seven children die in tour bus crash near Allentown
A bus carrying 49 students and 10 adults from Hillel Country Day School of Lawrence, New York, skidded on a wet highway near Allentown, plunging down an embankment. Seven youths aged 11 to 16 died and 52 were injured, several critically, as rescuers pulled survivors from the wreckage along US 22.
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Allentown
Tie Wetms
Hillel Country Day School
Lawrence
Nly
Long Island
Hershey
Bonnie Ilsenberg
Belle Harbox
Nany Jacobson
Randee Lewis
Woodmere
Randi Press
Cedarhurst
Spencer Jaffee
Jonathan Elslein
Far Rockaway
Lisa Gersiman
Valley Stream
Philip Gaar
Hillel
Randis Liever
Valley
Action Line offers help with problems and rights questions
A reader service note explains Action Line helps solve problems and answers questions. To get action write ACTION LINE Box 230 Long Beach California 90801 or dial 432 3451 between 9 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday. Questions chosen for general interest and usefulness.
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Long Beach
Calif
Request for nonpolluting detergents and pollutant data
Mrs E Long Beach asks where to find a list comparing pollutant levels across laundry and dishwashing products. She seeks nonpolluting options and a source for relative pollutant amounts in various brands.
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Long Beach
Phosphates in Ocean, Not Inland, View Differing Sources
A report cites Dr Robert Zobel of Scripps Oceanography noting phosphates may harm estuaries like San Francisco Bay but are scarce in open ocean waters. A chemist from the Federal Water Quality Centre agrees detergents pose no ecological risk when discharged into the sea. Also notes Apollo astronauts carried no weapons. spacecraft had no weapons systems.
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Action Line
Southland
Robert Zobel
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
la Jolla
San Francisco Bay
Federal Water Quality Centre Administration
Decision awaited in Army civil intervention over My Lai case
The article notes the first civil intervention in Army jurisdiction over the My Lai massacre is pending a decision. It references coverage on Page A-10 and related notes across sections Beach Combing, Bridge, Classified, Comics, Editorial, Obituaries, Sports, and Theaters. The item highlights ongoing legal and military process without graphic detail.
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My Lai
Jeane Dixon
La.c
Todd Thomas
Karl Wilson
Gunman Kills 3 in Chrysler Axle Plant Detroit
In Detroit a gunman killed three men at the Chrysler Corp axle plant after a union official says the shooter resented being replaced on a job by a less senior worker. James Jonson, 34, was arrested after two foremen and a worker were shot.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
James Jonson
Hugh Jones
Gary Heinz
Joseph Kowalski
Johnny Moffett
United Auto Workers Union
Edward Lacey
Jones
Three Children Die in Refrigerator Near Claremore
In Rogers County Oklahoma three young siblings Joh Dale Coleman age 2 Rocky Marie Coleman age 3 and Jackle Coleman age 6 were found deceased in a closed refrigerator behind a rural home. Medical examiner Dr. Orville Holt ruled the deaths accidental noting the children liked to crawl into small places.
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Claremore
Okla
Oklahoma
Rogers County
Orville Holt
Holt
Joh Dale Coleman
Rocky Marie
Jackle
Prince Charles Visits Tricia Rumors Buzz
The Washington Post reports that before becoming Treasury secretary in 1957 Robert B. Anderson arranged a near one million dollar deal with oilmen. About $270,000 was to be paid during Eisenhower’s presidency and future payments hinged on oil prices. One version claimed the deal aimed to replace Vice President Nix on the 1956 Republican ticket. Anderson called the arrangement ordinary, selling oil lease interests in return for finding a driller.
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Washington
Washington Post
Robert B. Anderson
Secretary of the Treasury
Eisenhower
Post
the Post
Anderson
Treasury
Cabineh
Royal Pair Arrives as Nixon Welcomes British Guests
Prince Charles and Princess Anne arrive in Washington for their first U S visit. They will be hosted with casual events including American foods and music, while questions linger about a possible romance with Patricia Nixon. They flew from Canada after celebrating Northwest Territories centennial and plan to return to London Saturday night.
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Washington
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
United States
White House
Nixon
Tricia
Constance Stuart
Prince
Canada
Northwest Territories
London
Bus Fare Boost Looms for Long Beach Riders
Long Beach drivers and mechanics voted a three year union contract raising hourly pay by 55 cents immediately and 47 cents more over two years. The pact includes a $4.15 starting rate for 215 drivers and offers a two step cost of living raise plus enhanced vacation and sick leave. Management may raise fares or alter subsidies after the August 10 board meeting as they review funding options including capital improvements, fleet purchases, or a new garage.
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Long Beach
Amalgamated ‘Transit Union
Farell
L. B
Col. I
Harris Survey Finds Majority of Students Feel Alienated
A Harris Survey shows most college students feel alienated as summer ends. Most express antiestablishment views with 76 percent denying broad satisfaction, citing draft resistance and willingness to go to jail or flee the country rather than be drafted.
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Harris
America
American Council On Education
Alexander Heard
Prowler Fires On Officer In East Long Beach
A prowler exchanged gunfire with Officers Kinrade and Borja in an East Long Beach residential area near Conant and Brittain. A windshield was hit by a .380 slug and officers fired back as a manhunt with 15 officers and a police helicopter lasted about three hours. the suspect remained at large.
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Long Beach
Michael C. Kinrade
Conant Street
Kinrade
Jules A. Borja
Conant
Borija
Brittain
Beut
Borja
Sod
Long Beach Airport
British Dock Strike Triggers National State of Emergency
The government proclaims a national emergency to address a dock workers strike causing the first port shutdown nationwide in 44 years. Queen Elizabeth II signed the proclamation during a Privy Council session after returning from Canada, with the message read in the House of Commons.
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London
Dph
Queen Elizabeth II
Privy Council
Canada
House of Commons
Horace King
Weather Tonight and Friday SB Area
Tonight and Friday forecast shows sunny periods after late night low clouds and fog. Mountains expect partly cloudy skies with possible thundershowers and highs mostly in the 70s. Deserts stay fair to partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and highs around 105 to 110.
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Allen Burkin
Burkin
Grafeitt
J.R
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, D.C
Action Link
A-8
Ike
Bernard D. Nossiter
Vice
Richard M. Nixon
Col
Jules’ A
Boria
Yankee Treat
Dne
Royal Pair
James Madison
Phingh, AS
L.B
William Farell
Long Beach Public Transportation Company
Espital Improvement Fund
Harris Survey
By Louis Harris
Prowler
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