Brakes May Have Locked On Takeoff In Anchorage Crash
A UPI report says brakes on a Capitol International Airways DC8 may have locked during takeoff at Anchorage International Airport, causing tire blowouts and a fiery crash that killed 47 aboard. Investigators noted skid marks and debris, with engine vibration and possible fuel leaks under study as survivors recount explosions before the craft broke apart.
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Anchorage. Alaska
UPI
Capitol International Airways
Anchorage International Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Frank Malone
Washington, D.C
Malone
San Antonio
Tex
William G. Reid
Napa
Calif
Reid
Tony's Wedding Is Off
Stanislav Perusic 23 ends engagement to Angela Signorelli 21 after immigration pressure and a failed Air Force language test. He sought asylum to delay deportation and remain in the United States. The WGAR radio bride-hunt publicity preceded the breakup and a request for more time to learn English.
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Cleveland
UPI
Stanislav Perusic
Yugoslavia
U.S. Air Force
Perusic
Angela
Signorelli
WGAR
U.S
Air Force
Perth Amboy
N.J
Perushc
Hard Convicts Collect Stamps At Ohio Penitentiary
In Columbus Ohio forty five inmates of the Ohio Penitentiary join the O P Stamp Club editor Jerry Wolosyn reports that prisoners run a newsletter Philatelically Yours and have adopted a rural Nebraska school stamp club sending duplicate stamps books and materials while Wolosyn a robber sentenced inmate encourages youth stamp collecting and hopes to pursue philately after release.
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Columbus
UPS
Jerry Wolosyn
Wolosyn
O.P. Stamp Club
O.P
Ohio Penitentiary
Nebraska
William Goff
O.P. Club
Dorothy Sanders
O’neill, Neb
Four-Year-Old Fatally Sacrificed in Gujarat Cult Ritual
Gujarat Chief Minister Hirendra Desai told the Ahmedabad assembly that a four-year-old boy was killed as a sacrifice to the Mamai goddess in Amdora village, Junagadh district. The Rabari Bikha Sangh group is implicated and its leader has been arrested for prosecution.
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New Delhi
UPI
Mamai
Junagadh
Gujarat
Hirendra Desai
Legislative Assembly
Ahmedabad
Rabari Bikha Sangh
Amdora
Desai
Holiday Death Toll Tops 600 During Thanksgiving Period
Holiday highway deaths surpassed 600 as counting continued for the 102 hour period ending Sunday midnight. Early estimates had projected 670 to 770 deaths with California leading state totals at 94 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike crash causing multiple fatalities.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
United Press International
California
Ohio
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Swing Out Sweet Land and The Bold Ones Shape NBC Sunday
NBC aired two contrasting programs Sunday night Swing Out Sweet Land hosted by John Wayne featured starry performances with patriotic themes and a modern Burns style gag about Washington. The Bold Ones two part episode used a Rashomon style to probe a campus guard confrontation with a grand jury called for by the commission led by Hal Holbrook and exploring Kent State like deaths.
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Rick DU Brow
Hollywood
UPI
Nbc-Tv
Sweet Land
John Wayne
U.S
Hal Holbrook
National Guard
Kent State
Tom Smothers
Wayne
Jack Benny
Lucille Ball
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
Ann- Margret
Lorne Greene
Dan Blocker
Bing Crosby
Johnny Cash
Dean Martin
Leslie Uggams
Dennis Weaver
Dan Rowan
Dick Martin
George Burns
Benny
George Washington
Jack
Bold Ones
Rashomon
Guard
Holbrook
David W. Riniels
First Woman Pastor Delivers Communion At Pittsburgh Church
The Rev. Miss Elizabeth Platt 30, ordained Nov. 22 at the University of Maryland, preached from the aisles in flowing white robes at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. A Snoopy banner urged all to rejoice as she led Holy Communion in a historic service.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Snoopy
Dog
Elizabeth Platt
God
David A. Jensen
Miss Platz
University of Maryland
Ohio teen wins $600 4-H Congress scholarship
Rita Ann Rowland, 19, Bellevue Ohio, earned a $600 scholarship and a national winner title in the consumer education home economics program at the 49th national 4 H Congress. She was chosen for her 4 H projects leadership and responsibilities. Wendy Druding, 15, Cincinnati, joined 51 winners modeling ensembles in the dress revue.
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Chicago
UPI
Rita Ann Rowland
Bellevue
Ohio
Miss Rowland
Wendy Druding
Cincinnati
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Hong Kong
Ricky Shamdas
MUN Mohan’s
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Mun Mohan
ALL Fashion Manor
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