UPI picks top stories of 1975 editors select
American editors vote South Vietnam Cambodia and Laos falls to Communists as the top event of 1975. California assassination attempts on Ford, Patricia Hearst capture, Watergate convictions, and the economy follow in the year’s ranking with CIA FBI disclosures and the Mayaguez seizure also noted.
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New York
UPI
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
United States
United Press International
Gerald R. Ford
California
San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Ford
SLA
Mitchell
Haldeman
Erlichman
Mardian
CIA
FBI
U.S
Mayaguez
New York City
Rockefeller
Reagan
Middle East
Mayagues
Beirut Sees Quiet Day Amid Civil War Hopes
Rain and gale winds kept gunmen off Beirut streets as optimism rose for a Syrian plan to reset the cease fire. Violence left 14 dead and 6,500 dead overall, with 13,000 wounded. residents stayed indoors ahead of a curfew.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Mediterranean
Sharif Akhawi
The
Carmela
President Ford skis through heavy snow at Vail vacation outing
President Ford enjoyed a three hour ski session in Vail Colorado despite a night storm. He praised the conditions while inviting three White House reporters, said he wished the vacation could extend and joked about returning to Washington.
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Vail
Colo
UPI
Ford
White House
Vail Ae
Washington
Pepi Granshammer
Innsbruck
Austria
Toilet thief arrested after failed fence hoist
Police in Chicago arrested 20 year old Willie Classberry on burglary charges after he attempted to lift a stolen toilet over a fence at a South Side housing development. Aided by witnesses, the man fled but left with the toilet in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
South Side
James Patton
Willie Classberry
London
Financial Times
Helmut Schmidt
Germany
Weather Outlook With Snow Chance Then Cold
Partly cloudy today and tonight with highs in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Lows in the 20s. Tomorrow includes a chance of snow and rain with highs again in the 30s. Yesterday’s Morgantown Lock and Dam readings show high 42 and low 28 with .60 inches of precipitation. Sunset today at 5 03 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 7 40 a m.
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Morgantown Lock and Dam
Senators Question U S Covert Aid to Angola Start
Senate Foreign Relations Committee members accuse the administration of covertly aiding Angolan factions before the Soviets and demand an investigation. They allege the aim was to build a coalition government to curb Rhodesia and South Africa unrest and to influence Angolan leaders via Zaire and Zambia. Senator Dick Clark cites hearings exposing CIA covert aid and urges open congressional consultation and possible prohibition with 30 day veto.
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Washington
Angola
United States
Zaire
Zambia
U.S
Rhodesia
South Africa
Dick Clark
Dlowa
Africa
Clark
CIA
House
Senate
Kennedy skips Sun Valley pickets moves family to Utah
Senator Edward Kennedy and family relocate from Sun Valley Idaho to Snowbird Utah for skiing to avoid crossing 13 striking UT bus drivers union picket lines. Jackie Onassis and children expected to join, while Kennedy plans downhill skiing amid wage dispute.
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Snowbird
Utah
UPI
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Sun Valley
Idaho
Snowbird Resort
Kennedy
Joan
Jackie Onassis
United Transportation Union
Sun Valley Co
Edward Kennedy Jr
Tokyo
David
Julie Eisenhower
Peking
China
Richard Nixon
Tokyo International Airport
Los Angeles
Japan Air Lines
JAL
Eisenhowers
Iran Airlines
Minor Accidents and Fines Reported by City Police
The daily police report lists Randy A. DeBastiani fined for failure to report an accident and for failure to maintain control. Minor accidents occurred on Welnut Street, University Avenue, Forest Avenue, and Rt 26 near Kingwood with various damages. Emergency calls note Poe 16 and Brooks Johnson 51 hospitalized for illness.
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Randy A. DeBastiani
Arthurdale
Monongalia Welnut Street
University Avenue
Charles A. Corwin
Rt. 10
Richard E. Arnold
Granville
Corwin
Arnold
Forest Avenue
Edward Powell
Capital Heights
Vic
Preston
Kingwood
Thomas H. Anderson
Tunnelton
George W. Grimm
Wilma Grimm
Preston County
Pennsylvania
Rt. 40
Wharton Township
Stone House
Tanya Taylor
R.D. Waynesburg
Ward Umbel
R.D. Markleysburg
Uniontown
Monongalia
University Ave
Poe
West Virginia City Hospital
Beechurst Ave
Brooks Johnson
West Virginia University Hospital
Tusing family in Morgantown hospital after Christmas Eve shooting
Gerald H. Tusing Sr. remains in critical condition at West Virginia University Hospital Morgantown after a Christmas Eve shooting that also killed his son. Pauline O. Tusing is charged with the son's murder and jailed without bond. No charges yet in the husband’s shooting. The elder Tusing underwent extensive surgery on Christmas day and remains in critical condition.
