A gift for the Raiders end zone return
Oakland Raiders linebacker Willie Hall 39 quotes disbelief as a fumbled ball rolls to him at the Minnesota two yard line. He returns it for the Raiders third touchdown in a 35 13 victory over the Vikings amid seven Vikings turnovers. Rookie Tommy Kramer mishandled a center snap from Mick Tingelhoff. Stories and more sports photos appear in pages 19 21 and 22.
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Oakland Raider
Willie Hall
Toose
Minnesota
Hall
Raiders
Vikings
Tommy Kramer
Mick Tingelhoff
Skytrain plan lowers London Los Angeles fares
Freddie Laker proposes a no reservation Skytrain service between London and Los Angeles with fares about 206 dollars to Los Angeles and 250 dollars to Los Angeles from London. He aims to start in September 1978 pending British and U.S. approvals. The article notes past Skytrain success on London to New York and compares with current round returns around 970 dollars.
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London
UPI
Freddie Laker
Atlantic
Lanston
Los Angeles
Laker
New York
U.S
TWA
British Airways
Washington
Skytrain
Atlrines
Ayer
Pan Am
Tran Air
Air India
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Talks stall as AC Transit faces ongoing bus strike
Negotiations stretched into a new day with no formal response from Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 to AC Transit's moratorium offer. Union leaders planned a press conference while district chief labor negotiator Robert Shamoon pressed for a return to work to limit rider disruption.
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AC Transit
Robert J. Shamoon
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192
Joseph A. Andersen
Mike Curry
Cuny
Anderson
Curry
New breast cancer test uses heat to detect cancer
Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute report a new nonradiation breast cancer detection method, Graphic Stress Telethermometry GST, claiming about 80 percent accuracy distinguishing benign from malignant lesions. Principal Investigator Dr Ruth Snyder and Dr Robin Watson announce GST as safe and effective.
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New York
UPI
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Ruth Snyder
Robin Watson
Kaiser opens Hayward hospice unit for terminally ill patients
Terminally ill patients and families prepare for death in a new Kaiser Hospital Hayward hospice with eight beds. The unit aims to resemble home life, offering nursing care and counseling to patients and families, and encourages home care when possible to ease family guilt and strengthen bonds.
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Glennda Chl
Hayward
Kaiser Hospital
Norman Waller
Judy Urrea
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal
Kaiser
Hayward Area
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Iene
Waller
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Pete Stark hailed by grateful prisoners in San Diego welcome
UPI reports California Democrat Fortney Pete Stark received public adulation as 61 former Mexican prisoners arrived in San Diego. He led hearings on Americans held abroad, earning praise for pressuring for human rights and prison exchanges. Relative supporters handed him roses amid TV lights.
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Terrance. W
Stark
Air Force
Security National Bank
Walnut Creek
United Sales
Mexico
United States
State Department
United Tes
San Diego
Foi
Don Bawth
Hawthorne
Robin Worthi
San Francisco
Santa's Death Hardens Christmas in Belfast War Zone
In Belfast amid 1989 violence children tell of a dead Santa killed in the Troubles. Parents describe Santa as jailed or hijacked by the IRA while bombs and gunfire ruin the holiday mood. Neighborhoods near linen mills and red brick terraces live under siege, with Santa a fading, mournful figure.
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Donald Higging
Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Santa Claus
Sear
Santa
Jimmy Sullivan
Jimmy
West Belfast
Rosaleen Murphy
Michael Donnellan
Lana
IRA
Irish Republican Army
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Fortney
Pete’ Stark
Wartorn
N. Ireland
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