New York Mail Carriers Set Strike Vote For July
New York Branch 36 of the National Letter Carriers Union backed a plan to hold a July 1 vote on authorizing a strike to begin at 12 01 a m July 6 if Congress does not approve higher wages and benefits. About 600 members attended and a sizable minority urged immediate action.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Mailmen’s Union
Congress
Branch 36
National Letter Carriers Union
Gustave Johnson
Rhodes Del Corso Ordered to Court Over Indochina Suit
Gov James A Rhodes and State Adj Gen S T Del Corso must appear at a Franklin County Common Pleas Court hearing on a suit by the American Civil Liberties Union alleging Ohio National Guardsmen were coerced into backing the Nixon administration over Indochina.
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Columbus
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Adj
S.T. del Corso
Ohio National
Hostages Freed as PFLP Withdraws from Amman Hotels
About 80 American British and German citizens held since Tuesday were released by Palestinian guerrillas in Amman. The PFLP spokesman said the militants left the Intercontinental and Philadelphia hotels after releasing the hostages, among them UPI correspondent Gerard Loughran.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Middle East
Actor Killed in Pasadena Home Electrocution
Character actor Frank Silvera a veteran of stage screen and TV was electrocuted while repairing a garbage disposal in his Pasadena home. Autopsy confirmed the 55 year old actor died Thursday from electric shock.
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Pasadena Calif
UPI
Frank Silvera
Fires in Brooklyn Ghetto Burned Out by Morning
Firemen aided by police after snipers were reported in East New York and Brownsville. A half hour delay occurred as crews, targets of missiles, battled fires that destroyed a supermarket and several shops and vacant tenements. Most blazes were out by 8 a.m. EDT.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
John O’hagan
Brownsville
Senate poised to bar Nixon from reinvading Cambodia
The Senate votes 52 to 47 to prohibit reinvading Cambodia and curb the President's war powers, rebuffing White House efforts to soften the measure. Lawmakers label the move historic as antiwar forces push to strengthen limits for the first time since 1959.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
Cambodia
White House
Vietnam
Warns On DDT Disposal By Ohio Agriculture Chief
Ohio agriculture director John M. Stackhouse warns the public against careless DDT disposal. He notes the product is not highly toxic to people but improper disposal can be hazardous to the environment beyond its use as directed. Services note limited DDT usage due to contamination concerns.
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Columbus
UPI
John M. Stackhouse
Ohio
Stackhouse
Weather summary and death notice for Kathryn Houck
June 12 1970 weather West Lake Erie shore partly cloudy and warm with possible thundershowers highs in 80s tonight cooler Saturday mid 70s to low 80s Sunday fair. Norwalk high 89 low 63 precipitation none humidity readings given. Deaths Kathryn Houck 75 Willard.
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Lake Erie
Norwalk
Church Votes to Voluntary Tax City Support
St Pauls Episcopal Church in Norwalk voted to remit 0.5 percent of annual pledges to the city treasury as a voluntary tax. Rector T G S Whitney said the move demonstrates community responsibility and asks parishioners to donate, not from pledged income, to fund city services the church uses. The church has long aided the Norwalk Senior Center and funded utilities and building space there.
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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
T.G.S. Whitney
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Norwalk Senior Center
Whitney
Norwalk
City Advised To Retain Norwalk Electric Plant
consulting engineer George Raike told city officials to keep the municipal electrical system, citing sufficient income to expand and meet growing needs. The council debated release timing and planned revisions before a June 16 with Raike. Ohio Edison’s 5.8 million offer would leave about 1.77 million after debts.
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Norwalk
George Raike
William V. Mount
Raike
Citizens Utility Study Committee
K. S. Flickinger
Ohio Edison
Flickinger
Mount
Americans May Leave Jordan Evacuation Considered
Washington officials discussed plans to evacuate about 500 American citizens from Jordan as violence rose between guerrillas and the government. Obstacles include scale and practicality, with reports of rape and looting adding urgency to the potential move.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Jordan
King Hussein Fires Uncele To Avert War
King Hussein of Jordan dismissed army chief Sherif Nasser ben Jamil and Gen. Sherif Zaid ben Shaker and took command to avert civil war amid Palestinian guerrilla gains in Amman. Observers warn a military crackdown could tear the country, while hostages in Amman hotels spur U.S. evacuation considerations.
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Hussein
Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Jordan
Amman
Sherif Nasser Ben Jamil
Sherif Zaid Ben Shaker
Israel
Americana
Appendix May Have Purpose
Ohio surgeon Dr. George Padanilman of the Medical College of Ohio analyzed 1,165 cases across three groups: bowel cancer, other cancers, and heart attack. He found 28 percent of bowel cancer patients had prior appendectomies, a statistically significant difference versus other groups, with about two thirds under age 50 having prior appendix removal.
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Toledo
UPIO
Ohio
George Padanilman
Medical College of Ohio
Birch tree on Woolworths roof faces eviction from renovation
A small birch tree perched on the northeast corner of the F W Woolworth store at East Main Street and Linwood Avenue faces removal as workers renovate the roof. Store manager Grace Shumer has tried to remove it multiple times, but the tree vows to return and keeps peering over Main Street despite vibrations from jackhammers.
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Main Street
F. W. Woolworth Building
Linwood Avenue
East Main Street
F.W. Woolworth
Grace Shumer
Shumer
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Allen Hakes
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James Ewell
Robert Hill
Citizens Study Committee
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Kent State University
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Bucyrus
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