Fire Wrecks Fay's Oswego Plaza Drug Store
Fay's Drug Store in Oswego Plaza suffered heavy fire and smoke damage with several hundred thousand dollars in losses. Nine other plaza stores endured smoke or water damage as firefighters confined the blaze to the storage area and opened the roof to vent heat. No injuries were reported and evacuation proceeded quickly.
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Everett W. Dona
Donald J. McCann
Fay
Oswego Plaza
Michael James
Lloyd Payne
John Murray
Fay’s
Fay's
Viet Troops Abandon Town North of Saigon
South Vietnamese forces abandoned Bo Duc, a district town 80 miles north of Saigon, as US B52s reportedly destroyed a tank battalion on the northern front. Evacuations of Rangers and families occurred under heavy shelling, with conflicting reports on enemy movements near Loc Ninh and along Highway 3. Rockets hit Kontum, killing 23 and wounding more than 20.
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Saigon
Bo Duc
Highway 3
Tered
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Kontum
Yale Denies Tenure to Love Story Author Frich Segal
New Haven Conn AP Frich Segal a classics professor and author of Love Story has been denied tenure at Yale University Yale officials said he was offered continued employment as a senior lecturer Segal was unavailable for comment.
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New Haven
Pat Nixon Plants Arbor Day Tree at White House
Pat Nixon marked Arbor Day’s 100th anniversary by planting a 12 foot tall ornamental leaf beech on the White House lawn. The ceremony followed a row of four fern leaf beeches including a tree planted by Mrs Lyndon B. Johnson in 1960.
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Washington
Pat Nixon
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Fredric Lattner
Des Moines
Iowa
Arbor Day
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Morton
Board of Agriculture
Grover Cleveland
Nations Meet to Forge Ocean Dumping Convention
Officials from 30 countries began a week long meeting in Reykjavik under UN auspices to hammer out a plan to halt sea pollution and draft a convention on ocean dumping.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
U.N
Luxurious France liner voyage ends after 91 days
The luxury liner France returns to New York after 91 days at sea with 30 000 miles and 27 ports of call. One passenger notes it ended too soon while noting that three travelers, average age over 65, died during the trip.
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France
NEW York
Mediterranean
Alex Nihon
Moncatehamas
Court halts New York parochial school subsidies
A federal three judge panel in New York temporarily stops the state from paying the $14 million second half of a $28 million annual appropriation for mandated services to private and religious schools. The ruling comes as the panel reserves decision on a challenge by the Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty that the 1970 parochial aid law violates the First Amendment ban on establishment of religion.
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New York
Committee For Public Education and Religious Liberty
Antiw ar group warns of U S military buildup in Indochina
The Ad Hoc Military Buildup Committee reports eight to 30 warships hundreds of planes and thousands of troops are en route to bolster air and naval actions against North Vietnam. Independent sources confirm many movements reported by the Cambridge Mass coalition.
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Associated Press
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
Cambridge
Mass
Brooklyn Today preview issue hits stands in Brooklyn
A preview edition of Brooklyn Today goes on sale today as the new offset after noon tabloid plans regular issues starting September 1. Publisher James A. Smith, 24, says the paper will publish five days a week initially and add a Sunday edition later.
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New York
Brooklyn Today
Borough Newstands Today
James A. Smith
Solarz Pushes Competition With Western Union Telegraph Co
Assemblyman Steven J. Solarz of Brooklyn urged the federal government to foster private competition with Western Union's telegraph system or take over the nation's telegraph service. He spoke during a State Public Service Commission hearing on Western Union's existing and proposed services.
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New York
Steven J. Solarz
Brooklyn
Western Union
U S Food to Bangladesh Amid Shortage Aid Plan
Washington officials say the United States will ship 100000 tons of wheat rice and vegetable oil to Bangladesh before May end. relief coordinator Maurice J Williams noted the aid aims to curb hoarding and ease a looming shortage expected next fall.
