Night Rescue Of Jetliner Crash In Everglades
Coast guard and rescue teams battled darkness and swampy terrain to extract survivors from a three engine Eastern Air Lines jetliner crash near Miami. About 80 of 177 aboard survived as helicopters and swamp craft ferried people to hospitals.
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Miami International Airport
Miami
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Bill Hodges
Leonard Barmak
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Miami Area
Don Schneck
New Year Rites Vary Across U S In 1972 Night
United Press International reports New Year traditions across the United States. Hawaiians celebrate with fireworks while Montanans eat oysters. New Yorkers gather in Times Square as a Nixon filmed greeting airs. Grand Teton climbers plan a snow cave welcome. the Queen Mary hosts a three day gala for 1,200 guests at $22.50 a plate. Georgia bans public drinking via brown bag rules, Idaho may push drinkers to neighboring states, Minnesota prohibits liquor sales after midnight.
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Times Square
Nixon
Bulova
Broadway
America
Wyoming
Grand Teton
Paul Petzoldt
Todays Chuckle The Penalty For Bigamy Is Two Mothers In Law
Humorous saying notes that bigamy carries the quip two mothers in law as a punchline. Copyright line appears at end.
North Vietnamese Maintain U.S. Bombing Offense Failed
Washington sources say Hanoi signaled willingness to negotiate seriously, prompting President Nixon to suspend wide scale bombing while pressing for talks. Kissinger to return to Paris January 8 with bombing halted above the 20th parallel. Hanoi said US raids failed to subdue them and urged serious attitude for an early cease fire and peace accord.
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Paris
White House
Gerald Warren
United
Kissinger
le Due Tho
Congress
Verdict awards 310000 to estates in Iowa plant tragedy
A Cedar Rapids verdict caps suits seeking 650000 for families of two Minnesota men fatally injured at the Cedar Rapids sewage disposal plant on Sept 21 1967. Jurors awarded 135000 to Anthony Scholten and 175000 to Lewis E Evans, against Green Engineering Co while rejecting Dory Builders reimbursement claims. A third Green employee suit for over 1 million by Patrick MacGuire proceeds later. The Scholten Evans case began Dec 4 and the verdict was returned Friday night.
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Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Anthony Scholten
Lewis E. Evans
Camp Good Health Fund Boosted by Landis Gift
A 500 donation from Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Landis plus a 100 anonymous gift and other contributions raise the Camp Good Health total to 13 038 45 toward a 16 690 quota. The Chil dren's Home of Cedar Rapids operates the camp on Gazette subscribers gifts, aiding children who otherwise cannot attend a summer camp.
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Cedar Rapids
Russell W. Landis
Twenty-third Street
Camp Good Health
Highway 30
Highway 13
The
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Gazette
Israel Jets Hit Bases In Syria
Israel and Syria traded strikes as Israeli jets again crossed into Syria after Syrian shelling of Israeli positions in the occupied Golan Heights. Damascus radio claimed a warplane was damaged, while Israel said no casualties occurred and that its attack targeted an army camp north of Damascus.
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Syria
Israel
Damascus
Golan Heights
Nebk
Thailand
Radio
Mixed views on bombing North Vietnam effectiveness
Washington officials remain divided over whether heavy bombing helped reopen Paris talks. Some argue coercion and weakening enemy resolve. others say losses, international backlash, and civilian harm render bombing counterproductive. Reports cite 11 days of raids, dozens of planes shot down, and extensive civilian damage in Hanoi.
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New York Times
Washington
North Vietnam
United States
Paris
Gerald L. Warren
White House
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
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