Stolen cars add expense for taxpayers in New Castle
243 vehicles were stolen in New Castle last year and 40 were reported in the first quarter of 1971. Officers say most thefts are for temporary use rather than profit, with teenagers most often involved. A high-profile case linked two Youngstown cars to a Mahoningtown crash, prompting lengthy investigations, court action, and overtime costs for the city.
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Mike Matis
New Castle
Walter Bartoshek
Lawrence County
Bartoshek
William McCallion
Bert Fullwood
Tyrone Smith
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tyrone
Youngstown
Mahoningtown
Larry Carter
Mahoning County
Carter
James Patton
Richard Smith
Ernest Crawford
USW merger gains approval from District 50 leaders
The District 50 Allied and Technical Workers board approved a proposed merger with United Steelworkers USA. The USW executive board had backed the merger in Pittsburgh last Tuesday. District 50 members must approve at August convention. combined union would be the nation’s largest, with about 1.2 million USW members and 200,000 District 50 members in chemicals utilities and road construction.
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Washington
UPI
District 50
Allied and Technical Workers
United Steelworkers of America Usw
USW
Pittsburgh
United Auto Workers Union
United States
Teamsters
Steelworkers
I. W. Abel
Rogers begins two week tour to push Suez Canal talks
Secretary of State William P Rogers departed from Andrews Air Force Base on a two week mission to Europe and the Middle East to accelerate an interim Egypt Israel accord on reopening the Suez Canal. He will meet with British and other officials in London and beyond to press for progress.
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Washington
UPI
William P Rogers
Europe
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Rogers
Special Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
London
America
Suez Waterway
Mideast
Anwar Sadat
Golda Meir
Nixon cites optimism on U S economy and aims for peace
President Nixon told the U S Chamber of Commerce that the economy remains sound and urged Americans to reject gloomy forecasts. He urged optimism about the future, noting the Vietnam War is winding down and pledging to use U S strength to build peace with freedom rather than destroy it.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
America
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
United States
Indochina
Soyuz 10 returns to earth after brief flight
Soviet officials hid details of cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov's struggles during Soyuz 10 docking mission. The two day flight docked with Salute Sputnik, then landed as Western observers question weightlessness adaptation amid a declared success for future orbiting laboratory goals. Secretary Rogers outlines SEATO and CENTO talks ahead of Middle East diplomacy on Suez canal reopening and a broader peace settlement.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikolai Rukavishnikov
Rukavishnikov
Soviet Union
Sputnik
Earth
Supreme Court backs local veto of public housing
The Supreme Court in a 5-3 decision upholds California towns ability to veto public housing by referendum. Justice Hugo L Black writes that California's referendum law is not unconstitutional and reflects democracy, not bias, as San Jose and San Mateo County face the ruling.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
California
San Jose
San Mateo
Hugo L. Black
Black
Decision stands in ITT welfare case
Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that granting welfare benefits to striking ITT workers did not interfere with free collective bargaining. The 1st Circuit had affirmed a Boston district judge ruling against ITT lamp division seeking to restrain Massachusetts welfare payments to strikers. 172 of 853 workers on strike in August 1970 were eligible.
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UPI
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Francis J. W. Ford
Boston
ITT Lamp
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
ITT
Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare
New York
Illinois
1St Circuit
Viet Cong End Lull With Wide Attacks Across Vietnam
The Viet Cong ended a battlefield lull with attacks on U S and South Vietnamese bases nationwide. Six miles from Saigon a sapper raid wounded and forced casualties. US command counted six significant shelling attacks. In multiple engagements near Saigon and nearby provinces, Americans suffered casualties while Communist losses remained uncertain. Firepower ranged across bases in Binh Dinh and near Co Chi and Qui Nhon.
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UPD
South Vietnam
U.S
Capitol
Qui Nhon
Binh Dinh
U.S. Army
20Th Engineer Brigade
Highway 1
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Co Chi
Cambodia
Ben Het
Five Killed in Wyoming Air Force Plane Crash
An Air Force C47 carrying 15 cadets to the Air Force Academy exploded on approach to Cheyenne Municipal Airport. All five onboard, stationed at Warren Air Force Base, were killed as the craft hit the ground. Eyewitnesses described a ball of fire. The base uses the municipal runway due to lacking an on-base airport.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
UPI
Air Force Academy
Ed Nation
Warren Air Force Base
Hoffa to Face Grand Jury in New York Appearance
Federal marshals to transport Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa from Lewisburg federal penitentiary to New York for a grand jury appearance. The Justice Department disclosed Hoffa’s move connected to an investigation of Teamsters pension funds.
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Lewisburg
UPI
Federal Penitentiary
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
New York
Grand
Justice Department
Hoffa
Federal Grand Jury
Teamsters
Light at end of the tunnel cited for Vietnam policy
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott told Kansas State University that Nixon Administration Vietnam policies are succeeding and that unrest stems from reaction to those policies. He argued Americans questioned escalating policy but will now support steps to exit Vietnam, noting progress and a shift in national sentiment.
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Manhattan
Kan
UPI
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Vietnam
Kansas State University
Scott
Ex-Chinese chief Soong dies in San Francisco at 77
T. V. Soong once acted as premier and served as foreign minister during World War II. He collapsed and died at a dinner party in San Francisco at age 77, autopsy planned. Soong led foreign affairs until 1945 and was later active in Chinese American banking circles. He was brother to Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and Madame Sun Yat-Sen and faced blame from some for Nationalist China’s downfall.
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San Francisco
UPI
China
T. V. Soong
Edward EU
Bank of Canton
Soong
Pearl Harbor
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Yat-Sen
Mao Tse-Tung
Communist Party
Jobs for grads seen at Pitt during commencement
HEW secretary Elliot L. Richardson predicted favorable job prospects for this year's graduates at the University of Pittsburgh commencement. National Science Foundation director William D. McElroy backed the outlook, citing engineering and science demand but not aerospace engineering. A campus group objected to Richardson's honorary degree as Pitt reported its largest class ever with 5,280 graduates.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Elliot L. Richardson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Richardson
University of Pittsburgh
William D. McElroy
National Science Foundation
McElroy
Pitt
Pitts
Mercy Hospital to Build $60 Million Facility Near Duquesne
The Hospital Planning Association of Allegheny County approves Mercy Hospital plan for a 600 bed facility near Duquesne University. Groundbreaking scheduled for June 1972 with completion targeted for 1975.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Hospital Planning Association of
Allegheny County
Mercy Hospital
Duquesne University
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