Scranton to Visit Mideast on Fact Finding Mission
Former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton will travel to Middle East nations on a fact finding mission at the request of President-elect Nixon. He will meet Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and confer with Mahmoud Riad and Mahmoud Fawzi in Cairo, with stops in Amman Jeddah Beirut Jerusalem and Tehran. The trip aims to report back before Nixon takes office.
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Fanatic threat looms over Prince Charles investiture
Scotland Yard hunted a man linked to threats to assassinate Prince Charles amid a reported dynamite plot. Welsh nationalists in Wales pose grave danger to the July investiture at Caernarvon Castle. Prime Minister Wilson ordered a major security blanket as Queen Elizabeth leads the ceremony while Charles tours Wales afterward.
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Bombing raids pound Viet Cong supply routes near Saigon
U S B52s dropped at least a million pounds of bombs on Communist infiltration corridors toward Saigon from Cambodia. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops were reportedly bivouacked in Cambodia. Allied losses included 317 guerrillas killed and 16 Americans dead as operations targeted Bien Hoa Long Binh and border fronts.
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Unsettled Western Pennsylvania Weather Brings Snow Flurries
Cloudy and windy day across Western Pennsylvania with turning colder temperatures in the 40s and upper 30s. Scattered showers mix with snow flurries north and near Lake Erie south with lows in the 20s and diminishing winds tonight. Saturday remains cool with variable clouds and more snow flurries near the lake.
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Vietnam talks open with procedural demands from Hanoi and Saigon
In Paris North Vietnam demands the United States ignore the Saigon government in Vietnam talks while South Vietnam asks Washington to treat the Viet Cong as irrelevant at the table. U.S. sources say both sides press for procedural control as talks begin.
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Post office to cut back on holiday help plan
Postmaster General W Marvin Watson outlines a holiday mail plan using a command post to deliver about 10 billion pieces of mail from Thanksgiving to Christmas with fewer workers. He says 55 000 seasonal staff will be hired to replace last year’s 120 000 to 125 000.
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Washington
UPI
W. Marvin Watson
Watson
Francis J. Augustine
New Castle
Death notices and local strike meet set for Tuesday
A list of obituaries includes James Heckathorne and Patsy Venditti among others. Mesta Machine Co and Local 2178 IAM AW will meet Tuesday to resolve differences in the ongoing nine week strike.
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James G. Heckathorne
Edgewood
Patsy Venditti
Ellwood City
Milton S. Parsons
Meadville
Theresa Mastrangelo
Mercer St
Wasyl Michalejko
E. Moody Ave
Sandra Tackach
Beaver Falls
Edward E. Locke
Frew Mill Rd
Gaspar Prem
Youngstown
Elvira Mae Reed
New Wilmington
Della Wallace McCracken
E. Winter Ave
John J. Boydell
Therese Fritzmann
Charles M. McNickle
E. Euclid Ave
Mesta Machine Co
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Tito urges national freedom and self determination
Yugoslavia's President Tito defied Moscow and urged each nation to seek its own destiny. He spoke at the anniversary site of his regime, stressing free and independent work, mutual respect of independence, and a self managing society. He warned that violating these principles would spark crises and instability.
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Soviet Union
Abernathy Improves in Atlanta Hospital
Rev Ralph D. Abernathy president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is reported improved at Holy Family Hospital in Atlanta where he is being treated for pneumonia. Dr L C Brown says his condition is satisfactory and has improved since admission on Wednesday after a virus.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Holy Family Hospital
Swan Quarter
N.C
Families seek miracle as miners trapped in No 9 mine
In Mannington West Virginia an 11 year old watches a truck mounted drill bore into the hillside above the Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co No 9 mine where 78 miners are believed entombed after an explosion nine days earlier Rescue teams drill test bores to locate air and life signs but samples show lethal carbon monoxide and methane Hope fades as fires burn and rescue crews are halted by dangerous gas Officials prepare for the possibility of sealing the mine while clergy and families hold vigil and pray for survivors
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Mannington
W. VA
UPI
Marlin Cartin
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Hominy Falls
W.va
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Huntington
No. 9
Hope
Farmington
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