Three Die in Oswego Fire at Bunker Hill Road Home
A ranch house on Bunker Hill Road in Oswego Town burned late Friday killing Harry Cassell Sr and his infant son plus Cheryl Lynn Verdon. Three children escaped in nightclothes to sub zero air. firemen recovered remains and took the bodies to Frank Connell Funeral Home.
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Bunker Hill
Oswego
Harry Cassell Sr
Harry Cassell Jr
Cheryl Lynn Verdon
Frank Connell Feneral
Fire erupts on New York piers near Wall Street heliport
A two block wide blaze on the Manhattan waterfront near the Wall Street heliport prompted heavy smoke evacuations of workers at a nearby Wall Street building. Fire officials said traffic was halted on the East River Drive from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Battery.
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New York
Wall Street
Lower Manhattan
East River
Brooklyn Bridge
The
Battery
Plane Missing After Acceptance Flight From Fort Worth Plant
FBISIA fighter bomber, part of a controversial Air Force series, is missing and presumed down after taking off from a General Dynamics plant in Fort Worth. Sixteen previous crashes have occurred in the line. Two Air Force officers conducted a routine acceptance flight and did not return.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Air Force
General Dynamics
Brazil to Exile 70 Prisoners for Swiss Ambassador
Brazil authorities rounded up 70 prisoners and planned to fly them to exile in exchange for kidnapped Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Bucher. Leftist abductors in Rio de Janeiro last December 7 had promised to release the diplomat after the prisoners reach their destinations.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Giovanni Bucher
Bucher
Rio
Four Die in Baltimore Gas Explosion
Four people were killed when a gas leak caused an explosion that leveled three row houses and sparked a four alarm fire. Two others were treated at a hospital after the blast that hurled rubble across the street on Friday.
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Baltimore
Viet Cong Accuse Laird of Plotting War Extension
The Viet Cong charged in Saigon that Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird came to film a plan to prolong the war. They cited his 1970 Saigon visit preceding Cambodia incursion and claimed U S troop withdrawals were a cover for the plot. They said Saigon supporters render his movements secret.
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Viet Cong
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Vietnam
Cambodia
Liberation
U.S
Cladestinely
Buffalo Plants Closing After Closures Hit 942 Workers This Week
Two more Buffalo area plants, Quaker Oats Co and Abex Corp, announce permanent closings. The layoffs bring total Buffalo-area job losses disclosed this week to 942 as cutbacks mount.
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Buffalo
Quakers Oats Co
Abex Corp
Buffalo - Area
Pope Paul VI vows protection for diplomats
Pope Paul VI pledged his moral authority to aid diplomat protection and condemned kidnappers who threaten diplomats. He spoke to the Vatican diplomatic corps after learning the British ambassador to Uruguay was kidnapped by Tupamaros guerrillas in Montevideo.
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Paul VI
Europe
Americas
Paul I
Vatican
Uruguay
Montevideo
Negotiations Pause in Mohawk Airlines Pilot Strike
Mohawk Airlines negotiations are recessed until Tuesday and will move to New Orleans for a National Mediation Board seminar next week. The change of site aims to let NMB agents continue conducting talks.
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Washington
Mohawk Airlines
New Orleans
U S to Build New Class of Attack Subs
The Navy awards contracts totaling over 750 million dollars to begin construction of the 688 class nuclear powered attack submarines. Each sub costs about 160 million with reactors and equipment adding around 100 million. Plans call for 17 to 25 subs to be built to counter Soviet submarine strength.
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Washington
Navy
Soviet Union
All Passengers, Crew Safe: Cruise Ship Grounded Near Mustique
Hundreds of passengers and crew escaped in lifeboats from the grounded Antilles off Mustique Island in the Caribbean. The ship burned after hitting a submerged reef. 635 aboard were reported, with most rescued by lifeboats, a French liner, and U.S. Coast Guard planes. The liner valued at 14.4 million dollars was a total loss.
