Four die as Atlanta Gas Light Tower fire rages
A flash fire in the Atlanta Gas Light Tower trapped four people, including a receptionist from Albany and two tile setters. Two more tile workers leaped to their deaths trying to escape while ten coworkers survived by sheltering in an office and breaking windows. Fire investigators probe the hall blaze blamed on flooring glue ignition.
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Gerald R. Lutz
Atlanta
Jean
Lutz
UPI
Swift, Curry, McGhee and Hiets
Albany
Ragsdale
Armed man robs Corner Shoppe at 10 30 a.m.
An armed man brandishing a pistol robbed Corner Shoppe at 200 Cleveland in broad daylight, taking an undetermined amount of cash. Store owner Frank Brunner Jr. said the robber entered the front door, grabbed cigarettes, produced the pistol, and fled on foot with a lookout outside.
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Cleveland &I
Frank Brunner Jr
Television World hitches to success and Apollo 8 plans
The feature notes Lucille Ball's unchanged makeup over 17 years and explains why performers evolve while the core character remains. It also previews Apollo 8's December 21 Cape Kennedy launch for a lunar orbit and return after 10 orbits. A women's page piece profiles Mrs. Robert Tomazin challenging the idea of a male-dominated outdoors. A business section profile explains how U.S. Steel Lorain Works views its $120 million project with photos.
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Lucille Ball
America
Cape Kennedy
earth
Three charged in theft of Luxaire furnace gear
Three area men face felony charges after Luxaire Inc. equipment worth thousands vanished from the Filbert Street plant. Police say two Luxaire employees loaded the items onto a truck driven by James Hooper, who reportedly transported the stolen units to a North Olmsted garage for resale. Bond set at 1500 each. preliminary hearing scheduled.
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Elyria
Luxaire Inc
Filbert Street
Luxaire shipping department
Billy Sutton
Concord Ave
Wesley Blaylock
Evergreen Dr
North Ridgeville
Luxaire
James Hooper
Cleveland
North Olmsted
HOOPER
Lorain
Carl W. Millson
Roy E. Griffith
Lorain union
Stanley Raymond
Elyria Ave
Gregory Industries
Gregory
Sutton
Hlaylock
Blaylock
Griffith
Luxaire books
Harbor dredging decision threatens 400 Ohio jobs
More than 400 Ohio jobs hang in the balance as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seeks permission to dredge the outer harbor channel at the Black River mouth. B and O officials warn ships are already bottoming and must be light loaded by up to 10 percent, potentially squeezing carrier profits. The Army Corps of Engineers has delayed action, pending the Federal Water and Pollution Control Board's response.
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LORAIN
Baltimore and Ohio Rallroed
Black River
losa
WR Lark
greeful mona
ger
Toledo-Lorain-Fairport
Army Corps of Engineers
Federal Water and Pollution Control Board
LORAIN wage dispute looms between city and safety forces
Lorain negotiators remain far apart as a wage dispute between city officials and safety forces enters a prolonged standstill. The standoff draws attention to municipal labor tensions and potential implications for city services and budgets.
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LORAIN
City and safety
WELLINGTON
Robert Cameron
Shape of table delays peace talks in Paris
AP reports a six point procedural accord between the United States and North Vietnam while expanded negotiations wait. A key dispute focuses on table shape with the United States and South Vietnam preferring a rectangular arrangement and North Vietnam pushing for a square table to emphasize Viet Cong independence, a stance South Vietnam rejects.
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SAIGON
UPS
South Vietnam
Mekong
Johnson
North Vietnam
Phu Loc
Paris
United States
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Lorain Marine Zeneida Ortiz Jr. Killed in Vietnam
Zeneida Ortiz Jr. 20, of Lorain, Ohio, died in Vietnam after being wounded by a heavy explosion near Da Nang. The Marine Corps reported the fatality occurred three days after injury. Ortiz was among several Marines killed in the same incident. He had attended Admiral King High School and worked at the Ford plant before being drafted.
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LORAIN
Zeneida Ortiz Jr
East 39th St
ORTIZ
Marine Corps
Da Nang Air Base
Cold wind and snow flurries east of Cleveland today
Weather report notes cold conditions with variable clouds and wind. Snow flurries and occasional squalls east of Cleveland today and tonight with highs near 3 and lows in the 20s. Tomorrow remains mostly cloudy and cold with more light snow.
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Cleveland
Teacher Quips About Parking At PTA Meeting
In a PTA meeting a teacher joked about preferring elementary school status since it guarantees a parking spot for the car. The light moment highlights school life and parental involvement.
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PTA
Man escapes East Germany in homemade submarine
Bernd Boettger a 28 year old musician says he built a self propelled U boat costing 50 dollars to flee from the Baltic coast to a Danish lightship Gedser. He piloted 15 ½ miles at about 3 mph partly underwater using a snorkel and a lead weighted belt to stay submerged.
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JOSEPH B. FLEMING
BERLIN
UPI
East Germany
Bernd Boettger
Baltic Sea
Boettger
West Germany
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Jerry Lutz
Robert Tomazin
Lorain County
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U.S. Steel
George E. Kuebler
Dick McKinley
SRA
Frank M. Wilcox
Central Wisconsin Transport Co
Ohio
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storss
gria
Hanoi
U.S
Cambodia
Tay Ninh
An Loc
Bien Hoa
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Ban Me Trout
highlands
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Better Health
Contract Bridge
Elyria Municipal Court
Vietnam
PFC
ZENEIDO ORTIZ JR
English Channel
Warnemuende
Girl Scouts
Santa
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