Military Officer Survives as Navy Jet Strikes Air West DC9
A Navy F-4B collided with Air West Flight 706 near Mt. Bliss in the Angeles National Forest killing 50. Marine 1st Lt. Christopher E. Schiess survived after parachuting from the Phantom. The crash damaged the DC9, split in two, with 44 passengers and five crew aboard. Fire and fog hindered rescue efforts as authorities awaited daylight for recovery.
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el Toro Marine Air Station
Santa Ana
Christopher E. Schiess
Salem
Ore
Santa Teresita Hospital
Duarte
Larry Karch
el Toro
Allegheny Convair crash near New Haven kills many aboard
An Allegheny Airlines Convair with 29 people aboard crashed and burned during approach to New Haven Municipal Airport, killing at least 20. The plane veered after possibly hitting wires and struck five vacant waterside cottages.
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New Haven
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Supreme Court allows selective railroad strikes for bargaining
The Supreme Court let stand a ruling permitting unions to strike select railroads to pressure for a national multi-employer agreement. The order clears the way for strikes against Burlington Northern and Sea-Land Coast Line in about two weeks, with two weeks' notice and good faith requirements.
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UPS
Supreme Court
United Transportation Union
Burlington Northern
Seaboard Coast Line
U.S. Court of Appeals For
District of Columbia
John H. Pratt
Burlington and
Seaboard
West Virginia notes raise questions on public records and stamps
A reader inquiry covers Florine Warden’s employment and possible civil service issues, a tax abatement doubt for land with a shack, a three cent purple stamp value, and a Raleigh County Horseman’s Association show. The paper directs readers to contact Assessor Wesley Thompson for tax concerns and notes Stamp values from a local collector.
Lava Flows Threaten Villages As Etna Erupts
Rivers of lava raced down Mount Etna toward Sant Alfio and Fornazzo as villagers, told to return home four days earlier, faced danger while officials said the lava remained far above the hamlets. Etna’s 60 day eruption has caused at least 8 million dollars in damage.
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Sicily
UPI
Mount Etma
Fornazzo
Etna
Soviet Cosmonauts Dock With Salyut In First Orbital Lab
Three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts linked with the orbiting Salyut station marking the first docking of a manned spacecraft to an unmanned scientific outpost. Patsayev Volkov and Dobrovolsky entered Salyut to begin long term space experiments as the craft completed automatic approach and connection.
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Tass
Viktor Patsayev
Vladislav Volkov
Georgi Dobrovol-sky
Boris Ruschenback
Roundtable
Dobrovolsky
Serest Volkov
Patsayev
Soyuz
Volkov
High Court Allows States to Require More Than Majority for Bonds
The Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, ruled states may need more than a simple majority to approve bonds or tax levies beyond constitutional limits. The ruling upheld West Virginia's three-fifths requirement for school funding and capital projects, reversing a 1969 decision. Justice Brenna Jr. and Justice Marshall dissented.
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UPI
Supreme Court
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
William J. Brenna
Roane County
Board of Education
Board
Senate holds closed Laos session amid Vietnam war debate
The Senate met in a rare closed session to review U S involvement in Laos with the Nixon administration defending steps as pivotal to ending U S military roles in Southeast Asia. Senators Symington and Kennedy criticized and questioned administration secrecy and costs while State Department warned of Communist gains near South Vietnam.
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UPI
Senate
Laos
Nixon
America
Stuart Symington
Dmo
U.S
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Symington
State Department
Kennedy
South Vietnam
United States
David M. Abshire
Congressional Relations
Nixon weighs China trade limits as primaries loom
President Nixon, returning from Camp David, plans a busy week at the White House with a decision due on easing trade restrictions with Mainland China. A forthcoming statement is expected later this week, likely Thursday, outlining possible changes to current policies.
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Washington
UPI
Camp David
Nixon
White House
China
Connally argues for Lockheed loan to avert defense contractor collapse
Treasury Secretary Connally told the Senate Banking Committee that a $250 million government backed loan is needed to save Lockheed Aircraft Corp from bankruptcy. He warned the economy and national defense cannot tolerate the loss of the country’s largest defense contractor. The hearings could run two to three weeks.
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Treasury
John B. Connally
Senate Banking Committee
Nixon
Lockheed
Connally
Weekend Weather Outlook for Beckley Area
Warm humid conditions persist in Beckley and vicinity with variable clouds. A chance of thunderstorms is likely mainly in the afternoon and early night through Tuesday. Temperatures mid 80s to high 80s, nights near 60, precipitation probability around several percent through Tuesday.
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Surcouf Destroyer Hull To Be Examined After Collision
French naval engineers study the Surcouf wreck after a collision with the Soviet tanker Boucharov near Cartagena Spain. Nine crew members are missing or dead while one was evacuated for burns. Spanish sources doubt tow possible. the damaged Boucharov sails on.
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Spain
UPI
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Lyons
France
Boucharov
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