Delta Flight 723 Crashes at Logan Airport. 85 Feared Dead
A Delta DC9 crash at Logan International Airport in heavy fog left 85 feared dead with two initial survivors. The jet from Burlington, Vt, struck a seawall during a late landing, disintegrating on impact. A temporary morgue was set up and responders gathered bodies amid mud and debris. One survivor was Leopold Chouinard, 20, with severe burns.
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Boston
Delta Airlines
Logan International Airport
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Harbor
Burlington
Delta
Manchester
N.H
New Hampshire
Leopold Chouinard
Marshfield
Atlanta
Delta Flight 723
Alabama ethics panel approves ballot integrity bill
A Senate ethics committee approved a new ethics bill requiring a candidate to file a statement of economic interest before appearing on the Alabama ballot. Separately, Communist led insurgents attacked Phnom Penh as government troops engaged on two fronts around the capital.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Alabama
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Haldeman called counterfeit evidence on White House tapes
Senate Watergate chair Sam Ervin labeled H R Haldeman's tape testimony counterfeit, saying the tapes are the best evidence and would not be admissible in court. The panel seeks access despite Nixon's refusals as Haldeman discusses campaign budgets and potential destruction of a memo.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Haldeman
Ervin
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Haldéman
Nixon
Watergate
Archibald Cox
John W. Dean III
Charles W. Colson
Bingo Bug Contest Opens with Orange Cards in Decatur Daily
The week long Bingo Bug contest runs Monday through Sunday with orange cards. Numbers appear daily in participating merchants ads in The Decatur Daily and the winner receives 100 Bingo Bucks. If multiple winners, the prize is divided. Last week's winners will be announced Wednesday.
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Decatur Daily
Wage Hike For City Employes Considered
The city personnel board weighs an across the board wage increase. A 5 to 10 percent rise is studied to boost Decatur salaries seen as lower than area industry and other North Alabama cities.
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City Personnel Board
Decatur
North
Alabama
Gadsden
Florence
Lafayette offers services to America in 1777
On this date in 1777 the Marquis de Lafayette offered his services to the American colonies and was commissioned a major general in the Continental Army. The weather forecast notes highs in the mid to upper 80s, with precipitation chances of 80 percent today, 50 percent tonight, and 50 percent Wednesday.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Athens
Tennessee Valley
Education Leader Recovering After Colorado Springs Attack
Athens city school superintendent R. Dale Weizenecker 45 is back at work after being shot and robbed in Colorado Springs last week. He survived three bullets and a back wound while two masked men forced him to drive. police seek two suspects and consider Army personnel possible.
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Athens
R. Dale Weizenecker
Colorado Springs
Colo
Weiznecker
ATHENS —_ City
Dale Weizenecker
Weizenecker
Howard Shaeffer
Sgt. Shaeffer
Shaeffer
Sheriff's Department
Army
Ft. Carson
United Way Plans Priority Review Across Fund Allocation
United Way campaign board will re examine how agencies enter the driving funding process amid growing budgets. President Dr Curtis Sellers urged clear priorities and a re evaluation of agency eligibility while the 1974 distribution budget was approved. Don Jones led the budget committee which recommended funding the Volunteer Bureau to coordinate volunteers and reduce duplication.
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United Way
Campaign
Mutual Savings Life Building
Curtis P. Sellers
Don Jones
Jones
United
Doctors Question Mechanical Heart
A panel of scientists warns the government about moral ethical legal and social questions surrounding implantable artificial hearts. They urge resolving issues before wide use as NHLI and AEC research costs are cited and animal testing progresses with potential human trials closer.
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Washington
National Heart and Lung Institute
Associated Press
NHLI
The
Atomic Energy Commission
6th Ave Turn Lanes Striped Following Council Request
State Highway Department crews began restriping 6th Ave between 8th and 11th Streets SE to create a center safety turn lane. Division engineer C. F. Camp said the move follows a Decatur City Council request approved for addressing a high accident rate in the area.
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6Th Ave
8Th
L1th Streets
C. F. Camp
Decatur
Highway Department
Camp
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