Trento Cable Car Disaster Fatal for Forty-Two Skiers
An UPI report from Trento describes the Cavalese gondola accident in which a cable jam caused a pylon collapse and a gondola plunged 230 feet into a ravine. Forty-two died, with one survivor hospitalized in critical condition. Most victims were German tourists from Hamburg. authorities scramble to identify the dead and determine the cause.
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Trento
Aly
Europe
UPI Piolo
Haly
UPI
Cavalese
Ayisla
Poker
Hamburg
Explosion at unsafe Kentucky mine kills nine. fifteen miners trapped
A methane gas explosion at the Scotia Coal Co. mine near Partridge Kentucky injured and trapped fifteen miners, with nine killed. State officials cite high methane readings and unsafe conditions. an investigation begins. Seven or eight other details are disputed in early reports.
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Kentucky
Call
Scotia Coal Ming
Parridge
Hyden
UPI Phate
Partridge
Diamond Coal Co
Virginia Charter
Lyden
Kirkpatrick
Rapasion
Jasper Cornett
Knoxville
Tenn
Mie Blue Diamond Co
Western Kentucky Coal Co
Clay
Dear Queen Elizabeth Angers over Magna Carta trip plan
The U S House of Representatives rejected a resolution by Thomas ONeill to send 25 members and guests to London for Magna Carta ceremony, amid protests that the move was a junket. Speaker Carl Albert urged patience as the debate hinged on display of the 18th century document in Westminster Abbey May 24 26. The letter from the House to Queen Elizabeth states the US will pursue the document and plans to respond despite procedural hurdles.
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Washington
Queen Elizabeth
Capitol
House of Representatives
Thomas O'Neill
Congress
London
Ip O'Neil
Carl Albert
Alvert
Westminster Abbey
Tip
U.S. House of Representatives
Gunman Seeks Cubaa Flight in Frankfurt Courtroom Raid
A gunman stormed the Frankfurt State Court demanding nearly $3 million and a Boeing 707 to fly him to Cuba. He held two hostages, legal adviser Dieter Hoss and salesman Gottfried Schalfrath, in a back room while negotiations continued. Police later flew in a ransom split across dollars marks francs and prepared a jet, as the terrorist threatened deadly action if demands were not met.
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Hans Schaefer
Frankfurt
West Germany
UPI
Gyo
Therm
Cuba
Ralder
U.S
State Goveernment
Gerhard Linden
Linden
Weler
Dieter Hoss
Gottfried Schalfrath
Schalfrath
Hal
Hearst Trial Tactics Highlight Psychiatric Witness Clash
In San Francisco defense attorney Bailey challenged Dr. Joel Fort a San Francisco psychiatrist and criminologist describing Miss Hearst as the Symbiont Liberation Army participant and probing motives. Bailey pressed Fort on his preparation reading Alice in Wonderland and alleged exaggerations in his career outline while hinting at possible family plea bargaining over trial strategies.
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F. Lea Bailey
Abc-Tv
Bill Lignante
Jon Fort
Patricia Hearst
Bailey
San Francisco
UPI
Lee Halley
Joel Fort
Fort
Miss Hearst
Catherine Hearst
Hearst
Dailey
Bailey W
Symbiongst Liberation Army
Browning
U.S
James Browning Jr
FBI sees possible Soviet spy in Washington field office
A New York Times report quotes a former intelligence official alleging an FBI Washington field agent from the 1960s may have been a paid KGB asset. The Times cites missing top secret documents in the 1980s and a suspected agent who contacted Soviet controllers from a Maryland phone booth, with undercover Baltimore agents monitoring.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
New York Times
New York
U.S
KGB
Clarence Kelley
Tive
Sith
Tore
the Times
Bureau
Fire National
FOI
Ion
Maryland
Baltimore
Police probe brake tampering in Hearst car
In San Francisco police opened an inquiry to determine if Randolph Hearst’s car brakes were altered. Lawyer Al Johnson cited an urgent call claiming an inspection showed tampering with bolts in the braking system.
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San Francisco
UPI
Potice
Randolph Hearst
al Johnson
Snowstorm Hits Pennsylvania Strikes State Hard
Snowfall blanketed Pennsylvania with up to ten inches as a storm followed recent mild weather. Schools closed across the state especially in the southeast, driving hazards and road closures. No serious injuries were reported amid numerous minor accidents and widespread disruption. The heavy snow affected northern portions of West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey, with Eastern Pennsylvania hardest hit.
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Velted
Press International
Pennsylvania
Atc
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
New Jersey
National Weather Service
Sal
PUC Finds Weak Security at Three Mile Island Plant
Investigators for the Public Utility Commission report significant weaknesses in security at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Dauphin County. The PUC aims to urge the Nuclear Regulatory Agency to tighten security rules and screen sensitive job applicants more carefully.
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Harrisburg
UPL
Public Utility Commission
Three Mile Island
Dauphin County
PUC
Nuclear Regulatory Agency
PUC Ean
Concensus
Panel okays bank bill in Harrisburg
The Senate Business and Commerce Committee approved a bill to let Savings associations open branches anywhere in Pennsylvania and urged Congress to require federal associations to follow state branch rules. A related case involves a Pittsburgh federal S and L violating a state ban by branching into a noncontiguous county.
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Harrisburg
Senate Business and Commerce Committee
Pennsylvania
Congress
Federal Savings and Loan Associations
Senate
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Pittsburgh
House
Cleveland dentist sued in death of patient’s mother
CLEVELAND, UPD A Cuyahoga County judge awarded 91000 damages to two children after their mother Santa Maria Jackson died in November 1973 following an anesthetic injection. The suit against Dr Manuel Socks rests in probate court guardianship.
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Cleveland
UPD
Cuyahiga County
Common Pleas
George WW. White
Manuel Socks
Santa Maria Jackson
Joseph B. Jackson
Ronald
Monique
Fred Weisman
Weisman
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Pitt
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Lockport
Formry
Niagara County
Robert J. Tavana
State Supreme Court
Gilbert H. King
Tavang
Tavano
Special County
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Whitehall Service Employer Association
Philadelphia
Senate Finance Committee
Tuesta
Henry J. Cianfiani
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