Nine Die in Connellsville Fire at Elderly Boarding Home
An electrical overload at a basement fuse box sparked a blaze in a two story boarding home for the elderly in Connellsville Pennsylvania killing nine residents and injuring two. The fire blocked exits trapping five elderly residents in the basement before spreading through the house.
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Connellsville
Scott Wagner
Nursing Home
Dennis Smith
Smith
James McCormick
Leland Williams
Department of Labor and Industry
Williams
Eleerly
Connellsville State Hospital
Bubble Disappears as Reactor Cooldown Begins
At Three Mile Island the hydrogen oxygen gas bubble in the reactor vessel has largely disappeared and officials plan the final cooldown. NRC and Metropolitan Edison discuss the cooldown while contingency plans for evacuation and school closures remain in effect for about a million residents.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Joe Fouchard
NRC
Metropolitan Edison
George Troffer
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Senate weighs extending Wage and Price Stability Council
The Senate debates extending the Council on Wage and Price Stability beyond Sept 30 as conservatives push to kill it over fears of mandatory controls. Proxmire argues the council curbs inflation, while opponents say it overreaches. The bill would boost funding to 7 million this year and 8.5 million next year with a one year extension. The agency, created in 1974 to monitor wages and prices, faces criticism for Carter plan to deny large contracts to firms with high price or wage increases.
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Washington
Senate
Council On
Carter
House
Council
Senate Banking Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Congress
Egyptians Distrust Begin Welcome In Cairo
Egyptian officials greeted Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin with strict protocol and little warmth as Sadat remained home. Crowds were sparse, and state media offered little supportive coverage. Begin sought to reassure Egyptians of peace while opponents urged caution amid lingering distrust.
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Cairo
Sadat
Hosny Mubarak
Begin
Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
Mubarak
Sive
Badie Saliba
Carter
Industrywide Trucking Lockout Amid Teamsters Dispute
Trucking Management Inc ordered a nationwide lockout of about 300000 Teamsters after dozens of strikes as talks over a contract tied to President Carter's anti inflation guidelines collapsed. Labor officials planned steps, with no immediate back to work order expected, while mediators pursue settlement.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Carter
Trucking Management Inc
Teamsters
Labor Department
Labor
Ray Marshall
Wayne L. Horvitz
Chicago
White House
Linda Peek
GAZKASEL AND UNDERGROUND BUNKER
An underground bunker used as a command post in 24 natural disasters may face its first test as a radiation shield if Gov Dick Thornburgh orders an evacuation. See story on page 13.
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Dick Thornburgh
Tanzanian Air Attacks Target Jinja and Kampala in Uganda War
Tanzanian forces intensified operations against Idi Amin with an air strike on Jinja and renewed shelling of Kampala. Reports say Libyan defenders were pushed back, while Libyan airfields and a Mwanza base in Tanzania were cited in retaliatory strikes.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Jinja
Uganda
Kampala
Entebbe
Amin
Nakasongola
Gulu
Arua
Mwanza
Lake Victoria
United Airlines Talks to Resume as Strike Grounds Carrier
Contract talks resume in Washington between United Airlines and a machinists union after a strike grounded the airline. United lays off pilots and flight attendants and cancels flights through April while passengers are redirected to other carriers. The union seeks a penny an hour raise tied to cost of living, with negotiations led by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
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Chicago
Washington
United Airlines
United
David Ostwald
Eastern Airlines
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Ostwald
William Dengler
Dengler
Obituaries in Caldwell and Blairsville list several local deaths
James H. Caldwell of New Florence Road, Hazel Belle Lloyd of NuMine, Charles Owen Rager of Blairsville, Jennie M. Sheriff 91 of Blairsville, Mabel C. Stiver 90 formerly of Rochester Mills, Betty Yanocik 46 of Ft. Myers Florida formerly of Indiana, Vittoria Euretig 90 of McIntyre noted as late.
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Lydic
Hazel Belle (Lloyd
NuMine Rager
Charles Owen
Blairsville
Stiver, Mabel C
Rochester Mills
Yanocik
Betty (Pierce
Ft. Myers
Fla
Indiana
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L. John Powell
Helen Marietta
Leona Porterfield
Elizabeth Zamarrelli
Bessie Richter
George Kooser
Mary Dzurik
Laura Prinkey
Nellie Swartz
Anna Taylor
Hilda Harky
Edmond Ziemiarski
James Wagner
Farmington, Mo
Missouri
Bob Oder
Oder
Straughan
Wayside Inn
Gene Archer
Farmington
Troffer
John Harrington
Jimmy Carter
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
Wage Council
Abdel Moneim Taher
Tommy Hawk
Easter Bunny
Regency Mall
Truck Industry
Gazkasel and
Business Mirror
Abby Ster
Atene Keer
Coen Enenennwee
Eneneee
Caldwell, James H
New Florence RD
Jennie M
Euretig
Vittoria
McIntyre
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