Wrong runway landing blamed in plane crash with 74 dead
Flight 605 from Los Angeles crashed at Mexico City after landing on a closed runway in fog. 71 of 88 aboard and three on the ground died, with 17 survivors. Pilot Capt. Charles Gilbert among the dead. investigation of unknown approach-and-landing error continues.
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Kevin M. Kelleghan
Associated Press
Mexico City
Western Airlines
FAA
Dennis Feldman
Washington
Los Angeles
Charles Gilbert
Rolling Hills
Calif
Eastern Airlines
Pandora Drickerson Scott
Chico
Ken Laycoff
ABC
el Salvador
Rafael Martinez
Rocio
Ernesto Legoretta
U.S
Chicago
O'Hare
American Airlines
Flood breach at Lake Okeechobee damages and evacuations
Central Florida reels after a 300 foot wall breach at Lake Okeechobee reservoir releasing floodwaters up to eight feet. Between 500 and 1,700 residents evacuated. damages exceed 1.3 million dollars with widespread loss to mobile homes crops and cattle. No injuries or deaths reported. Local residents describe rushing water and rescuers airlifting families from flooded homes. Authorities warn of venomous snakes escaping into streets as the crisis continues.
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Okeechobee, Fla
Central Florida
Civil Defense
Lake Okeechobee
Ralph Knapp
U.S. 441
Clayton Williams
Okeechobee
William Arrieta
Judy
Patty
Shayne
Alisa Barfield
Arrieta
Charlie Scheer
Florida Power and Light Co
Army to honorably discharge gay Private Cutsinger at Fort Lewis
Pvt. Roger Cutsinger 21 of Battle Creek Michigan says he is homosexual and will be honorably discharged after an Army board recommendation approved by Col Arch H Ely Jr Maj Ralph Paduano said Cutsinger would likely be out by Friday He plans to appeal through civilian courts and file a discrimination suit.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Roger Cutsinger
Army
Cutsinger
Arch H. Ely Jr
Ralph Paduano
Battle Creek
Mich
Bolivian coup seizes presidential buildings and airport
Elements of the Bolivian armed forces moved on the presidential palace and key sites in La Paz, with Col Alberto Natash leading a coup against 11 week old President Walter Guevara. The international airport was occupied as troops controlled streets and government districts amid reports Guevara sought refuge.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Walter Guevara
Alberto Natush
Bolivian Military College
Guevara
Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Chile
Salvador Allende
Cochabamba
Santa Cruz
Walter
Foreign Ministry
Natash
Ninth General Assembly
Organization of American States
Congress
David Padilla
Vietnamese fishermen claim knife threats in crab war murder trial
In Seguin Texas testimony reveals Seadrift crab fisherman Billy Joe Aplin threatened Vietnamese crabbers. Nguyen Van Sau 21 and Nguyen Van Chinh 20 on trial for murder over Aplin's Aug 3 shooting death. Prosecution says tension sparked by Aplin. defense argues self defense after threats and assault.
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Seguin
Texas
Nguyen van Sau
Nguyen van Chinh
Billy Joe Aplin
Air Force
Pat Maloney
Sau
Aplin
Chinh
Seadrift
Nguyen Duc Bang
Bang
Oil tanker sinks after Gulf collision near Galveston
In the Gulf of Mexico the Liberian oil tanker Burma Agate sank after colliding with Greek-registered freighter Mimosa about four miles east-southeast of Galveston Island. Two crewmen were killed and more than a dozen injured.
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Galveston
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
George Davis
New Orleans
Cyprus
Davis
Galveston Island
Administration hikes Chrysler aid to over $1 billion
The Carter administration plans to seek more than 1 billion in loan guarantees to save Chrysler Corp from bankruptcy. The plan doubles previous estimates and follows a quarterly loss of 460.6 million, with nine-month losses at 721 million and 1979 year projections near 1 billion. Treasury Secretary Miller is expected to outline the proposal to Congress, amid White House briefings with UAW leaders and key aides.
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Owen Ullmann
Associated Press
Washington
Chrysler Corp
Congress
Chrysler
Treasury
G. William Miller
U.S
White House
House
Miller
United Auto Workers
Douglas Fraser
Walter F. Mondale
Ray Marshall
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Carter
Frazer
Kansas City
UAW
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New York Stock Exchange
The
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Lansing
Certified Public Accountants
William Ballenger
State Licensing and Regulations Department
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York City
Detroit
Valeria Trifa
Iron Guard
Trifa
Fraser
Park Chung Hee
Seoul
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