Puzzling Causes Named in Tenerife 747 Collision
The 747 crash at Santa Cruz de Tenerife killed 301 on the Dutch KLM flight and 260 on Pan Am with 72 survivors all from the Pan Am aircraft. Investigators focus on whether the KLM crew had permission to take off and if a miscommunication or tower instruction led to the deadly miscue.
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Canary Islands
Air Ministry
Pan American
Pan Am
KLM
Cifra
Victor Grubbs
Centerport
N.Y
U.S
Manuel de Prado
Iberia
de Prado
Tenerife
Antonio Oyarzabal
New York
Grubbs
Santa Cruz General Hospital
Local Liquor Store Rules Spark Public Inquiry
A reader questions liquor purchase limits and transit permits tied to alcohol sales. The letter explains state rules on gallon limits, required permits for larger buys, and driver’s license tagging, urging a direct route and a single purchase validity.
What Every Song Writer Should Know leaflet
A reader asks about publishing songs and receives a Country Music Association leaflet titled What Every Song Writer Should Know. It covers avoidance tips submission details and the tough road to success.
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Country Music Association
Brezhnev Opens Nuclear Talks Pressing Dissident Issue
In Moscow Brezhnev and Cyrus Vance opened talks with Brezhnev criticizing U S human rights stance and urging noninterference while Tass and officials report a formal paper ahead of three days of discussions. Gromyko later echoed the noninterference principle.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Cyrus R. Vance
Russia
Brezhnev
U.S
Tass
Carter
Vance
Brezhnev-Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Brez
No Weekend Road Deaths Reported in North Carolina
North Carolina saw a weekend with no fatalities for the first time in 25 years and only one death the following weekend. Christine Bunn of the Motor Vehicles Division cited records and noted officials initially feared another untouchable case as families awaited notification.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Christine Bunn
Motor Vehicles Division
Highway Patrol
Lindbergh Kidnaper Letter Released After 40 Years
A 40 year hidden German letter from Bruno Hauptmann ridicules evidence and claims his defense cooperated with prosecutors. Hauptmann, executed in 1936 for the Lindbergh baby murder, said he never saw the child. The note was kept by Col. Mark Kimberling at Trenton State Prison.
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Trenton
N.J
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Mark Kimberling
Trenton State Prison
Hauptmann
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Charles Lindbergh
Kimberling
Pauline
Kamenz
Germany
Dresden
Harold Hoffman
Hoffman
Associated Press
New York Daily News
Luxury Car Sales Rising
Detroit reports luxury car demand outpacing total market as Cadillac Lincoln and Mercedes Benz sales surge 20 percent from last year. Auto executives forecast 550000 luxury car sales this year, with 5 percent of buyers paying ten thousand dollars or more for a new luxury model.
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Germany
Mercedes-Benz
Lincoln
Mercedes
Cadillac
America
al Zaleski
Seymour Cadillac
Zaleski
Ford Motor Co
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