New York Telephone Co. Gets Major Rate Increase
The New York Public Service Commission approved a 14 percent average bill increase for New York Telephone customers, yielding about 289 million dollars in extra annual revenue. Overall rates rise 15.4 percent, with most charges up about 14 percent and installation and operator calls up more. The coin phone rate was not raised to 20 cents.
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Custom State Public Service Commission ‘Hands
N. Y
Albany, N.Y
State Public Service Commission
New York Telephone Co
PSC
New York Telephone
Commission
Western Electric
Skylab 3 Astronauts Move Into Laboratory Home
Skylab 3 crew begins nearly three months of research aboard the 84 ton space station. Commander Carr reports all well as pilots Pogue and Gibson switch on systems and tidy the station after moving from the command ship.
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Nauts
Houston
Skylab
Gerald P. Carr
Earth
Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Kennedy son undergoes leg amputation amid cancer fears
Edward M Kennedy Jr., 12, son of Senator Kennedy, had his right leg removed above the knee to halt bone cancer. Doctors say the operation was successful and he tolerated it well. Separately Kathleen Kennedy Kennedy wed an aide as Ethel Kennedy visited Arlington and JFK graves.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy Jr
Massachusetts
Georgetown University Hospital
Young Kennedy
Kennedy
Kathleen Kennedy
Robert F.kenndy
Sen. Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy
Robert
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Editors Not Reporters to Quiz Nixon on TV Broadcast
President Nixon will be questioned by about 400 editors from the United States and Canada at the Associated Press Managing Editors convention in Orlando Disney World. The event tops a southern tour with three public appearances in four days, and Watergate topics are expected to dominate questions during the 7 p.m. EST broadcast.
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Nixon
Key Biscayne, Fla
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Ronald L. Ziegler
Dian
Disney World
Orlando
Fla
Ziegler
White House
Washington
Newsprint shortage tightens content in many papers
AP reports 62 percent of 470 newspapers cut news content due to a shortage of newsprint. Syndicated features led cuts, followed by international and national news, photographs, comics and sports, while local news and advertising were least affected. Most editors saw few reader complaints.
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Orlando
Fla
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Apmes
Corporate Profits Dipped In 1973 Third Quarter
Washington government economists say a $100 million drop in corporate profits before taxes occurred in the July through September quarter as measures to curb the economy took effect. After tax profits fell to an annual rate of $71.5 billion while pre tax profits rose to $129.4 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
AWOL Paratrooper Surrenders After Four Hour Standoff
Florida New York state police turned over 17 year old Army AWOL paratrooper Christopher Perce to Army authorities after a four hour standoff in a house. Trooper Patch Ward said no weapon was seen. Perce was stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina.
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Florida
N.Y
Army
Christopher Perce
Authoriies
Rose
Patch Ward
Fort Bragg
N.C
League of Women Voters Analyzes Oswego County Budget
The League of Women Voters of Oswego County reviews the proposed 1974 Oswego County budget and submits questions for a public hearing at 7 p.m. The study aims to publish a booklet and involves cooperation from legislators and county officials. Mrs. Richard S. Haven and Mrs. John D. Shoffner lead the local efforts.
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League of Women Voters of
Oswego Calley
League
Oswego County
Oswego Valley League of Women Voters
Richard S. Haven
Fulton
John D. Shoffner
Search for two Coast Guard men ends near Olcott Beach
Coast Guard divers target Lake Ontario shoreline near Olcott as they hunt for two missing crewmen. John Ferrington of Avon New York and James Davis of Hominy Oklahoma were last seen leaving Rochester in a cabin cruiser bound for Olcott Beach on November 13. Items found include a life preserver and a seat cushion near Thirty Mile Point suggesting possible wreckage. The search focuses on the stretch between Rochester and Buffalo where the vessel departed in the morning hours.
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Olcott
N.Y
Coast
Buffalo
Rochester
Young Man Killed as Car Skids Into Guardrail
Robert A. Twinan aged 19 of Ves tal was killed when his car skidded and struck a guardrail on N.Y. 434 in Binghamton, early today. Ronald Rose, 20, also of Ves tal, the passenger, was seriously injured. police reported.
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Binghamton, N
Robert A. Twinan
Vestal
Ronald Rose
N.Y
Bride to marry dies in Wales crash near Buffalo
Debbie Hess 21 and her mother Helen Hess 49 of South Wales were killed when their car collided with a truck in Town of Wales near Buffalo. Nine people were in the car. eight others injured two critically. Debbie Hess was to wed Dale Wettlaufer of Orchard Park at Wales Center Baptist Church.
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Buffalo (Ap
Wales
Debbie Hess
Helen Hess
South Wales
Miss Hess
Wales Center Baptist
Dale Wettlaufer
Orchard Park
Weather summary for period with variable clouds and light snow
Partly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries this afternoon. Highs 35 to 40. Partly cloudy tonight with lows around 25. Sunday sunny periods then increasing cloudiness with highs in the mid 40s. Northwest to west winds 10 to 20 mph, gusts fading tonight. Probability of precipitation 40 percent this afternoon, 20 percent tonight and Sunday.
Greece under martial law after deadly student clashes
President George Papadopoulos imposed martial law in Greece amid violent confrontations between students and police. Four people were killed and hundreds injured as curfews and travel bans disrupted Athens, with airline service halted and military tribunals to resume.
