Plane crash on St Lawrence Island kills 10 in fog
A Wien Airlines F27 attempting to land in fog on St. Lawrence Island slammed into a 900 foot bluff. Ten of 33 aboard died, 23 survived aided by Gambell villagers who ferried them down the bluff to Nome. Survivors treated in Nome and Anchorage hospitals.
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Anchorage
Nome
Wayne Starr
Alaska Native Medical Center
Elizabeth Forrester
Public Health Service
Savoonga
Alaska
UPI
Gilbert Pelanook
St. Lawrence Island
Pelawook
Saroonga
Pelawood
Bill Dann
Norton Sound Health Corp
Libertarian Party Names Bergland as VP Candidate
Libertarian Party completes its 1976 ticket with David Bergland of Newport Beach California named as vice president candidate. Roger MacBride of Charlottesville Virginia was chosen as the presidential nominee at the Statler Hilton convention.
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New York
UPI
Libertarian Party
David Bergland
Newport Beach
Calif
Bergland
Western State College
Roger MacBride
Charlottesville
Statler Hilton
MacBride
Richard M. Nixon
John Hospers
Tonie Nathan
Religious group leader dies watched by followers in Hawaii
In Honolulu members of the Eternal Now group report their leader Yahowha died from hang gliding injuries nine hours after the crash and refused medical help due to creed. They say his death was a crucifixion and plan to cremate and scatter his ashes.
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Dann
Gerald Koonooka
Koonooka
Dana
Honolulu
UPI
Yahowha
Jame Edward
Baker
Famerly
Los Angeles
Kailua
Robert Ingram
Moon
First Woman Guard Quits San Quentin After 30 Months
Wilma Schneider the first woman guard at San Quentin in 124 years resigns citing loss of femininity as she grew hardened. The 32 year old divorcee and mother of three recalls taunts from inmates and guards, a suit over resemblance to a inmate’s wife dismissed, and a night when a convict claimed to smell perfume as she faced him.
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San Quentin
Calif
UPI
Wilma Schneider
San Quentin Prison
Bill Merkle
No settlement seen in coal strike as unions resist orders
Labor Day yielded little progress in a four week wildcat coal miners strike that idled about 60,000 workers. Locals, including Logan County units, voted against returning to work, defying court injunctions and urging mediation talks between the UMW and Bituminous Coal Operators Association in Washington.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
United Mine Workers International Union
UMW
Logan County
Harry Patrick
Union
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Washington
Local 1302
Roger Thompson
Thompson
Logan Area
Patrick
K.K. Hall
International
Wetter Labor Day weekend leaves widespread damage and floods
The holiday weekend brought heavy rain and tornadoes from Maryland to Minnesota. Northwestern Minnesota saw four twisters, one near Climax killing two people. Flood warnings extended through Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania as dam fears prompted 10 000 sandbags at Hesperia Michigan. Authorities noted record rains, including 24 inches in Muskegon Michigan, making the month the wettest in 40 years.
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United Press International
Maryland
Minnesota
Climax
Minn
Goodridge
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Hesperia
Mich
White River
Detroit
Michigan
Arch Moore
National Guard
Wheeling
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Brownsville
Cotulla
Raymondville
Akron
Muskegon
New York Teachers Warn Strike Amid City Fiscal Crisis
New York faces mounting costs as teachers threaten to strike when their contract ends September 9. Albert Shanker says unlikely gains from a 25 percent wage rise over three years. mediator assigned as budget pressures deepen. Transit fares rose today, with 50 cent bus and subway rides, and tolls across nine bridges and tunnels up sharply.
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New York
UPI
Abraham Beame
United Federation of Teachers
Albert Shanker
Shanker
Board of Education
State Public Employment Relations Board
UFT
Sidney Frigand
Beane
Melvin Lechner
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Long Island Rail Road
Penn Central
Holiday no holiday for many holiday casualties
Survivors headed home after a Labor Day weekend plagued by heavy rains and disasters across states. Officials report 235 traffic deaths, with 293 total accidental fatalities including drownings and plane crashes. Towns in California, North Carolina, Michigan, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia recorded high counts.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
North Carolina
Michigan
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Missouri
Virgina
Hurley
Wis
Ronald Ross
McHenry
Ill
Sunshine Summit
San Diego County
Calif
Crookston
Minn
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Oceana County
Warren Stanton
Ciel Balbal le Hs
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Lompoc
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Colo
Gertrude Baxter
Estes Park
View
China
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R-Il
Derwinski
People’s Republic
Potemkin
Grigori Alexandrovich
Crimea
Gregory
McPeek
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Cowdrey
Electrolux
David Gaitan
Starbuck
Mastro
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TWE Farm
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Ocean Avenue
P.O
Sweeney Road
Highway 246
West Laurel Ave
L.A
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Los Angeles Airport
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Green Valley Circle
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