Crash of Eastern 727 Kills 109 at Kennedy in Thunderstorm
An Eastern Air Lines 727 crashed near Runway 22L at Kennedy during a thunderstorm. NTSB will study flight recorders from Flight 66 and two preceding planes to determine causes. Fourteen survived. 109 dead, making it the worst U S single air disaster since 1971.
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New York
UPI
Eastern Air Lines
Kennedy International Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
New Orleans
Isabelle Burgess
Safety Board
Kennedy
Washington
Newark
Burgess
Elkton
United States
Alaska
Paris
George van Epps
John W. Kleven
Louisiana
van Epps
Neil Rairden
Megaton test delayed as high winds push Camembert blast
The United States delays the 4 000 foot underground Camembert megaton nuclear test near Pahute Mesa Nevada for 24 hours due to persistent high winds. Officials warn of possible atmospheric radioactivity spread from the blast, with residents warned and the event tracking a sequence of megaton tests amid treaty ratification debates.
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Pahute Mesa
Nev
UPI
United States
Nevada Desert
Camembert
Ford claims GOP comeback in White House remarks
President Ford praised the Republican Party for a remarkable comeback since taking office. He announced a 5 p.m. EDT news conference from the White House Rose Garden and convened two dozen lawmakers to discuss reducing government control on free enterprise. He credited the party with enduring trials despite not naming Watergate and Nixon, noting inflation easing and recession improving as experts say recession has bottomed out.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Republican Party
America
White House
Rose Garden
Congress
East Room
Richard Nixon
Weather Outlook: Warm Humid with Showers Tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy and warm humid weather with a chance of showers and thunderstorms is forecast for tonight and again for Thursday. Low tonight 68 to 74, high Thursday 87 to 92. Tuesday’s high 88 and low 68. At 7 a.m. 72, and at 10 a.m. in downtown Morris 73.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Nuclear gas cloud triggers alarms near Groton shipyard
A plume of radioactive krypton xenon iodine and cesium from Millstone Unit 1 reached Groton 10 miles away, triggering shipyard alarms at Electric Boat. The Connecticut DEP measured radioactivity at about 18 times the new federal standard, though Millstone 1 is not yet under the 1 percent limit.
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Groton, Conn
UPI
Groton
William Council
Millstone Unit 1
Waterford
Council
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics
Millstone 1
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Federal
Millstone
Fort Griswold
Glen Kociss Dies in Chicago
Glen A. Kociss 44 longtime Matteson Hardware manager died Tuesday afternoon at Presbyterian St Luke’s Hospital Chicago He lived Morris area born Gardner Feb 20 1931 Married Barbara Peterson April 28 1951 Surviving wife daughters father siblings Funeral at Peace Lutheran Church Friday burial Evergreen Cemetery Visitation Thursday Finland Funeral Home Washington UPI Connally Ford Oval Office meeting discussed subjects after bribery acquittal.
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Glen A. Kociss
Matteson Hardware
Liberty St
Presbyterian-St. Luke’s
Morris
Peace Lutheran Church
Barbara
Karen
Karla
Kalleen
John Kociss
Gardner
Laurence
Winona) Phillips
Crest Hill
Peggy Kociss
Ted
Linda) Christensen
John Jr
James
Kenneth
Gary
Harold I. Nelson
Finland Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Teachers vote to accept Morris High School contract
Morris High School Education Association members voted to accept a tentative contract with the Morris Community High School Board of Education District 101. The agreement raises base pay to 9325 from 8950 and sets insurance at 325 for full time staff with 120 cumulative sick days, 10 added per year. Negotiating team members Stan Cade George Gleich and Mrs. Margaret Bednarik supported the settlement.
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Morris High School Education Association
Morris Community High School Board of Education District 101
The
Education Association
High School
Stan Cade
Association
George Gleich
Margaret Bednarik
Colby urges CIA restrictions on public exposure of intelligence
CIA Director William Colby warned Congress that without new legal limits on public exposure foreign nations will know the chinks in America’s armor. He cited past plots to assassinate Fidel Castro and urged stronger protections of intelligence secrets and statutes. Subcommittee Chairwoman Bella Abzug challenged the CIA’s overreach while columnist Jack Anderson reported John Roselli’s involvement with plotting against Castro.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
William E. Colby
Colby
House
Subcommittee
Central Intelligence Agency
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Bella S. Abzug
D-N.y
U.S
Jack Anderson
John Roselli
CTA
Castro
Grand jury holds Ashford on multiple charges in Grundy County
Randall Ashford 20 of Bookwalter Woods faces a Grundy County grand jury on two counts of aggravated battery one count of resisting police and one count of misdemeanor theft after a preliminary hearing. He allegedly beat Gardner Police Chief Roy Gardner kicked Deputy Sheriff Ray Odom and failed to pay 5 dollars for gas at Gardners Texaco. Police testified a green 1974 Dodge van matched the description given after the incident. Gardner was taken to Morris Hospital. The case continues.
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Grundy County
Randall Ashford
Bookwalter Woods
Ashford
Gardner
Roy Gardner
Ray Odom
Gardner Texaco
Gardner Rd
Interstate 55
Michael Hayes
Odom
Carbon Hill Rd
Illinois
Charles Marketti
Hollenbeck
Roy
Morris Hospital
Vandals Target Crossing Guards and Cars in Morris
Morris police investigate three vandalism cases. Rock Island Railroad foreman reports two missing Ashley Rd crossing guards valued over 200 dollars each. A 1964 Buick rear window broken by a brick. no value given. A 1975 Gremlin hood scratched with no value provided.
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Morris
James Leonard
Rock Island Railroad
Ashley Rd
Leonard
Carl Bremenkamp
Harold Olson
Grant St
Alvin Narvick dies. Morris lumber chief aged 61
Alvin T. Narvick 61 president of Narvick Brothers Lumber Co. died at Morris Hospital at 5 10 a.m. He and his brother started the firm in 1946 and he lived at 753 East Main Street. He was married to Lillian Peterson in 1936 and leaves a wife, a daughter Lois Stattenfield of Racine, two sons Arthur and Robert both of Morris, seven grandchildren and four sisters. Funeral at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Saturday.
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Alvin T. Narvick
Narvick Brothers Lumber Co
Armstrong St
Morris Hospital
Henry Narvick
E. Main St
Morris
Henry
Christine Asbe Narvick
Carpenters Local
Lillian Peterson
Newark
Bethlehem, Lutheran Church
Morris Rotary Club
Eagles Lodge
Dana
Lois) Stattenfield
Racine
Wis
Arthur
Robert
Wendell
Louise) Atkins
William
Violet) Peterson
Encinitas
Cal
Mary) Bender
West Chicago
Paul
Bernice) Frick
Joseph
Corrine) Nelson
Britt, Iowa
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Norval Wigtil
Finland
Evergreen Cemetery
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Russia
Morris Daily Herald
Gop
Wells Cafe
Liberty
Shop Morris
Morris First National Bank
William Norton
Thomas Dunn
Donald Davidson
Narvick Brothers Construction Co
Bank
Herald
Glen Kociss
Chicago
Connally
Treasury
John Connally
Oval Office
Ron Nessen
Hold Ashford
Harold Carlson
Olson
Ray
Pamela) Gear
Ottawa Bend
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