New Castle Eyes Modern Fire Alarm System Upgrade
City administration reviews replacing the 1893 fire alarm with a modern system. Radio and telephone wire options are compared, detailing cottage boxes, battery tests, central dispatch upgrades, a new dispatch room, air conditioning, and home receiver units for firefighters to speed alerts. Chief John Oberleitner pushes radio tone activations to cut response times.
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Rich Rombach
New Castle
Central Fire Station
S. Jefferson St
Central
West Side School
John Oberleitner
Canton Considers Radio vs Phone Fire Alarm System
Canton weighs a radio based fire alarm network versus a phone box system with central tapes. Chief Oberleitner backs radios for weather resilience and speed, noting reduced false alarms in Canton once installed, while city officials study costs, rights of way, and funding options before fall council decision.
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Canton
Ohio
Oberleitner
Larry Worth
Youth killed in Georgia amid Columbus riots
In Columbus Georgia a black youth Willie J. Osborn Jr. was shot and killed by police after fleeing a car chase and ignoring orders to stop during violent unrest. The 3 am incident followed a rash of arson fires at white flagged stores as protests over the firing of seven black police officers escalated.
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Columbus. Ga
Alabama
Bobby Knox
Willie J. Osborn Jr
Columbus
Allies repulse assault on base as raids persist near DMZ
UPI reports U.S. B52 raids exceed 500 tons as clashes rattle South Vietnam. Communist attack on a South Vietnamese combat base near the DMZ fails, leaving five Marines dead and 15 wounded. Troop withdrawals lower forces to 244,900, the week’s lightest since February. Air and ground actions include a Skyraider shot down over Laos and a downed OH6 helicopter with one wounded. Terror strikes in Saigon lead to four weekend attacks with one minister’s homegrenade incident. Firebase Fuller endures a 90 minute battle with 2 Viet attacks, while other towns face mortars and shelling.
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Saigon
UPI
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Air Force
Fuller
Hue
Quang Ngai
Pleiku
Tra On
Bill Would Aid Local Officials in Statewide Purchasing
Harrisburg dispatch reports a bill enabling local governments to buy materials at state prices, potentially saving about 50 million dollars annually. Already passed by both houses, the measure would require open contracts, invite bids, and let any local unit order items like vehicles, tires, gasoline, and office equipment directly from suppliers. Senator Wilmot E. Fleming, R Bucks, sponsors the move and Gov. Shapp holds final decision authority.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Milton J. Shapp
House
Senate
Sen
Wilmot E. Fleming
R-Bucks
Full eight judge panel to hear Times Pentagon papers case
The US Court of Appeals will convene an eight judge panel Tuesday to review the government attempt to stop The New York Times from publishing the Secret Pentagon report on Vietnam. The hearing follows a restraining order on further publication and parallels a district court proceeding in Washington.
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New York
UPI
Court of Appeals
New York Times
Vietnam
Henry J. Friendly
Second Circuit
the Times
Pentagon
Washington
U.S
Gerhard A. Gesell
Washington Post
Dennis J. Doolin
Defense
International Security Affairs
Doolin
Gesell
Friends
Friendly
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Times
Justice Department
Paul R. Hays
J. Joseph Smith
Murray I. Gurfein
Supreme Court
District Court
Daniel Elisberg
Times and Post
Newsweek Magazine
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
George McGovern
D-S.d
Paul N. McCloskey
Rcalif
Both Sides Meet on State Fact Finder in New Castle
The New Castle Area School Board and the New Castle Area Education Association plan special meetings on Wednesday to decide their stance on the state fact-finder’s 1971 72 contract dispute. Teachers meet at 2 p.m. in the Senior High School to discuss and vote on the recommendation while the board gathers at 8 30 p.m. in the board room to offer a response. Both groups received the report Tuesday and must respond by Thursday, and if no agreement is reached all facts will be made public.
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New Castle Area School Board
New Castle Area Education Association
Warren urges finding a cause even if unpopular
At Penn State commencement Earl Warren urged 4200 graduates to pursue four key causes pollution relief, poverty elimination, prejudice ending, and rapid end to war. He argued a cause must be pursued even if not widely supported and noted many good causes can coexist. Dr John Oswald, Penn State’s incoming president, was to be installed but remained hospitalized after a heart attack.
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University Park
Earl Warren
U.S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania State University
Warren
John Oswald
Penn State
Hershey Medical Center
Cereal-price study finds higher costs and ads drive up breakfast prices
A Federal Trade Commission study concludes that Americans pay 15 to 25 percent more for cereals due to heavy advertising and high profits. The 11-month analysis says wholesale prices to grocers run about 20 percent above costs and suggested retail prices are likewise 20 percent higher, focusing on cold cereals.
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Washington
UPL
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
UPI
Boroughs warned over federal state and county control
Pennsylvania borough officials allege federal state and county governments seek greater oversight this year in a bid to take over boroughs. Cecil Letherknight and John McManus warned at the 60th anniversary General Assembly that borough government is being threatened at its core.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs
Cecil K. Letherknight
Dale
John McManus
Greentree
Park Avenue Penn Central lands to be sold
Trustees of Penn Central, under bankruptcy, announced sale of 29 acres near Grand Central Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan valued at over 1 billion dollars. Kuhn Loeb & Co. will coordinate the sale of sites hosting Pan Am Building Waldorf Astoria Biltmore Barclay Commodore and Roosevelt hotels. Rent in 1970 totaled 21.2 million dollars.
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Biltmore
Barclay, Commodre
Roosevelt
Railroad
Pole debris fished from Lake Erie by Coast Guard Auxiliary
About 200 Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers from five yacht clubs cleared several tons of debris from Lake Erie over the weekend. A floating telephone pole near Lakeside Yacht Club posed a hazard to vessels, with most debris traced to unprotected landfills and inflowing rivers.
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Cleveland
UPI
Lake Erie
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Irv Gray
Lakeside Yacht Club
Gray
Bullet riddled chase ends in Wheeling WV
A high speed Ohio to West Virginia pursuit ended in Wheeling when police shot the vehicle's rear tires. A 14 year old passenger was wounded in the shoulder by a bullet, listed in fair condition. Occupants included Douglas DeFranco 18 Steubenville a jail fugitive, Charles Sheets 20 Smithfield and a juvenile. Sheets held on several charges.
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Wheeling
W. Va
UPI
Ohio
West Virginia
Douglas DeFranco
Steubenville
Columbus
Charles Sheets
Smithfield
Sheets
Brilliant
Ohio 7
Tiltonsville
Martins Ferry
Pennsylvania
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Robert §. McNamara
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Newsweek
Winant Sidle
US Army Public Information
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Copenhagen
America
Denmark
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
Manhattan Sale
Pole
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