for sudden millionaire drawing
Harrisburg UPI reports the Lottery Bureau moved the first sudden millionaire drawing from a local hotel to the Forum of the state Education Building to accommodate more than 200 contestants and their families expected to attend. Revenue Secretary Robert P. Kane noted the change to ensure space for all eligible participants.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Lottery Bureau
Revenue
Robert P. Kane
Wallace and McGovern Notified of Campaign Act Violations
Harrisburg telegrams alert Alabama Governor George Wallace and Senator George McGovern that they violated the Federal Elections Campaign Act by failing to file required financial reports. Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie filed on time. Deputy secretary Ronald Pettine warns noncompliance will trigger action by the Comptroller General.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Alabama
George Wallace
South Dakota
George McGovern
Pennsylvania State Department
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Ronald J. Pettine
Tornado Watches Reach Louisiana Mississippi Alabama
United Press International reports tornado watches in effect for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama after Friday twisters killed at least three and damaged wide areas from Missouri to Alabama. Winds up to 65 mph toppled trees and mobile homes. three children died in an Illinois home. Two escaped Rockview inmates Delbert W. Thompson and Kenneth E. Poff were recaptured near Meadville, Pennsylvania, after abducting a Centre County couple in their stolen car.
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United Press International
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Missouri
Linois
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Fiddyville
Ill
Bellefonte
UPI
Rockview
Crawford County
Delbert W. Thompson
Centerville
Kenneth E. Poff
Red Lion
York County
Meadville
Centre County
John Slott
John Dunklebarger
Bellefonte RD
Mildred
Belfast killings mark latest IRA linked violence
In Belfast gunmen killed Robert Reid aged 26 outside the Cumberland Inn on the peace line, injuring a second man, Robert Johnstone, in Newry. Police hold a man for questioning as the 314th death in nearly three years of sectarian violence.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Wanon
Newry
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Robert Reid
Cumberland Inn
Shankill
Falls Road
Robert Johnstone
Chip throwing contest stakes in windblown Beaver field
In Beaver Oklahoma Gov David Hall and Patti Bruce defend titles in a cow chip distance throw on a windy field. Hall calls chip throwing an art refined by experience from other sports while Mali pursues a dry chip.
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Beaver
Okla
EB J. Cash
Oklahoma
David Hall
Patti Bruce
Hall
Plains
Mali
State Supreme Court orders new murder trial for Marvin Collins
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Marvin Collins, convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in 1969 for killing Frank Butera in a Pittsburgh watch repair shop. The court ruled the trial excluded testimony that could aid the jury on a principal issue.
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Philadelphia
UPI
State Supreme Court
Marvin Collins
Frank Butera
Pittsburgh
Michael J. Eagen
Collins
Junkets Total Up One Million Dollars in Travel Costs
Washington reports Congress spent nearly $1 million of taxpayers money on official trips abroad last year. The Congressional Record lists cash for lodging and commercial travel from $308,000 to $900,000 with undisclosed military transport and embassy hosting costs excluded. Critics call the trips junkets, while supporters frame them as study missions to broaden lawmakers perspectives. Rep Wayne Hays says tips are a drop in the bucket next to executive travel.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
United States
Wayne D. Hays
Ohio
House Administration
House
Executive
Stadium death probed after teen dies at Three Rivers
In Pittsburgh a coroner said an inquest would occur soon into the death of 17 year old Joseph Farrell of McKeesport at Three Rivers Stadium. Autopsy showed he drank four 12 ounce beers or four shots of 100 proof whiskey in two to three hours before his fall between ramps after a Pirates game. The stadium's executive director noted possible ramp fencing. Another teen, Gary Pett of Hoyt Four Washington County, died in a similar accident last year.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Cyti Weeht
McKeesport
Three Rivers Stadium
Weeht
Joseph Farrell
Farrell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Wecht
Charles B. Portman
Stadium Authority
Gary Pett
Washington County
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Easter Seal Society
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Richard E. Rentz
New Castle News
Sue Iceman
Stanford University
Vietnam
Stanford
UPT
Wy Castle News
Leth Nyi
James J. Baldwin
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Army
Robert F. Frochike
Mary Row
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