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Mustique
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Paris
Raymond Kerverde
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San Juan
P.R
Venezuela
Curacao
France
Joy Sprott
St. Vincent
Uruguay police arrest two in connection with kidnapping case
Police in Montevideo report the arrest of an economics student and a tire company worker linked to the theft of a car used in the kidnapping of Ambassador Geoffrey M. S. Jackson of Britain. President Areco met officials to address the crisis as several stolen cars are tied to the operation.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Geoffrey M.S. Jackson
Britain
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Santa Teresa
Here
U S Planes Hit Missile Base in North Vietnam
Saigon reports U S fighter bombers attacked an antiaircraft missile site 56 miles northwest of the Demilitarized Zone in the Mu Gia Pass area after North Vietnamese radar tracked B52s. No missiles were fired. one F105 used Shrike missiles but results were unclear. Defense Secretary Laird authorized protective reaction against radar tracking.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Mu Gia Pass
Laos
Laird
Mu Gia
Eisenhower granddaughter weds British barrister in Gettysburg
Susan Elaine Eisenhower, 19, daughter of John S. D. Eisenhower, married British lawyer Alexander Hugh Bradshaw, 29, in St. Francis Xavier church Gettysburg. Ceremony attended by David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon Eisenhower. reception at the Eisenhower farm. The couple plan to move to London.
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Belgium
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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Bogota
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No Ceremony as Last U. S. Flag Liner Sails
The Santa Rosa, the last American flag passenger liner on the East Coast, sails Friday for a Caribbean cruise amid mournful whistles. With 263 passengers and 270 crew aboard, the vessel will lay up in Baltimore on return January 21 as four American liners remain on the West Coast. Captain Frank Siwik foresees freighter sailing and laments government subsidies as possible aid to flag ships. Maritime historian Frank Braynard criticizes the quiet retirement of the Santa Rosa after prior farewell ceremonies for other ships.
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Frank Siwik
Frank Braynard
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Newport News
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Massena Records Nation's Coldest Overnight Reading
The Massena area in northern New York logged the nation’s coldest overnight temperature at 25 below. Upstate New York was largely below freezing, with Albany and Syracuse nearby, while Buf was 8 and New York City escaped the deep freeze. A high pressure system drove the chill, followed by a warming trend in 24 to 36 hours and daytime highs expected from 10 to 25 across regions.
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Lindsay rebuffs White House bid rumors
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay dismissed reports that his aides are exploring a 1972 presidential run. He said under no circumstances would he enter the race, joking that staffers may be trying to get him out of town while noting they study primary election laws.
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White House
New York
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Angela Davis appeals isolation in Marin jail
Black activist Angela Davis, jailed in Marin County on murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges from a 1967 shootout that killed four, remains in isolation but is described as in high spirits by a visitor. Rev Jesse Jackson met Davis and urged her to stay strong.
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Calif
Angela Davis
Marin County
Jesse Jackson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Chicago
Miss Davis
Jackson
Brother of Pope Paul VI Dies in Brescia Heart Attack
Dr Francesco Montini aged 70 and younger brother of Pope Paul VI died Friday night in Brescia from a heart attack. The Catholic Church medical doctor was reported by AP as a prominent figure in the Montini family lineage.
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Brescia
Italy
Francesco Montini
Pope Paul VI
Israeli government submits peace proposals to UN envoy
The Israeli government handed its Middle East peace proposals to UN envoy Gunnar V. Jarring during a working lunch in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Golda Meir and Foreign Minister Abba Eban. Jarring pledged to present them to Arab governments while Israeli opposition pressed against returning to UN talks. President Sadat accused Israel and the United States of undermining the envoy’s mission as Jarring began his visit.
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Middle East
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Abba Eban
Jerusalem
Jarring
Eban
Israel
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Meir
New York
Sadat
Cairo
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U S to Withdraw 20000 More Combat Troops in Vietnam
The United States will pull 20 000 combat troops from the Saigon region over four months and deactivate a major tactical HQ in a bid to speed up disengagement. By May only one American brigade remains for security duties as other units depart.
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United States
South Vietnam
Associated Press
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Miner-Turned-Preacher Follows Dual Call After Mine Disaster
In Hyden Kentucky Robert Combs 37 split his week between underground mining at Finley Coal Co and preaching at two Baptist churches. He quit school in eighth grade to become a preacher but continues mining six days a week. After the explosion that killed 38, he searched the mine for survivors and later attended funerals. He supports a wife six children on 195 weekly dollars and laments that he might have become an ordained minister if not for mining.
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Hyden
Robert Combs
Finley Coal& Co
Combs
Finley
Pittsburgh Strikes Tested City Life and News Coverage
Pittsburgh residents cope with three major strikes affecting daily papers schools and garbage services. Expanded TV news fills gaps as 600000 residents adapt with private hauling and weather.
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Ann Landers
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