Four Crew Members Dead After Canadian Freighter Fire
Coast Guard crews locate four bodies aboard the Cartiercliff Hall on Lake Superior after a blaze that started below deck. Of 19 crew, five were injured, including the captain, as the ship towed toward Thunder Bay. Two missing men believed dead. survivors recall a smoky, blazing deck scene.
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Copper Harbor
Mich
UPI
Coast Guard
Cartiercliff Hall
Lake Superior
Hall Steamship Co
Montreal
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Canadian Coast Guard
Port Cartier
Quebec
Keeweenaw Peninsula
Michigans
Steel
Chest muscles spared in cancer surgery shift proposed
UPI reports a National Cancer Institute conference endorsing less extensive breast cancer surgery. The panel cites studies showing similar disease-free rates for radical mastectomy versus breast removal with radiation, urging avoidance of chest muscle removal for most small tumors and proposing a standard that preserves the pectoral muscles when possible.
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UPI
Washington
UPS
National Cancer Institute
John Moxley
Bernard Fisher
University of Pittsburgh
The
Cancer Institute
Fisher
Moxley
United States
Health Sciences
University of California At la Jolla
Political battle slows candidacy of Brown
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr may limit campaigning to California for weeks as a California Supreme Court case decides how much power he loses when absent. The dispute centers on lieutenant governor Mike Curb’s authority over judges and executive orders while Brown travels east. Brown asks the court to rule he retains gubernatorial power when away, opposing what he calls horse and buggy rules.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
California Supreme Court
Brown
Sierra
Mike Curb
Ronald Reagan
State Supreme Court
Oil-hooked Americans told to prepare for withdrawal
Americans face a worsening energy crisis as Gov. Carey warns of heating oil shortages, Iran cuts oil to contract customers, and Ecuador hikes prices to a record high. Senate moves to let states draft energy conservation plans while Sen. Domenici likens citizens to oil addicts.
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United Press International
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Warren Christopher
New York
Hugh Carey
Ecuador
Iran
Washington
Senate
Domenici
J. Bennett Johnston
D-La
Carter
Christopher
Orange County World Affairs Council
Santa Ana
Calif
Providence
R.I
Shell Oil
Shell Shell
Norman Alstedter
Cumberland
Los Angeles
U.S
Mother sues Kennywood over boy's death ride injury
Linda L. Foster Barna of Munhall filed a negligence suit in Common Pleas Court against Kennywood Park in West Mifflin over Kyle Foster, 6, who died May 36 after falling from the Cuddle Up ride. The attorney seeks to photograph the ride and have an engineer inspect it for design defects.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Kennywood Park
West Mifflin
Linda L. Foster Barna
Munhall
Common Pleas Court
Kyle Foster
Allegheny Airlines to rename as USAir approved
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved Allegheny Airlines name change to USAir and allowed the switch to be made at the carrier’s option. The CAB also extended low fare flights by American United and Trans World Airways beyond June 17 to July 1 amid a World Airways complaint.
PUC hears phone complaint in Venango County
Franklin Pennsylvanial UP I reports a public hearing opened on a case filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission by Venango County attorney John R Gavin against General Telephone Co Three months earlier Gavin sought a hearing and alleged the firm charged first class rates for third class service He also sought public testimony and 150 county responses were received General Telephone asked for dismissal claiming vagueness but the request was denied
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Franklin, Pa
UPI
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Venango County
General Telephone Co
John R. Gavin Said
PUC
General Telephone
Gavin
Mondale to Open National Folk Art Center in Pittsburgh
Joan Mondale wife of vice president will unveil the Center model at 4 pm Friday at Duquesne University Tamburitzans ceremony. The National Endowment for the Humanities funds a challenge grant for the Hall of Nations library and museum of artifacts and costumes, part of Pittsburgh festival week. She will attend after opening the Three Rivers Arts Festival.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Duquesne University
Tamburitzans Inc
Joan Mondale
Walter Mondale
National Endowment For the Humanities
Mondale
Kennedy Jr to graduate from Andover Academy
John F Kennedy Jr the 18 year old son of the late president completes three years at Andover Academy and will join about 360 students in commencement He plans to attend Lehigh University in the fall He previously interned with the Boston Juvenile Court Notable alumni include Samuel F Morse Oliver Wendell Holmes Jack Lemmon Benjamin Spock George Bush and A Bartlett Giamatti
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Andover
Mass
UPL
John F. Kennedy Jr
Andover Academy
Kennedy
Lehigh University
Boston Juvenile Court
Samuel F. Morse
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jack Lemmon
Benjamin Spock
GOP
George Bush
Yale University
A. Barlett Giamatt
Cookie rationing teaches kids odd even numbers
First graders at Hillcrest Elementary in Concord adopt an odd even cookie ration plan to mirror gas shortages. Teacher Mary Tomlinson issued paper license plates marking odd and even days, guiding students to line up for ginger snaps or chocolate chip cookies and learn numbers through the daily ritual.
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Concord
Calif
Hillcrest
Mary Tomlinson
Tin Man actor Jack Haley in critical condition
Los Angeles report states actor Jack Haley, 79, who played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, worsened after a heart attack suffered Saturday. UCLA Medical Center disclosed he had been in fair condition but deteriorated to critical in the ICU. Haley's career spanned vaudeville, Broadway, and more than 50 films, with fame mainly from Oz alongside Judy Garland. Haley Jr., his son, leads 20th Century Fox Television Productions and was once married to Liza Minnelli.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jack Haley
Tin Man
Ucla Medical Center
Haley
Judy Garland
Jack Haley Jr
20Th Century: Fox Television Productions
Liza Minelli
Miss Garland
Gulf Oil executive urges synthetic fuels from coal and shale
William C. King, director of policy analysis for Gulf Oil, told a House Science and Technology Committee hearing that the United States can produce synthetic liquid fuels from coal and oil shale. He urged accelerating development to boost future fuel supply viability and avoid risk of shortages.
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Washington
Gulf Oil
House
William C. King
United States
House Science and Technology Committee
King
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