California Virginia crash toll rises to 23 in dual U.S. air collisions
A Whittier California collision between a Cessna 150 and a Golden West airliner killed twelve aboard the airliner and a student pilot aboard the smaller craft while debris struck a schoolyard. In Virginia a Cessna 150 hit an Air Force T29 over Langley area with seven aboard the Air Force plane and two aboard the other aircraft killed. Investigators sought causes.
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Associated Press
California
Virginia
Whittier
Calif
Newport News
Air Force
Duke Bernal
Langley Air Force Base
James River
Errol Loving
Langley
Richard M. Nixon
Ontario
Los Angeles
Golden West
Claude Aguirre
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Long Beach
Democrats push six bills as court blocks action in Ohio
In Columbus Democrats move to finalize six controversial bills while a temporary restraining order from the 10th District Court of Appeals blocks signing by Lt. Gov. Brown. Senate Majority Leader Ocasek is barred from enacting the measures pending a hearing, with a possible appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court.
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Columbus
Ohio
10Th District Court of Appeals
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Ohio Supreme Court
Ocasek
House
Gilligan
John W. Brown
Democratic Steamroller
Senate, Financial Institutions, Insurance and Elections Committee
Vernon Cook
Cuyahoga Falls
Glenn years of dream fulfilled return to public life
Former astronaut John Glenn detailed his 10 year quest to join the Senate to work on energy policy. He cited committee goals with Interior and Government Operations, stressing energy as the nation’s top issue and expressing willingness to contribute from science and engineering background. He recalled his 1962 orbital achievement and the street welcome, as well as earlier failed campaigns and the 1964-1970 attempts.
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Glenn
Congress
Senate
Francis R. Valeo
Washington
Marine Corps
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio redistricting bill sails toward Senate vote
The Equal Representation Act aims to redraw Ohio congressional districts to favor Democrats. The bill cleared the Senate committee on party lines after House approval and faces a floor vote amid a legal snag over who can sign bills. Democrats push for a map they say reflects voter majorities. Republicans protest splits of counties and cities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House of Representatives
John J. Gilligan
Lottery win funds a family’s medical bills in Ohio Buckeye 300
Cincinnati mother Bonita Davis who won $300,000 says she will use part of the prize to pay doctors’ bills for her son Jeffrey who has sickle cell anemia. She quit her laundry job to stay home and care for him. The second prize went to Marguerite Mason of Gratiot and Byron F. Albright of Salem earned $30,000. Five other finalists received $15,000 each.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Bonita Davis
Jeffrey
Davis
Sam
Marguerite Mason
Gratiot
Byron F. Albright
Salem
Bomb Crash on TWA Flight Killed 88 off Greece Coast
The National Transportation Safety Board ruled a high order explosive in the air cargo caused the September 8 1974 TWA crash off the Ionian Sea near Greece. The doomed flight from Tel Aviv to New York with stops in Athens and Rome killed 88 people, including 17 Americans.
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Trans World Airlines
Greece
National Transportation Safety Board
TWA
Safety Board
United States
Pacific Airlines
American
Continental Airlines
Missouri
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Tel Aviv
Israel
New York
Athens
Rome
Ionian Sea
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