Bicentennial year opens with feasts and fraught celebrations
Americans welcomed 1976 with bowl games and public celebrations as Fort Lauderdale police used tear gas on New Year revelers. Arrests numbered 62 in Fort Lauderdale, 110 in Key West, and 27 in South Milwaukee amid dispersal clashes.
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Terry Ryan
Associated Press
Liberty Pavilion
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Greenwood
Ind
National Safety Council
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St. Peter's Basilica
Beirut
Beirut to Dubai Flight 438 Crashes in Saudi Desert
A Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 with 82 aboard crashed about 30 miles north of Qaisouma in Saudi Arabia while en route from Beirut to Dubai. The 67 passengers were largely Lebanese and Egyptian with a Latin crew of 15. among the dead were families fleeing Beirut. The cause remained undetermined as rescuers gathered at the scene and an investigation began.
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Flight 438
Met Opera Musicians Strike Gains Supplemental Benefits
Metropolitan Opera musicians ratified a new contract providing supplemental unemployment benefits if they do not work a full 52 weeks and include an 11 percent wage increase. The agreement aims to stabilize earnings amid the season.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Pickets Set By UMW Local Over S S Contract Talks
Members of UMWA Local 1737 vote to post 24 hour pickets at S S Corporation in Claypool Hill after a breakdown in negotiations. They seek a cost of living raise health benefits and higher wages with possible three year contract and past strikes cited.
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UMW
UMWA
S & S Corporation
Claypool Hill
Bruce Compton
1737
Compton
President Ford Enjoys Quiet New Year Amid Bills and Football
President Ford spent New Year’s Day in the Oval Office working on the fiscal 1977 budget, signing 15 bills, and watching football bowl games. He and Mrs. Ford kept a quiet celebration with champagne and TV musical selections, while finishing 1975 with vetoes and signings. He outlined a $395 billion spending ceiling and signed measures including Public Broadcasting funding, housing discrimination credits disclosure, Medicare premium rise, and emergency relief for small firms.
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Guy Lombardo
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National Security Council
Congress
White House
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Public Broadcasting Corp
New Energy and Research Development Administration
Fire Tragedy at Belgium Cafe Kills 15 Teens
A flash fire at a two room cafe in La Louviere Belgium during New Year celebrations killed 15 people, mostly teenagers, and injured 33 with seven found in a rear toilet. Firemen said the venue was a fire trap with only a narrow exit corridor and a cellar exit. Police questioned the owner while noting prior lax safety registrations for the dance hall.
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LA Louviere
Belgium
Nationwide New Year Fires Kill Dozens Across Homes
Fires of unknown origin race through homes from New England to the West Coast on New Year’s eve and New Year’s Day, killing more than 25 people including several children. Fatal blazes strike Brooklyn and multiple states, with families away at celebrations when flames erupt.
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Associated Press
New England
Brooklyn
N.Y
Venezuela nationalizes oil industry after ceremony take over
President Perez raises the Venezuelan flag over the nationalized oil sector as foreign operators receive compensation totaling 1.01 billion dollars. The move ends 61 years of U.S. dominated control and keeps independence of oil policy while foreign firms contract to provide tech and purchase agreements. Venezuela plans to sell about 1.5 million barrels daily to foreign buyers at OPEC price levels for a three month period, short of 2.2 million target.
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Venezuela
Carlos Andres Perez
Exxon
Royal Dutch Shell
Gulf
Perez
Zulia
Zumaque No. 1
OPEC
Valentin Hernandez
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