Final victory nears in war against smallpox
Geneva AP reports World Health Organization officials see near victory in the smallpox fight. The disease has killed millions and blinded many, with mass inoculations and remote-area delivery improving after long vaccine availability. New cases have fallen from 2.5 million.
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Central Asia
Ramses VI
Europe
Hernando Cortez
America
Edward Jenner
Britain
North America
World Health Organization
Africa
Sahara
Asia
Indian Subcontinent
Indonesia
Brazil
Donald A. Henderson
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Hijacked airliner talked down by cardinal FBI agent and psychiatrist
In Baltimore, a man armed with a weapon commandeered an airliner and was persuaded to surrender after talks with a cardinal, a veteran FBI agent, and a psychiatrist. No injuries were reported as the standoff ended peacefully.
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FBI
Charles A. Wenige
Baltimore
Piedmont Airlines
Toronto
Canada
Thomas H. Farrow
Lawrence Cardinal Shenan
John Lyon
Lyon
Wenige
Farrow
Fairfax
Korea
Washington’s National Airport
Baltimore Friendship Airport
Dr. Lyon
Cardinal Shehan
Terry Ann Meadows
Jackie Wisecup
Navy joins search for Clemente plane
Navy divers began a dawn search two miles off San Juan for Roberto Clemente and four others after the DC7 mercy plane crashed into the Atlantic while delivering earthquake relief. Coast Guard officials cited ongoing heavy seas as hindered salvage efforts and noted the plane had just taken off from San Juan after a delay for engine work.
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P. R
U.S. Navy
Roberto Clemente
U. S. Coast Guard
Navy
Coast Guard
Atlantic
National Transporation Safety Board
William Collins
Sagebrush
Clemente
Pittsburgh Pirates
Managua
Nicaragua
Puerto Rico
Pirates
Joe L. Brown
Pittsburgh
Rafael Hernandez Colon
Capitol
Ocean
Supplies on the way to rower Pat Quesnel
A Coast Guard resupply mission is sent to support Pat Quesnel, a lone sailor rowing from San Francisco to Honolulu. He reported low food and damaged gear after a storm, 970 miles northeast of Honolulu. he began October 8 and expects to finish between February 10 and March 16.
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Coast Guard
Ocean Station
Pat Quesnel
San Francisco
Honolulu
Quesnel
Duvall
Wash
Ocean
Hawaii
Blizzard disrupts roads across Western Canada and Alberta
A massive blizzard swept through Western Canada with 60 mph winds paralyzing central Alberta and disrupting air traffic trains and buses. A cargo plane crash near Edmonton killed all five crew members and 75 cattle were lost. The storm tracked from Yukon origins to British Columbia and Manitoba, bringing two to three inches of snow but deep drifts and subzero temperatures.
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Edmonton
Atla
Canada
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Yukon
Fort St. John
West
New religion linked to San Quentin prison strike
At San Quentin a non sanctioned church named the Church of the New Song is blamed for a work strike by about half of the 1000 inmates. Associate Warden James Park says the group seeks improved conditions and a nicer prison environment while using an egalitarian creed and ritual details. The department of corrections refused to recognize the church as a legitimate religion.
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San Quentine
Calif
T. Be
San Quentin Prison
James Park
Church of the New Song
Park
Phil Guthrie
California Department of Correction
Folsom
San Quentin
Truck Log Review Tied To 1972 NM Bus Crash
NM Motor Transport Dept will review Serby G Wilmeth log as part of probe into a Dec 26 1972 collision near Clovis that killed 19 passengers including Jerry Estes 41 of San Antonio and injured others. Police say both drivers logged long hours and no blame is assigned yet.
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Sandoval
Wilmeth
Clovis
Albuquerque
National Transportation Safety Board
Martin Vigil
Woodlaws Baptist Church
Austin
Tex
Jerry Estes
San Antonio
Texas
New Mexico
Estes
Woodlawn Baptist Church
N.M
Romance rumors swirl around Princess Anne and Mark Phillips
London reports say Princess Anne and Mark Phillips may announce an engagement after Phillips spent New Year at Sandringham. The Daily Mirror notes the couple have been close, with Phillips invited by the Queen and due to join his regiment abroad next month.
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London
Princess Anne
Mark Phillips
Sandringham
London Daily Mirror
Queen’s Dragoon Guards
Norfolk
Phillips
Germany
Daily Mirror
Anne
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Italian Housewives Say Husbands Poor Lovers in Survey
Rome AP reports Italian housewives in a survey of 1,056 married women say their husbands are uninspiring lovers. Wives from Milan and Rome describe faded passion and view marriage as convenience. Half of faithful women admit limited options, with one quarter aware of husbands' affairs. many young wives confess similar retaliation.
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Rome
Lieta Harrison
Rockets offer to sign lease for new arena
The Houston Rockets propose a 20 year lease for a $16.5 million indoor arena to secure construction funding. They would play at least 150 nights a year and pay the city $525,000 annually, with revenue bonds backed by guarantees from Greenway Plaza and parking proceeds. The plan requires city approval and avoids use of city taxes.
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Houston Rockets
National Basketball Association
Louie Welch
Rockets
Ray Patterson
Kenneth Schnitzer
Greenway Plaza
Patterson
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