Seven Die In Bus Crash In Gap Pennsylvania
A bus chartered by Chapter 68 of the Order of the Eastern Star carrying 41 passengers, mostly elderly women, crashed on Route 30 near Gap and Elizabethtown, killing seven and injuring 33. The vehicle struck a pole and high tension wires, with witnesses describing a winter scene of wrapped gifts and blood in the snow.
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Gap
UPI
Philadelphia
Order of the Eastern Star
Elizabethtown
Eby
Frank D. Patterson
Herbert Whyte
Whyte
Lancaster
Joseph Wright
Army Private Sands Completes Driver Course at Fort Polk
Service News reports Army Private Gregory D. Sands 20 son of Mrs. George F. Sands Willard Ohio completed a light vehicle driver course at Fort Polk La on November 21 Training covered operation and maintenance of military vehicles up to two and a half tons in weight. Marine Corporal John C. Rogers son of Mr and Mrs Basil C. Rogers Monroeville was promoted to his present rank while serving at the Marine Corps Air Station New River Jacksonville N C The promotion was based on time in service and rank.
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FT. Polk
Gregory D. Sands
George F. Sands
Euclid St
Willard
Ohio
Jacksonville
N.C
John C. Rogers
Basil C. Rogers
Monroeville
Marine Corps Air Station
New River
Two Weekend Area Crashes Leave Two Injured
John H. Blackett 40 of North Fairfield was cited for improper lane use after his truck rolled into a ditch on Prospect Road. Claude M. Hammond Jr. 17 of Greenwich and passenger Jody Gordon 17 of Willard were hospitalized after a Route 103 crash near U.S. 224. Virginia Lee Glover 33 of Norwalk escaped injury in a Route 99 mishap near Monroeville.
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John H. Blackett
North Fairfield
Prospect Road
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Claude M. Hammond, Jr
Greenwich
Jody Gordon
Willard
Willard Hospital
U.S. 224
Hammond
Norwalk
Virginia Lee Glover
West Main St
Route 99
Monroeville
Hope Knew What To Say At White House Christmas Party
A Bob Hope troop show at the White House entertained Nixon and guests including Spiro Agnew and Mrs Mitchell. Hope joked about Mrs Mitchell guiding him and Nixon laughed at the quips. The party featured a dancer from Hair and Les Brown and his Band of Renown with other dignitaries in attendance.
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Hope
Mrs. Mitchell
Washington
UPI
Bob Hope
Nixon
White House
U.S
East Room
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Washington Post
John N. Mitchell
Brown
Duke University
Congress
al Capp
Henry Ford II
Christina
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Charles S. Robb
William C. Westmoreland
Pentagon
Car and van collide on Milan Avenue
A driver waiting to turn onto Milan Avenue from Cline Street pulled out too far and his car was struck by a southbound Northern Ohio Telephone Co. van driven by Robert W. Benson. Harford H. Hawkins Jr. 42, Toledo, owned by Cardinal Vending Co., Cleveland, was stopped on Cline Street when the crash occurred Friday evening. In a separate incident, a pickup tailgate scraped a car in a city parking lot as Richard J. Jarrett 29 Norwalk backed up. Burr Knaus 76 Plymouth drove through the lot. Edna M. Opperman 200 Whittlesey Ave. said her car scraped a soft drink truck parked on Whittlesey Ave. The truck company will be asked to have the driver report the accident.
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Milan Avenue
Cline Street
Milan
Harford H. Hawkins, Jr
Toledo
Cardinal Vending Co
Cleveland
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
Robert W. Benson
Indian Terrace
Richard J. Jarrett
Norwalk
Burr Knaus
Plymouth
Edna M. Opperman
Whittlesey Ave
Whittlesey Avenue
Norwalk Weekend Traffic Hits Seven Crashes and One Citation
Norwalk police logged seven crashes and issued one traffic citation over the weekend. A 21 year old male, Larry C. Weisenberger, was charged with reckless operation after his car hit a parked vehicle on East Main Street. Several other rear end and backing accidents occurred at intersections and driveways across Norwalk involving drivers including Bonnie L. Mercer, Ronson Shipley, Dennis Lindenberger, Reymundo Chavez, and others. A semi trailer driver and a truck line employee were involved in separate incidents, while a parked car rolled into another at the Seminary Street lot.
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Norwalk
Larry C. Weisenberger
W. Main St
East Main Street
George P. Mesenburg, Jr
Collins
Weisenberger
Bonnie L. Mercer
Benedict Avenue
Elm Street
Robert Toney
Forrest St
Mercer
Wooster St
Ronson D. Shipley
Corwin St
Larry M. Strickling
Dennis T. Lindenberger
Reymundo Chavez
U.S. 20
Chavez
Alice Stoneham
Bank St
S. Linwood Avenue
Karl G. Trace
S. Linwood
Baker
League Streets
Dewey J. Sommerfield
Gibbs Road
League Street
Kent State chemist to receive Midgley gold medal
Dr. Waldo L. Semon 71 a Kent State chemistry professor and leader in synthetic rubber tire development will be honored with the 1970 Thomas A Midgley gold medal at a January 20 Detroit American Chemical Society meeting. He headed vinyl plastics research at BF Goodrich Akron retired 1963 with 117 domestic and many overseas patents.
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Detroit
UPI
Waldo L. Semon
Kent State University
Thomas A. Midgley
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Lawson
Lawson’s E
Lawsons Rejeceg Egg
Hormel
Jwice
Merriman Smith
UPI Telephoto
Seminary Street
Nancy W. Harner
New London
Harner
Eric Kistler
Pendleton
Pohl
Terry's
Ustomer
RT. 250 North
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