UNITA claims 599 Soviet troops arrive in Angola
UNITA Foreign Minister George Sangumbe said 599 more Soviet military personnel landed in Luanda to aid the MPLA in the civil war, bringing total Soviet assistance to 900. He described the arrival as part of MPLA gains against UNITA and FNLA, noting the Addis Ababa summit as Africa debates Angola policy.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
National Union For the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA
Angola
George Sangumbe
Luanda
Popular Movement
National Front
Organization of African Unity
Sangampbe
FNLA
MPLA
OAU
Africa
Unitafnla
Idi Amin
Swaziland
Sishayi Nxumalo
Nxumalo
South Africa
Soviet Union
Cuba
Zaire
East Coast quake warning met with skepticism near Wilmington
AP report notes officials dismiss psychic Clarissa Bernhardt's claim that a magnitude eight earthquake will strike near Wilmington before Jan 5 1977. Geologists, CP L and UNC geologists cite lack of evidence and no warning signs from instruments. Experts emphasize safety and caution while warning about possible seismic risk near the CP L nuclear plant.
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Raleigh
California
Wilmington
Clarissa Bernhardt
Carolina Power and Light Co
Cp&l
United States
Boiler blast on unfinished ship kills many in Hamburg
At least 15 workers died and dozens were burned when a boiler exploded inside the Anders Maersk during testing at Hamburg's Blohm and Voss yard. About 50 aboard. 12 died on site, others later in hospital as the ship prepared for a sea trial next week.
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Hamburg
West Germany
Anders Maersk
Blohm and Voss
A.P. Moeller
Artist Enos Stamey Remembered After LaGuardia Blast
Enoch Stamey, 38, an artist from Woodbridge, died in the LaGuardia Airport explosion that killed 11. A Duke and Yale trained painter, he loved still lifes and worked with Yale professor Josef Albers on color studies. He was shy, five feet two, and valued modesty over fame.
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Woodbridge, Conn
Enoch Stamey
North Carolina
New York
LaGuardia
Houston
Tex
Raleigh
N.C
Broughton High School
Herbert Richmann
Yale
Richmann
Yale Art
Josef Alvers
Stamey
Woodbridge
Bynum Patterson
Stamford
Connecticut
Motorman In Accident Says Sun Blinded Him
Federal officials took over the Chicago rapid transit crash probe after two trains collided injuring over 400. Motorman McKinley Ross said sun reflected off snow blinded him until about 300 feet from the second train. No deaths were reported. 61 admitted, three in critical condition across 11 hospitals.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Tom Buck
McKinley Ross
Hubert H. Jewell Jr
National Transportation Safety Board
Ross
Addison Street
Couple Sues Narcotics Officers For Faulty Raid
John and Rebecca Reynolds filed a federal suit in Charleston against the city and Police Chief John Conroy and participating officers over a raid two months earlier that shattered their door. The couple claim mental distress embarrassment humiliation and personal injury plus a hand injury. They seek unspecified damages and tighter supervision of raids. The suit alleges higher officers knew or should have known the illegal acts and would have stopped them.
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Charleston
John
Rebecca Reynolds
John Conroy
Conroy
Reynolds
Wallace kicks off 1976 bid with middle class rally
Alabama Governor George C Wallace began his presidential campaign in Boston with an old fashioned rally that drew about 3,000 supporters and protesters. A man charged with assaulting a Secret Service agent was to be arraigned. police intervened as rival groups shouted. Wallace urged a strong justice department role on crime and to keep federal hands from taxpayers pockets while praising Alabama governance. He framed the race as a test of whether the great middle class will prevail, naming small business owners policemen firemen and farmers as key supporters.
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Boston
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Amte
Wallace
Secret Service
U.S
Logan International Airport
U.S. Justice Department
Boston Globe
Ford Ponders CIA Options
Washington ap White House officials express dismay at a Senate proposal for tighter CIA control as President Ford meets with Kissinger Humfeld Colby and other officials to discuss options for overhauling U S intelligence operations Budgeted plans include clearer guidelines or a radical restructuring under one roof, with no commitment on final package before the State of the Union.
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Washington
White House
Senate
CIA
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Defense
Donald Humsfeld
Willam E. Colby
Philip Buden
Senate Intelligence Committee
Buden
Buchen
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Wilmington Area
David L. Britt
State Civil Preparedness Office
Eldon Allen
CTA
Rose
John Gorman
Canasa
Cledlaanee
Lawrence Schreiner
Anne Dern
Jewell
Ota Bridge
SBA
Youth Against
Southie
Polce
Elorn Pixie Paliadino
Boston School Committee
Albert (Dapper) O'Neil
Cornelia
George Wallace
Buychen
Nce Nasnttesn
Congress
Associated Press
Executive Branch
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