Scaffold collapse at Willow Island power plant kills 51
Federal OSHA teams study design hoists and cement at the Monongahela Power Co plant cooling tower after the tragedy. Officials expect two to five weeks for data, while governors families mourn and workers debate the cement's role in the collapse.
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Willow Island
W.va
UPI
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
Monongahela
Eula Bingham
OSHA
Research-Cottrell Inc
Roger Buskirk
Thumb saves James Miller after deadly scaffold collapse
James Miller, a Pleasants Power Station worker at Willow Island West Virginia, avoided death by leaving for thumb treatment just as a scaffold gave way. Fifty one co workers perished in the collapse at the site, Miller’s daughter Michele, eight, watches in the background.
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James Miller
Pleasants
Willow Island
W. Va
Miller
Michele
GOP unveils budget plan opposing Democrat fiscal approach
House Republicans charged the Democrats abandoned budget control and unveiled a five year plan to lift the 1979 budget with about 30 billion in extra tax cuts, cut spending by 13 billion, and aim for a 3 billion surplus by 1983. They seek to keep annual spending growth near 6 percent and tie taxes to gross national product.
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Washington
House
Treasury
John Rhodes
House Budget Committee
Carter
GOP
Rhodes
Rep
Barber Conable
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Budget Committee
Sun watchers record largest flare in four years
The largest solar flare in over four years disrupted high frequency radio across sunlit Earth areas for more than three hours. NOAA reported the event beginning at 6 08 a m MST with a peak at 7 35 a m The flare reached X 5 on the radiation scale and caused a weak magnetic storm expected to last about 36 hours with aurora borealis visible as far south as Seattle Minneapolis and Boston.
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Boulder
Colo
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Air Force
George Wortham
Patrick McIntosh
Agency
McIntosh
Seattle
Minneapolis
Boston
Gary Heckman
Tanker Texaco New York Runs Aground Near Providence
A 700 foot Texaco New York tanker carrying 131000 barrels of gasoline ran aground in upper Narragansett Bay two miles from its Providence unloading destination Friday afternoon.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Texaco New York
Upper
Narragansett Bay
Coup Leaders Claim Afghanistan Control
Afghanistan coup leaders announced full control after killing President Daoud and his brother. Radio Kabul broadcast the claim as fights between rebels and loyal forces continued earlier in the day, while authorities ordered citizens to report to work. Independent confirmation of Daoud’s fate remained unavailable.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Mohammed Daoud
India
Paris
Junta
Military Revolutionary Council
Radio
Kabul
Daoud
Legionnaires Disease Linked to Construction Excavations
Atlanta researchers at the CDC pursue a link between construction excavations and Legionnaires disease after a Philadelphia outbreak killed 29 and sickened over 150 at the Bellevue Stratford hotel during a state American Legion convention. Downwind exposure near sites was noted while airborne spread remains unproven.
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Atlanta
Philadelphia
Fraser
Georgia Lung Association
American Legion
Bellvue Stratford Hotel
Teamsters Officials Cleared in Embezzlement Case
Detroit jurors found Richard Fitzsimmons son of union leader Frank Fitzsimmons innocent of embezzling 5000 dollars from a Teamsters fund. Co defendants Anthony Sciarratta and Stuart Sinai were also acquitted. Judge John Feikens declared all three innocent.
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Detroit
Richard Fitzsimmons
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamsters Fund
U.S
Fitzsimmons
Anthony Sciarrotta
Teamsters
John Feikens
Stuart Sinai
Notice of Probate and Bidder Invitations in Iowa County
Proceedings announce the will of Auman deceased admitted to probate with Bowers named executor. Also notices to bidders by Linn-Mar Community School District and Cedar Rapids City for automated duplication system and water main extension design bids, with dates in 1971 and 1978 and procedural details.
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Auman
Bowers
Istri
Soid
Linn-mar Omm c Ct
Ces
Orth Loth Street
Marion
David Jfie
Vocational Services Center
Linn- Ai
Epee
Linn-Mor
Chool Aap
Linn
State of Iowa
Linn-Mar Community
Iowa
Linn-Mar
Marion, Lowa
David J. Dewalle v. Boarch
Cedar Rapids
Ehero
Apids
Worthington
Lerk
Worthington Acres
City
Sdorapids
Mary Edith
Mery Sims Fuller
Magnuson
Iice
Uner
Venomed District Court
Jarabelle
Sal State
Myn Pleasant
Wadsworth, Elderkin, Pirnie and von Lackum
Fiowa
Reten Jr
Voung
Reed
14Th Avenue
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Ray Marshall
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George Meany
Jay Rockefeller
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J.R. Knox
Parkersburg
DuPont
Darrell Bailey
St. Marys
Criss Concrete Co
Tony Vitti
Criss
Don Fosselman
Dennis Carlton-Jones
Research-Cottrell
Steele
Lee Steele
Conable
David Fraser
Center For Disease Control
Osa
Resa
Boe
Velmon L. Bowers
Waterloo
Rris
L. Allen Aorney
Forse
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Secre
Apv
Lovetee
M. Hyeherk
Norit
Lois M Hyeherk
The
Apri
Keller
Cedars
Kerik
Emperor Hirohito of
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Rod McKuen
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Bob Finch
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