Willow Island disaster claims steelworkers in WV cooling tower
Federal OSHA investigators probe a tower collapse at Monongahela Power Co. Willow Island plant that killed 48 workers, including four Steele brothers and their uncle. Crews sample concrete as Gov. Rockefeller declares a state mourning day. officials note no single cause yet. The plant supplies electricity while preventing river contamination as the tower nears completion.
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Mollie Steele
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Ronald
Miles
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Emmett Steele
Willow Island Baptist Church
Monongahela
David Rhone
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Philadelphia
Jay Rockefeller
Rhone
Body Found In Area River Near Burlington
The body of a man in his 30s was found floating in the Neosho River south and east of John Redmond Reservoir, near Burlington. He had been shot twice with a shotgun, between Friday night and Sunday morning. A wallet suggested he may be from Oklahoma. no shoes were recovered. Police asked fishermen to report any strange activity or shotgun blasts from the weekend.
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Burlington
Neosho
Earl Freeman
Coffey County
John Redmond
Oklahoma
Spy Swap Out Of The Movies In Three Way Exchange
New York AP reports convicted U.S. spy Robert Thompson left the United States for asylum in East Germany as part of a three way prisoner swap. Thompson, 43, denied being a Soviet agent and spoke of espionage as serious business before boarding a Pan American flight. He was released from Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary after 13 years of a 30 year term and traveled with East German attorney Wolfgang Vogel who arranged the deal. The exchange also involved Alan Van Norman of Windom Minnesota who faced 20 years for attempting to smuggle a doctor and family to the West. Thompson said Mozambique’s release of Israeli aviator Miron Marcus helped secure his own release. Thompson claimed to be born in Leipzig and said his real name would never be learned.
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Robert Thompson
U.S.S.R
Thompson
East Germany
Lewisburg Federal
Pennsylvania
Wolfgang Vogel
Vogel
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolf Abel
Mozambique
Miron Marcus
Rhodesia
South Africa
Alan van Norman
Windom
Minn
East Berlin
van Norman
Air Force
Saturday Evening Post
Leipzig
Richard Nixon
Charles W. Colson
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
Florida
Colson
Key Biscayne
Fla
Biscayne
Haldeman
Chuck Colson
Watergate
R.N
Professionals Targeted in Carter Inflation Push
President Carter's administration plans meetings with professional groups including physicians dentists and lawyers to curb fee increases and ensure that executive compensation rises stay around 5 percent. The effort aims to broaden anti inflation measures beyond industry to professionals and wages.
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Atlanta
Carter
Barry P. Bosworth
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Associated Press
Bosworth
Watergate books show Nixon, Colson, Haldeman clash over cover-up
New York AP reports diverging recollections in Nixon memoirs and Colson and Haldeman accounts. Discrepancies cover timelines from the break-in to the cover-up, with notes of temper, suspicions, and meetings. County forecast follows: cloudy with rain tonight, clearing Tuesday, highs around 50.
Pearson Sees SALT Debate Likely in Senate
Sen. James B. Pearson forecast a long Senate clash over the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty after Geneva talks. He said ratification would be extended depending on other Senate business and 1978 politics, noting Brezhnev’s push for a treaty and the Carter era human rights emphasis affecting talks. He spoke at Wichita State University and at a Kansas City AP News Council meeting.
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James B. Pearson
Senate
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Carter
Brezhnev
Kansas Associated Press News Council
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Pearson
News Council
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