Refugees to be brought to renovated army camp in Georgia
About 2,000 Vietnamese refugees will arrive from Guam to join roughly 17,000 already in the area at the renovated army camp. Interagency Joint Task Force and civilian coordinator Richar Friedman said the move aims to settle all Guam tents residents by end of June before typhoon season. four CANS facilities nationwide will be expanded to handle the influx.
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Joint Task Force
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United States
Rail strike looms as 131000 workers may walk out
Washington reports a possible railroad walkout by about 131,000 workers if talks fail. C L Dennis of BRAC warns negotiations with the National Railway Labor Conference stalled and a strike could start at 1:00 am Monday. He blames railroad management for the impasse and cites BRAC committee reviews of members’ essential needs.
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UPN
Brotherhood of Railway
C. L
Dennis Sai
National Railway Labor Conference
Dennis
BRAC
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L. C. Greenwood Re-signs With Steelers After WFL Speculation
Pittsburgh Steelers announce veteran defensive end L. C. Greenwood has signed a multi year contract, ending speculation he would jump to the World Football League. Terms were not disclosed. Greenwood, a 1960 rookie from Arkansas AMEN, had tested free agency after opting out last May. He briefly joined Birmingham of the WF but the league folded.
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Pittsburgh Steelers
L. C. Greenwood
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Steelers
Ile
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Thornburgh Confirmed as Assistant Attorney General
The Senate confirmed Richard J. Thornburgh, U.S. attorney for western Pennsylvania, as assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department's criminal division. Thornburgh, a Carnegie native, succeeds Henry Petersen who resigned at the end of 1974. Petersen led the division during the Watergate era. There was no opposition in the vote.
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Maine decriminalizes small marijuana use in civil offense
Maine becomes the third state to decriminalize personal use of small quantities of marijuana. The measure, included in a criminal code revamp and signed by Gov James Longley, takes effect March 1. Possession under 4 ounces with under 4% THC carries up to a $200 fine with no jail and no criminal record.
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Maine
UPI
Oregon
Alaska
James Longley
Neighbors guard crashed plane at Pangaito farm in Pa
In Jeannette Pennsylvania neighbors took over vigil at a wrecked single engine aircraft in dairy farmer Pangaito Duminnick Pangaito’s hayfield near Pittsburgh Bouquet Air Park. Pangaito vowed to protect the plane on his property after the Tuesday night crash and said he would act if anyone approached.
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Jeannette
UPI
Duminnick Pangaite
Pangaito
Pittsburgh Bouquet Air Park
Pangaila
Allegheny Ludlum plans $18 million Brackenridge upgrade
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp announces an initial $18 million of an $60 million expansion at its Brackenridge plant to upgrade facilities and create several hundred construction jobs. President Richard P. Simmons also outlined a $24 million recrosilican plant project in Bridgeport Alabama with International Minerals and Chemicals Corp to guard against material shortages and rising costs.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp
Brackenridge
Allegheny County
Richard P. Simmons
Bridgeport
Ala
Allegheny Ludlum
Dternational Minerals and Chemicals Corp
Greece Elects Tsatsas President in First Republic
In Athens Parliament, Constan tine Tsatses a 76 year old former university professor was chosen as Greece’s first president of the newborn republic. Tsatsas won 210 of 296 votes on the first ballot, securing the two thirds needed. Fanayotis Kanellopoutos of the opposition Center Union garnered 85 votes. Twenty ballots were blank.
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Athens
UPT
Constantine Tsatses
Greece
Tsatsas
Constantine Cararmantis
New Democratic Party
Fanayotis Kanellopoutos
Center Union Party
TWA Executives Quit as Airline Seeks Cash Boost
In Denver during a board meeting, TWA President Foxwood Wiser and marketing VP Blaine Cooke resigned effective immediately. Chairman Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. will become president as TWA gains $15 million in cash with Shah of Iran backing Pan Am style aid to the airline.