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Tunnelton
Gerald H. Tusing Sr
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown
Tusing
Pauline O. Tusing
Preston County
University Hospital
Drowning Victim Craig Graham Still Missing in Cheat River
In Point Marion Pennsylvania authorities report ongoing search efforts for 13 year old Craig Graham of Stewartstown Road who is believed drowned on December 3 in the Cheat River. Police say volunteers drag the river and shorelines are scanned during the week.
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Point Marion
Craig Graham
Stewartstown Road
Cheat River
Funeral Notices from Berkshire and Surrounding Areas
Obituaries list multiple individuals: Arthur S. Berkshire 72 of Gratton Road died Dec 27 1975. Emme Ford Craig 87 of Rowlesburg. Mrs R P Davis Bess 87 of 333 DeMain Ave. Jasbell Fullmer 88 of Niles Ohio. Paul T Jefferys 71 of Terra Alta. Mary E Doyle Lewis 77 of Uniontown. Minnie Mae Rogers 84 of Mt Morris. Joseph R Tropea 64 of Detroit. Meryl White 36 of Westover. Services, burial details, and funeral homes are provided for each with officiants and locations.
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Paul T. Jefferys
Rt. 1
Terra Alta
Preston Memorial Hospital
Kingwood
Hutton
Joseph K
Edith Everly Jefferys
Lawrence
Donald
Newport News
Paul Jr
Thailand
Jean Titchenell
Larlie Gribble
Clarksburg
Arthur S. Berkshire
Grafton Road
Morgantown
Thomas
Hannah Elizabeth Utt Berkshire
Betty J. Berkshire
Andrew
Dorothy) Mohl
Lebanon
Minnie Mae Rogers
Mt. Morris
Thomas W
Zelma Moore Rogers
Assembly of God Church
Albert
Susan) Furman
Youngstown
Ohio
Willis
Eva) Evans
Lake Lynn
Berkshire
Arthur S
Gratton Road
Hastings Funeral Home
Stacy L. Groscup
East Oak Grove Cemetery
Craig
Emme Ford
Rowlesburg
Elkins West
Burke
John A. Barnes
Etom
Chapel of Prayer
Maryan Frame
Eden Cemetery
Stewartstown Road
Jefferys
Paul T
Fike-Watson Funeral Home
Highland Avenue
Leonard Moyle
W.C. Danson
Lewis
Mary E. Doyle
Coolsprings St
Uniontown
St. Margaret's Hospital
Pittsburgh
Hairy Funeral Home
West Fayette St
St. John’s R.C
Sylvan Heights
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An Nahar
Labor and Industry
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Pa Ians
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Ulster
Clogher
County Tyrone
West Virginia
Star City
Mid
Pacific Northwest
Mississippi Valley
Montana
Florida
Lucinda Maust
Fearer
Lucinda Maust Fearer
Lemont Furnace
Brandonville
Andrew and
Margaret Rosenberger Maust
Church of the Brethren and the Loyal Order of the Moose
Clarence E. Fearer
Paul E. Fearer
Pompano Beach
Fla
Robert
Edith) Spear
Agnes
Ella
New Castle
Otis Herring
Harold C. Herring
Pauline Herring
Carl R. Spear
Gerald H. Tusing JR
Riv
Pauline Strawderman Tusing
Jud Flowers Tusing
Gerald Tusing III
James
Charles
Coalton
Ice Farrell Tusing
Cindy Ann Tusing
Emma Ford Craig
Elfins
Rowles
William Harrison
Elizabeth Castle Ford
Order of Eastern Star
Christ United Methodist Church
Colp
Jack
Saltlick
Yasser Arafat
Damascus
Abdel Halim Khaddam
WAFA
Arafat
U.N. Security Council
Sultan Ben Abdel Aziz
Khaled
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
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