Venezuelan air force plane crashes over Azores killing 68
A Venezuelan Air Force C130 carrying a Caracas University choir from Bermuda to a Barcelona festival crashed near Lajes Air Base on Terceira Island during Hurricane Emmy. All 68 aboard perished including 60 choir members and eight crew led by Brig. Gen. Raul Morales. The crash left a scorched wreckage with scattered body fragments after the aircraft failed to land in thick weather conditions.
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Ponta Delgada
Azores
Caracas
Bermuda
Barcelona
Spain
Raul Morales
Jesus Linares
Heseners
U.S
Lajes
Terceira
Atlantic Ocean
Lisbon
Emmy
Atlantic
Kissinger warns South Africa on racial violence risk
London AP Henry Kissinger warned that without progress violence would spread across southern Africa. He urged action to prevent escalation and planned talks with South African Prime Minister Vorster in Zurich and later London with Prime Minister Callaghan. He canceled plans to visit Africa after black leaders scheduled a summit in Dar es Salaam.
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London
Henry A. Kissinger
South Africa
Africa
Kissinger
Zurich
John Vorster
Ted Rowlands
Rowlands
James Callaghan
Vorster
Rhodesia
South-West Africa
Switzerland
Dar Es Salaam
Tanzania
Police Reinforcements Guard Cape Town Violence Scene
Police reinforcements were flown into Cape Town to prevent a third day of racial violence as hundreds were posted for an all star rugby match expected to draw 40 000 multiracial fans. At least one person died in yesterday’s clashes between police and mulattos, raising the 10 week toll to 297.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Fair attendance climbs at State Fairgrounds during Labor Day weekend
Fairgoers flocked to the State Fairgrounds as crowds built toward a potential 300000 over Labor Day weekend. Traffic backed up, parking was strained, and about 23000 people were on site by noon. Major draws included the tractor pull, demolition derby, RCMP musical ride, and the International Horse Show. Attendance for the first four days reached 235624, down slightly from last year, with organizers hoping for more support from fairgoers and legislators for improvements.
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Susan Preston
Tom Young
Bernie Dutch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Young
Viking 2 lands on Mars in crater like scene
Delayed Viking 2 images show the probe resting on a rocky slope near what appears to be a crater in Utopia. Scientists note many rocks and a horizon resembling Viking 1's landing area while awaiting lab results to confirm potential Martian activity.
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Peter J. Boyer
Pasadena
Calif
Earth
America
Thomas Mutch
Mutch
Utopia
Viking 2
Lander
Viking
Mars
Martian
Features Highlight On Youth And Flight Limits
Today's features argue that claims of performing like at 25 with zero skills imply a lack of true experience. The piece contrasts youthful ambitions with early mastery, suggesting high risks in overestimating current abilities. It emphasizes growth, practice, and steady progression.
Weather outlook for holiday weekend from Hancock Airport
The forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight and 20 percent tomorrow. Temperatures will dip to 50 tonight and rise to a high near 70 tomorrow. Labor Day is expected sunny and cool with mid 60s highs.
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Hancock Airport
Carter refutes big spender charges in campaign stance
President hopeful Jimmy Carter defends fiscal restraint pledging no new programs unless budget balanced. He says some welfare, health care, and housing plans could be delayed to meet balanced budget goals while touting a tough management program. Dole counters with tax rise claims amid campaign rhetoric.
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Richard Carelli
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Plains
Sen
Bob Dole
Dole
Cyclist riders killed in Route 58 crash
Two young St. Lawrence County men died early today when ejected from a motorcycle after striking guard rails and a highway sign on Route 58. Jerry T. O’Leary aged 20 of Fine and Thomas S. Latray aged 21 of Russell were declared dead at the scene. Neither wore a helmet.
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O'Leary
Former FBI staffer claims engagement to J Edgar Hoover
Blonde Fowler, 68, says in her memoir FBI Woman that she was engaged to J. Edgar Hoover in the 1940s while working as a file clerk and cryptanalyst for the FBI in Washington. She recalls a ring gift and a breakup over her reasons not to marry, plus a last meeting before a surgery in her past.
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Fla
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Blonde Fowler
Washington
Hoover
Fowler
Johnny Sanders
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Cloud
Kansas
National Conference of State Legislatures
Kansas City
McGovern
Ron Nessen
Ford
White House
Nessen
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