Only Survivor in California DC9 and F4 Collision
A Hughes Air West DC9 carrying 48 people collided with a Marine F4 Phantom near Duarte in Angeles National Forest. Nine bodies were found, with one Marine crewman, 1st Lt. Christopher Schiess, surviving after parachuting to a rescue site. The pilot of the DC9 was Capt. Theodore Nicolay. other crew included co-pilot Price Bruner and stewardesses Helena Koskimies, Patricia Shelton, and Joan Playlaar. The crash halted by fog and rugged terrain, marks the first fatal scheduled-airliner crash in the U S in over a year.
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Los Angeles
California
United States
Here
van Tassel Canyon
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles County
Duarte
Air West
Flight 706
Los Angeles International Airport
Salt Lake City
Boise
Lewiston
Idaho
Pasco
Wash
Fallon Air Force Base
Nevada
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana
Duante
Jim Frisbie
Christopher Schiess
Salem
Ore
Santa Teresita Hospital
Hughes Air West
Theodore Nicolay
Price Bruner
Helena Koskimies
Patricia Shelton
Joan Playlaar
Seattle
Allegheny Airlines
Shelbyville
Ind
South Vietnam repels three North Vietnamese assaults
South Vietnamese forces report repelling three NV attacks along the northern frontier and engaging a fourth. Allied counts estimate 298 North Vietnamese killed in air and ground fighting across half a dozen sites south of the DMZ. Six South Vietnamese soldiers died and 53 wounded. no American ground troops were involved.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
da Nang
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Dmz
Antiwar Lobby Targets 24 Senators in Capitol Campaign
Washington AP U S leaders launch a week of antiwar lobbying to influence 24 senators on a revived McGovern Hatfield amendment to cut Viet Nam war funding by year end. The drive includes ads and strategy meetings with figures like Kennedy Hatfield Hart and Gardner, backing calls to constituents.
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Washington
U.S
Lobby of
Joseph Clark
Charles E. Goodell
R-N,y
Ernest Grening
Alaska
Stephen Young
Ohio
Capitol
Senate
Ken
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Phillip Hart
D-Mich
Labor
Willard Wirtz
Health, Education and Welfare
John Gardner
Gardner
Common Cause
Soyuz 11 Achieves Docking With Salute Space Station
Soviet Tass reports Soyuz 11 linked up with the Salute orbital laboratory after two-stage docking. Cosmonauts Debovolsky Patsayev Volkov entered Salute, checking air tightness and systems as the 18th manned Soviet flight continues joint scientific studies.
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Moscow
Soyuz
Tass
Debovolsky
Viktor Patsayev
Vladislav Volkov
Ber
Navy
Air
Soviet Union
Orbital Scientific Station
National Meet Set On Killings Of Police Officers
Atty Gen John N Mitchell and FBI Director Edgar Hoover convene state law enforcement leaders for a two day seminar at FBI headquarters to address rising police murders. Attendees include New York City top uniformed officer Chief Inspector Michael J Codd and officials discuss killer profiles and terrorist group tactics. The administration backs a $50000 survivors grant, while federal crime expansion remains opposed.
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Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
FBI
Edgar Hoover
White House
Justice Department
Mitchell
Hoover
New York City
Michael J. Codd
New York
Patrick V. Murphy
Nixon
Murphy
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Why Mortgage Rates Rise Despite Plenty of Cash
An economist explains that expectations of higher future rates push current mortgage costs higher. Despite abundant lending money from banks and S and Ls, long term bond gains and Fannie Mae discount shifts tighten housing credit, raising rates and shaping a brewing housing boom and policy concerns.
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Washington
Preston Martin
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal National Mortgage Association
Fannie Mae
Nixon
Drive Set To Save Lockheed From Bankruptcy
The Nixon administration urges a $25 million Treasury loan guarantee for Lockheed Aircraft amid opposition in Congress. Sen. Proxmire and others warn such aid undermines free enterprise and could set a risky precedent while Rolls-Royce bankruptcy affects Lockheed engines for the L1011 Tristar and jobs nationwide.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Treasury
John B. Connally
Senate Banking Committee
William Proxmire
Dwis
Lowell Weicker Jr
R. Conn
Frank Church
Didaho
Lockheed
Rolls-Royce
Airbus
Congress
Rain Quiets Fires in Everglades Big Cypress Swamp
Soaking rain showers blanketed South Florida on Sunday and reduced three fires covering about 6000 acres in the Big Cypress Swamp to smouldering stumps. Forest ranger Kenneth Jackson in Naples reported the dousing.
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Naples
Fla
South Florida
Everglades
Kenneth Jackson
Big Cypress Swamp
Navy weighs cutting back F14 fighter order
Secretary of the Navy John H. Chafee said the Pentagon should re examine the F14 program and cut the planned order of 710 fighters due to rising costs. He noted the five year peak might not reach original projections. The program faces a price rise of about 2 billion dollars since last year to around 10.3 billion.
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Washington
John H. Chafee
Pentagon
Chafee
Defense
David Packard
Bles
Ames
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Bethpage
N.Y
Navy
Grumman
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Salute
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