America Lets Celebrate Colorful Rose Parade Draws 1.375 Million
About 1.375 million people lined Pasadena streets for the 87th Tournament of Roses parade with 61 floats 22 bands and 272 horses under the theme America Lets Celebrate. Kate Smith was grand marshal and Ocidental Life of California won the Grand Prize. 109 people were arrested on drunk charges before the parade.
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Pasadena
Cal
Bobbi Jo Smith
Bert Riecel
Kate
Kate Smith
Calif
John McAlister
Los Angeles
McAlister
America
Lakewood
Tion
Occidental Life of California
U.S. Army
3Rd Infantry
Lebanon Jet Crash Kills All On Board
A Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 en route Beirut to Dubai crashed in remote Saudi desert near Qaisouma, killing 82 aboard including families fleeing Lebanon’s civil war. Weather and engine trouble cited. black box may reveal cause.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Kuwait
Dubai
Persian Gulf
Sultanate
Orman
Saudi Sands
Qaisouma
Saudi Arabia
Pierre Hama
Hassan Ali Alfoul
Ramzieh
Dhahran
Kamal Simno
Middle East Airlines
Sinno
Flight 438
Market basket prices up in December with improvements over year
Americans ended 1975 facing typical grocery price rises, led by dairy items like milk butter and eggs while sugar declined and pork chops eased after a year of hikes. The AP survey tracked 15 common items across 13 cities, showing December increases overall but a better year-over-year trend, with sugar prices falling and the total market basket often rising less than in 1974.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Dee
Land
Fifteen Die In Belgian Nightclub Fire in Two-Room Cafe
AP reports a flash fire in a two-room cafe in Louviere Belgium early Thursday killed fifteen revelers mostly teenagers and left three seriously injured. Fire crews called it a firetrap with only one narrow exit plus a cellar escape. Witnesses said regulars knew it was a dance hall and described rapid spread from a small flame to a blaze in three minutes.
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Six
LA. Louviere
Belgium
Cale
Anoth
Columbus police strip flag patches from uniforms
Columbus Ohio police chief Earl Burden ordered removal of American flag patches from uniforms effective February 1 as part of Bicentennial preparations. Col. Ralph Crown cited uniform appearance and patch maintenance. officers voiced mixed feelings, noting patriotism and protest at the timing amid the Rose Bowl report.
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Columbus
Ohio
Burden
Ralph Crown
Department
Fiveman
Columbus Dispatch
Iam
Weather Outlook for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia and North Carolina face increasing cloudiness and a chance of rain. Friday highs reach mid to high 60s inland with 46 degrees along the southeast coast. rain possible Friday night. Saturday rain chance rises with mountains in the mid 60s to southeast coast in the low 60s.
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Virginia
Nortu
Carolina
New Year Look at 1976 Bicentennial and Bowl Games
Americans welcomed 1976 with hangovers and football as the nation began its bicentennial. Rose and Cotton and Orange bowl games aired, police used tear gas on revelers in Fort Lauderdale, arrests rose in several cities, and a Philadelphia Mummers Parade was canceled due to snow. In Somerville the 13 cannon salute marked the era while Columbus officers removed flag patches from uniforms. President Ford praised the new century amid celebrations.
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Terry Ryan
Associated Press
Liberty Pavilion
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Key West
Milwaukee
Wis
Philadelphia
Sheboygan
Lake Michigan
Greenwood
Ind
National Safety Council
Charlestown
Grand Union
Prospect Hill
Somerville
Mass
Boston
Columbus
Ohio
Ford
Winds and Damage From North Carolina Storm
Winds of up to 35 mph ripped through North Carolina with scattered damage and a few small tornadoes. By New Year’s morning power lines were being restored and cleanup underway. No injuries were reported. In Wilson two men were arrested for looting at a jewelry store after power outages and vandalism.
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Associated Press
Tar Heel
National Weather Service
Wilson
Tobacco City
Wilson Police Department
Wilson General Hospital
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