Tragedy during New Year period claims several lives
United Press International reports multiple New Year tragedies from fires in Greenwood Indiana and Brooklyn New York, killing children and adults, plus Merrick New York deaths from a Christmas tree fire. A 3 year old girl dies in a traffic incident near Mount Vernon Maine amid holiday dangers. The National Safety Council projects 350 to 400 highway deaths during the holiday period ending Sunday at midnight.
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United Press International
Charles Roberson
Greenwood
Ind
Brooklyn
N.Y
Merrick
Jessica Gilbert
Mount Vernon
Farmington
National Safety Council
Credit Union Sun day Band Concert wins Rose Sweepstakes
The Credit Union National Association representing 23,000 credit unions won the Sweepstakes Award for its Sun day Band Concert float in the 87th Tournament of Roses. Other honorees included Occidental Life Insurance with Lets Have An Old Fashioned Rose Parade and Bank of America with Bringing the Celebration to the People.
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Pasadena
UPI
Credit Union National Association
Occidental Life Insurance Company of California
Glendale
America
Bank of America
International House of Pancakes
Pro Western Angolans urge cease fire and troop withdrawal
In Silva Porto a pro Western National Union for the Total Independence of Angola calls for an immediate cease fire and withdrawal of Soviet Cuban and South African troops. It urges a tripartite conference and a neutral African peacekeeping force to police a new national government.
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National Union For the Total Independence of
Angola
The
National Union
Silva Porto
Luanda
Benguela
Zaire
Zambia
Russia
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Jonas Savimbi
National Front For the Liberation of
Johannesburg
South Africa
Moscow
Popular Movement
Organization of African Unity
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
OAU
Portugal
Soviet Union
MEA Boeing 720 crash in Arabian desert kills 82
A Middle East Airlines Boeing 720 carrying 82 people crashed in the western desert near Kuwait after departing Beirut for Dubai and Muscat. The aircraft carried 56 adults and 11 children, with a mix of Lebanese crew and many foreign passengers. Officials said there were no immediate survivors and the cause was not yet known.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Middle East Airlines
Kuwait
Dubai
Muscat
Persian Gulf
Desert
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
London
Paris
Vienna
Russia backs new arms pact with United States
Pravda article signed Observer says the Soviet Union supports signing a long term strategic arms limit agreement with the United States and rejects U S reactionary circles efforts to sabotage detente. It also denies violations of existing pacts as Kissinger prepares to visit for talks.
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Russia
United States
Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
U.S
Washington
Communist Party
Pravda
Kremlin
Henry Kissinger
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Credit Union
Ford
Medicare
Congress
Lompoc
Junior Alpha Club
Veterans Memorial Building
Belgium
LA Louviere
Brussels
Arabian Desert
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