Vandalism blamed for Somerset gas outage
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania reports vandalism as the outage cause affecting 2,351 customers in Somerset and Somerset Township. Local and state police joined the investigation with 150 Columbia servicemen assisting. Restoration reached 99 percent by Saturday as crews praised the community for rapid help.
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Surrender Ends Siege Of State
Four heavily armed black Muslims surrendered after a 47 hour Brooklyn siege at John and Al's Sports Inc. in Williamsburg. A patrolman was killed and two officers wounded at the outset. seven men and two women hostages escaped during a rooftop diversion. The gunmen, seeking weapons, had defied police as negotiations failed and the hostage escape triggered the surrender.
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Boswell Youth Killed in Police Chase on Route 30
Ronald Hemminger, 18, of Boswell, died after his car struck a truck during a police pursuit on U S 30 east of Ligonier in Ligonier Township. James Richard McConkey, 47, of Cambridge Ohio, the truck driver, escaped injury. Hemminger died from neck and internal injuries at Latrobe Hospital.
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Nixon Sets Tight 1973 Budget to Tame Inflation
President Nixon plans a tight fiscal 1974 budget just under 270 billion dollars. He claims federal spending for 1973 is about 250 billion after impounding 10 billion, with aims to balance the budget at full employment and prevent inflation by maintaining restraint on agency increases.
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South Viet Minister Joins Kissinger For Peace Wrap-up
Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam left Saigon for Paris to join Henry Kissinger in concluding the Vietnam peace agreement. Lam, Kissinger, and Viet Cong envoy Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh arrived in Paris ahead of renewed talks, with Le Duc Tho remaining in Paris to meet Kissinger. A possible ceasefire next week is discussed by U.S. officials and Thieu’s government.
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Saigon Studies Cong Offer To Free Wounded Prisoners
The Viet Cong proposed a humanitarian gesture to free 130 wounded South Vietnamese prisoners during a 29 hour local cease fire. Saigon officials questioned the sincerity while senior commanders held an emergency meeting. Elsewhere a 150 man helicopter assault in the Mekong Delta ended in heavy losses for South Vietnamese troops with 12 surviving, 20 killed, 15 wounded and 103 unaccounted after an enemy trap near the Michelin rubber plantation 40 miles northwest of Saigon.
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