Balloonist on track for Atlantic crossing solo flight
Edward Yost and a two ton nylon balloon advance toward the halfway point of what could be the first solo Atlantic balloon crossing. Yost reports good weather and continued course around 6,000 feet as monitors in Ireland and England track progress.
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Mclean
UPI
Edward Yost
Midway Point
Atlantic Ocean
Yost
Sioux Falls
S.D
Greenland
Shanwick Radio
Ireland
Dick Keuser
Keuser
Keyser
Air Force
Heathrow
England
TWA
Harry Repair
Ridgefield
Conn
Europe
Former jailhouse lawyer hunted on new charges in San Diego
Edgar Smith, once on death row in New Jersey and later freed, faces charges of attempted murder and kidnapping in San Diego. The 42 year old author of Brief Against Death was accused of kidnapping Lefteriva Ozbun at knifepoint from a parking area, amid ongoing legal battles that followed his controversial release.
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San Diego
UPI
New Jersey
Edgar Smith
Smith
William F. Buckley Jr
Lefteriva Ozbun
Chula Vista
Orbun
McCarthy Secured as Independent Candidate Gets Secret Service Protection
The Secret Service will guard independent presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy starting today, following a 4-0 approval by congressional leaders. Lester Maddox receives no protection.
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Washington
UPI
Secret Service
Eugene McCarthy
Lester Maddox
McCarthy
Minnesota
James Featherstone
The
Treasury Department
Viking 2 wrestles rocks again tonight
Viking 2 returns to attempt moving Martian rocks at Pasadena lab after failing to budge a nine inch rock in the first round. Scientists weigh crust versus topsoil theories and plan to test a new target to scoop soil beneath a rock for organic element analysis.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking 2
Explorer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Earth
Viking
Poulim Priestly
Weather Snapshot Across Nation With Snow and Floods
Snow clogged the Colorado Rockies and trails were closed on Trail Ridge Road due to blowing snow. Eight inches fell at Squaw Mountain and six at Woodland Park while several states faced near freezing temperatures and frost warnings. Flooding hit Greenville County in South Carolina with seven feet of water on highways.
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United Press International
Colorado Rockies
Midlands
South Carolina
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Plains
Trail Ridge
Continental Divide
Rocky Mountain Park
Squaw Mountain
Woodland Park
Colo
Cooke City
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
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Mississippi Valley
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Missouri
Texas
New Mexico
Rochester
Minn
Madison
Wis
Mason City
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Sioux Falls
S.D
Manhattan
Kan
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Illinois
Medicaid mismanagement denies care to millions of children
A House subcommittee report finds about 12.9 million children under 21 were eligible for Medicaid examinations in 1975 but 10.9 million were unscreened. The panel cites HEW mismanagement causing crippling, retardation, or death and urges proper penalties and timely implementation.
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Washington
UPI
House
Congressional
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee
John Moss
D-Calif
House Commerce Committee
James Collins
R-Tex
Moss
Heroin network arrests widen in Phase 3 crackdown
DEA says 255 suspects arrested in six cities with 110 indicted in six cities. Phase 3 targets 170 more as agents pursue Mexican brown heroin supply while bail decisions and sentence lengths shape effectiveness. Officials expect heroin scarcer and prices higher, with broader city reach and ongoing follow up.
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Washington
UPI
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Peter B. Bensinger
Senate
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Bensinger
Europe
Detroit
Chicago
San Antonio
Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
San Diego
Calif
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Tim Wallace
Milk Advisory Board
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Harold H. Beverage
University of Maine At Orono
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RCA
Stony Brook
N.Y
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McCathy
Featherstone
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By Barnes
Greenville County
Heroin Network
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Mich
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State Assembly
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Treas
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EPA
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