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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1975
Page
2
Nine Marines died when a twin engine TCAC training plane crashed off the runway at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station after reporting in trouble on takeoff. The propeller craft, carrying student navigators, plowed through trees, broke apart, and burned as it struck the ground.
Eastern Airlines asked a federal court to shift blame for last June's crash that killed 114 people to federal air traffic controllers. The suit argues negligence and failure to provide adequate control services and weather info caused the disaster, seeking transfer of damages claims to the government as a result.
The Pentagon notified Congress of a 32 million dollar sale of a new Sidewinder air to air missile model to Kuwait. About 300 missiles plus spare parts were included in a secret memorandum sought by Kuwait. Pentagon spokesmen declined to comment. The Coast Guard named a primary suspect in the 46,000 gallon oil spill that defiled the Florida Keys shoreline last July. A tanker is believed responsible, with formal charges planned next week. If convicted, the vessel owner faces 300000 dollars in cleanup costs and a 5000 dollar civil fine. An October heat wave also hit the East Coast, with Washington and Philadelphia at 87 degrees and record highs from the Gulf Coast to southern New England.
In Dublin the Dutch businessman Tiede Herrema, kidnapped on October 3, warns that one foot will be cut off if police fail to prove he is alive. The Irish Liberation Organization claims the hold and urges Red Cross involvement while demanding three IRA prisoners be freed.
Liz Taylor and Richard Burton married by district commissioner Ambrose Masalela in Kasane Botswana near the Chobe River. The ceremony lasted about 20 minutes with guests and two rhinos watching as the couple, recently divorced, celebrated with champagne.
President and Mrs. Ford celebrate their 2th wedding anniversary with a 34 guest buffet at the White House. A grieving family arrives from Atlanta after a double murder-suicide in Washington, while others chase world endurance records and political plans headline the day.
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