Bicentennial climbers reach Everest peak without flags
Dr. Chris Chandler and partner reached Everest summit at 29,028 feet but reportedly forgot to carry the U S and Nepal flags as they topped the southeast ridge route. They spent about 30 minutes on the summit before descending to Camp 6 and were in good health.
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Malibu
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Arlene Blum
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Peru
Hua Kuo-feng Named New Chinese Communist Party Head
Reports from Hong Kong and posters in Beijing say Premier Hua Kuo-feng is named chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and military committee to succeed Mao Zedong. Kyodo News notes Hua will resign the premiership and name his own successor, with a memorial hall planned for Mao’s remains.
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Tokyo
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Carter Attacks Ford Over Soviet Influence Remarks
Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter escalates criticism of President Ford’s foreign policy remarks on Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. Carter accuses Ford of being weak and brainless as he presses campaign rhetoric in the latest battle over U S stance toward the Soviet Union.
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White House
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Len Bob Dole
Beiruts reported shooting shifts focus from Munich terrorists
The London press reported Abu Hassan, the alleged organizer of the 1972 Munich Olympic killings, shot in Beirut with conflicting claims on his death status. Telegraph and Mail reports differed on whether Hassan died or survived, citing Israeli agents and Beirut hospital injuries. Meanwhile campaign coverage described Ford and Carter sparring over Eastern Europe and IRS disclosures during the 1976 race.
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Chance for pardon in Alabama for Scottsboro boy Norris
Clarence Norris, last surviving Scottsboro defendant, must choose between returning to Alabama for jail and a pardon or remaining a fugitive in New York. Now 65, Norris has lived as a laborer with a New York family for 23 years and seeks vindication to clear his record and protect his family. The 1931 case led to death sentences for Norris and eight others aboard a freight train near Scottsboro, Alabama.
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Alabama
Norris
Paint Rock
Ala
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Victoria Price
James Horton
Bibb Graves
Weather and Norris case update noted in stretched report
Tonight will be cloudy with a low in the 30s and a 20 percent rain chance. Sunday’s high near 55 with partial clouds and a 10 percent rain risk. Extended outlook shows light showers midweek and a slight upward trend. Norris remains a fugitive as Pardons and Parole Chair Ussery says no consideration until capture. Norris’ NY attorney James Meyerson weighs the implications. The long ordeal includes overturned convictions and a 15 year incarceration with parole violations and a 1946 flight from the state.
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Norris
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