New Pearl Harbor possible but unlikely warns local veterans
Local military men and veterans debate the risk of another Pearl Harbor style surprise. Experts cite robust retaliation capability and warning systems, while one resident, Ernest Drake, warns that adversaries may still act unseen.
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Mike Matis
Wester
Imperial Japanese Navy
United States
Hawaii
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Germany
Italy
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Soviet Union
Jusl
Ernest Drake
Beaver St
Steven W. Lasten
Louisiana
Lasten
South Vietnam
Losten
Continental
Michael G. Duldt
Marine Reserve Training Center
Pear Harbor
Henry FR. Meredith
Miller Avenue
George R. Arthur
Southwest Asia
Duldt
Brinegar to join Nixon cabinet as transportation secretary
President Nixon will name Claude Brinegar to be transportation secretary, succeeding John A. Volpe who moves to ambassador to Italy. Brinegar, 46, is a Union Oil VP with a Stanford PhD in economics and oversees the International Speedway Corp. at Daytona Beach. The reshuffle also includes Frederick B. Dent as Commerce Secretary and Peter Brennan as Labor Secretary, with several others shifting posts. Volpe, a former Massachusetts governor, will head to Rome.
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Nixon Todey
Claude Brinegar
John A. Volpe
Italy
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Nixon
Volpe
Massachusetts
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Pure Il Co
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International Speedway Corp
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Fla
Richard G. Kleindienst
Jamas Brinegar
Frederick B. Dent
Spartansburg
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Peter Brennan
New York
Hard Hat
Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot Richardsot
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
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James P. Lynn
Housing
Wd Urban Development
William P Rogers
Treasury
George P Shultz
Interor
Rogers C.B. Morton
Agriculture
Earl Rutz
Kleindienst
Shapp backs recommended salary hike for officials
Gov. Milton J. Shapp endorsed a $2,200 salary increase for judges and executive branch staff, but did not back a $2,500 increase for registrative expenses, calling it a legislative matter. He warned of a court fight to push a graduated income tax, defended veto of an antiabortion bill, and criticized federal fraud alerts while praising welfare reforms.
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UPI
Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
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Richard Levy
Philadelphia
Perrin Hamilton
Ralph Tive
Mullen
Washington
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Welfare Department
HIGW
Post Office Eyes New Downtown Site in New Castle
A USPS representative said the department seeks a new main post office downtown in New Castle. Engineer William O’Connell noted a potential East Street site within the Central Area urban renewal plan, but no firm local proposal exists yet. The move hinges on relocating the vehicle maintenance facility near the main post office to permit construction and adjacent proposals continue with Avcon’s Jatin Blackson.
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US. Postal Service
New Castle
Willian O'Connell
Philadelphia
East Street
Central Area
Postal Service
Arcan Development Corp
Apollo 17 Moon Mission Opens With Delays And Jubilation
Astronauts Cernan Schmitt and Evans launch Apollo 17, the 11th Apollo flight, amid delays and alarms. Fans along the Florida coast glimpse the Saturn V ascent while television reaches 80 million homes. The crew plans three moonwalks and remote sensing studies over 75 hours on the lunar surface, with Evans circling to map the moon.
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Evans
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Lie
Bell seeks higher rates in PUC filing for Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania filed tariffs with the Public Utility Commission proposing basic service increases from 22 to 60 cents monthly for most residences and 57 cents to 1.38 for a single-line business account. The plan, effective Feb 7 1973, also covers extensions PBX and nonrecurring charges and aims to raise about 54.7 million in gross annual revenue, with 539.4 million of the increase taxed.
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Bell Telephone Cup of Pennsylvania
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Bell
New Castle
Lawrence County
Beaver County
PUC
Robinson
Teller
Attack on Imelda Marcos at civic awards ceremony
An attacker armed with a long curved bolo knife stabbed Mrs. Imelda Marcos during a televised civic beautification awards event near Manila Airport. Guards killed the assailant. Mrs Marcos and a wounded aide were evacuated, with officials saying she was not in danger.
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Manila
UPI
Imelda Marcos
Ferdinand 15. Marcos
Marcos
Manuel Collantes
Matos
Nations to open talks with East Germany for relations
The United States Britain and France announced they will open talks with East Germany with a view to establishing diplomatic relations. The agreement, worked out privately Wednesday night, was relayed to NATO foreign ministers by Maurice Schumann. West Germany agreed. the other 11 allies were asked to approve a communique to pursue relations with East Berlin, ending 27 years of ostracism.
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Brussels
UPI
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Maurice Schumann
West Germany
East Berlin
Died a happy man postenca sees final wish granted
In Chicago a Romanian poet Vasile Postenca 60 lies in a casket as his daughter Dolna is granted his dying wish. He died of cancer with a small American flag and Romanian flag across his chest reflecting his exile status and cultural ties.
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Chicago
UPI
Zanfira Postenca
Vasile
Vasile Postenca
Dolna
Postenca
Firing Uphheld In Brentwood School Case
Pittsburgh report says Common Pleas Court Judge Benjamin Lencher upheld the 1968 firing of Brentwood teacher Helen Spano for insubordination and incompetence. Spano, a curriculum coordinator, was suspended April 20, 1967 and dismissed a year later. The state Supreme Court later found the hearing unfair. Leacher based his ruling on July 1970 testimony ordered by the high court.
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Pittsburgh
UPL
Brentwood
Common Pleas Court
Benjamin Lencher
Helen Spano
State Supreme Court
Spano
Leacher
High Court
Foe pin down near Saigon as air strikes flatten area
Government troops chasing guerillas pinned down a Communist battalion in two villages near Saigon, then called air strikes that flattened the area. Navy jets bombed two MIG bases, hit a missile site, and knocked out a railroad bridge. One strike occurred six miles below the Nixon halt line.
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UPI
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
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U.S
20Th Phalte
Nixon
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