Eighteen Cars Derail as Penn Central Train Wrecks Near Huron
Eighteen freight cars and two engines derailed on a westbound Penn Central train near Route 13 south of Huron at 8 30 this morning. Assistant Superintendent H F Carter refused to estimate damage or cause. No injuries reported. crew to Sandusky hospital for checkups. Wreckage expected cleared by early Saturday if equipment arrives.
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Huron
Penn Central Railway
H.F. Carter
Carter
Route 13
Huron River
Sandusky
Ted Brown Stricken In Columbus
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown 63 is in satisfactory condition at Grant Hospital after a little heart attack. He was admitted from his Dublin home on Easter Sunday and is expected to move from the coronary care unit to a regular room soon and resume normal duties after recovery.
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Columbus
UPI
Ted W. Brown
Grant Hospital
Brown
Dublin
Teamsters End Wildcat Strikes as Pay Pact Reached
Most Teamsters end wildcat truck strikes at major terminals after a tentative three year contract includes a 27.5 percent pay raise. Isolated walkouts linger in St. Paul and Tampa as officials urge return to work.
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United Press International
Teamsters
St. Paul
Tampa
Teamster
Hoffman to try 12 Weathermen in October riots case
UPI reports Judge Julius J. Hoffman who presided over the Chicago Seven will handle the trial of 12 militant Weathermen charged with conspiring to incite riots. The group faces counts under the 1968 Civil Rights Act for organizing the days of wrath demonstrations causing extensive property damage. Hoffman stated he will treat the matter like any other case.
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Chicago
UPI
U. S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Hoffman
Weather and births and deaths in Montville region
Partly sunny and cold today with a high near 40. Snow flurries possible tonight and Saturday with lows in the 20s and highs near 40. Sunday stays cold with more flurries. precipitation chance 20 to 30 percent. Norwalk highs 49 and lows 30. Births: Mr and Mrs Ira High Milan daughter. Deaths: Maudie Spencer 84 Willard Prescott Milliman Ypsilanti Wayne N Earl 70 North Fairfield Frank Xavier Vonthron 84 Garcia Drive.
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Norwalk
Maudie Spencer
Willard
Prescott Milliman
Ypsilanti
Mich
Wayne N. Earl
North Fairfield
Frank Xavier Vonthron
Garcia Drive
Berlin Milan Board Confronts Teacher Demands Over Budget
The Berlin Milan Board of Education warns that meeting teachers salary demands could strain finances and close schools. BMTA planned a protest work day as wage talks stall with an impasse after Wednesday negotiations. The district cites a $9,000 base index for 1970 71 and a $6,300 starting salary with $10,440 max for masters 25 years.
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Milan
Berlin-Milan
Teachers Association
BMTA
Robert Stein
Stein
Hijacked JAL flight hijackers release 103 hostages
A Boeing 727 seized by nine members of the Sekingunhan group with a Japanese cabinet minister onboard flew to North Korea after 103 hostages were released. Passengers described hellish conditions with swords and bombs aboard.
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Seoul
API
Japan Air Lines
North Korea
Pyongyang
Kimpo
Sekingunhan
Red Army
Communist Party
Shinjiro Yamamura
Japan
Yamamura
Shinji Ishida
U.S. Navy
Fukuoka
Junko Kubota
Tokyo
Cleanup drive mobilizes 3000 county volunteers
More than 3000 county residents are expected to join a weekend cleanup along county highways. Jim Johnson of the Izaak Walton League notes broad participation including 400 Willard Conservation Club members and 50 over 65 volunteers from New London. Local groups and scouts will also join with landfills waiving fees.
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Jim Johnson
Izaak Walton League
Willard Conservation Club
Firelands Buckeye
New London
Norwalk
Girl Scouts
Bronson-Norwalk Conservation Club
Short Haircuts Send Trio to Trial in California
Three University of Mexicali students faced Justice Court Judge Hugh Keating after hitchhiking arrests near El Centro California. Ruben Cavillo 21 was freed after his hair was cut to the judge’s satisfaction while Alfonso Martinez 20 and Eugene Martinez 18 were jailed. The Martinez brothers’ trial is scheduled for April 14.
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EL Centro
Calif
UPI
Justice Court
Hugh Keating
Keating
Ruben Cavillo
Alfonso J. Martinez
Eugene
Martinez Brothers
Pioneer Rubber strike drags on as workers stay away
The Pioneer Rubber Co dispute between United Rubber Workers Local 804 and Pioneer Rubber Co widens into a prolonged stoppage in Willard and Attica plants. About 700 mostly women workers received pay for two weeks as talks stall over a complex contract while both sides hint at a slow return to work.
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Pioneer Rubber Co
Pioneer
Willard
Attica
John Archer
United Rubber Workers
Jack Gibson
Pioneer Rubber
Gibson
Union
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Ohio
Kingsley Taft
Ohio Supreme Court
James A. Rhodes
University of Mexicali
Mexico
Highway Patrol
University of California, Berkeley
Jacques- Yves Cousteau
John Lindsay
New York
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