Ice Cream Truck Blast Injures Scores Near City Hall
A New York ice cream vending truck exploded near Nassau and Fulton Streets injuring more than 100 people, 14 critically. Police consider bombing with threats to drivers noted. driver Lee Butler among injured, life not in danger. Fire, police and bomb squads investigated as windows shattered and area sealed.
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New York
City Hall
Ellen Fleysher
Freezer Fresh Soft Ice Cream Company
Lee Butler
Beekman
Fleysher
Butler
Francis Cruthers
Nassau
Fulton Streets
Manhattan
Cruthers
Nassau Street
Stock Exchanges
World Trade Center
John Pfeifer
Beekman-Downtown Hospital
Patient at Quipster Hospital Speaks On Week of Treatments
A patient at Quipster Hospital reports enduring a challenging week, saying they have been on needles and pills as part of their treatment. The remark highlights ongoing medical care and patient experience without detailing diagnosis.
Two Army Recruits Die of Heat Stroke at Fort Jackson
Two 17 year old Army recruits, Lester Watts of York South Carolina and Wayne Krassow of Cygnet Ohio, died from heat stroke after their first training day at Fort Jackson. The 99 degree heat caused cardiac arrests and an investigation is under way. Watts collapsed about 10 pm and Krassow earlier died at Moncrief Army Hospital. Both had physicals at the post reception station before reporting for training.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Army
Lester T. Watts
York
S.C
Wayne A. Krassow
Cygnet
Ohio
Bruce Andrae
Watts
Krassow
Moncrief Army Hospital
Andrae
Special legislative session called for taxpayer relief
Gov. Dolph Briscoe announced a July 10 Texas special session to seek tax relief for residents. He underscored a two thirds vote requirement for tax bills and proposed a constitutional amendment, while delaying full detail on other items until opening day. He forecast a two week session and discussed appointments, tax cuts, and limits on state spending during the session.
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Austin
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
House
Senate
John Hill
Hill
Union
New Hampshire
Officials work to hold down holiday deaths
Texas safety officials mobilize troops, wardens, and local police to cover a 102 hour Fourth of July weekend. They urge avoiding alcohol with driving swimming or boating and remind drivers to use low beam headlights. Projections show 53 traffic fatalities 25 water related deaths and 200 fireworks injuries.
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Austin
Texas
Texans
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Speir
Parks and Wildlife Department
Hill Calls Tax Relief Go Beyond Spending Caps
Texas lawmakers face tax relief choices beyond caps says Democratic candidate John Hill. He warns against merely limiting property taxes without fixing legal inequities and urges study before action, proposing special session relief for farmers homeowners and the elderly while deferring broad state tax limits until 1979.
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Austin
Texas
John Hill
Senate House
Hill
California
Banks raise prime rate to 9 percent nationwide
Citibank started the industry rise by lifting the prime rate from 8 to 9 percent followed by Bank of America Chase Manhattan Manufacturers Hanover Morgan Guaranty Bankers Trust Continental Illinois Security Pacific Marine Midland Crocker National. The move ties the rate to three month commercial paper and signals a broader trend toward higher borrowing costs and potential stock market pressure. U S Attorney General Griffin Bell arrived in Atlanta for a civil matter.
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New York
Citibank
Bank of America
Chase Manhattan Bank
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Morgan
Guaranty Trust Co. of
Bankers Trust Co
Continental Ilinois National Bank & Trust
Security Pacific
Marine Midland Bank of Buffalo
and Crocker National Bank
Attorney General Bell held in civil contempt by court
U S Attorney General Griffin Bell was held in civil contempt for failing to turn over 18 FBI informant files to the Socialist Workers Party. Judge Griesa set a Friday noon deadline for compliance and warned of harsher sanctions if no action is taken. A Justice Department spokesman said Bell has no plan to release the materials, citing national security and law enforcement impacts. The Socialist Workers Party called the ruling a milestone in exposing FBI spying while Bell’s lawyers prepared an appeal.
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U.S
New York
Socialist Worker Party
FBI
Griffin B. Bell
Socialist Workers Party
Bell
Thomas P. Griesa
Griesa
Terrence Adamson
Justice Department
Jack Barnes
Provocateurs
Griega
Adamson
Washington
Georgia
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Fulton Street
Goren
Quipster
Bill Hobby
Bill Clayton
Clayton
Wayne Peveto
Dorange
Carl Smith
Harris County
Smith
Nicholas Lampson
Jefferson County
Joel Whitmire
Coldsprings
Texas School Assessors Association
Whitmire
Federal Reserve
Citybank
Griffin Bell
Atlanta Hartsfield International
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