Oswego County Lands SBA Loans For Two Firms
The Small Business Administration approved two loans totaling 838000 to Operation Oswego County Inc for property acquisitions and expansions. Sectional Structures Inc will move into the Fitzgibbons Boiler Plant with 110 new workers, aiming for 400, while IBM is install ing a large office complex as its local project.
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Everett W. Dona
Oswego County
Small Business Administration
Washington
Robert C. McEwen
Operation
Oswego County, Inc
Operation Oswego County, Inc
Fitzgibbons
General Services Administration
Ordinance Department
U. S. Army
Fitzgibbons Boiler Co., Inc
Sectional Structures, Inc
John J. Ginley
Oswego
W. Schuyler St
John St
Pittsburgh
Ginley
Here
Syracuse
Old Spring
The
Norry Co
Rochester
Arthur Clawson
Traffic Deaths Set a Postwar Holiday Record
Traffic accidents killed a record 161 people in a 30 hour New Year period ending at midnight Wednesday. The toll surpasses the 160 deaths recorded in 1957, the previous high for a 30 hour holiday driving period.
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Associated Press
Israeli Warplanes Strike Arab Positions in Jordan
Israeli warplanes attacked Arab positions along the Jordan River near Beit Yosef to silence gunfire on an army patrol. A saboteur group crossed from Jordan into Israel near Massa da and was driven back. Jordan reported Israeli helicopters struck south in the desert, killing one soldier and wounding two civilians.
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Jordan
Jordan River
Beit Yosef
Israel
Massada
Galilee
Amman
Gharandal
Aqaba
Two-Thirds Nation Gripped by Severe Cold Wave
A brutal cold wave swept across the United States driving temperatures toward zero in the North and Northeast. Wind, heavy snow, and frost hit Georgia, Alabama, and northern Florida while the forecast warned of subzero readings across about 30 states from the Rockies to New England. Lakes Erie and Ontario produced squalls with deep snowfall in upstate New York, Pennsylvania, and New England, including Boonville New York with 14 inches on New Year’s Day for a 40 inch total.
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Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Weather Bureau
Rockies
New England
North Carolina
Lakes Erie
Ontario
New York
Pennsylvania
Boonville
Erie
Finger Lakes
Lake Ontario
Rochester
Buffalo
Arctic Weather Closes Thruway and Roads in New York
Arctic like conditions closed the Thruway and many roads across New York with warnings in place. Temps varied from four below in Watertown to 18 above in Syracuse as travel dangers persisted. Nine deaths occurred in statewide accidents between New Year’s Eve and Wednesday midnight.
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N. Y. State
Watertown
Syracuse
U.S. Weather Bureau
Thruway
Hudson Valley
Greek gunman hijacks plane to Cairo from Crete
A lone Greek gunman hijacked a Crete to Athens flight and forced it to land in Cairo. The Boeing 707 carried 102 people. Ioannis Georgakis flew to Cairo to repatriate passengers. The Onassis-owned airline halted New Year’s escape to retrieve travelers.
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Cairo
Athens
Crete
Ioannis Georgakis
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
Island of
Skorpios
Gunman Kills Wife and Three Others Then Dies
Ralph MacLachlan shot and killed his estranged wife and three others in Westernville New York on Wednesday night. He fled in a jeep, opened fire on state troopers, then killed himself as officers closed in. The victims included Mrs. MacLachlan 33 and Mrs. Ringrose 35 plus her 12 year old daughter Barbara and Mrs. Pepper 10 year old son James Jr. Two Pepper children survived hidden in a closet. The shooter left in a blue jeep and died after exchanges with troopers in Remsen. No motive yet established.
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Westernville
N.Y
Ralph MacLachlan
MacLachlan
New York
Jane Turke Ringrose
James Pepper
Pepper
Dominick DePaola Jr
Thomas House
Buck
Remsen
DePaola
Oneida
Oneida County
James Campbell
Turkes
Peppers
MacLachlans
New York State
Navy Continues Questioning Of Pueblo Crewmen
Navy intelligence officers question Pueblo sailors after their return from 11 months in North Korea. Nineteen crew members spent New Year’s Day in Pasadena watching the Rose Bowl. Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher remains in hospital recovering.
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San Dicgo
Calif
Navy
Pueblo
Pasadena
U.S. Naval Hospital
Lloyd M. Bucher
Rose
Probe finds funds misused in Detroit youth programs
Federal GAO report cites discrepancies in Neighborhood Youth Corps efforts in Detroit. Investigators found high school graduates and some college students received federal pay while vulnerable families failed income tests. Weak supervision allowed direct use of funds to cover local costs and sponsors underpaid their share.
