Ammonia Train Derailment Kills Man in Pensacola Florida
A freight train derailment near Pensacola releases a cloud of poisonous ammonia over Escambia Bay blowing into homes in Pensacola and Santa Rosa County. One man, Dr. John B Thorshov, dies. several dozen treated for inhalation. about 1,000 evacuated as three tank cars leak and officials inspect causes.
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Pensacola
Frs
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Panhandle
Escambia Bay
Gulf
John 8. Thorshov
West Florida Hospital
Iis
Lloyda
Gangtler
Daisy
Son Gangee
A. Pensacola
Liddisville
Nashville
L&n
Pensacola Tree
Railway Administration
Joe Mooney
Thorshov
Pope lifts excommunication penalty for remarried Catholics
Pope Paul VI agrees to remove the excommunication for Roman Catholics who remarry after divorce in the United States. The action, retroactive, aims to be pastoral and help divorced and remarried Catholics seek regularization of their status without changing church doctrine on sacramental marriages.
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Washington
Pet VI
U.S
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Chicago
Baltimore
United States
Jean Jadot
Joseph
Bernardin
Cincinnati
Thomas C. Kelly
Kelly
Panama panels senators with lavish visit on canal treaty
Panama leader Gen Omar Tortijos organized a four day visit for U S senators to win support for the canal treaty. The program included a village festival on Los Santos a San Blas islands crafts and a seaside stop at Farallon as Majority Leader Byrd led the delegation aboard Air Force jets.
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Panama City
Panama
Omar Tortijos
U.S
San Blas Islands
Faralioa
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.vz
Air Force
Tortijos
Los Sattlos
Senate House stall on home insulation tax credit debate
Washington AP reports a Senate House conference committee remains deadlocked over a proposed energy tax credit for insulation and other efficiency measures. Disagreements center on eligible devices, cost, and whether non taxpayers should receive credits. The panel only agreed on a $400 credit window from April 1980 to December 1985 if the credit is approved, while House and Senate variances loom large.
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Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
Carter
Senate
House
Hote
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
U.S
Mace
Treasury
South African forces report border clash with guerrillas
South African troops repelled rocket and machine gun fire from guerrillas on the South West Africa Angola frontier. The command said there were no South African losses and that 4 to 50 guerrillas fired first. This followed an incursion two weeks earlier in which 61 guerrillas and six South Africans died.
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Windever
Mica
South-West Africa
Angola
Itsaki Shery
Rose Dressbach Admits Bookings and Sale Promos
Ad brief listing Kowal at Rocco's Restaurant 4 Liberty Street inviting patrons to stop by. Also advertises corn fed turkeys and capons for sale by Karl Miller at 734435. Includes dance event Friday with music by Denny Wade at St Mit and social details for members and guests.
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Dressbach
Kowal
Liberty St
Capons
Karl Miller
Denny Wade
St. Mit
Red Gun
Chit
Jady
The fence goes public in Nashville
The operation featured undercover agent Charles Lowe posing as Nick Becke to trap thieves seeking quick cash for stolen property. The Sting, run by the Consolidated Telegraph and Typewriter Co umbrella, involved backroom deal making while undercover officers watched buyers pocket guns. A grand jury indicted 234 people across 10 states. about 150 were arrested.
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Nashville
Teta
Rio
Charles Lowe
Lowe
Nicholas Becke
Consolidate? Telegraph and Typewriter
Siowe
Stolcar
Ewe
Trade Bund
Nick
Newsman to begin jail term Friday in Idaho case
Lewiston Idaho AP reports James Shelledy editor of the Lewiston Morning Tribune will turn himself in Friday to begin a three day jail sentence after a court declined to issue an arrest order earlier this week. Shelledy and Roy Mosman discussed a gentleman’s agreement to surrender Friday. Sheriff Goetz confirmed the plan as Shelledy aims to finish the fall term and start new duties at the paper.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Lewiston Morning Tribune
Sklge Roy Mosman
Dod
James
Shelledy
Ventenor
Shell Tall
Latad
Michael Goetz
Caly Mar News Brief From The Associated Press
A garbled AP wire item reports on market prices and public notices with unreadable names and figures. The fragment references weekly rates and a listing of places and numbers, but specifics are obscured.
Washington Cockroaches Invade Georgetown Townhouses
Washington DC health officials report roaches moving from run down apartments and stores to upscale Georgetown townhouses. City enforces with fines and spraying while urging residents to tighten trash control and clean up food waste. Inspectors threaten up to 200 dollar fines for overflowing trash containers as part of the enforcement push.
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Washington
Georgetown
Rals
de. Bailus Walker
Department of Environmental Services
Walker
Hoge
I Walker
Moreton Jaiier
Lottery roundup in Baltimore area
Maryland weathered a mixed drawing night with numbers from several state games. The report lists daily and weekly lotteries including Numbers Game and Super 7 along with winning results from Wednesday night drawings.
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Baltimore
Pittsburg
Maryland
Denna Soma
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