Lightning May Have Hit Jet Near Kennedy Airport
Officials probe whether lightning struck an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 during landing in a storm causing a crash near a highway. 110 aboard from New Orleans died, 14 survivors hospitalized. 108 bodies found, total aboard possibly 124. Survivors include two young girls. notable victims cited. NTSB noted no emergency radio message. flight recorders recovered for study.
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Abraham D. Beame
National Transportation Safety Board
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John Kleven
Queens
van Epps
Washington
Anderson cites Rosselli on CIA Castro assassination plots
AP report says John Rosselli described five CIA attempts to kill Fidel Castro in the 1960s using poison pellets cash payments and high powered rifles. Rosselli testified before Senate intelligence officials and named Rob ert Maheu and Big Jim O Connell as plot contacts with details of the Miami based operations.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
William K. Harvey
Central Intelligence Agency
Los Angeles
Robert Maheu
Howard Hughes
CIA Project
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O'Connell
Maheu
New York City
Miami
FBI Documents Show Operation Against Left
Federal records reveal COINTELPRO aimed at the New Left with schemes to force three teachers from schools, spread right wing newsletters on two campuses, and mail anonymous parent letters to antiwar student organizers. The documents cover 1968 to 1971, released by the Socialist Workers Party in a court-ordered disclosure. Evelyn Rose Sell taught in Austin, Texas, during the period.
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FBI
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Socialist Workers Party
Evelyn Rose Sell
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Tex
Sys
Wayne State University
David Herreshoff
Robert J. Huber
House Presses Another Veto Override Bid
The House Democratic leadership plans to seek a two thirds vote to override President Ford's veto of a middle income housing subsidy. Ford's veto marked his 33rd since taking office and follows an earlier veto of the bill. The session vote is set for today.
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House
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Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Deec
Athens Economic Outlook Shows Mixed Signs Amid Optimism
Local business leaders report hopeful signs in Athens with construction activity rising including a two story courthouse annex and a new Security Bank building. Building permits amount to 495000 this year versus 170000 last year while May sales tax receipts reach 140012, up 11 percent from 1974.
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Security Bank
North Court
West Washington Streets
Athens County
Tad Grover
Athens National Bank
Grover
Ohio University
David Parsons
Retail Merchants Association
Ohio lawmakers weigh state budget and transportation funding
Ohio lawmakers face key fiscal decisions as the Senate prepares a 731 million transportation budget. Governor Rhodes may veto line items in the 10.6 billion regular spending bill to avert a budget crisis. A July 4 holiday adjournment is planned, with talks focused on delaying bills and avoiding late payments.
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Ohio
Senate Finance Committee
House
James A. Rhodes
Howard L. Collier
Rhodes
Collier
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Harry Meshel
House Finance Committee
Myrl H. Shoemaker
Ohio Utility Rates Lower Despite Increases
Ohio lawmakers hear that gas and electric bills remain lower than seven neighboring states. D Bruce Mansfield defends the reconstruction costs new formula used to set rates while Francis H Wright warns that changing or abolishing it could trigger severe financial problems and even nationalization of utilities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mansfield
Francis H. Wright
East Ohio Gas Co
Wright
Fate of South Viets Going Home Uncertain
More than 2,000 South Vietnamese refugees in the United States prepare to return home amid fear of retribution from new Communist rulers. Leaders among the group cite family worries and reluctance to speak openly about dangers. A plane carrying 49 refugees departed Eglin AFB for Southeast Asia under UN sponsorship as part of the repatriation effort.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
United States
U.S
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Southeast Asia
United Nations
Three Alarm Fire Destroys Most Of Federal Chemical Plant
In Columbus Ohio a three alarm fire destroyed about ninety percent of the Federal Chemical Co plant. A guard spotted the blaze at 435 am while chasing trespassers causing arson probes to begin. Officials withheld damage estimates.
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Columbus, Ohio
Federal Chemical Co
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