Plane crashes at Kanawha Airport with 10 tons marijuana
A DC-6 cargo plane crashed while attempting to land at Kanawha County Airport in predawn hours. Eight people were arrested and two waiting trucks were seized as authorities assess if those on board or on the ground were involved. No fatalities. one passenger hospitalized in fair condition. Fire and smoke filled the hillside as the aircraft burned.
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Charleston
W.va
Kanawha County
G. Kemp Melton
Teamster official found slain at La Guardia Airport
The decomposed body of Bruce Kay 30 Lindenhurst NY an organizer for Teamsters Local 282 was found in the trunk of a 1977 Buick registered to the union. The car was parked in Lot 5 at LaGuardia Airport on May 2 Kay had been missing since May 2 and was to stand trial next week for the murder of Leopold Ladenhaus another Teamster.
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New York
Teamsters
LaGuardia
Bruce Kay
Lindenhurst
Args
Kay
Teamsters Local 282
Queens Supreme Court
Leopold Ladenhaus
Rit Hic Khade- Wag Tan Aconaa
Jace
West Point ends all male cadet era with Omega crest
The United States Military Academy marks a final all male cadet class during June Week as reforms since 1976 shift to coed enrollment. 228 women are now at West Point and graduation will see its first women lieutenants in 1980. The Omega crest debuts as the Class of 1975 leaves its mark with a secret Omega for the class ring.
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West Point
United States Military Academy
Johnny
Point
Hudson River
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Academy
Pentagon
Omega
Jere K. Forbus
Two unions merge to form AFL CIOs largest union
Washington AP Two major food industry unions completed a merger to form a 1,250,000 member giant. The Retail Clerks International voted to dissolve and form the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, uniting with Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers. The new union will be the AFL CIOs largest affiliate, replacing AFSCME and ranking fourth among all U.S. unions behind Teamsters NEA and UAW. The merged group will be based in Washington with a founding charter from the AFL CIO. Presidents Carter Kennedy and other officials are set to attend the convention.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Retail Clerks International
Labor Movement
AFL and Cio
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
U.S
Teamsters
National Education Association
United Auto Workers
Food and Commercial Workers
Clerks Union
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
FDA Bans Cancer Linked Drug Methapyrilene Used in OTC Aids
FDA moves to ban methapyrilene a suspected cancer causing ingredient in many nonprescription sleep aids and cold medicines affecting at least ten million Americans. Kennedy says agency is working to remove it from over the counter drugs while considering recalls and product shutdowns.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Donald Kennedy
National Cancer Institute
Kennedy
Environmental Defense Fund
Compoz
Nytol
Sominex
Cope
Allcrest
Jack Walden
Somoza declares state of siege in Nicaragua amid clashes
President Anastasio Somoza declared a state of siege to curb a general strike and guerrilla war as battles raged in Leon and fighting continued on Nicaragua's southern border. National guard moves against guerrillas, media restrictions imposed, and a heavy military buildup reported around Leon with reinforcements en route.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Leon
Somoza
National Guard
la Prensa
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Public Works Department
Nolice Farre
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Federal Aviation Administration
Stan Booth
Murdukas
Tegucigalpa
Jinotepe
Miles
Costa
Mexico
Central America
USA
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Samoaga
AIA PK
SVE Okie. YyCr
SLAUC
Dupont Dacron “Hotlowfil
Eska
Wenzel
RCA
Bancroft
Peetay
Ram
Hie
Onondaga Savinas Bank Camesc
Amonte
Syracuse
N.Y
S. Salina St
River Mail
Baldwinsville
Fairmount Fair
Northern Lights
Shoppingtown
Green Hills
Fayetteville Mall
Shop City
Seneca Mail
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