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Washington (Ap
White House
United States
Bangladesh
Maurice J. Williams
Nixon
South Asia
Beef price blame game shifts from cattlemen to grocers
Washington AP United States House Agriculture subcommittee hearing opens with critics arguing beef on the hoof is not high and blame shifts along the marketing chain from cattlemen to grocers to government statisticians. National Association of Food Chains President Clarence Adams accuses officials of faulty price measures while farmers push for broader factors.
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Washington
House Agriculture Subcommittee
National Association of Food Chains
Association
Clarence Adams
Adams
Annette Gilly Admits Murders in Plea Deal
Annette Gilly pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and one count of conspiracy in the Nebronski family killings. The deal avoids the death penalty as prosecutors agree not to seek execution. Gilly, 31, of Cleveland, had previously pleaded guilty to related charges in the United Mine Workers slayings. She was brought to Washington after being held in Philadelphia, where her husband Paul was later convicted and sentenced to death.
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Washington, Pa
Annette Gilly
Nebronski
Gilly
Cleveland
United Mine Workers
Joseph ‘Jock” Yablonski
Philadelphia
Paul
Gallacher Indicted in Tax Evasion Case Against NJ Congressman
Federal grand jury charges Rep. Cornelius E. Gallagher of Bayonne New Jersey with evading more than 100000 in income taxes. The seven count indictment includes conspiracy with former Jersey City officials and perjury charges.
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N. J
Gallacher
Washington
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D-N.j
Justice Department
Gallagher
Bayonne
N.J
Sonal
Cven
U.S. District Court
Newark
Jersey City
Thomas J. Whelan
Jersey City City
Thomas M. Flaherty
Flaherty
Whelan
Lewisburg
Driver Killed While Flagging For Help In Rochester Area
In Sodus New York a car veered off a county road early today crashed into three new cars in a parking lot and overturned in a field. Thomas S Bryan 53 walked to the highway after escaping the wreck and was fatally struck by another vehicle in rain as he attempted to flag down assistance. He owned Sodus Modulated Structures Inc.
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SODUS
N.Y
Thomas S. Bryan
New York
Bryan
Sodus Modulated Structures Inc
Winter Back More Snow In Parts of State
A National Weather Service forecaster retracted an overnight forecast of springlike weather as upstate New York received snow. Two inches fell in the central Adirondacks near Little Falls and Old Forge as temperatures hovered around freezing and travel conditions remained wet and slippery in spots.
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Albany
N.Y
National Weather Service
New York
Greater
Adirondacks
Little Falls
Old Forge
NWS
Iran Quake Toll Near 5000 as Aftermath Unfolds
AP reports the southern Iran earthquake death toll nears 5000 with 963 dead in Qeer and about 4000 in 44 villages. Shiraz Geophysics Institute notes over 1000 tremors since Monday. Officials warn final tally will take days as relief resembles a full scale war operation with helicopters delivering aid.
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Tehran
Iran
Pars
Qeer
Geophysics Institute
Shiraz University
Shiraz
Helicopday
The French Connection Dominates Oscars With Five Wins
The French Connection nabbed five Academy Awards including best picture at the 44th ceremony. Gene Hackman won best actor, William Friedkin best director, and Jane Fonda earned best actress. Supporting honors went to Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman for The Last Picture Show. The Garden of the Finzi Continis won foreign language film, Shaft won best song, Chaplin received an honorary Oscar, and Fiddler on the Roof claimed three technical prizes. The telecast drew an estimated 75 million U.S. viewers across 39 countries.
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Hollywood
New York
Gene Hackman
William Friedkin
Jane Fonda
Jin Monday
Movie Academy
Ben Johnson
Cloris Leachman
Johnson
Texas
Miss Leachman
Vittorio de Sica
Italy
Isaac Hayes
Music Center
Charlie Chaplin
Ernest Tidyman
Jerry Greenberg
Paddy Chayefsky
NBC
U.S
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