Nixon to name Dent as new commerce secretary
President Nixon at Camp David plans to announce Frederick 3. Dent of South Carolina textile maker as commerce secretary replacing Peter G. Peterson who will leave after a trade study. Nixon also names James J. Lynn to replace George Romney and keeps Rogers C. 8. Martin at interior.
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Spruill Escape Probed After Weightlifting Meet
Pittsburgh officials planned to finish an investigation into the escape of Eugene Gino Spruill, 26, a Western Penitentiary prisoner who left through a rear exit after a weightlifting team meet in Lawrenceville. The escape occurred Sept 16 as inmates and guards were at a tavern opposite the meet site.
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Gino” Spruill
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Sickle Cell Society to Organize in Lawrence County
The Sickle Cell Society of Lawrence County will formally organize Jan. 10 at 7 30 p m at the W Grant Street office of the county Housing Authority. Officers will be elected after a nominating committee named last night includes Willis Lash Horace B Bradley and Alice Fitzpatrick. The group has approval from the Comprehensive Health Planning Association of Western Pennsylvania and the Regional Medical Program which has a federal grant of about 83000 to run sickle cell programs in 10 counties. The plan calls for a small staff to conduct tests and train locals with testing to use local facilities where possible. The society aims to be the only local group approved for funds. The disease affects blacks and causes crises when sickle shaped red blood cells clog vessels. there is no cure, though traits exist without disease. City officials and hospital staff have been contacted and nursing associations may back the drive. Incorporation is suggested to allow tax exemptions for contributions.
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Alice Fitzpatrick
Sickle Cell Society
Lawrence County
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Willis Lash
Emery St
Etna St
W. Washington St
Lash
Comprehensive Health Planning Association of
Western Pennsylvania
Regional Medical Program
Pittsburgh
Health Planning Association
Pennsylvania
Steve Yovanovich
Yovanovich
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Francis J. Rogan
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Evelyn Ward
Bell Ave
Lawrence County School Nurses Association
West Side site study for housing project planned
Baker Euthenics of Rochester will conduct a six to eight week engineering study on a West Side site for a 124 unit townhouse project under Section 238. Tests on Ule State Street and Withiard Avenue found significant groundwater. UHURA sponsor seeks Appalachian funds to offset extra costs. construction slated for fall but delayed due to soil conditions.
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Steve F. Prokopchak
City Redevelopment Authority
Uhura, Inc
Ule State Street
Withiard Avenue
Uhuru
Appalachian Mountain Belt
Woman Drowns in East Liverpool Creek Incident
East Liverpool Ohio report says 49 year old Bast Liverpool drowned Tuesday night after falling into a nearby creek. Police and rescue teams responded to the scene. The investigation continues to determine the exact sequence of events leading to the accident.
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Ohio
Dom Young
Bast
Bell Pennsylvania union says Western division hostile
The Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania accuses Bell Telephone Co. western area of deteriorating relations and hostile communication. Bell replies that union protest aims to curb featherbedding and boost productivity while safety and output improve above system averages.
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Bell Telephone Co
Council and Authority Reach Tentative Memorandum Deal
City Council and the City Redevelopment Authority agreed last night on a memorandum of agreement to improve communications and define responsibilities. Details await written drafting. next regular meetings set for Dec. 14 and Dec. 26. Tensions expected to ease after weeks of disputes over personnel and funding concerns.
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Eugene DeCaprio
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Carmichael denied admittance to Canada in immigration hearing
Stokely Carmichael a 30 year old black militant was refused admission to Canada on Tuesday and sent back to the United States after an Immigration Department hearing. He had been invited to appear on the TV program Under Attack but was ruled inadmissible and later declared an undesirable alien after a further examination.
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Kissinger Tho meet in new Paris area talks on Vietnam peace
Kissinger and Hanoi envoys resumed direct secret talks in Neuilly sur Seine near Paris after a 24 hour break. The session is the third in the latest round that began in August 1994, with Le Duc Tho arriving minutes after Kissinger.
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le Duc Tho
Secret Kitty Hawk inquiry opens into riot on carrier
A three man House armed services subcommittee begins a formal probe into the Kitty Hawk riot aboard the carrier as black sailors clashed with Marines while en route from the Philippines toward Vietnam last October. Forty six crewmen were injured and 21 sailors arrested for rioting after the hours long disturbance.
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UPI
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Storms batter Britain leave landsmen dead and ships lost
Gales battered Britain on the second stormy day causing six deaths and 13 missing. Five seamen were found drowned beneath a capsized lifeboat in the English Channel. The lifeboat was from the Greek freighter Golden Coin, a 1,957 ton vessel that left Rotterdam for Dakar with 17 crew and maize cargo.
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Senegal
Toddler survives fall from eighth floor in Hawaii palm tree
In Honolulu a 22 month old Shannon Notley fell from an eighth floor hotel window and landed in a palm tree. She suffered a cut lip a cut toe and scrapes. A Kaiser nurse said she was awake and playful and expected to be released after observation. A restaurant employee climbed the tree to rescue her.
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UPI
Shannon Notley
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
Shannon
Body found in Belfast alley amid city violence
Police discovered a man’s body in a Belfast alley early today, the fourth fatality in 24 hours and the 654th death tied to political and religious strife in over three years. He was shot several times in the head as a wave of shootings and rockets targeted army and police posts.
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Belfast
UPS
Northern Ireland
Federal crime insurance offered to Pennsylvania businesses
Harrisburg reports that federal crime insurance, available since August 1971, costs about 50 a year for 5000 coverage, with only 1062 policies sold. Insurance Commissioner Herbert Denenberg notes it is cheap and noncancelable but requires signs of entry or a witness to pay claims. homeowners policies may offer similar coverage and are sometimes cheaper.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Herbert
Denenberg
Pennsylvania
Bus Crash Injures Nine Seven Springs Children
Nine children of Seven Springs owners were injured when a mini school bus struck a bridge abutment delivering them from a high school and a parochial grade school. Three were seriously hurt along with the driver Howard Mensel. Others suffered varying injuries. the accident occurred on Pa. 654 near Somerset.
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Howard Mensel
Melcroft
Judy Sujansky
Joyce
Annette Dupre
Rosie
Janeen
Linda Dupre
Dupre
Pennsylvania
St. Peter's
Rockwood Area High School
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