Plane Crash at Mexico City Airport Leaves Conflicting Death Toll
A Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 with 111 passengers and seven crew crashed while landing near Mexico City. Reports vary on fatalities with figures from 9 to over 40 dead and 53 hospitalized. The jet struck a railroad embankment and sank into swampy ground, breaking into three sections but not burning. Survivors described a hard, unusual descent before impact.
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Mexico City
Mexicana Airlines
Chicago
U.S
Acapulco
Associated Press
Olave Pee Ielson
Gates Mills
Cleveland
Graciela Flores Alvarado
Pauline Hartzell
Milwaukee
Wis
Marquis In Perfect Landing In Parma Suburb
Richard J. Marquis 40 of Biddeford Maine landed a 1948 single engine Comanche in a Parma street amid new construction. Passenger Charles Gillespie 42 of Comerland Maine says they bought the plane recently in Midland Michigan and were flying from Midland to Biddeford. Marquis cited engine trouble from water in the fuel line.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Richard J. Marquis
Biddford
Maine
Parma
Charles Gillespie
Comerland
Midland
Mich
Bidderford
Marquis
Gov Curtis to push broad cutbacks in state agencies
Maine Governor Curtis said in January he will seek a special session to enact substantial reductions in government staffing. He favors abolishing commissions and consolidating agencies to save costs, noting only four new hires last year and earlier reforms, including replacing the Maine Aeronautics Commission with a single director.
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Augusta
Curtis
New Hampshire
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Walter Peterson
Granite State
Kittery Yard
David J. Kennedy
Milbridge
House
Public Utilities Commission
State Energy and Tax Reform Bills In Play
Lawmakers push for cutbacks of state employees and property tax administration reform in a special session call. A $50 million biennial revenue package was defeated earlier, and gun control legislation will not be reconsidered. Curtis commends local governments for efforts.
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Curtis
Former Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos Dies
Former Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos died at 59 after a long illness left him partly paralyzed for years. He led Mexico from 1958 to 1964 and was praised for elevating the nation's international standing and hosting numerous heads of state. He survived by his widow and daughter Avicita.
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Mexico City
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Lopez Mateos
Of.ce
James Poppen
Boston
Avecita
U.S
International Red Cross
Moslem Leaders Meet In Morocco
Leaders of 24 Moslem nations gather in Rabat to condemn Israel's Jerusalem annexation and discuss wider Arab critique of Israeli occupation. Divisions surface as revolutionary states skip talks and NonArab states urge focus on Jerusalem only. Egypt's Nasser shifts to Sadat while Africa's Moslem nations boycott for aid links with Israel.
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Rabat
Morocco
Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
al Aksah
Jordan
Syria
Jeru
Salem
Old Jerusalem
Iraq
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
Nasser
Moscow
Anwar Sadat
Black Africa
Beef Stew Removed From Military Menu
Pentagon decision ends beef stew in mess halls citing high cost and low demand. Navy and Marine Corps had already omitted it. Army and Air Force plans followed after years of study. Troops will get more hamburgers and Salisbury steak style dishes instead.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Personnel Support Center
Navy
James Warren
Food Service Directorate
Warren
Marine Corps
Army
Air Force
Cost Of Living In August Edges Up Further Across Goods
Government data show the cost of living rose 0.4 percent in August led by higher prices for food housing and medical care Egg prices jumped 20 percent from July Rents posted the largest monthly rise in 13 years The CPI reached 128.7 implying $12.87 for the same basket as in 1957 59 base period Transportation costs eased slightly while beef prices fell for the first time in eight months Real spendable earnings for a three dependent worker were nearly flat with a small rise in take home pay.
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Washington
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chase
Planned Aleutian Nuclear Test Draws Protests
Anchorage reports the aircraft carrier Prince ton moving toward the Aleutians to monitor a planned Milrow nuclear explosion. The AEC has not fixed a date for the test, part of a three shot series in Amchitka, with a one megaton yield and safety radius of 50 nautical miles. Japan and Canada have voiced disapproval over potential shipping and fishing impacts and the test timing remains before mid October.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Princeton
Atomic Ener- Commission
Japan
Canada
Cials
State Department
Janese
Amchitka Island
AEC
Toronto
Washington
United States
Senate
Aleutians
Operation Intercept Expands Across Border
The U S government reports Operation Intercept in full swing with thousands of marijuana pounds and illegal pills seized along 2500 miles of the U S Mexico border. A half ton of marijuana was on a seized plane and tens of thousands faced long waits at San Ysidro the return line. Authorities say inspections are thorough at all gates as 20000 pedestrians and 90000 people returning from Mexico undergo checks. Michael Thomas Mitchell a 23 year old Seattle man is jailed on smuggling charges after admitting a $27000 drug purchase in Mazatlan intended for Berkeley.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
U.s.-Mexico
Tijuana
Agua Caliente
San Ysidro
San Diego
Treasury
David M. ‘Kenney
John M. Mitchell
The
Air
Bakersfield
Petete
Michael Thomas Mitchell
University of Washington
Seattle
Mitchell
Mazatlan
Berkeley
Rumors of Mao's Illness Circulate in Hong Kong
Hong Kong observers discount reports that Mao Tse-tung is seriously ill despite Time magazine saying Chinese sources claim a stroke on Sept. 2. Some see a link to National Day preparations while others cite Mao’s long-standing pattern of public absences and seclusion.
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Hong Kong
China Watchers
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
China
Red China
Time Magazine
Communist
Moscow
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Peking
Liu Shao-chi
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