Interim Cabinet Named Amid Demonstrations
In Canberra caretaker Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser sworn in a conservative interim cabinet as protests erupt and a general strike is urged in support of ousted Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Kerr dissolves Parliament for elections set to Dec 13, deciding whether Whitlam returns or Fraser remains.
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Canberra
Australia
Malcolm Fraser
Labor
Gough Whitlam
Parliament House
Fraser
Senate
Sydney
Whitlam
Stock Exchange
Brisbane
Ship Fitzgerald vanishes in Lake Superior search continues
Coast Guard and merchant ships scour Whitefish Bay and Pancake Bay area for the freighter Fitzgerald after it loaded 000 tons of taconite at Superior. Oil slicks lifeboats and liferafts found. crew mainly from Ohio Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Florida and California.
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Superior
Wis
Coast Guard
Fitzgerald
Ens
Ken Baker
Columbia Steamship
Upper Peninsula
Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Florida
California
Woodrush
Duluth
Minn
Naugatuck
Whitefish Point
Whitefish Bay
Pancake Bay
Carl D. Bradley
Lake Michigan
Daniel J.morrell
Lake Hutton
Energy picture brighter for about 120 industries in Ohio
PUCO officials reported Columbia Gas of Ohio increased winter supply by 10 billion cubic feet lifting available gas to about 19 percent below pre crisis levels. The utility has secured 17 billion cubic feet in emergency gas since last summer, with commitments from Southwestern suppliers and Columbia Transmission Co. allowing higher November and December rations.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbia Gas
Ohio
Public Utilities
David Sweet
Columbia
Sweet
PUCO
Southwestern
Columbia Transmission Co
Sally Bloomfield
Sea Life Fueled Fitzgerald Captain to Toledo Sailor
E R McSorley, 62, captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald, spent 44 years at sea. Born in Ontario, he rose from deckhand to captain, loving the ship as his life. He rarely came home, spending nine to ten months aboard and planned retirement this year before sailing the Silver Bay to Lake Erie run.
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Toledo, Ohio
E.R. McSorley
Edmund Fitzgerald
Delores Ulrich
McSorley
Silver Bay
Minn
Lake Erie
Ulrich
Former Fitzgerald skipper recalls ship as strong vessel
Lake Worth Florida AP reporting captain Peter Pulcer former skipper of the Fitzgerald says the 729 foot iron ore laden steamer sank in a bad Lake Superior storm with 29 crew dead. He recalls the ship as a powerful craft that handled heavy weather and was surprised by the disaster.
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Lake Worth, Fla
Edmund Fitzgerald
Peter Pulcer
Great Lakes
Fitzgerald
Crew List For Edmund Fitzgerald Reveals 30 Names
The list of Edmund Fitzgerald crew members includes captains, mates, engineers, deck hands, and other ranks with ages and home towns such as Ernest McSorley Toledo Ohio and Michael Armagast Iron River Wisconsin. The names reflect a wide geographic span from Ohio Wisconsin Michigan Florida and California.
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Melbourne
Kerr
Mark A. Thomas
Richmond Heights
Paul M. Ruppa
Ashtabula
Bruce L. Hudson
North Olmsted
David E. Weiss
Agoura
Calif
Robert C. Rafferty
Toledo
Allen G. Kalmon
Wasburn
George Hall
Cabot
Penn
Edward F. Bindon
Fairport Harbor
A. Thomas E. Edwards
Oregon
Eraame
Russell G. Haskell
Millbury
Oliver J. Champeau
Milwaukee
Blaine H. Wilhelm
Moquah
Thomas Bentsen
St. Joseph
Joseph W. Mazes
Ashland
Gordon F. MacLellan
Clearwater
American Drew. Inc
Drew
Keller
Tell City
Burlington House
Cochrane
Hillsboro
Lee
Alexander-Smith
Armstrong
Bigelow
Vance - Leach
Athens, Ohio
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