Death toll on high school chair trip reaches 28
A chartered bus carrying 28 killed and 24 survivors on a high school chair tour after crashing from a ramp near Martinez California. Most victims were students with one adult teacher among the dead. The driver had prior traffic convictions and remains in semi critical condition as investigators review the cause.
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Martinez
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Perry Martin
Bay
San Francisco
Lean
Martin
Yuba City High School
Kris Husten
Evan Prothero
Tom Randolph
Yuba City
Christina Estabrook
Dean Estabrook
Estabrook
Cancer victim keeps kids together in Columbus case
Linda Joy Hardy battled terminal cancer for 37 years, remarried, divorced, and faced a drug arrest as she sought a lasting home for her children Sheri 13 Joey 11 Amber 7. She died barely three before her 37th birthday, leaving a plan for adoption by Dean Allan of Santa Ana and wife Violette, plus a $9,000 trust fund to care for the youngsters. The children remain with their grandmother as families weigh final arrangements amid hospital stays and social support.
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Columbus, Ohio
Linda Joy Hardy
Linda Hardy
Sheri
Joey
Amber
Mrs. Hardy
Robert Cloud
Mrs. Cloud
Kissinger Wiretap Role Sparks Controversy
Washington AP reports a dispute over Henry Kissinger's account of a 1969 wiretap program. His version differs from statements by other officials, including resigned President Richard Nixon, fueling controversy.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Richard M. Nixon
Kissinger: Hoover tapped wiretaps decision maker in case
In sworn deposition Kissinger says Hoover alone would decide when to stop wiretaps and he never evaluated the wiretaps’ output. The suit by Morton Halperin ties Kissinger, Nixon and others to a program begun May 10, 1969 after Cambodia bombing disclosures.
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Kissinger
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Nixon
Hoover
Halperin
New York Times
Cambodia
Atty
John N. Mitchell
FHI
White House
Instant tombstones for sale in Chicago
Elmo Williams offers “while you wait” tombstones carved in about 90 minutes from his South Side shop opposite a mortuary. He markets directly from shirts and trucks, with dozens of orders weekly around Memorial Day. Williams, 59, has built a family business with his son Andre, drawing customers by advertising and word of mouth.
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Chicago
Elmo Williams
Elmo
Williams
Monument
Andre
GM predicts near record sales for 1977
GM Chairman Thomas A. Murphy forecast 1977 new car and truck sales around 14.9 million, just shy of the 14.9 million set in 1973, citing a robust economy. He warned two risks loom: UAW contract talks and potential tighter federal emissions standards on 1978 models. He urged settlements to avoid higher unit labor costs.
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Detroit
General Motors
Thomas A. Murphy
Murphy
United Auto Workers
UAW
Firestorm devastates downtown McKeesport in four-block blaze
Fire Chief David Fowler called the McKeesport wall of flames the worst in 29 years as hundreds from 40 plus companies fought a firestorm that reached 40 mph winds. Seven commercial buildings were destroyed, many homes damaged, with damages pegged from 1 to 4 million dollars amid a request for state emergency aid.
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Mckeesport
David Fowler
Fowler
Fifth
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