Six killed in Breezy Point Inn fire north of Duluth
A fire at Breezy Point Inn on Island Lake north of Duluth killed six people including three children of the owners and three other relatives. The Eckmans were away snowmobiling. fire started in a bar area and rescuers said sleeping quarters were reached last. The Eckmans received hospital treatment for shock.
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Duluth
David Eckman
Eckmans
Breezy Point
Island Lake
William Evans
Sheriff’s Office
Kosygin to Sign Turkish Soviet Friendship Accord
Kosygin concluded a four day visit to Turkey and agreed with Turkish leaders to draft a political document on friendly relations and cooperation. The joint communique quoted both sides committing to expand ties between the Soviet Union and Turkey.
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Soviet Union
Turkey
Alexei N. Kosygin
Tass
Kosygin
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ankara
Bulent Ecevit
Republican People’s Party
Freed Soviet airmen return from China in Moscow
Tass announced three Soviet helicopter crewmen Capt. Alexander Kurbatov Lt. Alexander Uskov and Jr. Lt. Vladimir G Buchelnikov arrived in Moscow today after twenty one months in China. Tanjug reported they were seen off at Peking airport by Soviet Ambassador V S Tolstikov staff and Chinese Foreign Ministry representatives.
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China
Moscow
Tass
Alexander Kurbatov
Alexander Uskov
Vladimir G. Buchelnikov
Tanjug
Peking
V. S. Tolstikov
Foreign Ministry
Lady Wellesley Joins BBC Strike Broadside
Lady Jane Wellesley, friend of Prince Charles, joined 700 BBC journalists in a 24hour strike for higher pay. The first BBC news staff walkout in 50 years halted many radio and TV programs as National Union of Journalists members protest.
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London
Jane Wellesley
Prince Charles
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
The
National Union of Journalists
Dragon year hopes rise as Asia eyes new zodiac turn
Asians look to the Year of the Dragon starting January 31 1976 to bring growth and blessings after the Year of the Rabbit saw global recession. The dragon symbolizes power life and longevity and past dragon years marked major world events and disasters across decades.
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Tokyo
China
France
Peking
Soviet Presidium
Nikita Krushchev
Alexei
Kosygin
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
Elizabeth II
England
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Farouk
Egypt
Cadiz
Barcelona
Spain
Aleppo
Syria
London
Bombay
Indian
Canadian Campers Stranded as Florida Parks Stay Full
Thousands of vacationing northerners seek sun in South Florida but trailer parks and campsites from Key West to Palm Beach are filled. Quebec and Ontario visitors wait days for a vacancy, with managers reporting hundreds turned away and spaces not expected until January.
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Florida
Jacques Labin
Ontario
Canada
Key West
Palm Beach
Sabin
South Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Karen Kool
Two Teens Admit Planting Willow Springs Bomb
Two 15 year olds with prior records admitted to police their roles in planting a bomb near the Old Willow Springs Shopping Plaza. A warning prompted evacuation of over 1,000 shoppers and a homemade device was found behind the travel agency. The timing device remains a factor for potential adult charges.
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Willow Springs
Easy Way Travel Agency
Michael Corbitt
Corbitt
Army calls Wounded Knee not a massacre
The Army says it is unfair and inaccurate to label the 1890 Wounded Knee killings a massacre. A new study cites restraint by authorities and says there was no indiscriminate firing. The report opposes a bill to pay heirs of 146 Sioux victims.
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Washington
Wounded Knee
S.D
Senate Judiciary Committee
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