Die In Skyscraper Fire In New York 50 Story Building
Two people died and 33 were injured when a smoky blaze broke out on the 33rd floor of the Atlas McGrath skyscraper at 1 New York Plaza in Manhattan. Firefighters battled the six hour blaze as the 50 story tower, occupied to the 20th floor by Chase Manhattan Bank, suffered intense heat and smoke.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Financial District
Atlas-McGrath
New
York Plaza
Chase Manhattan Bank
Salvador Martinez
John Little
Little
Gus Ballas Jr
Charles Kuhn
Kuhn
John T. O'Hagan
July Fill of Common Pleas Cases and Fees
Seventy eight new cases were filed in Common Pleas Court in July with 35 criminal 26 civil and 17 divorce cases begun. Seventeen divorces granted. Clerk Dana W. Call reported fees of 4 896 plus 883 for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles 55 906 for the Department of Taxation and 58 for wildlife. Titles issued 1 784 with 21 duplicates. Deputies issued 334 memo certificates four duplicates 584 notations of liens and 468 cancellations of liens. Eighteen passport applications were sent to the State Department.
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Common Pleas Court
Dana W. Call
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Department of Taxation
Division of Wildlife
U.S. State Department
Soldier's Medal for Heroism Earned by Pfc George R Myers
Army Private First Class George R. Myers of Willard receives the Soldier's Medal for risking his life to save others near Phuoc Vinh Vietnam. While operating a Case 450 dozer he pushed a 105 Howitzer out of flames and to safety, saving many lives.
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George R. Myers
Simon I. Myers
Willard
1St Cavalry Division
Phuoc Vinh
Vietnam
Myers
Big Fish Hooked At City Reservoir
Norwalk men Richard Grell and Herman Lorcher Jr. fished the Upper Reservoir on a Wednesday outing. Grell landed a six pound five ounce walleye of 26 inches while Lorcher followed with a five pound walleye measuring 24 inches. Terri Grell, 10, watched the haul from the boat.
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Terri Grell
Richard Grell
Upper Reservoir
Herman Lorcher, Jr
Norwalk
Woodlawn
Marshall
Lorcher
Grell
Terri
No Room In Jail In Columbus Overcrowding Delays Warrants
Franklin County Sheriff Stacey Hall says about 500 warrants remain unserved due to jail crowding with 291 inmates though capacity is 125. He notes many warrants are for failure to support dependents and court processing is blocked. A new jail is due next January. Toyota recalls 47,879 Mark II series vehicles in a separate notice.
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Columbus
UPI
Franklin County
Stacey Hall
Hall
Court of Domestic Relations
Bruce Mentions Private Talks In Paris Peace Efforts
President Nixon’s new peace negotiator David K. E. Bruce opened the Paris talks with Hanoi and Viet Cong diplomats. He urged businesslike discussion of the central issues including troop withdrawal a political settlement and prisoners of war.
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Paris
UPI
Nixon
Hanoi
David K. E. Bruce
Bruce
U. S
United States
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List and Hanoi Talks
The record shows multiple hospital admissions and discharges across New Haven Greenwich Bellevue Plymouth New London and Willard, with names including Dorothy Lambert June Buss Jacob Schneider James Vaughn Shelly Wright Jason Wright and more. In Hanoi the Viet Cong negotiators signaled willingness to settle on a ten point plan calling for US troop withdrawal and a coalition government in Saigon.
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Dorothy Lamber
June Buss
Jacob Schneider
James Vaughn
Shelly Wright
Jason Wright
Jennifer Dester
Willard
Kate Postema
New Haven
Clements Ruffing
Bellevue
John Brooks
Vernon Johnson
Plymouth
Ivan Hopkins
Bonnie Steele
Greenwich
Joyce Warren
Attica
Billy Chapman
Gus
Hanoi
Viet Cong Provisional Revolutionary
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Heavy U S casualties in Cambodia near Ripcord
Casualties surged with 78 American GIs killed and 659 wounded after a week of fighting around Fire Base Ripcord near the Laotian border. U S and South Vietnamese forces reported 2 237 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in the week, while five week U S deaths reached 354 the lowest in nearly five years.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Four Marion Youths Held On Auto Larceny Charges
Four Marion youths spent a night in county jail awaiting pickup by Marion police on auto larceny charges. James E. Rice Robert C. Gross and Wilbur R. Monroe all 18 and a 17 year old were arrested by the Norwalk post of the State Highway Patrol after Marion teletyped an alert and were returned to Marion Wednesday noon.
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Marion
James E. Rice
Robert C. Gross
Wilbur R. Monroe
Norwalk
State Highway Patrol
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U.S.A. Inc
Willard Are
New London Hospital
Kenneth Hunt
New London
George Mekoleske
Sullivan
Ruth McConnell
John Black
A.B. Gose
Foster Keller
Robert Fleming
Charles Enzor
Homer Anderson
New _ London
Chris Cook
Charles Jewell
Kentucky
C.E. Rush
Xuan Thuy
Philip Habib
Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
Habib
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard Schickel
Pireagt Wanes
UPI News Service Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation and Ohio Newspaper Association
Herman Schaafsma
Jack E. Brown
Herbert M. Griffiths
Robert Witt
Milan
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Wakeman
North Fairfield
Huron
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