Two Safety Devices Failed In State Fair Skyride Crash
Two safety devices failed to stop the Swiss Skyride gondolas when they dropped at the State Fair of Texas, killing a man and injuring 16. A wind monitor and an emergency switch did not function. a third safety shield was never installed. Gondolas are to be examined as officials note wind was not deemed dangerous enough to halt operations. An $850,000 lawsuit seeks damages, and independent investigators may join the probe as questions arise over ride operation over concession tents.
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Dallas
Bill Hawkins
St. Louis
Beelzebub
Fair
Bob Halford
Six Flags Over
Texas
Fred Millard
State Fair of
Windele Turley
Dennis
Cindi Holder
Miller
Jeff Green
Mobile
Ala
Dan Holt
Urge industry revamping nuclear power called dangerous
A presidential commission, after a six month inquiry into the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania, urges revamping federal regulation of the nuclear industry. The panel stops short of recommending a halt to future construction or licensing or interference with operation.
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Washington
Commission
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
President Carter
March
White House
Carter
House measure halts interstate flights at Love Field
The House approved a measure to bar interstate commercial flights from Dallas Love Field if regional and satellite airport authorities oppose them. It targets Southwest Airlines planned service to New Orleans, marking the first interstate flights at Love Field since 1974. The CAB cited lack of authority to block the route despite opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate
Dallas
Love Field
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Civil Aeronautics Board
Southwest Airlines
New Orleans
Dallas-Fort Worth
CAB
Southwest
Wright
Connally Defends Palestinian State Call at Trade Council
Former Texas governor John Connally, running for the Republican presidential nomination, defended his proposal for a Palestinian state and U.S. military presence in the Middle East. He warned that cutting Middle East resources could trigger chaos in the West while urging continued moral commitment to Israel’s security and disputed views on a stronger U.S. force in the region.
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New York
Texas
John Connally
U.S
Middle East
West
Connally
Rael
Israel
The
National Foreign Trade
Latin America
United States
America
U.N
CIA
George Bush
GOP
Soviet Union
Seminole man dies from gas leak at oil site
Dennis Wayne Ables, 19, died near Carlsbad New Mexico after falling asleep while filling a butane tank at an oil rig site. Authorities say a relief valve leaked gas, freezing his body and icicles forming in the pickup bed. His father suffered frostbite turning off the valve. Autopsy results are pending.
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Seminole
Eddy County
Tom Granger
Ables
Richard Martinez
Pecos Area Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
Pecos and vicinity can expect fair skies with cool nights and warm afternoons. Monday's high reached 69 degrees with a 35 degree low this morning. West Texas temperatures rise with cooler nights and mild afternoons through Wednesday. Highs near 70 in the north to lower 80s in the south, with lows from 40 to the lower 50s. Wednesday's highs projected mid 70s north to upper 80s south.
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Pecos
West Texas
Gas company seeks higher gas rates in several towns
Southern Union Gas Company filed a statement of intent to raise rates with Pecos Monahans Wink Thorntonville Wickett Barstow and Pyote on October 17. The firm posted a loss for the test year ending March 31 1979 and seeks an 82 percent return on adjusted value rate base. A residential user using 10 Mcf would pay about $5.93 more, roughly 24 percent up, with a 100 percent cost-of-gas adjustment requested.
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Southern Union Gas Company
Pecos
Monahans
Wink
Thorntonville
Wickett
Barstow
Pyote
Ocober
Southern Union
Charles W. Pewitt
Marines Burn Victims At Mount Fuji Base Face Critical Odds
37 U S Marines severely burned in a Typhoon Tip fueled fire at Mount Fuji base. Nineteen have less than 50 50 survival odds, with 2 deaths in Japan and Pvt Thomas Breunig among the fatalities en route to Brooke Army Medical Center. Young, healthy group. three weeks most critical.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
San Antonio, Texas
U.S
Basil A. Pruitt Jr
Brooke Army Medical Center
Mount Fuji
Japan
Pvt
Thomas J. Breunig
St. Paul, Minn
Brooke
Pruitt
Vietnam
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James E. McAnally
Eddy Sr
Reeves County
Robert Hinojos
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Chicago
New
York City
Harrisburg
Gas Company
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