Doomed Eastern L1011 Crashes in Florida Everglades
An Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L1011 carrying 167 aboard crashed into the Florida Everglades near Miami just before midnight. Coast Guard and volunteers rescued 93 survivors as search for four dead continued at dawn. Recovery teams reported extensive wreckage and the plane broken into many pieces.
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Miami
New York
Miami International Airport
Bill Hodges
Coast Guard
Bill Wooten
Eastern
J. C. Walker
New York City
Walker
Palmetto
Mercy
Baptist
Mercy Hospital
Terrorists to face trial in Arab courtroom
Four Arabs who seized the Israeli embassy in Bangkok will be tried by a revolutionary court after returning to their base, per Al Moharrer. The group, linked to Black September, freed hostages in exchange for passage to Cairo amid Egyptian mediation and pressure.
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Beirut
Bankok
Thailand
al Moharrer
Black September
Cairo
Israel
Bangkok
Egypt
Special election set for Begich House seat in Alaska
Alaska schedules a March 6 special election to fill Rep. Nick Begich's House seat after a presumptive death certificate is signed. Judge Tyner also signs presumptive death for Begich aide Russell Brown and pilot Don Jonz. local court rulings touch on Young's nomination and Democratic committee procedures. Rescuers work through Everglades swamp to recover survivors and victims as search operations continue.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Nick Begich
U.S. House
U.S. District Court
Dorothy Tyner
Begich
William Egan
Juneau
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Russell Brown
Don Jonz
Fairbanks
Tyner
Brown
Jonz
Boggs
Superior Court
Everett Hepp
Republican State Central Committee
Don Young
Young
Hepp
Central Committee
Democratic Party
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic Central Committee
Emil Notti
Nixon orders halt to bombing of North Vietnam
President Nixon ordered a halt to bombing above the 20th parallel over Hanoi and Haiphong as Kissinger's Paris talks resume January 8. The move ends the heaviest phase of the bombing begun December 18, with 27 aircraft and 93 airmen reported lost or missing. Technical talks will restart January 2 as negotiations resume.
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Washington
Nixon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Henry Kissinger
Paris
White House
United States
Gerald L. Warren
Kissinger
Hanoii
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Warren
U.S
Milton Kaplan Dies. King Features Syndicate Leader
Milton L. Kaplan 53 president and general manager of the King Features Syndicate died Friday in Windham New York. He guided the syndicate and oversaw major comic and newspaper features.
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Milton L. Kaplan
Windham
N.Y
The
King Features Syndicate
Banks reopen in tents as Managua quake aftermath persists
In Managua banks reopen in temporary tents along highways outside the earthquake damaged capital. Fires burn in downtown areas as relief distribution faces trouble. Officials say currency and bank documents salvaged. troops guard makeshift banking resumption after last Saturday’s quake.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Last Life magazine issue vanishes from newsstands
The final Life magazine issue dated December 29 is rapidly sold out as collectors across the country snap up copies. Four Chicago outlets report no stock while Los Angeles dealers say speculators buy 10 to 20 copies at a time. Dallas dealers limit buyers to one copy.
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Associated Press
Life Magazine
Pioneer
Chicago
Loop
Los Angeles
Dallas
Blizzard Bets Hit Minnesota Amid Heavy Snow and Ice
A winter storm centered over Iowa drives near blizzard conditions across western and northern Minnesota with four inches plus forecast and another inch or two possible tonight. Power outages near Milaca and Princeton amid ice. reports of six inches near Virginia and three to four inches in Crookston Bemidji. Temperatures drop with wind gusts 20 to 35 mph and widespread icy roads. Thunderstorms noted last night for the first December storm in Minnesota since 1955.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Minnesota
National Weather Service
Brainerd
St. Cloud
Weather Service
Milaca
Rice
Princeton
East Central Electric Association
Minnesota Highway Department
Virginia
Crookston
Bemidji
Legislation seeks execution option for skyjackers and airport force
Rep. John M. Murphy proposes a federal program to execute hijackers or sentence them to 25 years, plus a $50 million yearly air transit security force within the FAA to police airports. The plan includes passenger screening and possible travel bans on nations harboring hijackers, endorsed by Air Line Pilots Association head John J. O'Donnell.
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Washington
Congress
John M. Murphy
Dn.y
John J. O'Donnell
Air Line Pilots Association
Murphy
O'Donnell
Nixon
Federal Aviation Administration
Air
United States
U.S
Champlin Police Resignation Accept by Village Council
Champlin Minnesota, the village council accepted the mass resignation of eight patrolmen during a Friday night meeting. The town of about 7,000 county residents now has only one officer, Chief Donald Galloway, as officers cited low pay and inadequate equipment among grievances. Citizens filled the office, and Officer Larry Thornhill urged reinstatement, but Councilman Melvin Westphal warned it was too late.
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Champlin, Minn
Champlin
Hennepin County
Donald Galloway
Larry Thornhill
Melvin Westphal
Longhorn Cheese Claim Tops Liar Contest Weird Feats
The Burlington Liars' Club crowned the 1972 World Champion Liar a Montana man who alleged a cheese making feat. Entries included a Miles City claim about making longhorn cheese from shorthorn milk and jokes about olives as bait for salmon. The event also featured other tall tales and a pollution note about Lake Winnebago pike shrinking in length.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Montana
Charles M. Hatch
Miles City
Mont
Fred F. Smith
Muskegon Heights
Mich
Smith
Lake Winnebago
Frank Adrian
Menasha
Indians Aid Swamp Rescue After Eastern Crash
Rescue teams battled sawgrass and muck in the Everglades to reach survivors and the dead after an Eastern Airlines Lockheed LS1011 crashed near Florida's Gold Coast. Helicopters and airboats ferried 88 survivors and collected victims as Miccosukee Indians aided operations and some looting occurred.
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Don Taggerty
Dade County
Siminerio
Tamiami Trail
Everglades
Miami
Florida
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Associated Press
Fra
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Gold Coast
Coast Guard
Mike McCormack
Pat Georgia
Wanted Morning Waitress Job Ad Cancelled Early
Advertising notice for employment class seeks morning waitress with experience optional. In person applications at the given address. Ad intended to run three days but cancelled after two. For fast action, call 433 8851 to place another ad.
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the Herald
Quic
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FAA
Don Byers
National Transportation Safety Board
Robert A. Loft
U.S. Coast Guard
No. Vietnam
Belfast
Hugh Martin
Martin
Northern Ireland
Life
Palmetto Hospital
Michael Laurie
Syosset
Laurie
Don Schneck
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