British trial Trident crash kills 118 near London
A three jet BEA Trident crashed after takeoff from Heathrow, killing 118 aboard including 34 Americans and 12 British doctors. Victims included Irish industrial leaders en route to Brussels for Common Market talks. Authorities recovered flight recorders as inquiries begin.
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London
Brussels
British European Airways
Heathrow
Britain
Michael Heseltine
Common Market
Don Smith
Voter Registration Drives Succeed in Two Counties
Jefferson and Leavenworth counties saw high turnout at weekend voter registration posts. County clerk Kenneth Zachariah said hundreds registered, aiding August 1 voting. First time registrants in certain areas may still register at polling places, though with longer lines. Zachariah reported 152 registrants.
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Jefferson
Leavenworth
Eport
Jefferson County
Kenneth Zachariah
Two Conferences Open at KU Attract Campus Audience
Kansas University hosts two conferences starting today. About 200 participants include 53 member teams of teachers, leaders, and students in a drug education workshop directed by Earl Carr and Howard Mossberg. A separate Computer Institute sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies aims to boost humanities computing training with NEH fellowships for 25 teachers and researchers. Voter registration activity continues in Leavenworth County with 444 registered at a shopping center and more in towns. Registration books stay open until July 11 with Aug 2 reopening for non first time voters.
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Earl Carr
Howard Mossberg
KU School of Pharmacy
American Council of Learned Societies
Committee of Information Technology
National Endowment For the Humanities
Floyd Horowitz
Turner
Leavenworth Plaza
Four Die in Kansas Traffic Crashes Over Weekend
Four people died in Kansas streets and highways over the weekend. David Sharp, 19, of Independence Missouri, perished on the Turnpike near El Dorado in a car truck crash. Robert Easter, 18, Burrton, died when his motorcycle collided with a car in Hutchinson. Richard W. Jurgens, 30, Argonia, was electrocuted Saturday when his car struck a utility pole. wires fell on the car. Jack Charles Chesky, 18, Halstead, was killed in a one car crash on a rural Harvey County road near Sedgwick.
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Kansas
David Sharp
Independence
Kansas Turnpike
el Dorado
Robert Easter
Burrton
Hutchingon
Richard W. Jurgens
Argonia
Kan
Jack Charles Chesky
Halstead
Harvey
Sedgwick
Stolen Car Parts Backed by Major Arrests in Indianapolis
Five people were arrested and about $125,000 worth of high performance car equipment recovered in a multi day effort in Marion County Indiana. Sheriff Lee R Eads called it the largest such haul in a week and warned more items may still be found. Some parts were taken last September during the national drag racing championships from Don Prudhomme of Los Angeles and John Wiebe of Newton Kan.
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Indianapolis
Sheriff's Department
Marion County
Lee R. Eads
Don Prudhomme
Los Angeles
John Wiebe
Newton, Kan
Plane crash on Lawrence Municipal Airport injures two
A single engine plane crashed on the south taxiway at Lawrence Municipal Airport at 7 45 p m injuring two people. Pilot Donald Sneegas and his sister in law Mary Sneegas sustained head and facial injuries with others aboard unhurt. Damage estimated at 16000 dollars.
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Lawrence Municipal
Robert Wilson
Erhart Flying Service
Donald R. Sneegas
Pamela Ln
Mary J. Sneegas
Pawnee Sn
Lawrence
Kansas Highway Patrol
Douglas County
Donald Sneegas
Stanley Sneegas
Soviet Radio Demands U S Halt Vietnam War Actions
Moscow Radio called on the United States to immediately halt military actions against North Vietnam ports and resume constructive talks in Paris. It pledged continued Soviet aid to Hanoi and dampened hopes for new peace moves as Kissinger toured Asia and Podgorny met Hanoi officials.
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Moscow Radio
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Kissinger
Politburo
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Podgorny
Xuan Thuy
Calcutta
Soviet Union
Tass
Hawaii
Guam
Shanghai
Peking
U.S
Washington- Peking
Vietnam
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Confederation of Irish Industry
Michael Sweetman
Irish Council of the European Movement
Ivan Webb
Irish Employers’ Federation
Guy Jackson
Guinness Brewery
Ireland
Thomas Fergus Stewart
Elizabeth Stewart
Glasgow
Scotland
Japan Airlines
Zachariah
Kansas University
Perry
Grantville
Nortonville
McLouth
Winchester
Williamstown
Sunnyside School
Oskaloosa
Valley Falls
Meriden
Ozawkie
Extension Homemakers Unites
Charles Turner
Tonganoxie
High Prairie
Reno
Sherman
Stranger
THE
Associated Press
U.P
Union Pacific Railroad
Stanley A. Sneegas
Pawnee
Mary Sneegas
Maupintour
University State Bank
Iowa
Denmark
Maupintour Travel Service
Massachusetts
Hillcrest
Kansas Union Building
Moscow
Eldorado
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Cadillac Motor Car Division
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