Jetliner crash at Boston kills 88 with one survivor
Delta Flight 723 sliced through a seawall and disintegrated on approach to Logan Airport. 88 died, including officials from ICC and New Hampshire attorney general. One Air Force sergeant survived in critical condition. Pilot reportedly flew too low. NTSB investigation begun. Fog and bad weather marred the morning, with a previous harbor crash noted from 1960.
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Ourse
Maureen Kennedy
Delta Airlines DC
Logan International
Air Force
Leopold Chouinard
Marshfield
Delta Flight 723
Federal Aviation Administration
John N
Burlington
Manchester
N.H
New York
Charles R. Mealy
Bedford
Mealy
Eastern Air Lines
Delta
August Weather Brings Autumn Feel Across Wisconsin
Cool Canadian air cooled Wisconsin on the first of August with overcast skies and mist. The National Weather Service sees a return of summer temperatures later in the week while July averaged 80.4 high and 62.2 low, both near or above normal. Rain was scarce with 1.55 inches versus 2.95 normally. Highs midweek in 60s and 70s, nights 40s and 50s, clear to partly cloudy later. some early Wednesday Thunderstorms grazed upper Lake Michigan with light rain in the northeast.
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Wisconsin
National Weather Service
Upper Lake Michigan
Superior
Ashland
Spooner
Stoughton
Manitowoc
Cambridge
Manitowish
Two Rivers
Judge orders release of impounded housing funds
A federal judge ruled the Nixon administration violated Congress by halting low interest housing loans for poor rural Americans. The order directed the Farmers Home Administration to resume 18 month suspended subsidy payments, amid ongoing appeals and broader debates over impounded funds from 1968 housing programs.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Charles R. Richey
Richey
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Farmers Home Administration
Asst
U.S. Atty
Liomas G. Corcoran Jr
FHA
HUD
Nixon impeachment move stalls amid Cambodia bombing concerns
House move to impeach President Nixon over secret Cambodia bombing drew cool reception from Democratic leadership. Rep. Drinan’s resolution faces no early action as tensions over U.S. bombing policy persist. In Phnom Penh, Cambodian forces push insurgents south of the city while a new offensive continues. Space Center Houston reports Sky Lab 2 crew focusing on medical tests and Earth resource sensor checkout after a rough stomach period.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Cambodia
Robert F. Drinan
Dmass
Phnom Penh
United States
Asia
Japan
White House
Kakui Tanaka
United Nations Security Council
Tanaka
People’s Republic of China
Prc
Indochina
Paris
Korean Peninsula
William P. Rogers
Masayoshi Ohira
Rogers
North Vietnam
Baby found at lagoon dubbed Moses by nurses
In Chicago Columbus Hospital nurses named an infant boy "Moses" after the Biblical figure after a pound baby was found at the Lincoln Park lagoon's edge. Richard Franklin 34 said he found the crying baby while walking at dusk and saw a woman running away as he approached.
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Chicago
Columbus Hospital
Moses
Richard Franklin
Lincoln Park Lagoon
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Two Bedroom Apt Available for Married Couples in Pa
A two bedroom apartment in Adelton area offers a serious yard and private driveway with no pets. Only married couples accepted. Another unit rented quickly. Advert provides a low eight day rate of six dollars and a dial number for an advisor to cancel after results.
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Aptons
Ulbricht dies after long illness in East Germany
Walter Ulbricht, the East German leader credited with the Berlin Wall, died at 12:55 p.m. on August 1 1973 after a stroke and heart failure. He had been party first secretary until 1971 and remained titular head of state as chairman of the State Council.
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Walter Ulbricht
Berlin Wall
Ncw
ADN
Abricht
Erich Honecker
State Council
Ulbricht
Social Unity Party of Germany
German Democratic Republic
People’s Chamber
National Council of
The
National Front
Roger Bonvin
Switzerland
Europe
Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Haldeman Admits Marking Memo With Great And Good
In a Senate Watergate hearing H R Haldeman acknowledged he wrote great and good on a 1971 memo about violent demonstrators at an upcoming Nixon Graham appearance in Charlotte. He defended the notes saying the markings were to signal possible public response, not endorse violence.
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Washington
White House
H. R. Haldeman
Charlotte
N.C
Nixon
Billy Graham
Haldeman
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Rconn
Senate Watergate Committee
Weicker
Ronald H. Walker
Secret Service
Graham
Forecasts show record 1973 U.S. wheat harvest and strong prices
Agriculture Department Outlook Board forecasts a potential 1.75 billion bushel U.S. wheat harvest in 1973, up 13 percent from last year, with exceptionally strong prices and tight carryover stocks. Factors include robust harvest demand, reduced July 1 carryover, and ongoing export commitments shaping early-season prices amid global supply uncertainties.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
May
Earl L. Butz
Soviet Union
Butz
U.S
Youth Dies Of Injury In Wisconsin Traffic Toll Rise
The AP reports 613 traffic deaths in Wisconsin for 1973 after injuries claimed Michael L. Peterson a 17 year old from Menasha who died in Appleton. He was hurt July 24 when his go cart hit a truck at US 10 and Wisconsin 114 near Sherwood. Elizabeth Engel 35 of Wisconsin Rapids died when her car overturned north of Friendship in Adams County. Wilbur Yaste 53 of South Bend was killed in Kenosha when struck by a semitrailer at the American Motors plant.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Michael L. Peterson
Menasha
Appleton
U.S. 10
Calumet County
Sherwood
Marathon County
T. Elizabeth Engel
Wisconsin Rapids
Adams County
Friendship
Kenosha, Wis
Wilbur Yaste
South Bend
Ind
American Motors Corp
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