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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1975
Page
1
President Ford plans a nationwide series of speeches to pitch his economic recovery program despite Democratic opposition. Critics cite punitive taxes and gas deregulation as flawed, while energy lawmakers such as Rep. Morris Udall dismiss the plan as unpassable in the House.
About five thousand demonstrators stormed the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia Cyprus hurling stones and setting cars ablaze and offices ransacked though no immediate casualties were reported. State Department said most personnel were evacuated by armored UN vehicles as Greek Cypriots harbor anti American sentiment.
Cypriots and Greek Cypriots attack the U S and British embassies in Nicosia and Athens over the Turkish invasion. Marines fire tear gas as protests spread. casualties are unclear. A Greek Cypriot student dies near Limasol amid clashes with British troops.
Strabane Northern Ireland population around 10 000 sits along the Mourne river near Lifford in County Tyrone and end of a 25 day IRA cease-fire sparks mixed reactions. Protestant and Catholic leaders lament loss of peace while noting fragile community ties amid ongoing violence across the border.
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China announced Chou En-lai would continue as premier and Yeh Chien-Ying named defense minister at the Fourth National People’s Congress held January 13 to 17 in the Great Hall of the People, Peking. Chou had suffered a heart attack last April amid health speculation.
In Millerton New York thirty two people escaped serious harm as a fire destroyed the My Brother's Place alcohol rehabilitation center. Several residents jumped from second floor windows and one person was treated for a possible leg fracture after being taken to Sharon Connecticut for care.
In Saigon two South Vietnamese helicopters and a bomber were hit by Communist gunners, with 13 people reported as seriously injured. In Cambodia insurgents shelled Neak Luong, wounding at least 30 soldiers and civilians. Rockets hit Phnom Penh airport, wounding six and killing one.
In Baltimore early today a three story brick row house on Wallbrook Ave burned in a three alarm blaze. Eight bodies were recovered as firefighters sift through the ruins with about 80 city firemen on scene.
Secretary Kissinger works this weekend on plans for a fresh Middle East visit likely in weeks ahead. After talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, Kissinger may travel to Egypt and other Arab states to press interim settlements and bridge gaps between Cairo and Jerusalem.
More than 2,500 job cuts announced in western and central New York with Xerox eliminating 800 positions domestically and GM furloughing 1,079 workers at three Buffalo area plants. The moves follow ongoing auto sector downsizing while diplomacy news details Kissinger’s talks with Egypt and prospects for Sinai disengagement and Arab–U.S. relations.
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved 20 percent summer and 25 percent other time discounts for travelers on long trips and backed expanding direct European flights by Pan Am TWA and National Airlines. Judge Newmann urged limited new routes and expanded service from Houston Dallas Atlanta to Europe for Pan Am TWA and New Orleans Tampa for National. Direct flights remain nonstops or multisite and target nine U S points for Europe.
The CDC reports a Southeast centered influenza epidemic spreading north with Type A Port Chalmers strain. It notes 536 deaths in the second week of January from pneumonia and influenza across 121 cities serving about 70 million people.
The 1975 Partner With Youth Drive begins Monday to raise four thousand dollars for Oswego YMCA members who cannot afford dues. Leaders Larry Pidgeon David Meade William Gallagher and Neil Jochen supervise the effort as the drive runs for ten days with no child turned away due to lack of funds.
Mayor Walter Lazarek praised the Department of Works for clearing streets after the first major snowstorm of the year. He noted two to two-and-a-half feet of snowfall, plows redeployed, and crews working overnight with roads open by morning, despite follow-up six inch snowfall and fatigue.
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