Summer arrives as storms cause damage nationwide
A potent storm system ended spring with thunderstorms and hail, knocking out power to over 3,000 Niagara Mohawk customers for up to 64 minutes. Downed branches flooded basements and damaged a Jacksonville motel roof as tornadoes touched Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Florida with scattered injuries not reported.
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Senate to alter no fault car insurance plan
Albany lawmakers push a revised no fault bill with all main elements save the serious injury threshold as the Senate and Assembly seek identical language before adjournment. The measure, approved 82 to 54, would curb lawsuits by using vehicle inspections and Medicare, set payments by actual cash value, and limit attorney fees.
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Insurance Department
U.S. and Britain Near Flight Cut as Talks Drag On
London reports move to halt passenger flights between the United States and Britain after days of talks show deep rifts over free enterprise in international air travel. Pan Am and TWA along with British Airways say service will persist via Canadian connections while negotiations continue.
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Carter weighs new 3 cent gasoline tax variant
The Carter administration studies a revised three cent per gallon gas tax to replace the failed five cent plan. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, who proposed the original three cent option, says the idea remains alive amid ongoing discussions in Congress and the White House.
Surviving Navy C130 Crash Off Wake Island
A Navy C130 with 16 crew aboard crashed into the Pacific after takeoff from Wake Island. Flares at the site indicated survivors as rescue operations began. The aircraft, based at Agana Guam, had left Hickam the day before and stopped at Wake for refueling.
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Brezhnev Says Arms Talks Stall in France Visit
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev told French hosts that no major progress toward limiting offensive weapons had been made in arms talks. His remarks came during a 22 hour meeting with President Valery Giscard dEstaing at Rambouillet Chateau on the second day of his France visit.
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Baboon Heart Transplant Attempt Ends in Patents Death
Cape Town South Africa AP heart transplant pioneer Christiaan Barnard’s first attempt to bolster a human heart by grafting a baboon’s heart ended with the death of a 26 year old Italian woman early today The operation at Groote Schuur hospital followed a 16 hour surgery and Barnard called the transplant a last resort as a human heart was not available The baboon heart proved too small to maintain circulation and tissue type matching was not possible The husband was kept sedated as officials withheld the patient’s name pending his approval Barnard said no rejection signs were yet seen but labor tests would confirm whether the animal heart was rejected The surgeon suggested chimpanzees could be tried next time
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Inflation climbs as May prices rise six tenths of a percent
The Labor Department reports May consumer prices up six tenths of 1 percent, led by food and fuel. Ground coffee up 16.3 percent, instant coffee up 7 percent. May CPI annualized at 7.2 percent. Real take home pay edged up slightly, but earnings lagged year over year due to taxes and inflation. An Athens tourist faces trial for nude strolling, citing statue nudity as inspiration.
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Uganda radio silent on Amin disappearance reports
In Nairobi and Kampala officials offered conflicting notes on Idi Amin's whereabouts. Uganda Radio made no mention of the president this morning, while a spokesman said Amin had not been seen at his home since Friday. The Nairobi Daily Nation claimed an attempted killing near Entebbe preceded his disappearance.
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