Traffic toll to fall by about 1000 in 1975 says UPI
United Press International reports the national traffic death toll for 1975 is expected to drop about 1,000 to a total around 42,599, the second straight decline and the lowest in 14 years. Officials cite slower speeds, safety belts, and stricter speed limit enforcement among factors.
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United Press International
UPI
Don Shotka
National Safety Council
Statistics Division
Proxmire Targets Air Force Private Airline for Government Officials
Sen William Proxmire accuses the Air Force of maintaining a 66 million dollar fleet of 23 jets used to transport officials at over six million dollars yearly in tax money. He notes 975 flights in ten months with 87 percent by defense leaders and Treasury Secretary William Simon making 58 trips.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Air Force
Proxmire
Defense
Defense Department
Treasury
William Simon
89Th Military Airlift Wing
Andrews Air Force Base
Pumps Rushed to India as Mine Tragedy Deepens
Foreign pumps were sent to Chasnala Colliery 180 miles northwest of Calcutta to drain an estimated 300 million gallons of flood water after an explosion trapped hundreds of miners 1,000 feet below the surface. Government officials cautioned on survival chances as families kept vigil and rescue operations began with limited equipment.
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India
Chasnala
UPI
India Radio
United States
France
Switzerland
Indira Gandhi
Calcutta
California moves to curb milk certificate speculation
The California Food and Agriculture Department approved a regulation extending from one to two years the holding period for new milk certificates, aiming to reduce speculation in quota certificates worth about 500 million dollars. The plan, backed by consumer groups, faced opposition from some dairymen who preferred a five year term and a industry referendum.
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Food and Agriculture Department
Sacramento
UPS
State
California
Citizen Action Group
Jackson seeks limits on busing and more desegregation funds
Democratic hopeful Henry Jackson reiterates opposition to school busing and calls for curbs on federal court power to order desegregation. He proposes a two year extension of federal aid for voluntary desegregation and would subsidize one third of all school budgets, a move NEA values at about 14 billion dollars yearly. He vows to end neglect of racial progress and focus actions on advancing civil rights.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Jackson
Jackson
National Education Association
Nixon
Ford
End to Lebanese civil war debated sparks tense cabinet session
In Beirut President Suleiman Franjieh calls a stormy cabinet meeting to discuss a Syrian mediated plan to end the nine month civil war between Muslims and Christians. Reports cite at least seven deaths in two days, raising toll to over 6,600 dead and 14,000 wounded with continued clashes in Beirut as shops reopen in the bombed uptown district.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Suleiman Franjieh
Rashid Karami
LaGuardia blast tied as worst US airport disaster
The LaGuardia Airport explosion is labeled the worst civil aviation disaster in U.S. history, surpassing the 1974 Los Angeles International attack by the Alphabet Bomber. Muharem Kurbegovic, a Yugoslav immigrant, was arrested and later deemed incompetent for trial, held at Atascadero State Hospital.
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Los Angeles
UPI
New York
LaGuardia
U.S
Los Angeles International
Overseas Air Terminal
America
Muharem Kurbegovic
Hollywood Hamburger
Kurbegovic
Atascadero State Mental Hospital
Israel reports shootings along Lebanese frontier
Israel says troops captured three suspected Arab collaborators on the Lebanese frontier after gunmen fired on patrols near Yiftah and Misgav Am. Four shooting incidents into Israel were reported by Arab gunners in Lebanon with no casualties.
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United Press International
Israel
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Yiftah
Misgay Am
Margaliot
Zarit
Margoliot
Mansour Manjani
Egypt
Sinai Desert
U.N
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