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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1975
Page
7
A bolt of lightning struck a Knoxville Iowa home killing 26 year old Karen Hemmer but the one month old Vietnamese orphan she held was unharmed. Medical examiner Dr John Griffin said the infant remained fully clothed and insulated as the mother died in the kitchen yardage unclear.
Pilot Capt John Bliss testified at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing that he warned the control tower nine minutes before Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 struck approach lighting and crashed at Kennedy Airport killing 113 of 124 aboard. Bliss said winds near 55 knots and wind shear created a serious hazard on his final approach though he lacked a tower alert until 13 seconds before impact.
The Army signed up 15 434 volunteers in August, 18.3 percent below its 18 900 goal. Shortages stem from selective recruiting and a three year minimum enlistment. September projections range from 2000 to 2500 fewer enlistees. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps met or exceeded goals.
Jeffrey Grant Allison of Oakland lost his bid for freedom when U S District Court Judge Spencer Williams denied his habeas corpus petition. Allison was convicted by a Navy court martial for setting a fire aboard the USS Forrestal in Norfolk Virginia causing 7 5 million in damage. He escaped from a Navy prison in March 1973 and later surrendered at Treasure Island in 1974 seeking post conviction relief.
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