Kathleen Wable Crowned Miss Laurel Highlands 1971
Nearly 500 attendees at Somerset High School watched Kathleen Annette Wable of Fort Hill Somerset County crowned Miss Laurel Highlands for 1971. She succeeds Judy Gunderson of Somerset as the pageant showcased 11 contestants amid blizzard like conditions.
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Kathleen Annette Wable
Fort Hill
Somerset County
Laurel
Somerset
Westmoreland
Fayette Counties
Somerset High School
Kathy
Pennsylvania
Somerset Area
Laurel Highlands
Judy Gunderson
Judith Ford
Paulette Buzek
Susan Walker
Lynda Dunston
Avalanche Kills or Audits 256 at Chungar Mine Camp Peru
An avalanche swept through Chungar Mining Camp in Peru wip ing out a mining site and lakefront area. Officials say about 256 are dead or missing with roughly 400 residents surviving the Thursday disaster 60 miles northeast of Lima.
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Lima
Peru
Chungar
Armando Artola
Artola
Guardia Civil
FDA weighs ban on contaminated intravenous fluids
FDA officials consider emergency removal of intravenous fluids after a warning failed to curb infections linked to Abbott Laboratories product. Ralph Nader accuses government of inaction. CDC reports 150 infections and nine deaths from October to March. A separate item notes John Ginarmi's guilty plea for shoplifting at Jamesway Department Store.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Ralph Nader
Abbott Laboratories
Associated Press
Public Health Service
Center of Disease Control
CDC
Abbott
John Ginarmi
Friedens
Jamesway
Squire Harold Kimmel
Carl A. Durst
Ginarmi
Earth Day Observances Mark Spring Start Worldwide
United Nations Chief U Thant hailed Earth Day as a new chapter in world history. About 2,000 people joined in New York Central Park activities celebrating the vernal equinox with grass seed plantings and an Earth Day Marathon.
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United Nations
U Thant
United World History
New York
Central Park
Philadelphia
Albuquerque
N.M
Spaceship Earth
Ecology
New York City
Thant
Japan
American Air Power Aids South Vietnamese Retreat in Laos
U S air forces pressed missions Sunday to rescue withdrawing South Vietnamese troops along the Laos border. The operation included armored reinforcements and heavy raids on North Vietnamese SAM sites and depots north of the DMZ, as U S commanders reported limited protective strikes and renewed efforts to shield Saigon units.
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Saigon
United States
Laos
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
Vietnam
Quang Binh
Ha Tinh
Demilitarized Zone
Luang Prabang
Highway 9
Dong da
Delta
le Trung Hien
Lang Vei
Hien
Americans Evacuated From Laos Amid Laos Airport Attacks
U S dependents flee to Vientiane after a morning rocket strike on Luang Prabang airport. The attack kills at least six Laotians and injures others as European embassies warn optional evacuation. Military actions widen across Laos and Vietnam with heavy fighting near Lang Vei and A Luoi.
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Vientiane
Laos
U.S
Luang Prabang
Air America
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Cloudy and cool with a chance of snow flurries on Monday. Highs in the 30s. Northwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Monday night remains cloudy and colder with lows in the 20s. Tuesday highs reach the low to mid 30s with winds easing to 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation about 30 percent.
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Pennsylvania
Italian Avalanche Toll Hits Four in Alps and Riviera
Avalanches triggered by heavy snow blocked Alpine and Ligurian roads from the Alps to the Riviera. Two people died in a snowslide at Pescegallo near Lake Como, injuring three others in a hotel wing. A separate slide near Imperia killed two more. Authorities warned against mountain travel as roads and the St Bernard tunnel faced obstructions.
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Rome
Alps
Pescegallo
Lake Como
Riviera
Imperia
Genoa
Milan
Turin
St. Bernard
Italy
Switzerland
Johnstown Symphony and Chorale Perform Mozart Requiem
The Johnstown Symphony and Chorale presented Mozart's Requiem at Trinity Lutheran Church before 500 attendees. Dr Michael Semanitzky led nearly 100 voices with 35 symphony players. patrons aided the fundraiser covering debts and supporting future performances. Requiem author Franz Sussmayer finished the score after Mozart's death following unfinished notes and a delayed payment.
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Michael Semanitzky
Johnstown
Chorale
Trinity Lutheran Church
H. James Meyers
Trinity Lutheran
Semanitzky
Charles H. Coffroth
Arthur Poorbaugh
Symphony
Chorales
Somerset
John Gillespie
Mozart
Franz Sussmayer
Sussmayer
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Kathy Wable
Somerset Jaycees
Margorie Ann Rice
Carl Rice
Queen
Nader
FDA Cdc
The
Health Service
George Esper
Tran van An
A Luoi
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
William Dickerson
YMCA
Ferner Hotel
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