Flood Toll 33, More Deaths Feared in Johnstown
Flood toll rises to at least 38 with 2,000 homeless in Cambria County as cleanup begins. President Carter declares disaster area, federal aid expected. Johnstown and surrounding valleys face widespread destruction from the Conemaugh River flood.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Steel
Civil Defense
Arthur Keiper
Cambria County Power
U.S
John Murtha
Neto
Carter
Conemaugh River
Cambria County
Hood
Stony Creek
South Fork
Elaine Mitchell
East Hills Elamentary School Iill
Jaworski Appointed to Lead Korea Influence Probe
Former Watergate prosecutor Sean Jaworski was hired as special counsel to direct the House inquiry into alleged South Korean influence buying in Congress. The Ethics Committee approved the appointment 28 to 0, with a guarantee of independence and powers to seek testimony from Tongstin Park amid the case.
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Washington
Sean Jaworski
House
Congress
Jaworski
Houston
Tex
House Ethics Committee
Senate
Weather Tonight and Friday in the Bay Area
Tonight the Bay Area will see light clouds and generally fair weather with a low near 2 and high around MS. In the mountains expect fair conditions with winds 14 to 40 mph, a low in the mid 30s and a high near 45. Deserts show variable clouds with winds 15 to 30 mph and a low around 7. Highs not specified for all regions.
Judge says hitchhiking signals sex in rape case reversal
A California appeals court overturned a rape conviction, ruling a juror instruction faulty. Judge Lynn Compton warned that a lone female hitchhiker in a metropolitan area may be viewed as inviting sexual contact, drawing criticism from activists who say hitchhiking is merely transportation and not sexual consent.
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Los Angeles
Lynn D. Compton
2Nd California District Court of Appeals
Compton
Los Anegetes
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Connie Russell
Cedars- Sinai Medical Center
Aerialist Falls 40 Feet During Circus Act Injuring Usher
Circle of 13 000 witnessed a highwire fall at the Inglewood Forum as Daniel Acosta 30 slipped from a backward somersault without a net and struck usher George Hoppe. Acosta suffered serious injuries including a broken elbow cracked ribs and ruptured spleen while Hoppe was also hurt. Miss Silvia Ruddal was struck on the foot. Witnesses said the rigging felt wrong and the act was meant to be more suspenseful without a safety net. The show continued after performers were carried away.
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Inglewood Forum
Usher
Hingling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Forum
Daniel Acosta
Acosta
Usher George Hoppe
Silvia Ruddal
Monterey Park
Hoppe
Miss Ruddal
Inglewood Hospital
Colombia
Pedro Carillo
Hop
Carter vows constructive US Soviet ties in Southern speech
President Carter told Southern legislators he will push for a cooperative framework with the Soviet Union while upholding American moral foreign policy. He noted Moscow’s objections to arms limits but pledged to persevere if their aim is propaganda. Carter heads to Yazoo County and an offshore Louisiana oil rig after Washington stop.
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Charleston
Carter Tatay
Soviet Union
Carter
Washington
Air Force One
South
White Hous
Yazoo County
Louisiana
Southern Legislative Conference
White House
Porpoise Ties Tuna War With Self-Restraint Move
Sen. Alan Cranston cites porpoises avoiding tuna fleets as a factor in reduced catches and the ongoing porpoise tuna conflict. He notes a three year marine mammal protection act extension and promises new regulations, plus a national park proposal and energy tax considerations.
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Washington
Alan Cranston Laki
Cranston
Luna
Tuna
Senate
House
Channel Islands
Santa Monica Mountains National Park
Inflation Pressures Persist as Prices Jump in June
Washington reports a six tenths of one percent rise in consumer prices in June tying May gains. The six month inflation rate nears all of 1976 with higher costs for food and utilities driving the increases while the Commerce Department notes strong second quarter growth.
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Washington
Labor Department
Eigher
Lood
Commerce Department
Robots to serve dinner clean homes and babysit
Classified notes mention a company planning market robots to assist with serving dinner vacuuming rugs and babysitting children. Also reports a lease for an LNG terminal in Los Angeles Harbor approved by the city council and other items on pages A1 A3 A7 B1.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Construction union agrees on new pact ending Southern California strike
AFL CIO Operating Engineers Local 12 members walked off the job delaying housing projects freeways dams and treatment plants. A tentative agreement awaited a Sunday vote and a $2.95 raise was reportedly settled with contention over timing and staged payments. Other trades had already agreed to new contracts.
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California
Afl-Cio
Operating Engineers Union Local 12
Carpenters
Cemerit Masons
Laborers
Teamsters
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