Air Force crash jets kill 20 on Manzano Mountains
An EC135 flying command post crashed on the Manzano Mountains near Albuquerque killing all 20 aboard. The jet, based at Seymour Johnson AFB North Carolina, had just refueled at Kirtland AFB en route to Nellis AFB for a joint exercise. Rescue efforts found no survivors as officials investigated whether nuclear munitions were involved.
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Albuquerque
N.M
API
Manzano Mountains
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
North Carolina
Kirtland Air Force Base
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
Air Force
Tactical Deployment Control
Seymour Johnson
Tactical Air Command
Ben Orrell
Kirtland
Air Force Special Weapons Center
Orrell
Ethiopia claims proof of Somali tank involvement in Ogaden war
In Dire Dawa Ethiopia displayed captured Somali armor to foreign reporters, claiming Somali tanks and rocket trucks fought near the city. Maj. Tadesse Takle Hai Many cited nine captured TS5 tanks and other vehicles with Somali plates, alleging heavy Somali forces including a motorized brigade and artillery battalion participated in the assault on Dire Dawa.
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Ethiopia
Dire Dawa
UPI
Ogaden
Somalia
Somalia Liberation Front
Tadesse Takle
Hai
Ees
Tadesse
15Th Motorized Brigade
Ahmar Range
Le pold Stokowski Dies at 95 After Storied Conducting Career
London UPI reports Leopold Stokowski longtime Philadelphia Orchestra conductor died at age 95 after a heart attack at a Hampshire country cottage. He led major ensembles from 1909 to 1972 and championed modern composers while shaping American orchestral life. He founded the American Symphony Orchestra of New York and mentored young performers.
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Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Stokowski
London Philharmonic
Brahm
Hampshire
Stravinsky
Prokofiev
Rachmaninoff
London
United States
Cincinnati Orchestra
Houstones Orchestra
American Symphony Orchestra of
New York
Stokowki
Greta Garbo
Gloria Vanderbilt
Miss Vanderbilt
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Nine Blacks Die In Rhodesian Bus Hijacking
In Salisbury Rhodesia nine black civilians aboard a hijacked bus were killed during a clash between guerrillas and security forces. A government notice described the bus being set alight after terrorists opened fire, with 16 others injured as the siege unfolded.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Jolt Algo
Malawi
Kamuzu Banda
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaningi Sithole
Kansas City Declares Disaster Area After Floods
President Carter declared Kansas City a disaster area, enabling immediate federal aid after flash floods killed more than 20 and possibly billions in damages. Police found three more bodies raising the death toll to 22, with victims near Rock Grove Creek.
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Kansas City
UPI
Carter
Barbara Wickware
Independence
Brenda Bronson
Edwardsville
Kan
Rock Grove Creek
Harold A. Thomas
Fairway
Bob England
Country Club Plaza
Carter Opens Talks With French Leader Barre in Washington
President Carter begins two day talks with French Prime Minister Raymond Barre to seek Concorde landing rights and bolster French government popularity. Officials expect discussions with Vance Schlesinger and Burns as Barre’s visit tests postwar Franco American ties amid looming elections and European political shifts.
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Jimmy Carter
Raymond Barre
Washington
UPI
Carter On
A&ong
George Pompidou
Barre
Carter
France
Communist Party
George Marchair
United States
Jules Barker
Amtrak to Cut 61 More Passenger Train Runs
Washington reports Amtrak plans to cut 61 additional passenger train runs by January 15 unless a $50 million appropriation is approved. The reductions would add to 22 cuts already set for October 30 from the Northeast Corridor Boston to New York and Washington, D.C. Rep. Toby Moffett, a Connecticut Democrat, said funds would likely pass and that he learned of the proposed cuts during last Friday's caucus with New England lawmakers.
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Washington
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