Four Die as Fire Raids Midtown YMCA Hallway
A deadly blaze roared through a Sloane House YMCA hallway in midtown New York killing four and injuring 29. Firefighters rescued 22 people using aerial ladders from ledges and a chimney while dozens more escaped to the street amid smoke. The 14 story 1490 room facility has housed women couples and men since 1930 near Madison Square Garden.
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Sloane House
West 34Th Street
9Th Avenue
Madison Square Garden
Pay Board Resignations Drag Nixon Wage Controls Into Politics
Washington AP reports resignations by AFL-CIO members from the Pay Board spark fierce charges, framing wage price controls as a major election issue. Major decisions show proposed versus granted pay hikes across dock workers, soft coal, aerospace, and transit unions. Meany denounces anti inflation policy as harming workers while labor leaders consider broader political action.
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White House
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Aerospace
United Transportation Union
George Meany
Meany
I. W. Abel
Aflcio United Steelworkers
Floyd Smith
Aflcio International Association of Machinists
Executive Council
The
Labor
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Corporation Financial Report
Trespass Warrants Dismissed for Cole and Ellis
Frederick County Supervisor Dennis T. Cole and Leonard C. Ellis faced trespass warrants sworn March 3 over a landfill incident. Judge David G. Simpson dismissed the warrants citing lack of authorization by the Commonwealth's Attorney, who declined due to conflict of interest.
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Frederick County
Dennis T. Cole
Leonard C. Ellis
Stephenson
David G. Simpson
Frederick
Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth
Lawrence Ambrogi
Cole
U S Calls Off Next Week Session of Peace Talks
The United States canceled next week’s Vietnam peace talks session due to no progress on prisoner of war issues and signaled it may skip regular weekly meetings. North Vietnam accused Nixon of prolonging the war and hampering POW returns as talks paused for strategic reflection.
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Paris
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Pham Dang Lam
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North Vietnam
Nixon
Xuan Thuy
Concessions to Catholic Minority Debated in Belfast Talks
Northern Ireland's Cabinet backs Prime Minister Faulkner in peace talks with Britain though details remain secret. He opposes concessions to Catholics amid Protestant dominance, while violence flares with bombings and gunfire as talks stall and timing remains unclear.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Britain
Faulkner
Edward Heath
London
Wednesay
Rodgers to Succeed Sgt Woolf in Frederick Clarke Warren
State Police investigator G L Rodgers of Salem will be promoted to sergeant and take command in Frederick Clarke and Warren Counties. Col H W Burgess announced the successor today in Richmond. Sgt Woolf retires after nearly 34 years, effective March 31. Rodgers assumes duties April 1.
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Salem
F.L. Woolf
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Sgt. Woolf
Col
H.W. Burgess
Richmond
Grocery price surge leads February living costs spike
The Consumer Price Index rose five tenths of a percent in February marking the sharpest rise in nine months. Grocery prices jumped 1.9 percent the biggest one month gain since March 1958 driven by meat dairy and fruits.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Afl-Cio
Driver Stricken at Wheel Ends in Fatal WV Road Crash
Gail William Wright a 58 year old Romney West Virginia man was reportedly stricken while driving home from his job at the Ansil Corporation in Gore at 1015 pm yesterday he lost control of his car and died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after being pronounced there at 1145 pm The car showed only slight front end damage and no injuries were apparent as it left Rt 632 and entered heavy undergrowth then rested in a small stream Medical Examiner Dr Douglass Hill said Wright died of natural causes making the crash secondary in importance
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Romney
W.va
M.H. Moore
Ansil Corporation
Gore
Wright
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Moore
Rt. 632
Douglass Hill
Nixon seeks $100 million for elderly nutrition and welfare reform
President Nixon asked Congress to add 100 million dollars for nutrition and related services for Americans over 65 as part of a broader push for welfare reform. He warned that delaying reform for even one year would cost older Americans more than 5 billion dollars and urged early enactment of the Social Security liberalization bill. He also signaled plans to boost retirement pay for federal workers, military personnel, and veterans based on 1971 pay scales.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Hawaii Ratifies Equal Rights Amendment First in Nation
Washington AP reports Congress passed a constitutional amendment for women’s equal rights by an 84-8 Senate vote. Hawaii became the first state to ratify within an hour, with supporters celebrating. The measure requires 38 state ratifications within seven years and becomes effective two years after ratification.
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Washington
Congress
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Senate
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Birch Bayh
Cind
Ervin
Virginia Clears As System Escorts Cooler Air
A large low pressure system over the northeast and a ridge over the north central states brought clearing skies and cooler temperatures to Virginia today.
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North Central States
Virginia
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