Train Derailment Blocks Vermilion Tracks
A 26 of 38 car freight train derailed yesterday near Vermilion at 12:35 p.m. no injuries were reported. The westbound train from Collinwood to Toledo derailed near Highbridge Road, damaging three track sets and about 1 000 feet of rail. Crews reopened one track at 1 a.m. and the other at 10 a.m.
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Collimwood
Cleveland
Toledo
Highbridge Road
Collinwood
Lorain Dock Strike Ends With Pact Signing
After a 40 day strike by 80 local longshoremen at Lorain’s B and O docks, a memo of agreement was signed signaling returns to work. Union president James Recupero said signatures enable the restart by April 15 ahead of the 1969 shipping season.
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Lorain
James P Recupero
International Longshoremen’s Association
Recupero
Lorain Docks
Indians Launch Gentle Uprising Against Stereotypes
In a nationwide campaign the National Congress of American Indians aims to improve the image of Native Americans. Chiefs led by Earl Old Person gathered in Los Angeles to push a nonviolent effort that files formal complaints about derogatory TV ads films or newspaper stories.
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Los Angeles
Earl Old Person
Blackfeet Old Person
National Congress of American Indians
John Belindo
Indian Congress
Henry's Famous Steaks At Halfway Mall Price
The index highlights Henry's famous steaks offered at 2.49 dollars at Mid Way Mall. The item appears as a promotional listing with emphasis on affordability and a local shopping center location.
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Henry
Midway Mall
Weather Looks Cool With Snow Flurries Charged Forecast
Partly cloudy and cool today with highs in the mid 30s and a slight chance of snow flurries. Tonight and tomorrow see little temperature change with lows near 20 and highs in the 30s. Outlook Monday is mostly sunny and cool with continued cool conditions. High 34 at 2 pm yesterday and low 20 at 3 am today. Sunset 6 34 pm today Sunrise 6 39 am tomorrow.
ABM shifts from defense to retaliation
The Pentagon flags limits of ballistic missile defense noting 95 percent protection is not enough and a single hit could kill millions. Nixon shifted policy from city defense to ensuring U S retaliation capability to deter attacks.
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UPI
Pentagon
Nixon
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Mortar and Rocket Attacks Hit 70 Allies Bases Northwest of Saigon
US and South Vietnamese troops repelled two ground assaults as Viet Cong shelled 70 bases and towns near Saigon. In combat around base 37 to 45 miles northwest, 40 enemies were killed, 4 captured, 28 weapons seized, while US losses were one wounded and Vietnamese losses listed as one killed with several wounded. President Nixon warned retaliation if the enemy escalates.
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Nixon
United States
Washington
Border guards stop escape bid near Hong Kong border
Communist border guards opened fire at 4:20 a.m. on a group trying to flee Red China into the British colony. Two people were killed and two wounded, and none reached the boundary according to government sources.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Red China
Bloody clashes erupt on Damansky Island border flare up
The Sino Soviet border on Damansky Island sees renewed fighting with both sides accusing the other of starting the clashes. Tass reports Chinese forces attacked Soviet frontier guards with artillery and mortars, leading to casualties on both sides. Beijing and Moscow accuse each other of provocation as border guards are bolstered along the Ussuri frontier.
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Damansky
Kremlin
Sky
Ussuri
China
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Russia
Peoples Republic of China
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Mao Tse-tung
Damansky Island
Dead whales wash ashore as oil spill blamed
Six dead gray whales have washed up on California beaches since an oil slick filled Santa Barbara Channel weeks ago, per the California Academy of Sciences. Autopsies considered chemical cleanup effects and other possible causes.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Santa Barbara
California Academy of Sciences
Robert Orr
Academy
Los Angeles
Cancer fighter weighs 61 tons
A 60 ton betatron at Boston University Medical Center will be formally dedicated. It can send cancer fighting rays over eight inches into the body and produce 42 million electron volts. The American Cancer Society funded $500,000 for its purchase, making it the largest of its kind in the western hemisphere.
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Arrow
Boston University Medical Center
American Cancer Society
Hemisphere
Irish Birthday for First Lady at White House
Irish Ambassador Willam P Fay will visit the White House on St Patrick s Day to celebrate Pat Nixon s birthday. Fay and his wife will present Mrs Nixon with Waterford crystal and a book on Ireland. Nixon s father Will Ryan urged the use of the nickname Pat and a one day late birthday. A separate dispatch from Kyoto notes a mild earthquake in southwestern Japan with no damage.
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UFI
Willam P. Fay
White House
St Patrick's Day
Pat Nixon
Fay
Apollo 9 crew returns home to Houston after 10 day mission
Astronauts James McDivitt David R Scott and Russell L Schweickart arrive at Ellington Air Force Base Houston amid cheers from families friends and crew. They traveled from the USS Guadalcanal via Eleuthera Bahamas Cape Kennedy and a Florida stop before heading to Downey California for post flight analysis.
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David R. Scott
Russell L ‘Rusty
Schweickart
Space Agency
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston Space Center
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Houston
Guadalcanal
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Bahamas
Cape
Navy
Florida Moonport
Norfolk
Rockwell Corp
Downey
Calif
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