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Greece
Athens
George Papadopoulos
Papado
Poulos
Papadopoulos
Cen
Athens Polytechnic Institute
Polytechnic Institute
Oswego Adds Leaf Vacuum to City Works Fleet
Oswego city works deployed a new 5700 leaf vacuum that replaces a loader truck and three workers. The unit uses a large hose to collect leaves into a shredded tank and back onto a DPW truck, operated by three staff including a driver and laborer.
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Oswego City
Plane crash kills four near West Stockbridge
Four people died when a twin engine light plane crashed on a wooded hill about a mile southwest of West Stockbridge late Friday. Victims include George Raitt 44 of Madison New Jersey his mother Virginia 57 and his two daughters Deborah 13 and Mary Lou 10 of Richmond Massachusetts.
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West Stockbridge, Mass
West Stockbridge
George Raitt
Madison, N.J
Virginia Raitt
Madison
Deborah
Mary Lou
Richmond
Mass
Man sues wife over Pennsylvania lottery prize
Coalminer Phillip Sutton sues his wife for 1 million dollars claiming she absconded with the first year's 50 000 payment from a 20 year lottery prize. He filed the suit in Fayette County Common Pleas Court alleging she bought the ticket on his way home from work and wrongfully declared ownership while living in Miami Florida.
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Uniontown
Phillip Sutton
Sutton
Fayette County
Miami
Fla
Six Die in Fin ger Lakes House Fire at Watkins Glen
Six people perished when a two story frame house in Watkins Glen Fin ger Lakes village burned before dawn. Firemen said about 13 were in the building at the start and seven may have escaped. None of the dead identified. most victims believed to be young.
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Watkins Glen
N.Y
Finger Lakes
Miss Teenage America Pageant Opens In Fort Worth
Forty four contestants from across the United States arrive for the Miss Teenage America pageant week in Fort Worth Texas. They register today and attend a banquet. Competition runs Sunday through Tuesday with poise appearance and talent judging. Melissa Galbraith of Clarion Pennsylvania will crown successor next Saturday as CBS broadcasts the final at 10 PM EST from the Tarrant County Convention Center.
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Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Melissa Galbraith
Clarion
CBS Television
Tarrant County Convention Center
Influenza outbreaks reported in England and Australia
The National Center for Disease Control notes widespread influenza outbreaks in England and Australia. The same virus, closely resembling the England 42-72 strain, is believed responsible for the Australian cases and the English outbreak.
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Atlanta
Ga. A
National Center For Disease Control
England
Australia
Guard Jurors Judge Against IRA Reaction
London AP report says jurors who convicted eight IRA guerrillas of London bombings are in hiding under armed protection along with Judge Sebag Shaw and notable detectives. IRA vowed revenge after sentencing. March 8 bombings killed one and wounded 216. UVF suspends activities until Jan 1, may resume if government talks fail.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Sebag Shaw
Scotland Yard
IRA
Northern Ireland
Ulster Volunteer Force
Soviet Chief Expects Nixon Visit in 1974
Armand Hammer reports Brezhnev expects President Nixon to visit Moscow in 1974. He notes discussion of a Nixon trip to Moscow in 1974 and a Brezhnev return visit to the United States in 1975. Hammer cites the Middle East cease-fire as proof detente bears fruit and quotes Brezhnev on dialogue over conflict.
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Moscow
Armand Hammer
U.S
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nixon
Brezhnev
United States
Hammer
Middle East
Egypt warns Israel may be violating cease-fire by cementing bridges
The Egyptian government says Israel could be in serious violation of the cease-fire by pouring cement to reinforce bridges across the Suez Canal. Anis said Cairo is studying reports of cement usage in the Dever soir area and warned it would alter canal engineering and endanger the waterway. Egypt notes the canal has been closed since 1967.
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Israel
Suez Canal
Osman
Ahmad
Feypt
Deversoir
Anis
Nixon
U.N
Egypt
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Golda Meir
Middle East
Cold Air and Snow Hit Northeast and Midwest
A blast of cold air and scattered snow moved through the Northeast and northern Midwest with freezing temps extending into the South. California mountains faced travel advisories as heavy rain loomed. Snow covered parts of Michigan Ohio and stretched into New York and Pennsylvania with dawn temps ranging from 13 degrees in Limestone Maine to 74 in Key West Florida. In Albion New York, 50 year old Joseph N Mascarella died when his car hit a utility pole near Orleans County.
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Midwest
California
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Limestone
Maine
Key West
Fla
Albion, N. Y. Wm
Joseph N. Mascarella
Albion
Orleans County
Galloping Glacier May Trigger Next Summer Floods
British Columbia’s Tweedsmuir Glacier is described as galloping and could block the Alsek River, forcing flooding in Canada and Alaska next summer. If it advances into Turnback Canyon, the glacier may close the river during winter, according to geologists and hydrologists.
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Tacoma
Wash
British
Tweedsmuir
British Columbia-Yukon Territory
Juneau
Alaska
St. Elias Mountains
Alsek River
Turnback Canyon
Geological Survey
Transient Arrested In Fatal Los Angeles Apartment Fire
An 18 or 19 year old transient was arrested after being questioned in the fire that killed 24 in a West Los Angeles three story apartment building. Michael Altenburg was booked for murder investigation after being sighted near the scene. The blaze started in a lobby sofa and spread rapidly trapping residents.
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Los Angeles
Michael Altenburg
Altenburg
Tucson
Ariz
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Oswego
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Harry Cook
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