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UPL
Trans World Airlines
Tost
TWA
Foxwood (. Wiser
Blaine Cooke
Charles C. Tillinghast Jr
Iran
Pan American World Airways
Women seek world leadership to end wars claim peaceful aims
United Press International reports at the World Conference of International Women's Year in Mexico City, women from the United States and abroad urged equal access to power, arguing women may foster harmony and reduce conflict. Views varied on whether women should lead globally, with some praising nurturing traits and others warning against overgeneralization.
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United Press International
Sherry Chenoweth
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Israel
Egypt
Lea Rabin
Wey
New York City
Mary Keefe
Ford opens 1976 bid with minimal fanfare in Oval Office
President Ford acts quickly announcing his campaign plans from the Oval Office as press secretary confirms a formal launch with pap ers filed by Friday. Howard Callaway named campaign manager with David Wackland as treasurer while Ford follows traditional early bid without public spectacle.
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Peron
Oval
Robert Hartmann
Ron Nesset
Army
Howard Callaway
Nelsen
Hat Ford
California
David Wackand
Three Pennsylvania troopers honored for Slippery Rock stake-out
Three Pennsylvan ia State Police officers from New Castle barracks were commended for a March 21 stake-out in Slippery Rock that led to two suspects seized during an attempted-impoundment incident on I Water Street. Further arrests followed, with four total suspects pending formal charges and juvenile court action in Butler County.
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Slippery Back State College
Chair theft suspects arrested
City police charged William Thewellyn and Marjorie Lewellyn with receiving stolen Iowa chairs from three East Side homes. Arraigned before District Magistrate Merle Hildebrand they posted $10,001 bond each and await a preliminary hearing. A second incident led to the arrest of Tae Llewellyn and two city juveniles after chairs were stolen from 4 Fern Street. ten chairs were recovered and returned to victims Larry Malizia Gilbert Maggie and Jerome Lytle.
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Thewellyn
Marjorie Lewellyn
N. Mulberry St
Iowa
East Side
Merle Hildebrand
Tae Llewellyns
Juvenile Bureau
Elderly Learn Karate for Self Defense in Housing
In Western Pennsylvania elderly residents in high rise housing projects attend a safety seminar at the Holiday Inn sponsored by HUD and the Community College of Allegheny County. Karate is a minor part of a broader program teaching self defense and crime prevention.
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Manna News
Arate
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Holiday Inn
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Community College of
Thomas Wilson
Wilson
Nilson
Continental Congress Orders Forces to Boston Front
The Continental Congress directs Connecticut Rhode Island and New Hampshire to mobilize all forces and join the combined American Army around Boston for the campaign near the city.
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Continental Congress
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jampshire
Boston
Wallace campaign speech signals 1976 bid in Newark
George Wallace addressed the National Federation of Independent Business, pledging to champion the middle class while criticizing the ultra rich and welfare receivers. He spoke from a wheelchair during a 45 minute speech, defended law and order, and warned against foreign moves that could threaten U.S. security.
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Lip
George Wallace
Tie
Alabama
National Federation of Independent Business
Wallace
DeCaprio Elected Vice Chairman Of SRSC Board
Eugene DeCaprio of New Castle was elected vice chairman of Slippery Rock State College Board of Trustees at a recent reorganizational meeting. Donski Oesterling of Harrisburg was named chairman and Elmer C. Bennett of Butler secretary. Term runs one year from June 1952. College dormitories are expected to be full next school year, with potential pressure from privately owned housing transitioning to senior citizens housing. Programs in public administration and social welfare are under consideration, and bachelor degree credit requirements may be reduced from 128 hours to 20. Next meeting set for Sept 1.
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Eugene DeCaprio
Fairmont Ave
New Castle
Slippery Rock State College Board of Trustees
DeCaprio
New Castle City
New Castle Area
Donski Oesterling
Harrisburg
Elmer C. Bennitt
Buller
Albert A. Watrel
Watrel
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