Rock Island Lines Files Bankruptcy Shuts Traffic March 31
The 123-year-old Rock Island Lines railroad filed for bankruptcy and announced shutdown of all traffic effective March 31. The Interstate Commerce Commission planned to meet in Washington with 15 railroads to divvy up Rock Island services and preserve essential operations.
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Chicago
UPI
Rock Island
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Hearst search cools as FBI checks leads in San Francisco
Rumors about Patricia Hearst persist but the FBI in San Francisco reports all leads are being checked for a fresh clue to her hiding place with Bill and Emily Harris. In Columbus, Ohio, the state patrol investigates razor slashing of two large decorative artworks at the new State Office Tower, reported by an employee.
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San Francisco
UPS
Patricia Hearst
FBI
Miss Hearst
Bill
Emily Harris
Columbus
UPI
State Highway Patrol
Ken Drum
State Department of Economic and Community Development
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Central Highlands
Viet Cong
Pleiku
Kontum
Dalat
Vermont
Indochina
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
United States
Highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Ohio farmers cut corn planting plans in 1975 survey
An Agriculture Department survey shows Ohio farmers plan to plant 3.7 million acres of corn in 1975, down 6 percent from prior estimates, while soybean planting is set at 3.25 million acres, up 1 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Bus Collision Sends Eighteen Students to Hospital
A Creola school bus carrying 18 students collided head on with a semi near Swan Elementary School. The students were treated and released from Hocking Valley Community Hospital in Logan. The bus driver Florence Caudill of Hamden remained in fair condition.
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Creola
Ohio
UPI
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Logan
Florence Caudill
Hamden
Swan
Onassis Buried On Private Island After Long Illness
Aristotle Onassis died at 73 from a lung infection after gall bladder surgery. His remains were flown home to his private Ionian Sea island with widow Jacqueline Kennedy, daughter Christina, Sen. Edward Kennedy, his sisters, and close associates. He will be buried beside son Alexander, who died in a 1968 plane crash.
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Paris
UPI
Aristotle Onassis
Ionian Sea
Jacqueline
Christina
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Onassis
Olympic Airways
Alexander
Weather Outlook and Births and Deaths Brief
Rain likely tonight and Wednesday with 70 percent and 60 percent chances. Lows in the 30s and highs in the 40s to 50s. Also noting births for three couples in Norwalk Shiloh and Willard areas and the death of Elizabeth A Campbell 71 of North Fairfield.
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Elizabeth A. Campbell
North Fairfield
Opinion poll on Irish people asks if they are better
Readers answer whether the Irish are superior with 64.5 percent voting No and 35.5 percent voting Yes. Qualifiers cite St Patrick, leprechauns, and current issues while urging calls to vote before midnight.
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St. Patrick
Germany
Cambodia
Aged Citizens Press UPI Letters on Social Security
In hearings on a proposed 5 percent cap, senior citizens from Sarasota Wilmington Queens Village and Eric share money woes including rent hikes high phone and electric bills and rising food costs. Sen Church notes an 8.7 percent benefit rise would still lag inflation. Ford argues for a five percent ceiling citing inflation and a government compact with the people.
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Craig A. Palmer
Washington
UPI
Sarasota, Fla
Ford
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Wilmington
Del
Queens Village
N.Y
Eric
Church
Senate
United States
Courthouse Bagpipes Herald St Patrick Day Farewell
Courthouse custodian Bob Wallace played bagpipes on St Patrick's Day at the Huron County Courthouse with Evangeline Miller observing. Wallace, a Belfast native, started piping at nine and inspired applause as he finished, joking about moving to Shamrock Tavern for a beer.
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Huron County
Bob Wallace
Janet Conway
St. Patrick’s Day
Wallace
Belfast
Evangeline Miller
Park Ave
Shamrock Tavern
Ehrlichman’s Wife Takes Seattle Symphony Education Post
Mrs John Ehrlichman has taken a government funded 10 000 a year job as education program coordinator with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. The position is federally financed under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and requires further qualification checks before becoming permanent. March 1 marked her start date.
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Seattle, Wash
UPI
John Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
White House
Watergate
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
John Driscoll
Driscoll
The
Symphony
John
Debates and Concerts Highlight Norwalk Tonight
A series on historical American documents opens at 7 30 at the Columbia Gas offices on Main Street. Norwalk High School hosts the 19th IMPA concert at 8 in the high school auditorium to raise funds for the annual music awards banquet with a 50 cent admission. City Council also meets at 7 30.
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Columbia Gas Company
Main Street
Norwalk High School Symphony
Black comic harassed after moving to affluent Ridgefield home
Godfrey Cambridge, the first Black resident in a nearly all white Ridgefield, Connecticut, reports harassment and safety threats to himself, his wife, and daughter since moving into a 14 room ranch style house. He cites structural defects, termite damage, impure well water, and disputed town records. The Connecticut Real Estate Commission may refer complaints to state agencies.
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Ridgefield, Conn
UPI
Godfrey Cambridge
Connecticut
Cambridge
Hartford Courant
New York City
Upper West Side
All the Stars
Harry Belafonte
Paula
Connecticut Real Estate Commission
State’s Attorney’s Office
State’ Bar Association
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Thieu
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