Six die in Caley nursing home fire near Philadelphia
Six nursing home residents were killed and scores injured as a fire spread through the Caley nursing and rehabilitation Center in Wayne Pennsylvania. Firefighters fought the blaze on four alarms evacuating residents on stretchers to hospitals and other facilities. The center housed about 100 patients and this marked the second fatal nursing home fire in the area in three months following the Washington Hill Nursing Home blaze in Philadelphia.
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Cold blamed for deaths in Italy
Snowstorms and north winds across the Italian peninsula caused five deaths including two babies. Dozens more went missing as extreme cold, power outages, and gas shortages hit towns such as Avellino. Police said 400 motorists were stranded on the Naples Bari highway while Greece also faced freezing conditions.
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Soviets Endorse Oil Diplomacy Amid Middle East Tensions
Pravda lauds Arab unity at the Algiers summit and praises using oil as a weapon to pressure Israel and pro-Israel states. Sovietskaya Rossiya says Arabs will wield the oil weapon while Israel refuses to withdraw from occupied land.
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Jerusalem blast wounds 18 near Church of the Holy Sepulchre
A hand grenade exploded by a home appliances shop in Arab Jerusalem injuring 18 people including five Israeli women soldiers. One soldier was seriously hurt while nine others suffered moderate injuries and four were treated and released. Police detained 20 Arabs for questioning as shops shuttered.
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Nixon Gives GOP Chiefs Early Look at Personal Finances
President Nixon briefed selected Republican leaders on a stack of personal financial reports he plans to release this week. Attendees included Vice President-designate Gerald Ford and GOP figures such as George Bush and Hugh Scott, with discussions touching on tax deductions and refund potential from prior years.
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Hugh Scott
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Texas
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Illinois
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Associated Press
White House defeats Senate drive for public election financing
A three day Senate battle over public financing ends in defeat with pledges to renew in 1974. The White House veto threat and debt limit action by Nixon blocked the campaign funding rider, while Kissinger urged delay on a broader foreign trade bill. The House is set to consider a $5.8 billion foreign aid package including aid to Israel.
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Judge Kral Paid No 1972 Taxes on $85,000 Chicago Home
Chicago Judge Franklin I. Kral of Circuit Court did not pay property taxes in 1972 on his $85,000 home. the Cook County Assessor said the bill should have been $2,487 and only $525 for the land was charged. The error also affected Judge Walter Kowalski with a $100,000 home taxed at $180. The unpaid amount will be added to 1973.
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Autograph on Cast Shows Bible Message
Richfield Minnesota Dr Lee Nelson a dentist who broke his wrist in a fall autographed his cast at a church service His friend wrote a scripture reference Proverbs 10 19 The verse warning that a good man has a firm footing but a crook will slip was noted after Nelson looked it up in the Living Bible
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Resumption of Mideast talks urged by AP
The United Nations commander in the Middle East proposed resuming Israeli Egyptian cease fire talks on Wednesday. Fin nish Lt Gen Ensio Siilasuo suggested the talks during a Cairo meeting with Israeli leaders. Washington hopes Kilometer 101 talks will start soon and lead to a conference as Sadat met with US envoy Eilts. Meanwhile Israeli Syrian tanks clashed on the Golan Heights for a second day. casualties cited vary.
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Jersalem
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Divers resume salvage at submerged car graveyard off Chouteau Island
Madison County sheriff office and Granite City diving firm reached an agreement to restart salvage Wednesday at a submerged junkyard of stolen cars off Chouteau Island in the Mississippi River. Divers had surfaced 10 vehicles. two more dumping areas nearby could push the total beyond 200 cars.
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