Flight controller frightened by low altitude, Mt Weather crash
Merle Cameron, a 20 year veteran at Dulles, testified he was frightened by a radar readout near 2,000 feet as Trans World Airlines Flight 514 neared runway 12. The 92 dead included no awareness of Mt Weather blocking the descent, and he said approach charts did not show the mountain. He admitted radar reliability was not continuous.
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Washington
API
Trans World Airlines
Merle Cameron
Dulles International
Cameron
le Grange
Chuckle Says Modern Housewives Put Off Tasks
A humorous line notes some housewives delay today tasks opting to rely on husbands for weekend fixes. The aside reflects light domestic wit typical of period newspaper humor.
Indians Face Noon Deadline at Wisconsin Abbey
Indians occupying the Alexian Brothers novitiate near Gresham Wisconsin faced a noon Friday deadline to decide whether to accept the religious order’s latest offer and evacuate. They met with the Menominee Peoples Committee through the night as discussions continued with AIM involvement. The National Guard said no ultimatum had been issued and the deadline marked the expiration time of an agreement presented to the Warrior Society.
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Gresham
Wis
UPI
Alexian Brothers
Menominee Peoples Committee
National Guard
Warrior Society By
Represent
Ship Crash Kills Two as 22 Reported Missing
An American tanker rammed a Liberian ship unloading crude oil at a Delaware river refinery early Friday, causing explosions and fires. At least two people died, 29 others injured, and 22 of the 43 aboard the Liberian tanker Corinthos remained unaccounted for.
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Marcus Hook
Delaware River
Edgar M. Queeny
Corinthos
Robert Sides
Queeny
George Warner
Nixon Tapes Declared Government Property
A federal judge ruled that millions of Nixon White House documents and the tapes belong to the U.S. government nullifying a 1974 agreement granting Nixon access. The decision sets no public access under FOIA but allows defined channels for historians and reporters. The ruling covers about 42 million documents and 244 years of recordings.
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Washington
White House
Richard Nixon
Nixon
U.S
Charles Richey
Nixon White House
Rickey
San Clemente
Calif
General Services Administration
Leon Jaworski
Ford Administration
Jaworski
Philip Buchen
Special Prosecutors Office
Pen Term to Ex Governor of Montana Penalty Four Months in Prison
Former Montana governor Tim Babcock was sentenced to four months in prison for illegally concealing the origin of $54,000 in political contributions to the 1972 Nixon campaign. He pled guilty to violating a law against using another person’s name. He received two years probation and a $1,000 fine.
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Washington
Tim Babcock
Montana
Richard Nixon
Babcock
Armand Hammer
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Ford says we are still not made of sugar candy at White House dinner
President Ford recalling Winston Churchill words told British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and guests that the United States faces serious but solvable economic and international tensions. He cited Churchill and asserted that free democratic nations can triumph through cooperation.
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Ford
Wilson
White House
Washington
Harold Wilson
Winston Churchill
Oval Office
James Callaghan
Kissinger
Capitol
Senate
House
Cyprus
Northern Ireland
Beverly Sills
Hugh Scott
Congress
Iranian deal to save Pan Am in works says Journal
The Wall Street Journal reports Pan American World Airways is near a plan with Iran and Iranian aviation and banking interests to keep the financially troubled carrier afloat. If completed, Iran could rise as a major transportation power. Ownership and structure remain unsettled.
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Pan Am
New York
Pan American World Airways
U. S
Wall Street Journal
Iran
Trans World Airlines
United States
Soviets Seek Portuguese Seaport for Atlantic Fleet
Lisbon reports the Soviet Union urgently asked Portugal to provide a seaport for its Atlantic fishing fleet. If granted, Soviet trawlers with surveillance gear would base near NATO Iberian naval command, overseeing approaches to the Gibraltar Straits and security of the Middle East gateway.
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Lisbon
Soviet Union
Portugal
Russia
NATO
Iberian
Gibraltar Straits
Middle East
Phnom Penh Airport Hit by Rocket Attack Kills Three
Insurgent gunners fired 25 rockets at Phnom Penh airport in Friday assault. Three killed, 34 wounded. Four military planes destroyed, three civilian aircraft damaged. airport remained open.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Flock To Aid 6 Orphans After Father Shot
New York City residents raise funds for six Walker children aged 3 to 12 after their crippled widower father Frank Walker was fatally shot while aiding a wounded policeman. By Thursday afternoon more than $20,000 was donated to a police fund. The relatives say the siblings will stay together and are offered support from neighbors and police. The slain man was a marine carpenter who had been rebuilding his family after his wife’s death in an auto accident.
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New York
Walker
Frank
Raymond
Linda
Theresa
Danny
Kelly
Atives
Raymond Cae
No Direct Link To Slayings By Mary Wallbaum
Ronald Brewer, 36, an escapee from Anamosa reform school, is being sought for questioning in the deaths of Clarence and Patricia Edwards found shot in their Anamosa home. An FBI warrant was issued for Brewer on unlawful flight to avoid confinement. Autopsy shows two chest wounds from a high powered rifle, time of death between 6 and 8 p.m. Wednesday. Iowa BCI director Craig Beck said evidence is limited and danger of linking Brewer to the slayings remains unconfirmed. two major incidents in Anamosa are under review.
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Ronald Brewer
Anamosa
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brewer
Clarence D. Edwards
Patricia
Edward
Gregory Holub
Regis Weland
Cedar Rapids
Craig Beck
Iowa
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Lloyd LaGrange
Air Line Pilots Assn
J. J. O'Donnell
ABC
Wisconsin
Philadelphia
George Lewis
Richey
GSA
The
Govern
Hart
Phnom Penh Airport
Patricia Cavagnet
Mary Wallbaum
Edwards
Weland
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