Night crash on USS Nimitz deck kills 14 on carrier
A radar jamming EA-6B Prowler crashed during night landings on the USS Nimitz off Jacksonville. Fourteen crew died and 45 were injured as fire spread across the deck. 20 aircraft were destroyed or damaged. The carrier proceeded to Norfolk for evaluation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Cmdr
Ken Pease
Norfolk, Va
Naval Station
Pease
Nick Young
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Jim Lois
Naval Air Forces Atlantic
Nimitz
Young
Moosburgger
Norfolk
Naval Regional Medical Center
Dale Knee
St. Vincents Hospital
Knee
Naval Air Force Atlantic
Fort Lauderdale
Severe storms bring hail and rain to Western Kansas towns
Rain and hail hit Sublette and surrounding areas Tuesday evening with Sublette reporting 1.33 inches of precipitation and golf ball size hail in 45 minutes. Cars were damaged and US 56 flooded while Garden City and other towns logged trace rain or zero counts. Northwest Kansas saw 4 inches hail and 3 inches rain in Rawlins County, with roads flooded and creeks out of banks.
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Kansas
Garden City
Sublette
US 56
Haskell County
Joe Brock
Dodge City Weather Bureau
Seward
Haskell
Meade
Gray Counties
Kial Radio
Syracuse
Lakin
Dighton
Deerfield
Satanta
Scott City
Johnson
Ulysses
Tribune
Cimarron
Rawlins County
Bill Kane
Austin, Texas
Carole McClellan
Austin
Red Cross
Chase ends in fatal rollover near Oakley Kansas
An Oregon stolen pickup chased by Kansas Highway Patrol crash landed on an Oakley ramp. The unidentifiable male driver died in the overturn as Trooper Mark Conboy pursued on Interstate 70. Authorities linked the theft to Bend, Oregon.
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Oakley, Kan
Oregon
Highway Patrol
Mark Conboy
Interstate 70
Bend
Ore
Oakley
Kansas
U.S. 40
Kansas Supreme Court to weigh procedural questions in school finance suit
In Topeka AP dispatch the Kansas Supreme Court scheduled an attorney meeting at 1:30 p.m. to discuss procedural questions in Attorney General Stephan's challenge to Governor Carlin's veto of a school finance section. The court hinted it may take jurisdiction instead of sending the case to district court.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Robert Stephan
John Carlin
Ron Keefover
High Court
Stephan
Carlin
Legislature
Jack Brier
Kansas Judicial Center
Supreme Court
Index Alice Tuttle and a one room school tribute
A look at Alice Tuttle described as the epitome of one room schools appears on Page 4. Page 5 covers weddings and engagements. Page 11 hints at Reggie Jackson in a Mets uniform with a speculative note. Page 16 surveys Mount St Helens past and future. Gus Garden weighs the burden of speaking up versus staying silent.
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Alice Tuttle
eReggie Jackson
Mets
Mount St. Helens
Reagan says Mideast mission not a failure
President Reagan defends Habib's three week shuttle as successful despite reports Syria did not remove missiles from eastern Lebanon. Habib plans further talks next week, with Israel and Syria under renewed pressure to avoid war while Begin cites no deadline for mission outcomes.
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Washington
Reagan
Mideast
Philip Habib
Israel
Habib
Syria
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
White House
Israeli Radio
Saudi Arabia
Menachem Begin
Bekaa Valley
Riots erupt at Marquette and downstate prison outbreaks
About 200 inmates at Marquette State Prison joined a four hour rampage after a downstate riot. Three buildings burned and 13 injured as guards recovered knives and tools. The Jackson disturbance wounded 21, with six guards. Damages at Marquette reach $3 million as officials search for weapons.
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Marquette, Mich
Marquette State Prison
Southern Michigan State
Jackson
Louis C. Utess
Marquette
Theodore Koehler
Koehler
Jack Bergman
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Bergman
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