Beckenmeyer Train Crash Kills 12 at Campers Packed with Children
In Breeae Ill a freight train collided with a camper carrying children to a roller skating party killing 12 people including Mary Ann Hopper's two children and her father. Among the dead were eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews from Beckemeyer Carlyle and nearby towns. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and Illinois authorities is underway at an unguarded crossing lacking gates or lights.
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Gasoline prices cut by top oil firms nationwide
BP Oil Inc. cut wholesale gasoline by seven tenths of a cent per gallon after a prior half cent reduction. Texaco and Getty Oil cut all grades by one cent, while Sun Oil lowered prices 1.1 cents. Industry analysts cite average nationwide regular gas around 57 cents per gallon and other grades near 60 cents.
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BP Oil Inc
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Texaco, Inc
Getty Oil Co
Sun Oil Co
Ager
Quake toll five years later in Los Angeles area
Frank Carbonara, now 73, recalls the 1971 earthquake that buried him for two days and left 64 dead in the Los Angeles region. Forty five victims died at Sylmar Veterans Administration Hospital. Evacuation and dam concerns followed as aftershocks rattled residents and some left Southern California forever.
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Frank Carbonara
Los Angeles Area
Veterans Administration Hospital
Sylmar
Carbonara
American workers lose food buying power vs foreign peers
U S factory workers spent 2 hours 16 minutes to buy a nine item grocery list in 1975 up 47.8 percent from 1974 while 13 foreign countries averaged 4 hours 34 minutes. Foreign workers spent more time than Americans to buy the same food with wide variations by country.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Argentina
United States
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