Seoul hotel fire kills 158 in luxury Taeyongak
A Seoul luxury Taeyongak hotel fire on Christmas Day left 158 dead and 68 injured, including one American. Experts blame lack of outside fire escapes and nonbattery emergency lighting, noting interior stairs acted as a chimney and exits failed when power died. Authorities probe contractor and city fire-code compliance.
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Seoul
UPI
Taeyongak
Chi Young-dae
Winecoff Hotel
Atlanta
G.W. Goodwin
Sacramento
Calif
U.S. Osan Air Force Base
Taeyongak Hotel
Calm polite hijacker takes Air Canada DC9 toward Cuba
A young man described as in his early 20s hijacked an Air Canada DC9 after boarding in Thunder Bay and allowed 82 passengers to disembark in Toronto unaware of the hijacking. He claimed a fragmentation grenade and said he had a mission to fulfill, talking about his wife and child and showing photos while remaining calm. The plane returned to Toronto after a Havana stay, with crew noting his rational, polite demeanor and no real threat beyond the initial weapon display.
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Toronto
UPI
Cuba
American Airlines
Salt Lake City
Air Canada
Jose Marti
Havana
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Minnesota
Ruthe-Anne Snell
Helga Weterings
Miss S
Don Clendenning
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Holiday traffic deaths mount across states
United Press International reports the Christmas holiday traffic toll passed 600, with 616 deaths during the 78 hour period ending Sunday. California led with 64 deaths, Florida 36, Texas 43, New York and Pennsylvania 28 each, and several states reporting zero fatalities. A tragic Christmas Eve fire killed seven members of one Arlington Heights family, and a New Orleans fireman and two others died when a building collapsed during a blaze.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Florida
Reubin Askew
Highway Patrol
NSC
California
Texas
Georgia
Pennsylvania
New York
Maine
North Dakota
Idaho
Montana
District of Columbia
Arlington Heights
Irl
New Orleans
George Forstall
Anti-war veterans barricade Statue of Liberty overnight
Sixteen Vietnam Veterans Against the War members barricaded themselves inside the Statue of Liberty starting around 5 p.m. on Christmas weekend. The National Parks Service warned they may be removed if they refuse to negotiate, with 10 park police on Liberty Island and 30 more en route. The group said the action would continue until New Year's Day, calling for an end to the war and protesting treatment of soldiers.
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New York
VPI
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
VVAW
Statue of Liberty
National Parks Service
Franklin Arthur
Service
Arthur
Parks Service
Liberty Island
New York Harbor
National Monument
al Hubbard
Hubbard
Paris
le Mai
Vietnam
Bill Keyburn
Valley Forge
Keyburn
National Park Service
Inside Look at Vermont’s No 1 Mountain Review
On the Inside offers a review of a Vermont book about its top peak with commentary by Gerald Raftery on related topics including the Parents case and local cultural notes spanning pages 3 to 4 5 6 7 8 and beyond.
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Vermont
Mountain
Gerald Raftery
Oleo
New Hampshire
Arlington
Sopia
UVM
Edger Hoover
Red Smith
Kc-Miami
Moss readies fish kill charge against Union Carbide
Union Carbide faces a fish kill charge in Bennington District Court for an alleged unlawful discharge into the Walloomsac River on July 12. The company admitted spilling 17 gallons of liquid ammonia and said the release was inadvertent while pledging to make restitution if the ammonia caused the fish kill, which officials say is hard to prove.
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Moss
Union-Carbide
Union Carbide
Walloomsac River
Bennington District Court
Walloomsac
Eban Names 1972 as Year of Negotiation in Middle East
Israel expects 1972 to be a pivotal year of negotiation in the Middle East. Abba Eban told reporters in Jerusalem that the year should mirror progress, with January critical for channeling U.S. Suez talks and Gunnar V. Jarring’s UN mission. Egyptian and Israeli forces reportedly coordinated maneuvers on the canal west bank to avoid misread preemption. Arab league ministers in Cairo discussed a possible summit and whether to resume ties with West Germany as Sadat termed the year a potential “Year of Decision.”
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Abba Eban
Jerusalem
Israel
Middle East
Eban
U.S
Suez Canal
United Nations
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jarring
United States
Ebani
U.N
West Bank
Canal
Egypt
Cairo
League
Nile River
West Germany
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Mamie Ogden Sr dies at Landgrove home at 74
Mrs Samuel R Ogden Sr known as Mamie to generations of youngsters died at her Landgrove home on Christmas Day after a long illness She taught swimming and handicrafts at her summer camp which began in the early 1930s carrying Southern hospitality from Kentucky to Vermont
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Landgrove
Samuel R. Ogden Sr
Mamie
Kentucky
Mamie Odgen
Lee
Ogden Page
Harvard Law Professor Warns FBI Tactics Create Chill in Academia
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe says FBI questioning of his and colleagues research on Supreme Court nominees risks a chilling effect on academic inquiry. He notes intrusive questions about motives and background, prompting concern that the agency is discrediting legitimate inquiry and stifling scholarly work.
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Barbara Katz
Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Harvard
FBI
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Laurence Tribe
Harvard University
Rehnquist
U.S
Nixon
Tribe
Mildred L. Lillie
State Court of Appeals
Los Angeles
Calif
Daniel P. Moynihan
Moynihan
J. Edgar Hoover
Lillie
Lewis F. Powell
Richmond
White House
Derek C. Bok
John Mitchell
Los Angeles Times
Richard G. Kleindienst
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