Rescued miner saw flood take two pass
Ronald Adley waited five days for rescuers to save him from a flooded coal mine at Big Lick Mountain in Tower City Pennsylvania. Ten men were trapped. four bodies recovered. Adley, 37, walked to the surface after digging his escape tunnel. Two fellow workers, Ralph Renninger and Donald Shoffler, were found dead down the shaft. Rescue crews planned to lower a camera and drill a new probe as they pursued the remaining missing miners.
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APY
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Adlex
Amtair
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Adley
Ralph Renninger
Donald Shoffler
F Reed
Flaming Auto Crash Injures Two Lakewood Residents
Two Lakewood residents were injured in a crash at the intersection of Del Amo Boulevard and Downey Avenue Sunday night. Duane DuPault, 40, was treated at Kaiser Hospital Bellflower in fair condition, while Charles McHale, 16, was hospitalized in wood condition after his car burst into flames. a sheriff helicopter directed fire units to the scene.
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Downey Avenue
Duane DuFault
San Anselme Ave
Charles McHale
Pimenta
DuPault
Kaiser Hospital
Bellflower
McHale
Doctors Hospital
del Amo
Downey
Japan Area Hit by Strong Quake Near Nemuro
A strong earthquake struck Nemuro on Japan’s northern Hokkaido region with no damage or injuries reported. The Central Meteorological Agency measured intensity at four on the seven point scale and estimated the focus about 25 miles beneath the North Pacific off Nemuro.
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Tokyo
Nemuro
Japan
Hokkaido
Central Meteorological Agency
North Pacific
Carter presses defensible borders in talks with Rabin
President Carter opened talks with Prime Minister Rabin on resuming the Geneva peace conference by year end. He stressed Israel's need for defensible borders and a future sense of security for the young nation. Rabin voiced support for Carter's human rights campaign and cited a biblical frame for peace.
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Carter
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
Geneva
West Bank
Jordan River
Golan Heights
Sinai
Rabin
Middle East
Solomon
Hispanics Named to White House Posts Say Roybal
Rep. Edward Roybal reports White House aides will name 12 Hispanic-Americans to major roles including immigration and naturalization, HUD, Commerce, Agriculture, and Health. Names include Leonel Castillo, Fabian Chavez, Alex Mercure, Abelardo Valdez, William Medina, Graciela Olivarez, Arabella Martinez, Patrick Apodaca, Anna Maria Martel, Ann Gutierrez, Joe Aragon, and Juan Rodriguez, with follow up details from Carter administration and Hispanic Caucus talks.
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Immigration and Naturalization
Edward Roybal
D-Calif
White House
Houston
Tex
Leonel Castillo
Castillo
Roybal
Fabian Chavez
New Mexico
Jerry
Apodacy
Alex Mercure
University of New Mexico At
Albuquerque
Abelardo Valdez
Floresville
Bureau of Latin American Affairs
Agency For International Development
William Medina
Office of Management and Budget
Housing and Urban Development
Graciela Olivarez
Patrick Apodaea
Anna Maria Martel
Los Angeles
Jim King
Joe Aragon
Juan Rodriguez
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Carter
Thase Nine
Justices uphold right to sue union
The Supreme Court ruled unions are not protected by federal law from damage suits filed by their members in state courts. The decision, written by Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., reverses a California ruling and allows the Hill estate to seek damages for alleged harassment by a union official. The case involved Richard T. Hill, a Los Angeles carpenter and former Local 2 member, who died last year.
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Supreme Court
Lewis F. Fowell Jr
California
Richard T. Hill
Los Angeles
Hill
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Earl Daley
Daley
California Court of Appeals
Joy A. Farmer
High Court
Powell
Kentucky
Barnard Eyes Baboon Heart Transplants As Temporary Lifeline
South African heart surgeon Christiaan Barnard plans baboon heart transplants into humans as a last resort to keep dying patients alive until a human heart is available. The proposal faces church scrutiny from the Dutch Reformed Church while Barnard notes possible rapid rejection limits and potential prior animal organ use in surgeries.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christiaan Barnard
South
Barnard
D. Beukes
Reformed Church
National Party
President for Life Ini Amin plans visit to New York
Amin announces a possible trip to New York for talks with and departure after meeting Jimmy Carter friends. The snippet references Kennedy pressures and Carter’s election as context. Additional notes mention consumer warranties growing under new federal regulations and a Long Beach award for saving a child in El Dorado Park pond.
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Ini Amin
Uganda
New York
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Edward Kennedy
el Dorado Park Pond
Long Beach
Hearing delayed in gun slaying case
Preliminary hearing for Long Beach police officer Robert Schroeder charged with murder in the Jan. 14 shooting of Compton restaurant owner Anastasios Sparthorolos was continued for two weeks. A Los Angeles judge reset the hearing for 9 a.m. March 21. Schroeder, 33, remains free on his own recognizance and has been reassigned from patrol to communications.
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Robert Schroeder
Long Beach
Compton
Los Angeles
Antonio Chavez
Dist
Atty
Ralph Mayer
Schroeder
Anastasios Sparthorolos
South Gate
Sparthorolos
Long Beach Blvd
Weather Tonight And Tuesday In L A Area
Tonight and Tuesday forecast shows high clouds across the Los Angeles area with a low of 52 and a high of 65. Mountains expect high clouds, low 25, high 57. Deserts with high clouds. Low values not fully shown in source.
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