Six Die In Roof Collapse At Miami Office Building
A Miami roof collapse at the US DEA building killed six people and left a seventh missing. Forty-five injured as concrete and cars plummeted through two floors. debris and flames hampered rescue efforts. Firefighters and officials described a dangerous structure with heavy beams and a roof packed with eighty parked cars.
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Olvia Harre
Harrs
US Drug Enforcement Administration
Bulding
Miami
Biscayne
Anna Eos
Fort Lauderdale
Anna Younger
Marha Skeels
Mary Keehan
North Miami
Nicholas Fragos
Detroit
Mary P. Sullivan
Charles H Mann
New Delhi
India
Don Hickman
City Building Department
William Vidal
Federal
Mandel Wins Backing From Two Labor Unions
Maryland Governor Mandel received endorsements from two AFL CIO locals the United Steelworkers Local 2610 representing 10,000 Bethlehem Steel workers at Sparrows Point and the Metropolitan Building Trades Council with 15,000 members. The AFL C IO Maryland Washington DC Committee on Political Education had previously withheld official labor support due to reprisals against the Baltimore police union after last month’s strike.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
AFL Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Bethlehem
AFLC10
Washington, D.C
Committee On Political Education
Mandel
Organized Labor
Baltimore City
Beall Accused by Consumer Groups Over Filibuster Promises
A coalition led by the Consumer Federation of America accuses Sen J Glenn Beall of backing down on a pledge to end the filibuster against major consumer protection legislation. Beall denies a specific commitment and cites concerns over the bill. Maryland Senator Mathias opposes the filibuster.
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Washington
Sen
J. Glenn Beall
Rmd
Carol T. Foremen
Consumer Federation of America
Beall
Foreman
Senate
Maryland
Republican
Consumer Protection Agency
Flares Flare As Cyprus Port Battle Breaks Out
In Famagusta an hours long clash erupted between Greek and Turkish Cypriots despite a ceasefire. UN notes Greek forces ambushed retreating Turkish troops from the fort area and clashes spread to port warehouses. Casualties unavailable. About 11,000 Turkish Cypriots sheltered in the fort amid surrounding hostilities.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Famagusta
United Nations
Mediterranean
U.N
Rudolf Stajduhar
Greece
Turkey
Britain
Geneva
Maryland Retail Sales Tax Revenues Rise 12 Percent
Maryland Comptroller Louis L Goldstein reports twelve months ending July 31 retail sales tax receipts at 264 million dollars, up 11.3 percent from the prior year and 4.73 percent over earlier projections. July receipts show a 1.49 fold rise from July 1973.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Louis L. Goldstein
Goldstein
Eastern Shore Corn Crop Plunges Under Drought
Drought slashes corn yields across six Maryland Eastern Shore counties Dorchester Somerset Worcester Wicomico Caroline and Talbot with 3 to 65 percent cuts forecast on 20 to 40 percent of about 200 000 acres. The impact on poultry feed raises regional agricultural stakes.
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Marsland
Dorchester
Somerset
Worcester
Wicomico
Caroline
Talbot
Maryland
Thousands Of Tomatoes May Rot In Virginia Fields
In Oldhams Virginia a glut of tomatoes risks spoilage as a can shortage hits the harvest. National Can Co. representative George D English warns production will fall 40 000 to 50 000 cases short of cannery needs due to a tighter tin plate supply and unexpectedly large yields.
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Oldhams
Virginia
George D. English
National Can Co
Hiroshima Mayor Urges Global End to Nuclear Arsenals
Hiroshima mayor calls for worldwide scrap of nuclear weapons to end “awesome threat of suicidal mankind,” naming India as a key proliferator alongside the United States Soviet Union Britain and China. At ceremonies 160 names added to radiation death list. Peace Park marks the site of the first blast.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Hiroshimas
Victums
Peace Park
Plastic Pollution Found In Ocean
Scientists from the National Marine Fisheries Service and a private firm sampled waters from Rhode Island to Puerto Rico using fine mesh seines and found high concentrations of plastic debris south of Long Island, off the Delmarva Peninsula, and near Ocean City. They report plastics persist in the ocean, are not biodegradable, and may provide surfaces for microscopic organisms, though the danger to marine life remains unclear.
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Ocean City
National Marine Fishers Service
Rhode Island
Cas Agualiel
Sargasso Sea
Bermuda
Marine Fisheries Service
Puerto Rico
Science
Long Island
New York
Delmarva Peninsula
Chesapeake Bay
Slain Officer Frank Grunder Laid To Rest In Baltimore
More than 600 policemen from across Maryland joined Gov. Marvin Mandel and Baltimore Mayor Donald Schaefer at the funeral of city Police Sgt. Frank Grunder. He was buried at St. Dominic's Church cemetery after being shot Friday during a bank robbery arrest attempt. the suspect, Charles R. Johnson, was fatally wounded by an on duty officer.
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Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
Donald Schaefer
Frank Grunder
Grunder
St. Dominic's Church
Charles R. Johnson
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