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Washington
Detroit
Congress
General Accounting Office
Nyc
Associated Press
GAO
Chicago
Mayor's Committee For Human Resources Development
City Board of Education
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Gasoline Prices Rise Amid French Austerity Tax Push
Paris reports gasoline at 85.65 cents per gallon as France raises taxes on many consumer goods to curb inflation. Government says the austerity measures drain buying power to slow price gains.
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Paris
France
Heart transplant patient Blaiberg plans U S visit
New York AP reports Dr. Philip Blaiberg marks the first anniversary after his heart transplant and says via transatlantic telephone he will visit the United States in March or April.
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New York
Dr. Phil
Plant
Transatlantic Telephone
United States
Seek Missing Plane Over Mexico With 26 Aboard
A search is under way for a chartered Mexican DC3 missing since Tuesday after radio contact was lost shortly after departing Reynosa near the U S border opposite McAllen Texas. The plane carried 22 passengers and four crew members.
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Tampico
Mexico
Reynosa
U.S
McAllen
Tex
Fire Claims Seven In Montreal Tenement Inferno
A three story wooden tenement in south central Montreal burned early today killing a 36 year old woman Therese Beaudoin her five of eight children Jacques 7 Gilles 3 and three daughters Sylvie 6 Ginette 4 and Renee 5 plus a visiting niece whose identity was withheld as police notify next of kin in Sherbrooke 90 miles east of the city.
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Montreal
Therese Beaudoin
Jacques
Gilles
Sylvie
Ginette
Renee
Sherbrooke
Here
Quake Shakes Arkansas Hit State Widespread Nervousness
An Arkansas quake rattled buildings and furniture across the state on Wednesday but caused no injuries or major damage.
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Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark
Ambassador Vance holds first VN meeting in Paris talks
In Paris the U S ambassador Cyrus Vance met today with a North Vietnamese envoy in a new effort to restart stalled peace talks. It was the first American North Vietnamese encounter in two weeks.
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Paris
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Two Winter Attempts Foiled By Weather At Grand Teton Peak
Jackson Wyoming AP reports extreme winter conditions with hurricane force winds subzero cold and blowing snow delaying two efforts to conquer Grand Teton Peak for the first time in 32 years.
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Grand Teton Peak
GOP Outspends Democrats in TV Ads During 1968 Campaign
FCC reports Republicans spent about 5 million on television during the 1968 presidential race, including 4.2 million in the campaign and 1 million in primaries. Democrats totaled roughly 3 million, with 2.5 million in the main campaign and 516 thousand in primaries.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Castro Declares Nixon Cannot Intimidate Cuba
Fidel Castro told a massive Havana crowd on the 10th anniversary of his rise to power that Nixon cannot intimidate Cuba. The prime minister spoke by broad cast from the Plaza of the Revolution, with coverage monitored in Miami.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Havana
Nixon
Murdered 17YearOld Swiss-Derived Heiress Found in Ravine
Marina Habe 17 daughter of Hans Habe and Eloise Hardt was found slain at a wooded ravine near Los Angeles after a date with John Hornburg 22. Police say autopsy to determine cause of death. an alarm was issued for a car and a man seen near the home.
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Hollywood
Marina Elizabeth Habe
Hans Habe
Zurich
Switzerland
Eloise Hardt
Norman Hamilton
Harold White
Mari
Mulholland Drive
Marina
John Hornburg
Brentwood
Los Angeles
White
Hornburg
Santa Monica Boulevard
Man Killed Five Missing After Windy Apartment Fire
A wind whipped general alarm blaze tore through an apartment building in Peekskill New York in near zero temperatures. One man died and five residents were unaccounted for as firefighters battled the blaze through the cold night.
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Peekskill
N.Y
Transplant Anniversary as Blaiberg Plans Dinner
Dr Philip Blaiberg the longest surviving heart transplant patient celebrates his first anniversary since the operation at Groote Schuur Hospital on January 2. He plans a dinner with invited guests including Dr Christiaan Barnard.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Grotte Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Bluberg
Blaiberg
Tew
Charles Boulogne
Boulogne
Nixon Faces Thorough Physical Exam in Los Angeles
President elect Nixon undergoes a routine physical with Dr. John Lungren in Long Beach, a checkup about once a year. Lungren accompanied Nixon during the campaign and said health is excellent. Nixon plans a luncheon for Lt. Gov. Robert Finch and a welcome home rally in Anaheim this evening at the Convention Center arena. He attended the Rose Bowl game Wednesday as a football fan.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
John Lungren
Long Beach
Lungren
Ronald L. Ziegler
Robert H. Finch
California
Onight
Anaheim
Orange County
Anaheim Convention Center
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