Pilot Kills Eight in Midflight Rampage Over Zamboanga
In Zamboanga City a veteran pilot aboard a Swiftair DC3 sprayed bullets through the passenger cabin killing eight, including one attendant and seven soldiers. The crew and military personnel subdued him, landing the craft safely nine hours later. four servicemen and the pilot were hospitalized. Authorities see no motive yet, with the flight transporting navy and constabulary personnel on leave to duty stations.
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Qamboanga
Rolando Suarez
Philippine Armed Forces
Ernesto Abulor
Abuloc
Swiftair Inc
Zamboanga City
W O
Philippine Navy
Constabulary
Tawi-Tawi
Sulu Archipelago
Nuclear waste derailments halt trains in North Carolina
In central North Carolina two freight train derailments released no radioactivity. One near Rockingham involved 29 cars carrying radioactive waste in four trailers for Wear Sea line. materials contained. A second derailment about 50 miles northeast in Brickhaven leaked roughly 10,000 gallons of formaldehyde from a car, with details pending official statements.
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Rockingham
N.C
Tun
North Carolina
Brickhaven
Norfolk Southern Railway
Relatives sue airlines over Canary Islands jetliner disaster
In San Diego relatives of Jessie Briggs of Del Mar file a federal suit seeking 1.25 million against KLM Pan American and Boeing. They allege operations were hazardous and air traffic control instructions ignored after the collision that killed more than 570 people in history’s worst crash.
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San Diego
Oman
Canary Islands
Jessie BR. Briggs
del Mar
Briggs
Royal Dutch Airlines
Pan American
KLM
Fire Destroys Rust College Admin Building in Protest
About 200 students protested the one year contract renewal for President W A McMillan by marching to his home and setting a trash fire there and lighting the three story administration building. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before dawn and campus was closed indefinitely with 600 students told to leave by evening. Four students face arrest on arson and disorderly conduct charges. two firefighters treated for smoke inhalation. McMillan leadership since 1967, critics accuse him of strictness and inaction on dormitory repairs and graduation date issues.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Rust College
W. A. McMian
Wayne Robinson
Sam Coopood
Mississippi
Charles Dawkins
Capwood
Robinson
McMillan
New evidence questions Oswald as sole JFK killer
House assassinations committee investigators say possible excess bullet fragments imply Oswald could not have acted alone. A nurse from Parkland Hospital reportedly described four or five fragments removed from John Connally, suggesting a broader plot. The briefing notes also allege a Dallas club worker will testify that Ruby introduced Oswald to others, labeling him “Lee Harvey Oswald of the CIA.”
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Washington
Talk House
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Oswald
CIA
Ruby
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Parkland Hospital
Texas
John Connally
California Senate approves veto proof death bill
In a 27 to 13 vote the California Senate approved a death penalty bill sending it to the Assembly after a lengthy debate. Supporters argued executions deter crime and save innocent lives, while opponents warned capital punishment perpetuates violence. The bill would reestablish the gas chamber for 16 specified crimes and assign death for additional offenses including murder during robbery, rape, kidnapping, and related crimes.
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Sacramento
California
Senate
Assembly
Brown
David Roberts
Los Angeles
John Dunlap
Dunlap
Napa
Sen
John Briggs
Fullerton
Briggs
Alan Robbins
D-Van Nuys
Ust of
No smoking saved our lives says survivor on Pan Am crash
John Cambs 4 says his wife Louise avoided smoking and sat in a less crowded seat, aiding their escape after Pan Am 7719 struck another jumbo on the runway near the Canary Islands. Of 616 aboard, 577 died. 15 casualties from Long Beach area. Fifty four survivors flown home midweek. hospital patients improving. Norman Williams of Rancho Palos Verdes among later arrivals.
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Norman Williams
Palos Verdes
UC Irving Medical Center
Orange
Canary Islands
Roger Coar
John Cambs
Alan B. Gazzaniga
Directo
Burt
UC Trvine Medical Center
Rancho Palos Verdes
Pompano Beach plans costly firehouse for grant funds
Pompano Beach Florida acts to build a $175,001 federal firehouse it does not need after applying for a grant tied to land annexation. Officials weigh renting to avoid waste, but fears of alcohol use by volunteers and staffing costs complicate the project. The city faces deadlines to start within 90 days and finish within a year or risk losing the grant.
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Pompano Beach
Fla. AP
William Alsdorf
Mandate
Herb Skolnick
Missing 35 foot sailboat Geisha found with all aboard safe
A Navy plane located the 35 foot sailboat Geisha about 40 miles southwest of San Miguel Island. All four aboard were safe and uninjured after Mayday calls. Venturius towed the crippled vessel toward Santa Barbara. Passengers Allen Alten, Richard Ah, Patte Pohn, and Matthew Moorhouse, all with home towns cited, were transferred to the Point Judith for final leg. Coast Guard expected to interview crew later today.
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Geisha
San Miguel Island
Coast Guard
Venturius
Point Judith
Santa Cruz
Yam
Santa Barbara
Allen SL Alten
Richard Ah
Novato
Pat Pte
Alameda
Matthew Moorhouse
Corte Madera
Venturous
Point Dudith
Coast Tward
Vance says Russians spurn very fair SALT package
Secretary of State Cyrus R Vance said Moscow rejected a very fair package of American SALT proposals to cut nuclear weapons. He noted Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko called the plans one sided while urging both powers to limit weapons. Vance spoke in Bonn on his return from Moscow as talks to win Russian approval faltered.
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Bonn
West Germany
Cyrus R Vance
Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
United States
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Washington
U.S
Vange
Kennedy Assassination Probing and Moonlight Politics
A fragmented clipping reports House committee vows to test rumors about John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. murders. It notes Siahan Sirhan’s lone, completed probe and calls for imprisonment, plus a National Governors Conference marijuana decriminalization report with uncertain fate. Also mentions Joan Mondale arts advocacy and postal probe of Norwalk mail dumping.
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House
Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Mary
John F. Kennedy
Marlin Luther King Jr
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Weather Tonight and Friday Forecast
Tonight and Friday a fair, cool pattern across the 1B area with highs near 62 degrees. Mountains will be fair and windy with a low around 1A and a high near 40, while the deserts stay fair and windy with a low about 38 and a high near 50.
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