Survivor credits luck after Canary Islands crash
N. Madrid Spain Jim Naik, a Cupertino official, survived a midair collision and fire that killed over 550 aboard a Pam American 747 and a KLM liner. Naik credited luck, said his wife Elsie was seriously hurt, and recalled being trapped then saved as the plane exploded.
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Jim Nask
Canary Islands
KLM
Naik
Cupertino
Calif
Santa Cruz de Terife
Elsie
Royal Cruise Lines
San Francisco
Casablanca
Sicily
Athens
Las Palmas
James Naik
Santa Cruz Tenerife
Royal Cruise Tour Agency
Weather and consumer checks highlight costs and daily life
Weather today shows a high in the mid 70s with scattered forecasts. Consumer Check surveys funeral costs and baby costs, plus a new grocery item Less Bread tested. Separate features cover mattresses and mat tresses, with other items on the Second News Front Page 7.
Disaster in Canary Islands Kills 575 in Plane Collision
A Dutch airliner struck a Pan Am jumbo on a fogbound Canary Islands runway. About 655 people were aboard the two Boeing 747s. 68 survivors rushed to hospitals. Authorities expected to release exact counts and survivors as rescue and identification efforts continued.
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Canary Islands
U.S
Pan Am
Madrid
Amsterdam
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
Guardia Civil
Carlos Franco
Las Palmas
Grand Canaria
Spain
Torrejon
Laguna Cemetery
Vandals Damage Hotel Costs At Historic Daniel Boon
Damages from a weekend vandal rampage at the Daniel Boon Hotel may reach four thousand dollars. About one third of the 305 rooms housed students from Wheeling Park Northfork and Cameron high schools for the 64th annual basketball tournament. hotel security was reinforced as managers pursue damages.
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Daniel Boon
Ae Ae
Bruce Ceney
Wheeling Park
Northfork
Cameron
Ceney
Coney
Hospitals Brace for BARH Strike Impact on Patient Care
BARH administrators expect 55 to 60 patients to remain hospitalized by April 7 as others are released or moved. Hospitals in Mullens Hinton and Princeton anticipate following the disruption, while Raleigh General prepares by boosting staff and adding beds. Officials pledge all essential services will continue during the strike.
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Beckley
Raleigh General
Beckley Hospital
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
W.S. Lyne
Lyne
BARH
David Elliot
Mullens
Hinton
Princeton
Miners Return to Work in Regional Labor Dispute
About 350 miners across five area mines were involved in a labor dispute last week. At Jonben mine Smith and Stover employees of UMWA Local 6522 walked off over job postings, with 35 still idle. Slab Fork Coal No 10 and 14, Amigo Smokeless Coal No 2 and 3 saw return-to-work actions as unions pursue grievances through established procedures.
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Jonben
Smith and Stover Mining Co
Jesse Jones
Smith and Stover
Jones
UMWA
Slab Fork Coal Co
Bob Wilson
Slab Fork
Rela
Wilson
Detroit Nurse Poisonings Trial Opens in Motive Mystery
Jury selection is complete as prosecutors begin opening arguments in the trial of Filpina Narciso and Leonora Perez. They face charges of poisoning nine patients at a Veterans Administration hospital with Pavulon during July and August 1975, with two deaths from breathing failures and more than 40 poisonings overall. Speculation centers on a protest of staffing while motive remains unproven.
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Filpina Narciso
Leonora Perez
Ann Arrva
Arson Suspected After Seven Fires In Fayette County
Seven fires within a 10 mile radius of Ansted caused about 250000 in damage including a church, three barns, a blacksmith shop and a house under construction. Arson suspected. matches found as evidence. no arrests by Sunday morning. Authorities named owners of damaged barns and noted the Beauty Mountain Baptist Church was insured for half its value.
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Fayette County
Hugh Cavendish
Ansted
Beauty Mountain
Skaggs
Early Morning Fire Destroys Pax Residence
Pax firefighters responded to a 4 a.m. blaze at Pete McBride’s unoccupied home. Mount Hope Fire Department aided as two nearby houses prompted mutual aid. About 12 firefighters from both departments took 90 minutes to extinguish the flames, causing electrical and phone service disruptions from burned lines.
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Mike Rutledge
Pax Fire Department
Rutledge
Pete McBride
Pax
Mount Hope
McBride
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N. Madrid, Spain
Santa Cruz
United Press
Charleston
John Anderson
Register
Raleigh General Hospital
Kathleen Marnhout
Ms. Marnhout
Bolt Mountain Ri
Bolt Mountain
W.va
Detroit
Ofte
Veterans
Fayette
Ment
W.M. Riley
R.C. Goad
Seacrist
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