Americans plan world circumnavigation by balloon in 30 days
The three US balloonists Ben Abruzzo Max Anderson and Larry Newman who completed the first trans Atlantic drift near Paris say their next feat could be a 30 day world circumnavigation. They noted the craft cost 125000 dollars and predicted higher altitude and speed would let them traverse the globe in about a month. The trio reported strong public excitement and said book and film rights could recoup costs.
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Paris
UPI
Ben Abruzzo
Max Anderson
Larry Newman
Abruzzo
Anderson
Charles A. Lindbergh
Plane crash kills Evansville basketball team due to locked controls
federal investigators say ground stop controls were locked and tail heavy baggage loading caused a chartered DC-3 to crash 90 seconds after takeoff from Dress Regional Airport Evansville Indiana on December 17 1977 all 29 aboard including the University of Evansville basketball team perished in the field below. The report notes the combination of locked flight controls and loading issues led to the disaster
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Washington
UPI
University of Evansville
National Transportation Safety Board
Dress
Evansville
Ind
Driver Falls Asleep, Kills City Man
A Norwalk teenager, David A. Jones, 18, died when a driver fell asleep at the wheel and struck a work zone on U.S. 42 near the Lodi bypass in Medina County. Charles Tiliski, 37, of West Salem, reportedly drifted into the construction area in a 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Jones was employed by the Paul E. Bleile Co. as a concrete saw operator. Jones’s death was ruled accidental with head injuries. He is survived by his wife Sandra Lee Burns, six brothers, two sisters, and both parents. Funeral arrangements are set at Heuston Gerber Funeral Home, with services Monday.
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Here
David A. Jones
Spring St
Medina County
Andrew Karson
Sandra Lee Burns
Karson
Jones
U.S. 42
Paul E. Bleile Co
Charles Tiliski
West Salem
Ohio
Medina Post
Highway Patrol
Tiliski
William Rupp
The
Bleile Co
Sandra
Douglas Jones
Monroeville
Robert
Mark
Stewart
Sandusky
Michael
Bellevue
Steven
Scott
David
Cathy) LaValley
Lynn
Arthur Jones
Orlando
Fla
Louis Bessett
Massachusetts
Heuston-Gerber
Oden Hayn
Milan Cemetery
Kucinich recall tally narrows to 303 votes after recount
First day of the Cleveland recount shows 88 votes lost on recounting errors and 25 30 disputed ballots. 249 of 645 precincts recounted with completion expected by Saturday. In Washington, James Earl Ray faces new evidence linking him to MLK assassination and to a London bank robbery.
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UPI
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Cuyahoga County
Virgil Brown
Kucinich
Brown
Washington
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Ray
London
Alton
Ill
FBI
John
Moscow court drops libel suit against two American reporters
A Moscow court discontinued executive proceedings against Craig Whitney of The New York Times and Harold Piper of the Baltimore Sun amid their absence from court. The judge said he would report the case to the Soviet Foreign Ministry and urged attention to the reporters' behavior while noting the proceedings could not cover all aspects.
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Moscow
UPI
Foreign Ministry
Leo Almazov
Craig Whitney
New York Times
Harold Piper
Baltimore Sun
Almazov
Whitney
Venezuela minister questions alive status of kidnapped American
Interior Minister Octavio Lepage voiced doubt that William Niehous survives the kidnapping case, calling it the toughest of his 34 years in law enforcement. He suggested that ransom would have spurred further abductions and noted the intensive search by security forces.
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Caracas
Venezuela
UPI
Octavio Lepage
William Niehous
Lepage
Niehous
Colombia
Marriage License Applications In The Record
Clayde K Kadow a sanitation engineer from Norwalk and Dorothy W Nichols of Wakeman at home seek marriage license. Joseph C Zidarin laborer of Monroeville and Gerralayne Cherry of North Fairfield at home also apply. Births Larry and Diane Le sCaubainten' e Schafer Norwalk a girl. Death Mrs Ollie S Peak 92 Norwalk.
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Clayde K. Kadow
Norwalk
Dorothy W. Nichols
Wakeman
Joseph C. Zidarin
Monroeville
Gerralayne Cherry
North Fairfield
Senior Citizen Day Boosts Fair Attendance
Senior Citizens 65 and older entered free as almost 11 000 attended the Huron County Fairgrounds for Senior Citizens Day. Harness racing and a music program anchored activities including a Kitchen Band led by Mrs. Howard Chapin. A hog contest was delayed to 3 p.m as other events include draft horse pulls and a schedule of Agricultural Heritage demonstrations through Friday and Saturday.
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Kenny Strong
George Davie
Kitchen Band
Paul Stafford
Huron County Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Howard Chapin
Questions Raised About Value Of Death Penalty
In Columbus a Ohio House subcommittee hearing on revamping the capital punishment statute draws witnesses opposed to a death sentence. Critics argue constitutional risk, high costs for public defenders, and the finality of death. Supporters say deterrence and morale matter. committee plans Sept. 7 vote and probes on cases pending between 1974 and a new bill.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio House
Ohio
James Kira
Ohio Public Defenders Association
Cne
Paul K Leonard
D-Dayton
Supreme Court
Leonard
High Court
Public Defenders
Kira
Alan Thrower
Thrower
Memphis Tentative Pact Ends City Strike After Guards Deployed
In Memphis a tentative agreement was reached today to end the bitter police and firemen's strike that had prompted National Guardsmen to patrol streets. Union leaders said talks yielded a compromise offer awaiting ratification by members, with runners and telephone updates to keep crews informed.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
National
Memphis
Danny Todd
Firefighters’ Union Executive Board
David Baker
Memphis Police Association
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