Lumber Ship Carnelian-1 Sinks Off Pacific Rescue Efforts Continue
In the Pacific amid severe storms the lumber carrier Carnelian-1 sank after its deckload broke loose. Crewmen clung to logs and life rafts as rescuers from the Hunter, Wisteria, and air units battled 20 foot seas about 1,400 miles northwest of Honolulu. The Shunyo Guard cutter was en route from Alaska. Coast Guard planes dropped survival kits and six rubber rafts while weather worsened. The Mitsui OSK Line owned the Carnelian-1 ship. 33 crew members were aboard with several rescued and many remaining unaccounted for as dawn approached.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Carnelian-1
Hunter
Wisteria
Honolulu
Shunyo Guard
Alaska
Coast Guard
National Weather Service
Emil Gunther
Gunther
Mitsui Osk Line
Japan
Seattle
William Diamond Co
Tie change for Salisbury Statesville score debate explained
The Enterprise prints an explanation of high school football tie rules under NCHSAA and WNCHSAA. Salisbury won a tie-breaker but the game remains a tie for playoff status. Western Association ties used for advancement only.
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Salisbury
Statesville
Anon. Man
Sarah Sue Ingram
North Carolina High School Athletic Assn
Nchsaa
Western North Carolina High School Athletic Assn
Wnchsaa
Thomasville
Lexington
Utah Governor Intervenes in Gilmore Execution Case
Governor Rampton asks the Utah Board of Pardons to review whether capital punishment is appropriate for Gary Mark Gilmore who seeks to die by firing squad. The board chair signals likely approval to proceed with the execution, with secrecy around the venue and firing squad participants.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Board of Pardons
Gary Mark Gilmore
George Latimer
Calvin L. Rampton
Latimer
Rampton
Utah
Gilmore
Provo
Bennie Bushnell
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Utah Supreme Court
United States
Utah State
Ernest D. Wright
Smith
Dentist Must Give Free Care after DUI Deaths in Prosser
A Washington judge sentenced Dr. Edgar Mays to provide free dental care to elderly residents one day per week for a year. The unusual term follows his guilty plea to negligent homicide after his drunken driving killed two young riders, Fred and Dixie Hanses.
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Prosser
Wash
Benton County
Mays
Kennewick
Yencopal
Tri-Cities
Washington
Fred
Dixie Hanses
Rex Vaught
Senior Citizens’ Center
Reynolds Jet Crashes In Florida
A Falcon Fanjet twin engine private jet owned by R J Reynolds Co. of Winston Salem crashes on takeoff from Naples airport in Naples Florida. All 11 aboard are injured and taken to Naples Community Hospital. One engine failure is reported and a seagull may have been sucked into a engine during the accident. Officials note many birds near the runway.
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Naples
R.J. Reynolds Co
Winston- Salem
Naples Community Hospital
Earthmover Kills Driver in Rural Illinois Crash
Mrs Grace Sines 59 of LaSalle Illinois dies when an earthmoving machine rolls onto her car on a country road northwest of Utica The road had been closed for highway construction authorities say the accident occurred on the closed route AP Laserphoto
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Grace Sines
LaSalle, Ill
Utica
Ill
LaSalle County
Sines
Form 1040 Gets Tougher This Tax Season
Washington AP report says the 1976 Form 1040 long form adds arithmetic steps. Taxpayers must compute income minus deductions and exemptions before using new tables. Changes include a $35 credit with an optional 2 percent tax credit, child care expense subtraction, and revised exclusions.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Donald C. Alexander
Alexander
IRS
Congress
Congressional
Three inmates killed as Georgia prison riot erupts
At Reidsville top security prison about 75 to 80 inmates fought for 15 minutes around 7:45 a.m. The dead and many injured were caused by fellow inmates. Three dead were Black. 15 injured, some with stab wounds. Guards fired warning shots. some victims treated at Talmadge Memorial Hospital.
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Reidsville
Georgia
State Patrol
Talmadge Memorial Hospital
Augusta
Carter aides clash or compete as transition work begins
President-elect Jimmy Carter faces a tug of war between old guard staffers led by Hamilton Jordan and the transition team headed by Jack Watson. Both sides deny rivalry while planning staffing strategies for the White House and top posts. They spoke after arriving in Americus and Plains to meet Carter and align on personnel choices.
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Atlanta, Ga
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Hamilton Jordan
Atlanta
Jack Watson
Jordan
Watson
Americus, Ga
Plains
White House
Watson-Jordan
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