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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1975
Page
1
Morocco jetliner crash kills 198 in Atlas mountains
A chartered Boeing 707 carrying Moroccan workers home from France crashed into a mountain near Agadir, killing 198 aboard and 7 crew. Investigators say pilot error on approach likely caused the disaster, marking Moroccans’ worst air crash. Rescue teams faced thigh-high fog and burned forest as they recovered wreckage and reported 117 Moroccans among passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agadtr
Morocco
Inizizen
M 5
Alia
Agadir
Moracco
Fazizen
Turkish Airlines
Heortht
Paris
Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
Colombo
Sri Lanka
K Persons
Unidentified teenage girl dies on Long Beach Freeway overpass
Sheriff's deputies appeal for help identifying a teenage girl who plunged from the First Street overpass onto the Long Beach Freeway. The victim, described as Latin descent and wearing pink capris and a white blouse, died after a hit run. Nearby, a Kansas man, Larry Adams of Wichita, died after being struck by three cars on the Hollywood Freeway after an overpass incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Deputies
Sune Day
Los Angeles
Sea Festival draws huge crowds and parking chaos in Long Beach
Long Beach hosted a record International Sea Festival Drag Boat Nationals at Marine Stadium with about twelve thousand paid adults plus many children, causing widespread illegal parking, towings, and citations as police used loudspeakers to summon owners. A separate tragedy near Monrovia saw 40 year old William Coleman die rescuing his son at Sawpit Reservoir in Monrovia Canyon Mountain Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
International Sea Festival
Marine Stadium
Hun
Second Street
Belmont Shore
San Gabriel Mountains
William Coleman
Alladena
Sawpilt
Monrovia
Coleman
Monrovia Canyon Mountain Park
Ford meets Tito amid Third World tensions in Belgrade
President Ford, arriving in Belgrade for talks with Josip Broz Tito, criticized Third World intransigence at the United Nations and urged Israel to withdraw from Arab territories. Tito praised Yugoslavia's nonalignment and urged Palestinian statehood as part of a broader push for Arab-Israeli peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
UPI
Ford Sunday
United Nations
Ford
Josip Broz Tito
Faed
Henry Kissinger
Tito
Hoffa Case Sees FBI Probing Extortion Threats
FBI Director Kelley said extortionate communications have been received in the Hoffa disappearance probe. Police report no kidnapping signs, Hoffa family not asked for ransom, and Tony Provenzano questioned over presence in Michigan. Threats allegedly targeted Hoffa associates and family members, not a direct ransom demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Orion
Mich
FBI
Teamster
Jimmy Hoffa
Washington
Clarence Kelley
Toffa
New Jersey
Teamsters
Anthony
Tony Pro” Provenzano
Hoffa
Detroit
Provenzano
Newark Star
Michigan
Detroit Free Press
Narbaca Cranecer
Moffa
Moffe
James P. Hoffa
U S envoy seized in Malaysia by terrorist gunmen
U S envoy Robert Stebbins was seized Monday morning by six Japanese Red Army gunmen at the U S Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. A guard and a policeman were wounded as hostages were taken on the ninth floor of the 12 story building. Police surrounded the embassy and sought surrender while negotiators talked with the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Malaysia
Kuala
Potter
American International Assurance
Haniff Oman
Red Army
Japan
Japan Air Lines
Washington
State Department
Robert Funseth
Kuala Lumpur
Funseth
Indian bill would free PM from election law conviction
New Delhi India AP reports the government introduced an election law amendments bill in Parliament that would retroactively pardon Indira Gandhi from a conviction for illegal campaign practices. The measure seeks swift passage officials say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Indira Gamshi
Betty Ford cancels tour due to exhaustion
Fatigued Betty Ford curtails her touring schedule once more as she postpones appearances. The decision, noted on Page A-2, follows a string of health-related precautions affecting public engagements.
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Betty Ford
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