Fireman dies as five alarm blaze traps nine at Brooklyn A&P
A five alarm Brooklyn A&P fire trapped nine firemen in the store basement. one, Charles Sanchez, died of smoke inhalation. Eight others escaped or were rescued, with seven pulled out by 9 a.m. Two hospitals treated the injured.
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New York
Brooklyn
A&p
Charles Sanchez
Long Island College Hospital
Cumberland Hospital
John O'Hagan
Robert Jacobs
O’hagan
O'Hagan
Don Wilday
Rescue No. 1
Sanchez
Ed Gallagher
Engine Co. 219
Stocks rally in new year 1976 gains extend on heavy volume
The Dow Jones industrial average rose to 899.24 as trading extended the first four sessions of 1976 with a 76.33-point gain. Volume reached 31.27 million shares in a market buoyed by bright retail and auto reports and signs of looser credit. Analysts cite tax-related buying and pension-plan inflows as contributing factors to the rally.
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New York
Nooms
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Fed
Democrats rally to backing of Cunningham amid charges
New York Democrats gathered to back state chairman Patrick J Cunningham as special state prosecutor Mau charged him with alleged misconduct.
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New York
UPI
Patrick J. Cunningham
Mau
Andrew Stein
D-Manhattan
East Side
Cunningham
Nadjari
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Bronx
New York Yankees
Reopened probe into 13 deaths at Oradell hospital
Bergen County Prosecutor Joseph Woodcock Jr. said the ten year old Riverdell Hospital case is back on the table with focus on an insane surgeon possibility. He cited advances testing for curare and ties to a Michigan Veterans Administration hospital inquiry as the trigger for new scrutiny.
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Hackensack, NJ
Oradell
N.J
Bergen County
Joseph Woodcock Jr
Veterans Administration
Michigan
New York Times
Riverdell Hospital
Ford Boils Over CIA Italy Funding Leak
CIA Director Colby told Congress a month earlier that the agency funded anti Communist politicians in Italy to counter leftist gains. White House sources say Ford angrily blamed lawmakers for leaking the action to reporters. The Times noted funding was approved on December 8 with Kissinger's support amid Italy's June elections where the Communist party topped 33 percent.
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UPI
CIA
William E. Colby
Congress
Italy
White House
Ford
New York Times
Washington Post
the Times
Henry A. Kissinger
Communist Party
Carey renews austerity plea in State of the State
Governor Hugh Carey pressed a yearlong austerity focus in his 1976 State of the State message while proposing a mandatory one year youth facility sentence for violent juveniles and a decriminalization of marijuana. He warned of budget cuts and outlined health care measures and prison reforms.
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Christine McKnight
Albany
Hugh Carey
Carey
Senate
GOP
Karen Anne Quinlan
New Jersey
Massachusetts
New York State
Winter Storm Watch At Hancock Field Reports Snow
National Weather Service Hancock Field issues a winter storm watch with up to two inches of snow possible by early evening. Tonight's low in the low teens, daytime highs in the mid 20s. Tomorrow's 80 percent chance of snowfall with cool temperatures and 10 to 20 mph northerly winds. Yesterday's low of -6 degrees neared the 1943 record of -7.
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National Weather Service
Hancock Field
Rockefeller Heads New York GOP Delegation Lead
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller would head what becomes the second largest New York delegation to the 1976 Republican convention. New York's state committee designated 37 delegates and met to choose about a quarter of the 154-member delegation while keeping a united uncommitted stance toward President Ford amid early primaries competition from Ronald Reagan.
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Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State Republican Committee
New York
State Committee
Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Rocky
John Calandra
Bronx County
Richard Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Western Hemisphere powers to back MPLA in Angola conflict
U S intelligence expects Jamaica and Guyana to recognize the MPLA, following Brazil, with OAU recognition anticipated in Addis Ababa. A Soviet guided destroyer and an amphibious tank landing ship are seen off the Angolan coast, signaling Moscow's interest. analysts deem any sea clash unlikely given regional naval limits.
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Fred 5. Hoffman Washington
U.S
Angola
Jamaica
Caribbean
Guyana
South America
Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Brazil
Organization of African Unity
OAU
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Africa
Guinea
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