Airliner crashes in Florida leaves three dead
Flight 199 out of Mobile crashed at Pensacola airport due to fog and haze. The National Airline jet settled in Escambia Bay after two loud reports. Three people were killed and three were missing while divers reported all aboard accounted for. Passengers escaped via a tugboat rescue, jet fuel leaked, and responders battled conditions.
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Florida
Pensacola
Fla
Escambia Bay
Marine Patrol
William Cleany
Flight 199
Mobile
Ala
Panhandle
Alabama
James Stockwell
Stockwell
Jack Barker
Federal Aviation Administration
Miami
Melbourne
Tampa
New Orleans
Families of Son of Sam victims confront grief and seek vengeance
In a New York courtroom families of Son of Sam victims describe their enduring grief as David Berkowitz faces sentencing. Neysa Moskowitz and Michael Lauria recall their losses from the 1976 attacks, while Donna DeMasi and others demand accountability. Berkowitz, who confessed to six murders, faces a May 22 sentence with potential parole eligibility after 30 years.
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Son of Sam
New York
Neysa Moskowitz
Sam
Michael Lauria
David Berkowitz
Donna
Donna DeMasi
Rose Lauria
Berkowitz
Ms. DeMasi
White House vendor tires of peanut jokes
Tom Jones, a 32 year old White House vending machine operator from Waldorf Maryland, says he stopped stocking peanuts after jokes from visitors. The Carter era crowd preferred other snacks while Nixon and Johnson patrons bought more. Jones hauls machines from Cheverly daily, serves Secret Service and White House staff, and recalls meeting Nixon and Mondale.
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Tom Jones
White House
James
Manny
Richard Nixom
Washington
Jones
Carter
Waldorf
Cheverly
Secret Service
West Wing
Oval Office
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Berkowitz pleads guilty to killings and arson in NYC
David Berkowitz admitted to six counts of murder and about two dozen other crimes in a 12 month terror spree across the Bronx Brooklyn and Manhattan. He cited a claimed divine mission to become a prison minister and said a good Christian cannot plead insanity.
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NEW York
David Berkowitz
Sam
New York City
Berkowitz
Kings County Hospital
Bronx
Mario Merola
Yonkers
State Supreme Court
Joseph Corso
Brooklyn
Michael Lauria
Carter to press labor leaders on wage hikes
President Carter will meet Labor officials to urge restraint on wage increases as part of his inflation drive. Powell notes doubt over voluntary sacrifices while Burns commends the approach and suggests bolder action could help. The White House stresses no support for mandatory wage and price controls.
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Washington
Carter
Powell
White House
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve
Burns
Hearing Loss Is Not A Sign Of Old Age
Beltone announces a free non operating model of its smallest hearing aid for readers who hear but do not understand words. The tiny unit weighs less than a third of an ounce and is worn at the ear. no cost or obligation to receive it, with thousands already mailed to Dept. 2093, Beltone Electronics Corp.
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Chicago
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
Victoria
Illinois
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Executive Mansion
Walter F. Mondale
Amy Carter
Mel Vive
Culp
Couage
East
Wing
Daniel Schwartz
Restaurent
Glenco Oil Co
Glenn E. Waltz Plumbing & Heating, Inc
E. Church St. Frederick, Md
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