Six Nations Sign Historic Common Market Expansion
Western Europe moved toward economic unity as six founding members and four aspirants Britain Denmark Ireland and Norway signed an accord to expand the Common Market to ten nations. Prime Minister Edward Heath led Britain in Brussels at Egmont Palace as the EEC began in 1958 with aims of tariff reduction and free movement of goods and services.
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France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
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Denmark
Ireland
Norway
United States
Egmont Palace
Brussels
Europe
European Economic Community
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Six Nations
Rome
Britain joins Common Market may cost U.S. billions
Britain Ireland Norway and Denmark sign Market entry treaties, expanding the bloc. The United States faces revised foreign trade losses now estimated near 1 billion dollars as the trade deficit widens and U.S. purchases abroad rise while exports lag.
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New York
Britain
United States
Ireland
Norway
Denmark
Connally blasts labor in wage price talk
Nixon aide John B. Connally warned labor cannot thumb its nose at the public as wage and price controls wind down. He urged cooperation with government and business to revitalize the economy during speeches in New York and Washington.
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Connally
Nixon
Treasury
John B. Connally
New York
Washington
Seven Die as Fire Ravages Manila Airport Terminal
Fire swept through the four story Manila International Airport terminal carving a path of destruction. Arson suspected after the blaze began around 3 30 am near the Qantas office. Seven people were killed and nineteen injured with more missing. Property damage exceeds 30 million dollars as control tower and international airline offices were destroyed. Dozens fled as workers navigated smoke filled corridors and some leapt to safety from upper floors. Firefighters rescued twenty people from the roof using aerial ladders.
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UPI
Manila International Airport
Civil Aviation
Epifanio Reymundo
Qantas Airways
Pasay City
Napoleon Albano
Manila Fire Department
Gribbles Lesson Sparks Sixth Grade Project at Ely
Mrs John Oseka’s Ely Elementary class explores gribbles in a hands on project reported by Shannon Jewell. The piece previews tomorrow’s sport pages with a college wrestling angle and a local news feature on winter’s palette by Kenney and Skalak. The Junior Achievement pilot funded by American Standard reports gains for 14 students.
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John Oseka
Ely Elementary School
Shannon Jewell
Sunday Family
Kenney
Carl Skalak
Winter
American Standard, Inc
Roger Turner
Explosion hits rail yards in East St Louis
An explosion and fire at the Alton and Southern Railway yards in East St Louis injured several rail workers and residents. The blast damaged boxcars and windows in a 10 block area, with looting reported nearby. The Red Cross sent 30 pints of blood to a hospital as injuries were treated at two area hospitals.
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East ST Louis, Ill
Weather Outlook With Cloudy Skies And Showers
Cloudy and mild today with periods of drizzle and light rain and a risk of a few thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 40s to low 50s, Lows in the mid to upper 30s. Tomorrow expect more clouds, a 40 percent chance of showers, and a cooler afternoon. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph.
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Senate
Attack on Hue ceremony leaves ten dead in South Vietnam
Ten civilians died and four were wounded when two suspected Viet Cong terrorists attacked a religious ceremony near Hue. The Pho Ninh hamlet chief and deputy were among the dead. Vietnamese and Korean forces reported multiple enemy fatalities in related clashes along the central coast.
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Saigon
Hue
Pho Ninh
South Vietnam
Lawyer seeks to dodge grand jury testimony in gambling probe
Elyria attorney Allen S. Spike has filed a motion to quash a subpoena to testify before a Lorain County Grand Jury probing gamblers' influence on police. He argues attorney client privilege protects his knowledge of Letco Toyota Inc and related records from disclosure. The court ruling is awaited before Thursday's grand jury session.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Grand
Allen S. Spike
West Ave
Letco Toyota Inc
Stephen G. Meckter
Vivian Wisher
Grand Jury
Oberlin
Spike
Lorain
Keys works on day off to mail 110000 tax bills
Lorain County Treasurer J. Grant Keys, off duty, ordered a special mail pickup and 110000 real estate and special assessment tax bills were mailed. First half taxes due by Feb 23, with an anticipated $18.3 million collection. bills were mailed to individuals, businesses, banks, utilities, mortgage firms, veterans groups, and government offices.
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Keys
Lorain County
J. Grant Keys
Presidential hopefuls campaign coast to coast across party lines
Eight presidential candidates spar across states from Alabama to Florida. Wallace asks Democrats for hotel space at their national convention, Muskie and McCloskey critique Nixon while Hartke and Jackson court primary voters, Lindsay attacks Wallace, and candidates tout welfare and jobs priorities alongside defense spending debate.
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George C. Wallace
Democratic Party
New York
John Lindsay
Tallahassee
Fla
Wallace
Florida
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