Airliner Crash Near Portland Kills Ten on Flight 173
United Airlines DC-8 crash near Portland slams into homes after warning to brace. 10 dead, 45 hospitalized, 116 uninjured among 185 aboard. Survivors include 17-year-old Amy Conner. Crew fatalities include Second Officer Forrest Mendenhall and Senior Flight Attendant Joan Wheeler.
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Amy Conner
Washington
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Roswell
New York
Denver
Multnomah County
Girl Walks From Crash Survivor Visible in Portland News
The Roswell granddaughter Amy Conner, 17, walked through a hole in a United DC-8 that crashed in Portland Oregon killing at least ten. She called family after exiting, suffered a sprained ankle, and remains with friends in Portland under sedation. The crash occurred about 6 15 pm local time.
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Roswell
United Airlines
Miss Conner
Richard Conner
Bloomington
Minn
Portland
Conner
TIA to suspend Roswell Convair flight by early January
Texas International Airlines plans to drop the Roswell afternoon Convair flight by about January 5 or 6 and transfer service to Zia Airlines or Crown Aviation. The move faces protests from Roswell city officials and follows CAB permission negotiations. Local leaders complain of late notice and lack of input in replacements.
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Roswell
Zia Airlines
Las Cruces
Asia
Peggy Dyer Tia
The
Daily Record Today
Houston
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board
Convair
Dyer
Crown Aviation
Zia
Robert Owen
U.S
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Clovis
Carlsbad
Sen. Domenici
Hobbs
Crown Airlines
Crown
Walter Gerrells
Texas International
Darrell Kreighbaum
Air Midwest
State loses veto power over nuclear waste sites
GAO reports federal officials lack authority to grant New Mexico veto rights on proposed nuclear waste disposal sites. DOE memo from March 13 1978 reaffirms Schlesinger view that state concurrence is required for a geologic disposal facility in New Mexico. DOE prepares EIS on WIPP near Carlsbad with public hearings already held.
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US General Accounting Office
New Mexico
GAO
U.S
RF. Keller
Department of Energy
Office of General Counsel
Toney Anaya
DOE
John O'Leary
James
Schlesinger
O'Leary
Anay
Carlsbad
Roswell High Students Named Elks Students of the Month
Roswell High announces December Elks Students of the Month Brian Evan Jennings and Barbara Ann Blair. The feature appears on page 03 of the Daily Record.
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Roswell High
Brian Evan Jennings
Barbara Ann Blair
Elks
Ex-Mayor Gail Harris Dies in Roswell Hospital
Gail Harris former Roswell mayor from 1964 to 1968 and county treasurer elect died today at St Mary's Hospital age 67. He led Roswell through Walker Air Force Base closure and earned praise from officials for saving city finances. Funeral arrangements are pending with Ingram Funeral Home.
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St Mary’s Hospital
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Aiello
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Jerry N. Smith
Bloomfield Mo
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Hemingford
Bonita Drive
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New Mexico
Mary Jenkins
Cancer Society
Optimist Club
The
American Legion
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Ingram
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