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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1972

Page

2

Boy with brain cancer flies home to die in peace

Lovell Wyoming UPI reports Danny Blackburn, a terminal brain cancer patient, was denied a flight home by an airline due to FAA oxygen rules. Frontier Airlines then carried him to Billings and a nurse greeted him there, allowing him to reach his hometown to die with family.

Lovell Wyo UPI Western Airlines Federal Aviation Administration FAA Danny Blackburn Lowell Danny Donald Blackburn D Press International ‘Bureau Denver Dick Snyder Blackburn Snyder Frontier Airfines Danty Billings Mont de Ital Stapleton International Ernest Seidlitz

61 Dead As Rail Crash Hits Karachi Freight Line

A passenger train rammed a stalled freight train outside Karachi killing 61 people and injuring 63, according to Pakistan Western Railway Office.

Karachi UPI Pakistan Western Railway Office

Spassky Beats Fischer In Classic World Chess Match

In Reykjavik Spassky defeats Fischer in 31 moves amid crowd frenzy. Spassky's decisive play, captured by observers, marks a notable victory as tensions and commentary swirl around the game and the match’s progression.

Reykjavik UPI Spassky Bobby Fischer Fischer Hadjhas Boris Spassky Nikolai Krogius Amile Babis Lothar Schmid Iceland Wes Bobby Kena Uae Eees

Senate Reviews Bill to Silence Handguns and Open Gun Controls

The Senate began debating a measure by Birch Bayh to close a loophole in the 1968 Gun Control Act by restricting cheap handguns known as Saturday Night Specials. Sen. Edward Kennedy urged broader reform including universal gun permits and weapon registration, while opponents warned broader action could derail all legislation.

Washington UPI Senate Theap Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass Mike Mansfield Montana Birch Bayh D-Ind Bayh Hut Kennedy

Bremer Held In Isolation After Conviction

Arthur H. Bremer, just sentenced to 83 years for the attempted assassination of Gov. George C. Wallace, is placed in a 12 by 12 foot maximum security cell at Maryland Penitentiary for psychiatric evaluation and protection from other inmates. He will have no visitors for a week except his attorney and the prison chaplain.

Baltimore UPI Arthur H. Bremer George C. Wallace Maryland Peniten Mary Bremer Arthur Newsome Upper Marlboro Benjasmim Lipsitz

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