London population slips below seven million in 1977
London mid 1977 population estimate shows 6,970,100, reflecting long decline since 1939 peak and urban migration. Tokyo tops world at 8,586,900 in 1976 per Guinness. The report also covers insurgent attacks in Bangkok, China’s student exchange plan, Chile earthquake, Ford plant in Ontario, Prince Andrew incident in Edmonton, a Michigan double murder confession, a Buffalo trial on child killings, and Atlantic City casino winnings in July.
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Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
Guinness Book of Records
Tokyo
Father who believed himself God rules bizarre hotel tragedy
In Salt Lake City seven children aged five to fourteen fell from an 11th floor hotel balcony after their mother Rachel David and the father Immanuel David 39 orchestrated the suicides and deaths. One thirteen year old Elizabeth David survived in critical but stabilizing condition after surgery. The family had lived in a luxury $90 a day suite for 14 months with little schooling and no contact with strangers. The father believed he was God and had taught the children at home. The mother’s role remained under police investigation as witnesses described a chilling scene outside the hotel.
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Elizbeth David
Fied
Rachel David
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LDS Hospital
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James Bradley
FBI
Bob Davenport
International Dunes
Brent Davis
God
Evacuation Plans Grow As Love Canal Residents Fearful
State officials vow to evacuate families from chemically poisoned homes near Love Canal in Niagara Falls. Governor Carey appeals to President Carter to declare a federal disaster area while health data show miscarriages and birth defects. Officials propose moving 35 pregnant or infant households to subsidized housing as talks with federal agencies continue. A resident laments, “It’s too late now.”
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Love Canal
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Carey
Thomas Frey
Itate
Frey
New York
White House
Former Kentucky soldier wins atomic test compensation
Donald Coe a 44 year old former Kentucky infantryman says leukemia from radiation exposure during atomic blasts when stationed at Ft Lewis Wash and at Yucca Flats Nev led to a VA service connected disability award possibly 1000 dollars monthly. The Board for Veterans Appeals reversed a VA denial after lobbying by Rep Tim Lee Carter and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Coe who witnessed 15 to 20 nuclear blasts reports improved health but ongoing neck and eye issues and claims Cooper also won his case but died February 8. The appeals board limited its ruling to entitlement, amount and retroactivity to be decided by a regional board.
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Donald Coe
Kentucky
Coe
Veterans Administration
Board For Veterans Appeals
Tim Lee Carter
R-Ky
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Yucca Flats
Nev
Paul Cooper
Emmett
Idaho
Cooper
Nevada
Pacific
Vanderbilt University Hospital
Nashville
Tenn
Washington
Israeli airstrike targets guerrilla base in Lebanon
Israeli planes hit a guerrilla base at Dahar a Turah about 25 miles north of the border in retaliation for a nail and ball bearing laden Tel Aviv market bombing that killed one and wounded 48. PLO and Al Fatihah factions claimed responsibility while U S condemnation called the act savage and brutal. Police detained Arabs from the market area as tensions rose ahead of the Sabbath.
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Israel
Lebanon
Dahar
Bei
PLO
Jerusalem Mar
Ket
U.S
Walter F. Mondale
Arafat
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Carmel Market
Popular Front
George Habash
Jetliner Crash Near Buenos Aires No Deaths Reported
A Chilean jetliner with 51 aboard crashed while landing at Buenos Aires Airport. No fatalities were confirmed though injuries were reported, many with burns. The Boeing 707 fell short of the runway about 500 yards away near the Ezeiza Atomic Center, which posed no nuclear danger. Ambulances transported casualties to Ezeiza hospital.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
San Chile
Ezeiza
Dollar dips on European markets as holidays slow trading
The dollar edged lower on European and Japanese FX markets as August holidays reduced activity. In Zurich the dollar fell to a record low of 1.6910 Swiss francs, and midmorning quotes stood at 1.7035 francs, still below Thursday’s 1.7060 closing low. Gold opened lower but recovered slightly as the dollar weakened.
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