Paralyzed 14-year-old begins flying lessons in Florida
Scott Jones, paralyzed from the waist down by a spinal tumor, started flying lessons with the Wheelchair Pilots Assn in St. Petersburg. He flew a Cherokee 140 with instructor John Overstreet and expressed relief and hope that piloting can be a form of therapy and freedom.
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UPI
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Tampa
James O’brien
O'Brien
John Overstreet
O’brien
Shcharansky
Moscow
Izvestia
CIA
Mixed-up German tourist arrives in San Francisco
A West German brewery worker Erwin Kreuz 50 arrived in San Francisco after mistaking Bangor Maine for the Bay City He spent days in Bangor before flying to California The San Francisco Examiner funded his flight here Mayor George Moscone welcomed him with a proclamation and gifts The visitor rode a cable car and will depart for home Sunday
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San Francisco
George Moscone
UPI
Bangor
Maine
Kreuz
Tony Bennett
San Fran
Augsberg
West Germany
San Francisco Examiner
Moscone
Notable Figures React to Space Return and Public Roles
Valentina Tereshkova, 40, urges a space return and discusses her 1963 Vostok-6 flight during a four day London lecture tour for the Soviet October Revolution anniversary under British Communist Party auspices. Coretta Scott King receives an FAO medal at the UN memorializing her as Ceres amid jokes about goddesshood. Judge John Sirica considers a memoir as retirement nears and John Huston shows heart disease recovery progress after surgery. Senator Hayakawa blurts a misstatement about Herman Talmadge during a speech to California supervisors.
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London
Communist Party
Hookers Ball draws thousands to San Francisco masquerade
The fourth annual San Francisco Hookers Masquerade Ball drew thousands of prostitutes, pimps and onlookers to the Civic Auditorium in a event backed by COYOTE and the Victoria Woodhall Foundation. Attendees wore varied costumes from plastic wrap to nun outfits and Star Wars characters while a light protest by Possum skirmished nearby. Near the event, State Rep Willie Brown urged celebration of beauty among attendees.
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James Buchanan
San Francisco
UPS
Chiquita
Banana
Margo St. James
Coyote
Mammoth Civic Auditorium
Longshoreman’s Hall
Rosie Radiator
Pushrods
Possum
Donald Devine
St. Laurent
Devine
Willie Brown
United Nations condemns Israeli settlements drawing anger
Israeli U.N. Ambassador Chaim Herzog denounces the 131 to 1 General Assembly vote condemning new settlements and the imposition of Jewish law in occupied territories. The resolution urged Waldheim to report back by December 31 and urged a Security Council review.
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UPI
Israel
U.N
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Security Council
Kurt Waldheim
Menahem Begin
Waldheim
Young
Geneva
U.S. diplomat faces KGB blackmail plot in Soviet Union
UPI reports a U.S. Embassy protest over a KGB attempt to recruit visiting American diplomat Constantine Varvariv in Tbilisi. An agent named Ivan Ivanovich forced entry, listing biographical details and threatening to reveal secrets unless Varvariv cooperates. The embassy cites a Nazi collaboration accusation from Novosti as cover for the recruitment. Varvariv, based in Paris with UNESCO, attended a U.N. environmental conference in Georgia.
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UPI
U.S
Soviet Foreign Ministry
KGB
Secret Police
Constantine Varvariv
Novosti
United States
Varvariv
Paris
Unesco
Soviet Union
U.N. Agency
Soviet Georgia
Ivan Ivanovich
John Doe
Warvariv
Tbilisi
Teamsters Chief Fitzsimmons Likely to Step Down
Union president Frank Fitzsimmons faces congressional probes and internal dissent fueling reports he will resign before year’s end. The Wall Street Journal cites government and union sources on aide pressures and a health insurance contract probe linked to Joseph Hauser as key factors.
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UPI
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Wall Street Journal
Fitzsimmons
Wall Street Journal Sport
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Senate
Teamsters
Joseph Hauser
James R. Hoffa
Skeletal remains not James Hoffa found in Pennsylvania
New York City forensic experts concluded the skeleton found near Honesdale Pennsylvania is not James Hoffa after comparing dental work. They noted Hoffa had extensive front-cavity capping described as a Hollywood look, which the skull lacked despite costly gold inlays.
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New York
UPI
New York City
Pennsylvania
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Hoffa
Dominick DiMaio
DiMaio
Hollywood
Honesdale
Dow cuts university funds after Jane Fonda speech
Dow Chemical Co. will halt all financial aid to Central Michigan University following Jane Fonda's campus appearance during which she challenged corporate tax practices. No figures were released and President Harold Abel confirmed a Dow letter demanding talks before any future grants are disbursed.
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Dow
Jane Fonda
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
Central Michigan University
Harold Abel
Paul Oreffice
Hijackers seize Vietnamese DC plane fatally injure two officials
Four hijackers seized a Vietnamese DC 3 en route to Singapore. Two Communist officials were killed aboard, another person seriously hurt. After landing in Singapore the hijackers surrendered public safety items to authorities, with no sign of exit from the aircraft.
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Singapore
UPS
Bigger, better catches reported by fishermen
Gus Mijalis of Shreveport told the California Seafood Institute that East Coast and Pacific Northwest fishermen are seeing larger returns. He credited the 200 mile limit on foreign vessels for faster fish returns and predicted a U.S. comeback for American fishermen.
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UPI
East Coast
Pacific Northwest
National Fisheries Institute
Gus Mijalis
Shreveport
California Seafood Institute
U.S
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