Australian crisis deepens as Kerr sacks Whitlam
Strikes cripple Australian ports in protest over Governor-General Kerr dismissing Prime Minister Whitlam. Protesters chant for Whitlam outside Parliament House as Fraser forms caretaker government. Stock market rises on favorable sentiment amid constitutional crisis and looming election.
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Canberra
Australia
Sir John Kerr
Gough Whitlam
Bob Hawke
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Parliament House
Gough
Malcolm Fraser
Kerr
Sydney Stock Exchange
Australian Commonwealth
Fraser
Liberal
Country
Senate
Whitlam
Labor
House of Natives
Debris Spotted Near Missing Ore Carrier Edco on Lake Superior
An oil slick two empty lifeboats and debris were spotted on Lake Superior near the area where the ore carrier Edco is missing. Local authorities and search teams scoured the scene as weather hindered responses and continued investigations into the vessel's disappearance.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Lake Superior
Roge Blau
Wilfred Sykes
Aston M. Anderson
Coast Guard
Fitzgerald
Burlington Northern
Superior
Wis
McLennan Agency
Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes Engineering Co
River Rouge
Mich
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Huron
St. Marys River
Ohio Teacher of the Year cites personal attention as key
Barbara J. Hilgeford of Meadowdale High School Dayton was named Ohio's 1976 Teacher of the Year and Dayton's 1975 honoree. In her 25th year in education, she joined the Dayton system in 1969, chairs the English department, and created the school's reading program.
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Columbus
Ohio
Barbara J. Hilgeford
Meadowdale
Dayton
Hilgeford
Judge rules against petition in Quinlan right to die case
A New Jersey judge rejects the Quinlan family's request to unplug Karen Quinlan's respirator. The ruling declares no constitutional right for a parent to end an incompetent adult child's life and leaves the medical decision to the treating physician. Quinlan weighs an appeal as family statements reflect heartache and faith.
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Morristown
N.J
Joseph Quinlan
Karen Anne
Karen
Superior Court
Robert Muir Jr
Quinlan
Robert Morse
Morse
Sai
Muir
Armstrong
Miss Quinlan
Great Lakes Shipping Tragedies From 1900 Aboard Major Vessels
The record lists disasters in the Great Lakes with the Freighter Daniel J. Morrell sinking in Lake Huron in 1966 and 28 deaths, the Noronic fire in Toronto in 1949 killing 119, the Novadoc Davock and Anna C Minch wrecks in 1940 with 57 dead, and the Eastland capsizing in Chicago River in 1915 with 6812 lives lost.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Daniel J. Morrell
Lake Huron
Noronic
Toronto
Novadoc
Davock
Lake Michigan
Eastland
Chicago
Cincinnati Police Probe Letter Drives Grand Jury Inquiry
A Cincinnati special grand jury received an anonymous unsigned letter that spurred the probe into police department wrongdoing. The letter alleged slush funds via overtime and officers working on property owned by high ranking officials. The panel, numbering 14 jurors with five alternates, was advised to focus on credible evidence and possible crimes.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Police Department
Hamilton County
Vice Squad
Angolan independence marked by Neto oath and street celebration
Thousands in Luanda welcomed Agostinho Neto as president after midnight declaration of independence under MPLA leadership. Rival nationalist forces reportedly advanced toward the capital from north and south as jungle drums accompanied bursts from guns. A Red Cross plane was hit by two bullets but landed safely. a Portuguese jetliner carrying foreign delegates diverted to Lisbon.
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Luanda
Angola
Agostinho Neto
Neto
MPLA
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Red Cross
Lisbon
Middletown Weather Outlook With Showers Tonight
A chance of showers tonight and tomorrow in the Middletown area with lows in the mid 40s. Clearing skies bring highs in the low 60s on Wednesday. Yesterday reached 58 with a 33 overnight low. Extended outlook calls for fair skies Thursday and Friday and a chance of showers Saturday.
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Middletown
Doctors Hold Hope For Franco Life After Surgery
In Madrid the treating doctors say Franco, 82, remains in very grave condition after a second major stomach operation at La Paz Clinic. One physician noted the outcome is uncertain though optimistic, citing the dictator’s strong will and potential recovery in four to five months if progress continues.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Ife
Franco
la Paz
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Toledo
Pancake Point
Batchawana Bay
Ontario
Vors
Jere Bennett
Coast Guard Air Rescue
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Tip of
Cincinnati Police
Generalissimo
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