Sinatra bows out at charity gala under Grace Kelly patronage
Hollywood icon Frank Sinatra plans a final public appearance at the Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund gala, aiming to raise about $1 million for show folk. He vows no further public performances, yet remains active and optimistic about future ventures.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood
Hollywood Upi
Frank Sinatra
Grace Kelly
Hoboken
Sinatra
Oscar
Palm Springs
Beverly Hills
Acapulco
New York City
County considers pow wow to press residents on priorities
County commissioners may call a South and West Side residents pow wow with city Redevelopment Authority officials to press changes in priorities and freeze central district renewal funds. A meeting to seek discussion and direction may be held after solicitor advice. A separate action approved Volant’s 3152 county dispersed Liquid Fuel funds for a River St. repair. the Pennsylvania House passed bingo legalization with a 159 to 38 vote.
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City Redevelopment Authority
Central Business District
Frank Vitril
Charles Drugokowski
Wiliam C. Houk
Drugokewski
Vitril
Houk
South
West Side
Volant
River St
State Department of Transportation
Truce called in gas war ends subsidies
A national decision to end subsidies on sales that kept brand-name gas prices low prompted an immediate 9 cent rise in regular gas to 37.9 cents a gallon, with Chicago at 40.9 cents. Keystone stations increased from 27.9 to 34.9 cents as other low-price outlets await home office consent, risking further price shifts.
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Chicago
Home Office
Keystone
Hudson Oil
Steel plant closures cut jobs nationwide amid demand drop
Sharon Steel Corp will shut its open hearth furnace in Farrell, laying off 70 temporary workers and transferring 300 to 400 to other departments. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel will cut 200 production jobs at its Manessa plants as orders decline. An elderly Strongstown couple died in a U S 22 collision near Ebensburg, Cambria County.
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Sharon Steel Corp
Farrell
Sharon Corp
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Manessa
Wheeling - Pittsburgh
Ebensburg. Pa
UPI
Strongstown
Indiana
U.S. 22
Cambria County
Dewey M. Detwiler
Inez
Lee Hospital
Johnstown
Erie fireman wins apology for drill mix up
Bill Christ, a volunteer ambulance driver, led about 1,000 police and rescue workers to Northwest High School during a mock disaster drill that turned into a uproar. Dr. William Anderson, coordinator of the drill, apologized for blaming Christ and said the volunteer acted efficiently once the truth emerged.
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Erie
UPN
Bill Christ
Christ
Northwest High School
William Anderson
Brown Memorial Hos
Mexico City student protests erupt in deadly clashes
About 20,000 students marched in Mexico City when plainclothes police nicknamed shock brigades opened fire. Four were killed, 26 hospitalized, 159 arrested. Police report snipers and weapons seizures, while witnesses describe unidentified armed units among the rioters. The unrest follows leftist protests and clashes with MURO linked groups.
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Mexico City
UPI
Tony Halik
Alfonso Martinez
MURO
DeCaprio pledges public disclosure on redevelopment talks
City Council President Eugene DeCaprio said the public will be informed of redevelopment discussions and progress. He noted a status report after next week’s meeting with renewal project developers and warned that discussions will go public as projects reach a point of no return. He cited complaints from Project Area Committees about neglect and priority choices by the Redevelopment Authority.
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Eugene DeCaprio
Council
Fatherly duties mark eve of Nixon daughter’s wedding
President Nixon plans to rehearse as father of the bride for Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox with two rehearsals in the Rose Garden and the East Room, while Tricia practices marching down a 95 foot aisle. Separately, Pennsylvania moves to Sunday liquor sales for hotels and airports with a 40 percent food crossbreach rule, and Atlanta School Board faces a cross-town busing desegregation ruling. Three cities agree to a 1.2 billion EPA cleanup of Lake Erie and Chattahoochee River with Detroit Cleveland and Atlanta sharing costs.
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Washington
UPL
Nixon
Tricia
Edward Finch Cox
Rose Garden
East Room
Oval
Harrisburg
Atlanta
UPI
U.S. 5Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Circuit
Swann
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C
Civilians attacked in Gaza by UPI guerrillas
Arab civilians leaving the Gaza Strip for work in Israel were attacked by guerrillas in central Medina Square and near Deir El Balah. At least two killed and 66 wounded as two grenades hit waiting Arabs and a third exploded on a packed bus. All victims were en route to daily jobs in Israel.
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United Press International
Gaza Strip
Israel
Medina Square
Gaza
Deir el Balah
Higdon Convicted in Vietnam Club Kickback Case
Army veteran William E. Higdon, 41, was sentenced by a military jury to a dishonorable discharge and $25,000 fine for graft and larceny while running an enlisted men's club at Long Binh, Vietnam in 1967-68. He forfeits pay and allowances. prison sentence omitted. Sentence to be reviewed by Gen. Donnelly and JAG. Higdon faces a related federal trial in Los Angeles amid a broad probe of military club corruption.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPI
M.set
William E. Higdon
Vietnam
Los Angeles
Higdon
Edwin J. Donnelly
Redstone Arsenal
Judge Advocate General's Office
Washington
Patel
Long Binh
City Council Opposes Penn Central Yard Closure
City council voiced opposition to a proposed Penn Central railroad yard closure that would cost about 100 local jobs. The measure, prompted by UTU Local Chairman C. G. Humphrey, cites threats to employment and economic stability and will be sent to the railroad, Governor Shapp, and the PUC and ICC. Mayor Cialella noted possible loss of railroad sidings for local industries.
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Penn Central Railroad
Council
Railroad
Milton J. Shapp
Public Utility Commission and
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carl A. Cialella Jr
CHARGE Inc Secures Federal Head Start Grant
CHARGE Inc received a federal grant in aid of 43887 for the Summer Head Start program from the HEW Office of Child Development, with a local contribution of 14215. The grant will fund CHARGE’s administration of the program aimed at developing preschool aged children skills.
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Charge Inc
Donald 0. Oesterling
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Child Development
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