Clues Sought to Jet Crash in Charlotte
A DC-9 jetliner of Eastern Flight 212 crashed near Douglas Municipal Airport killing 69 of 82 aboard. Survivors described a violent impact as fire consumed debris and nearby woods. Notables among the dead include Rear Adm. Charles M. Cummings and CBS News editor John Merriman.
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Charlotte
N.C
UPI
Archibald Rutledge
Eastern Airlines
Douglas Municipal
Robert Burnham
Charleston
S.C
Barbara Cox
Jack Barker
FAA
National Transportation Safety Board
Eastern Flight 212
Chicago
Charles M. Cummings
6Th Naval District
John Merriman
CBS Evening News
New York
Wayne Seal
South Carolina
Robert McNair
Wciv-Tv
Collette Watson
College Park
Divorce to please Army ends at Rhein Main base
Joanne and Fred Reinfeld plan divorce to preserve Fred's Army job after Rhein Main base rules stripped his insurance solicitation license. She teaches at the Army school and they insist they will stay together, noting a priest’s view of a Godly bond. Portland item notes Gardner criticizing Nixon pardon and urging a full Watergate report.
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BOM
API
Joanne
Fred Reinfeld
U.S. Army
Fred
God
Portland, Ore
UPI
John W. Gardner
Common Cause
Nixon
Gardner
Richard Nixon
Senate
House
Ford
Oregon
Grizzly bone find deepens Issaquah case
Twenty more human bones were recovered 25 miles east of Seattle at a site already yielding skeletal remains of three persons. Teeth from two jawbones matched Denise M. Naslund 18 Seattle and Janice A. Ott 23 Issaquah. A fifth femur and small bones were found as detectives and explorers probe abductions from Lake Sammamish State Park on July 14. The fate and location of the killings remain undetermined.
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Seattle
UPI
Here
Denise M. Naslund
Janice A. Ott
Issaquah
Lake Sammamish State Park
King County
Richard J. Kraske
Kraske
BART Fate Hinges on Reagan Tax Bill Vote
Democratic leaders warned Reagan must sign a tax extension to save BART from a potential shutdown in October. Mills and McCarthy urged action after noting Alameda Contra Costa and San Francisco counties lacked a voter referendum. If approved, the measure would extend the half cent sales tax for two years and allow about 16 million in revenue bonds to be issued.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Bay Area
Reagan
Donald Livingston
Alameda
Contra Costa
San Francisco
A. Alan Post
BART
Mills
McCarthy
Assembly Transportation Committee
Death penalty sought in Las Vegas trailer park murders
Las Vegas attorney says the state will seek the gas chamber for George Andrew Gates in the deaths of Alma Burnett and her 3 year old son and the throat slashing of her two daughters. Gates was arrested hiding near the death scene and faces two counts of capital murder and two counts of attempted capital murder. Virginia Burnett may not speak again due to a severely slashed vocal cord.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Clark County
Roy Wooster
del Guy
George Andrew
Andy”’ Gates
Sahara
Las Vegas ‘‘Strip
Alma
Gates
Nevada
Californians Set Drinking Year Record Across Beers Wines and Spirits
Led by beer, Californians consumed a record 542.7 million gallons of alcohol in the year ending June 30. Wine consumption rose slightly but tax revenue from wine fell due to rate changes. Beer amounted to 418.8 million gallons with $16.7 million in taxes, hard liquor at 50 million gallons producing $100.4 million in tax revenue, while champagne and light wines faced higher and lower tax rates.
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Sacramento
UPI
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