Fireman's car collides with pumper en route to Xmas tree blaze
Ellwood City Perry Township volunteers respond to a house fire on Grandview Road. Jeff Wyman loses control near Ellwood-Portersville Road wrecking his car while a pumper suffers front end damage. All four firemen, including Wesley Ketterer and Donald Shinsky, escape injury and are treated and released. Mrs Williams calls for help after no phone line. tree only damages ceiling.
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Ellwood City
Perry Township
Jeff Wyman
van Gorder Mill
Ellwood
Portersville
Wurtemburg
Weyman
William Smith
Wesley Ketterer
Donald Shinsky
Ellwood City General Hospital
James William
Grandview Rd
Williams
Fed boosts discount rate to 5.2 percent to curb inflation
The Federal Reserve raised the discount rate to 5.2 percent, a 40 year high, effective in nine of the 12 regional banks. The move targets inflation by tightening credit and raising borrowing costs for banks and their customers amid strong industrial production and housing starts.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Johnson enters Bethesda Naval Hospital for chest cold
President Johnson checked into Bethesda Naval Hospital for a chest cold after coughing fits during a speech and a worsening condition noted by officials. He showed coughing and sniffles throughout Tuesday and the night.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Florida millionaire’s daughter abducted near Emory University
Barbara Jane Mackle 20, daughter of Florida land developer Robert F Mackle, was seized from a motel near Emory University by a gunman and a smaller accomplice. FBI and police kept the case confidential as a nationwide alert went out for the abductor pair.
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Donald Phillips
Atlanta
UPI
Florida
Richard M. Nixon
Barbara Jane Mackle
Emory University
FBI
Coral Gables
Fla
Official refutes alleged abuse of food stamps in county
A Consumer Foods Program official, Michael Rohaley, states no knowledge of food stamp misuse in Lawrence County and cites high compliance. County Commissioner Frank A. Vitril seeks investigation amid hearsay while Rohaley plans a meeting to outline program details. The county’s financial share for the year is $8,257.
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Consumer Foods Program
Lawrence County
Michael Rohaley
Lawrence
Mercer
Beaver
Frank A. Vitril
Rohaley
Blough to Step Down as U S Steel chief in January
Edwin H. Gott will become chairman and CEO of U S Steel succeeding Roger M. Blough who retires January 31 at the company’s mandatory retirement age. Blough will turn 65 in January and Gott, who has led the company since July 1967, will be 61 in February. Edgar B. Speer named to succeed Gott as president.
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New York
UPI
Edwin H. Gott
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Blough
U.S. Steel
Gott
Edgar B. Speer
Western Pennsylvania Weather Alert with Snow Increase
Travelers warned as west Pennsylvania sees increasing cloudiness and light snow spreading from west to east this morning and afternoon. Snow may mix with sleet and freezing rain later today or tonight across the south, with rain likely tonight and Thursday. highs in the 30s and a low in the mid 20s to low 30s. Warmth returns Thursday with a forecast high around 32. Precipitation data shows none to 0.07 inches of rain in the period.
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Pennsylvania
Nixon still pursues UN ambassador post with varied names
President-elect Nixon weighs several candidates for the U N ambassador role including R Sargent Shriver Henry Jackson Eugene McCarthy and J Russell Wiggins. Nixon met Wiggins at the U N and backed the U N while signaling timing on a successor. He urged Senate ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty but suggested it not be rushed.
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U.S
France
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Eugene McCarthy
D. Minn
J. Russell Wiggins
U.N
George Ball
Nixon
Wiggins
United Nations
Thant
Senate
United States
Czechoslovakia
Communist shells wide area across South Vietnam reported
UPI says communist forces shelled 13 cities towns and allied bases from end to end of South Vietnam over two days. Attacks included a 45 round blitz at Tam Ky and a two pronged probe, with U.S. and Vietnamese units reporting light overall casualties. A C123 crash near Chu Lai killed 14 GIs and injured 30 as officials investigated the cause. Premier Tran Van Huong warned of a 30 000 man nationwide offensive, with 600 Viet Cong seized in Saigon over two months.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Chu Lai
Tran van Huong
Tam Ky
Mekong
I Corps
U.S
da Nang
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Central Highlands
Huang
Rodgers Boy and Brenneman Resident Named in Notice
On Wednesday December 18 1968 Clarence Michael Rodgers aged 14 months of 605 Spruce Street and Athey E Brenneman aged 72 of Portersville are named in a local notice.
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Clarence Michael Rodgers
Spruce St. Athey
E. Brenneman
Portersville
Patience urged in dealing with Communists in Vietnam
South Vietnam premier Tran Van Huong told UPI that the United States is rushing Vietnam War talks and erred by halting bombing to push negotiations. He warned patience is needed with the Communists and cautioned against haste mirroring Korea.
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New York
UPI
Richard Nixon
United Nations
Paris
South Vietnam
United States
America
North Vietnam
United Press International
Tran van Huong
Korea
Huong
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