Sunny Break Draws Lawrence County Residents Outdoors
After a string of dull rainy days Lawrence County enjoys a rare sunny Saturday. Photographer Ken Eckler captures reactions as Big Langholer cools off in a puddle while siblings Jerry John Marie Kim watch. Pearson Park and Gastom Park locals soak up sun on bleachers or playground rides.
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Ken Eckler
Big Langholer
Jerry
John
Marie
Kim
Jerry Pearson Park
Mnest
Gastom Park
Storm leaves city battered by widespread damage and outages
Frank Piatek, assisting fire chief, said about 60 calls flooded the central unit as winds downed wires and toppled trees. Firefighters battled incidents on Grant Street and Boyles Avenue while Penn Power crews freed a stranded family and repaired lines. No injuries were reported to firefighters, though crew members faced close calls with live wires and a burning porch.
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Frank Piatek
Boyles Ave
Vacar
Piatek
Penn Power
Grant Street
Power Company
John L. Oberleitner
Paul Crabet
Wallace Avante
Pintek
Harboe Heights
Central Fire Department
Hany DeCarbo
Union
Jack Stoner
Cecil
Oakwood
King
English
McClelland
Mary Creswell
Mikwond City
Etna Street
Stoner
Bell Telephone Co
Taday
Donald Smith
Sou Vy
Sheridan Avenue
Russell Kawa
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Breed
Joseph Farris
Wis
Sylvan Heights
Bart Richards
Enanty CD
Joseph Shick
Wrea
Clergy oppose Lawrence County clinic over Catholic teaching
Lawrence County priests warn Catholics against using the Lawrence County Family Planning Clinic citing conflict with Catholic doctrine and abortion referrals. They note a Diocese sponsored Family Life Center is planned in New Castle and aim to offer counseling, sexuality courses, and natural family planning.
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Lawrence County
Catholic Fairth
Diocese of
Pittsburgh
New Castle
Msgr
Joseph Fabbrist
St. Vitus Church
Ara
Yestera
Beaver
Butler
Frank Duffy
Clini
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Duffy
St. Joseph the Warker Church
Mercer Street
Similar Storms through the Area in Past Years
The 1973 storm resembled the 1972 event in many ways with heavy rain and flooding. In 1972 rains caused sewer backups and underpass flooding in Mahoningtown, a Hickory Township bridge washout, and outages from lightning hitting lines and transformers. Fire crews responded to downed wires and a fire at Walmo substation near Shenango and Plank roads, while the Shenango River rose over four feet the day after the storm.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Mahoningtown
Hickory Township
Pennsylvania Power Co
Walmo
Shenango
Neshannock
Former POW Fearing Life Not Worth Living Dies
Capt Edward A Brudno a former prisoner of war from North Vietnam killed himself Sunday in Westchester County suburb New York City. Despondent after seven years in POW camps he left sealed letters to relatives and friends two in French saying Life is not worth living. Medical examiner said suicide was possible though exact cause pending tests.
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Harreson
N.Y
Edward A. Brudno
Thia
Westchester County
New York City
Lodi
Poliog
Jack Kaner
Tirrison
Brudno
Tol Poline
Henry Ryan
Ether
Vietnam
Ryan
Ervin says Watergate hearings to resume Tuesday
Sen Sam Ervin told a Wilkes College graduation crowd that the Watergate hearings will resume on Tuesday and could finish by month end with key White House aides testifying. He warned against dragging on like children playing hide and seek and urged timely disclosure.
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Wilkes-Barre
UPI
Sam Ervin
White House
Ervin
Wilkes College Uist
Pentagon draft opponents seek return to conscription says ex-official
Roger T. Kelley former assistant secretary for manpower at the Defense Department says a pro draft faction within the Pentagon is prepared to sabotage the all volunteer military and force a return to the draft as he completes his transition back to Caterpillar. He warned that enemies of the draft system are bolder and more frequent in their acts as he leaves government service.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Roger T. Kelley
Defense Department
Caterpilar Tractor Co
Kelley
Symbols eliminated as Greece abolishes monarchy and crown insignia
Athens UPI reports the government of President George Papadopoulos and the official church moved to erase monarchy symbols. The crown insignia vanished from military uniforms while the royal seal was removed from official papers. The church ordered priests to halt prayers for exiled King Constantine.
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Athens
UPI
George Papadopoulos
Church of
Greece
Constantine
Israel eyes broader POW swap after massive exchange
Israel said it aims to follow the Middle East's largest POW exchange since 1967 with a broader prisoner swap. In the Sunday exchange Israel handed over 411 Syrian and 10 Lebanese POWs in return for three captured Israeli pilots. A foreign ministry official in Jerusalem said the country now seeks to free 10 Israeli prisoners held in Egypt, along with 56 Egyptian POWs, the remaining captives.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Israel
Middle East
Foreign Ministry
Jernsalem
Egypt
Masked gunmen kill two visitors in Belfast home
Two masked gunmen with machine guns invaded a Protestant Belfast home on Sunday and shot dead a man and a woman visiting. Police said the killings are the latest in a long series of sectarian murders, as Northern Ireland’s violence widens. A woman, the homeowner, was wounded in the arms and legs during the attack. a British soldier’s death from a bombing three weeks earlier also sharpens the toll in the unrest.
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Belfast
UPI
Northern Ireland
Death toll figures reveal Vietnam era nonbattle losses
The Defense Department reported that 3 163 American troops died in non battle incidents during 1968 to 1972 in Southeast Asia. Personal crisis reports show 379 fire deaths including 86 fraggings, 793 GI self destruction, and other assaults and detonations. Senator Byrd received the figures with a note from Gen Leo E Benade.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Ole Serviceman
Pentagon
Robert C. Byrd
DW Va
Leo E. Benade
Defense
Southeast Asia
Lunokhod 2 ends Sea of Serenity rover mission
Tass reports the Lunokhod 2 eight wheeled rover completed its lunar exploration after 4 months and 23 miles on the Moon. The Soviet robot logged 312 times the distance of Lunokhod 1 and found the Moon is coated in a dust layer that disperses sunlight and Earth light.
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Moscow
UPL
Soviet Union
Sea of Serenity
Tass
Sea of Rains
Lunokhod 2
Unemployment Drops in Major U.S. Cities in May
The Labor Department reports 37 major cities have unemployment of 6 percent or more in May, the lowest in 20 months, with Wilkes-Barre Hazleton area removed from the list and Tiptonville added to smaller areas. The number of smaller cities with substantial unemployment also fell to 794, the lowest in 19 months.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Wilkes-Barre
Hazleton
Tiptonville
Tenn
Extortion plot Foiled in West Virginia Dams Threat
Federal agents and state troopers halted an extortion scheme in Charleston after arresting Wallace L. Lavitt aged 18 and Sherideth Hambrick aged 29 of Middleway West Virginia. The men allegedly demanded a large cash payment to prevent the destruction of two dams and were nabbed at a designated dropoff point in Nicholas County.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore
FBT
Wallace L. Lavitt
Sherideth Hambrick
Middlety
Nicholas County
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