Derelicts Seek Shelter As Philadelphia Faces Severe Cold
In Philadelphia the sixth district police station provided shelter to derelicts forced off the streets by a brutal cold wave. Officer William Schultz described the scene as surrendering and noted beds for 11 in cells while at least five more waited on benches. The temperature dropped to two degrees at midnight, tying a record from 1875.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Sixth District
William Schultz
Schultz
Frenchman Hijacks Jet to Beirut
A 26 year old Frenchman Christian Belon hijacked a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 from Paris through Rome, demanding Damascus but was persuaded to Beirut for refueling. He fired a shot in a lavatory and at the instrument panel during landing. He was jailed in Baabda near Beirut after interrogation with the French consul present. He said he loved Lebanon in retaliation to Israeli attacks.
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Beirut
UPI
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Rome
Baltimore
New York
Damascus
Paris
Kenneth Marks
Los Angeles
Belon
Baabda
Lebanon
Conrad to attempt Antarctic flight in light plane
Max Conrad, 66, plans another attempt to fly from Christchurch to Antarctica in a light plane next week. He has renamed his twin-engine Piper Aztec from St. Louis Woman to White Penguin.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
UPI
Max Conrad
Antarctic
Conrad
St. Louis
Unemployment steady at 3.4 percent in December
The Labor Department reports the national jobless rate held at 3.4 percent in December, with little employment growth and factory overtime down. For 1969 overall, unemployment averaged 3.5 percent while 2 million nonfarm jobs were added, led by adult women and men fewer teens.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Harold Goldstein
Goldstein
Motorist suffers knee injury in one car crash
Joseph Tomalczcyk 50 of 4208 E Hazelwood is reported in good condition at Doctors Hospital Phoenix after a one car crash at Tatum Blvd and Butler Dr at 1124 p m Thursday. Kneecap fracture expected to be treated today. The accident followed a three car rear end collision on Hayden Rd 500 ft north of Thomas at 550 p m with Roberta Lazier Minor injuries passenger in Rosalie Plummers car. Marjorie Broewing 17 and Richard Stewart 23 also involved. Stewart cited for failure to control.
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Joseph Tomalczcyk
E. Hazelwood
Doctors Hospital
Phoenix
Sheriff’s
Tomalczyk
Tatum Blvd
Roberta Lazier
Hayden Rd
Thomas
Lazier
Rosalie Plummer
Hayden
Marjorie Broewing
Virginia
Plummer
Richard Stewart
E. Garfield
Stewart
Burglars active in daylight across four homes
Police report four daytime burglaries totaling more than 2400 dollars. Losses include a shotgun, TV sets, typewriters, coins, jewelry boxes, and bedding at residences on Oak Street, 74th Street, Holly Street, and the Papago Motor Hotel. Investigators describe forced entry and note multiple items stolen.
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Callie’ Edwards
Oak
Ronald—Welling
N. 74Th. St
Dora Jolly
E. Holly
Papago Motor Hotel
McDowell
State to Test Vehicle Emissions Under Health Program
The Arizona Department of Health will test emissions from government and private autos to measure hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides. Wallace Berry says the program aims to determine steps to reduce motor vehicle pollution, starting with state agencies and Maricopa County, then privately owned cars. Volunteers may have cars tested at no cost when a voluntary program is announced.
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Phoenix
UPI
State Department of Health
Wallace Berry
Department
Division of
Air Pollution Control
Maricopa County
State Mobile
Algeria landslide destroys homes and blocks four villages
A Western Algeria landslide destroyed 292 homes and cut off four villages near the Tiaret Plain. Officials attribute the slide to heavy mountain snow.
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Algiers
UPI
Algeria
Republic
Tiaret
Trailer Blaze Damages Site at Motorola Construction
Scottsdale Rural Fire Department ruled the trailer fire at a Motorola construction site extinguished at 1:15 p.m. The loss was about 100 dollars with unknown cause. Fire crews also put out two city trash container fires later Thursday at Navajo School and behind a Jack in the Box near Indian School and Hayden.
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Motorola
82Nd St
McDowell
Scottsdale
Navajo School
Indian School
Hayden
Americans rout North Vietnamese on Black Virgin Mountain
UPI report from Saigon says American infantrymen in masks beat back North Vietnamese troops from caves on Black Virgin Mountain near the Cambodian border. The 10 hour battle near Saigon’s northwest, the heaviest for the 25th Tropic Lightning Division since October, left 62 North Vietnamese dead and cost two Americans their lives.
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Walter Whitehead
Saigon
UPI
Black Virgin Mountain
U.S
Tanker in peril in Pacific storm near San Francisco
The 676 foot Connecticut carrying 280000 gallons of jet fuel faced sinking in a Pacific storm about 260 miles south of San Francisco with 41 aboard. Coast Guard planes and a helicopter pumped water and provided aid as Tsunes hima Maru and other ships converged on the scene.
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San Francisco
UPS
Connecticut
Los Angeles
Yokohama
Coast Guard
Beitman Bound Over On Vehicle Theft Charge
Richard C. Beitman, 18, of 9201 N 69th Pl, bound over to Superior Court for trial on a motor vehicle theft charge after a Scottsdale Justice Court preliminary hearing. Police records indicate the car was stolen from Bud Beck Pontiac, and the arrest could help solve 13 auto thefts across Tempe, Mesa, and Scottsdale.
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Richard C. Beitman
N. 69Th Pl
Superior Court
Scottsdale
Bud Beck
McDowell Rd
Beitman
Tempe
Mesa
Stillman urges naming special interest groups in pollution fight
Stillman, Democratic national committeeman for Arizona, urged identification of special-interest groups blocking progress against air pollution. In a letter to Harry Rosenzweig, state GOP chairman, he proposed joint action to expose how pressure groups operate and who among lawmakers are influenced.
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Phoenix
UPI
Guy Stillman
Arizona
Stillman
Harry Rosenzweig
Rosenzweig
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Xerox
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Edward A. Moorcroft
D.C
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Crehan
Scottsdale Rd
Thomas. Rd
Los Arcos
Los Arcos Mall
Sears
N. Scottsdale Road
Charles Stewart Mott
Arizona State University
General Motors’ Corp
Payne Education
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Vietnam
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U.S. Signal Corps
Richard Beitman
Scottsdale Rd. & Shea
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Lee
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Gentral
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