Debris and survivors mark Pan Am crash recovery
Survivors and debris dot the crash site as Spanish soldiers, paramedics, and six ambulances work amid torn wreckage. Three hundred bodies lie in a hangar, while 68 survivors including Pan Am pilot Grubbs depart on a Hercules flight from Santa Cruz to Las Palmas on Grand Canary.
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KLM
Sports Illustrated
Ebony
Israel
Pan Am
Grubbs
Air Force
Santa Cruz
Las Palmas
Grand Canary Island
Survivors Split Between Bases After Las Palmas Flight
Paget Air Force spokesmen said five survivors remained on Las Palmas while 63 boarded a C141 jet bound for McGuire Air Force Base. The plane landed at McGuire early this morning. The most seriously injured were to be flown to the U S Army burn center in San Antonio and other survivors to El Toro Marine Air Station in California.
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Anaheim
Santa Ana
Garden Grove
Los Angeles County
Pan American
el Toro Marine Air Station
UC Irvine Medical Center
Air Force
Las Palmas
McGuire Air Force Base
McGuire
U.S. Army Burn Center
San Antonio
Tex
California
Water cuts WWD system to 170 kil acre feet this year
Water use drops as the WWD system is limited to 170 thousand acre feet for the year, 120 thousand acre feet above last year’s recovery. Duane Georgeson of the city’s water department says Los Angeles won’t pay double rates for the rise, citing a special MWD credit for reducing Owens Valley intake Blaine Vernon of the Long Beach Water Department notes a required cut in usage, with Long Beach relying mostly on MWD water and reporting February consumption down 15 percent due to voluntary measures.
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Duane Georgeson
Aqueduct
City Department of Water and Power
Los Angeles
MWD
Owens Valley
Blaine Vernon
Long Beach Water Department
Long Beach
Vernon
Water agencies mull surcharge impact and federal role
At a Town Hall on water issues DWP chief engineer Paul Lane and Contra Costa Water District’s John DeVite argued surcharges must be enforced in Long Beach or water rates rise. They noted California needs federal cooperation and a unified plan as Colorado River imports, aging pumps, and drought stress statewide water management.
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Forts
MWD
Long Beach
Colorado River
DWP
Paul Lane
John DeVite
Contra Costa County Water District
California
Lane
Los Angeles
California Lawmakers Fight Over Nevada Boundary
Californians should not yield 80 square miles now in Nevada without a fight Assemblyman Mike Cullen warned Tuesday regarding reports of an incorrect boundary survey He suggested California could modify anti gambling laws to protect casinos wrongly believed to be on the Nevada side Lake Tahoe boundary shift favored Nevada by about one third mile according to the Lands Commission and state officials doubt a court challenge would succeed due to long standing recognition by both states
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Sacramento
Mike Cullen
Long Beach
California
Nevada
California Lands
Lake Tahoe
Fur State
Long Beach Grand Prix Faces Financial and Labor Hurdles
City officials froze 86000 from ticket sales to cover last year debts of the Grand Prix Association and hold 43000 in a performance bond for this year’s city expenses. About 1304 in local revenue is tied up by a creditor’s court judgment. Labor talks with unions over barricade work stalled, then resumed with police mediation. an accord raised barricade costs to about 80 thousand dollars.
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Ticketron, Mutual
Liberty Ticket
Grand Prix Association
Pook
Long Beach Grand Prix Association
John Read
Long Beach
House Budget Committee backs 317 million for impact aid
The House Budget Committee voted to add 317 million dollars to its fiscal plan for impact aid to school districts, defying President Carter's call for economies. It planned to explore future years to phase out aid for the ten districts with large federal employee populations.
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Washington
House Budget Committee
Carter
Carter couple to move from Plains amid tourist crush
Billy Carter and his wife Sybil plan to relocate from Plains Georgia because the area attracts many tourists after his brother Jimmy became president. Sybil Carter told the Nashville Banner they bought a country house 19 miles away to escape tour buses and autograph seekers, citing the impact on their six children.
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Nashville
Tenn
Billy Carter
Plains
Jimmy
Nashville Banner
Sybil Carter
Five others gave up says boat survivor
Marvin G McLeod survived two days on a capsized 21 foot skiff No Name after seven on a fishing trip near the Chandeleur Islands faced 10 to 12 foot waves. He said five companions disappeared as they drifted away while clinging to a rope, with two rescued and three others missing.
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New Orleans
Marvin G. McLeod
Gulf of Mexico
Mcleod
John Spratley
Gautier, Miss
Spratley
Paul Melend
Ronnie Waller
Pascas Xoula
Susie Baron
Moss Pal
Miss
Jay Sands
Viyars
Pascagouta
U S murder rate falls while thefts rise in 1975 data
FBI preliminary 1975 crime data show overall U S crimes up for the first time in five years with thefts increasing in large cities while murders and four violent crimes decline nationwide. Burglary and motor vehicle theft drop. Final 1976 report pending.
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Washington
FBI
Bank panel urges U.S. pursue rights policy shift
The House Banking Committee on Tuesday backed a Carter administration supported bill to push the United States to advance human rights in its foreign aid. It directs aid away from governments that routinely torture or use cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment, without naming any country.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
United States
Carter
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DeVito
Cullen
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