Rep Litton Family Killed in Missouri Plane Crash
Rep Jerry Litton 39 and his wife Sharon 38 died along with their two children and two others when a small plane crashed near Chillicothe on a flight from the airport toward Kansas City after his victory in the Missouri Democratic senatorial primary. The craft nosedived 75 feet north of U.S. 36, struck a barbed wire fence and burned.
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Chillicothe
Jerry Litton
Missouri
Livingston County
Kelsey Reeter
Chillicothe Airport
Kansas City
U.S. 36
Litton
Sharon
Reeter
Rupp
Missouri Democratic State Committee
James Symington
Hearnes
Symington
Lock Springs
Congress
U.S. Senate
Evacuation and Armistice Efforts Stall in Lebanon Crisis
In Beirut and Washington the day sees Red Cross efforts delayed to evacuate Tal Zaatar casualties while a proposed nationwide cease-fire stalls. Jean Hoefliger plans a 15 to 20 vehicle convoy to rescue up to 150 wounded as clashes continue around the Christian east Beirut siege.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Tal Zaatar
Red Cross
Christian East Beirut
Jean Hoefliger
Arab League
Hassan Sabri Khali
Hoefliger
Camille Chamoun
National Liberal Party
National Liberals
Tiger
Chamoun
Khali
Yasir Arafat
Mystery Legionnaires Disease Tests Rise Across States
Pennsylvania officials monitor a still active mystery illness with 21 deaths and over 140 hospitalizations across three states. Federal researchers at the CDC pursue tissue culture clues while debates mount on swine flu links and vaccination plans.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Leonard Bachman
Federal Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Walter Dowdle
New Jersey
New York
American Legion
Philadelphia
Connecticut
Fire at Henkel Harris Furniture Company
A sawdust duct fire at Henkel Harris Furniture Co. confined to the duct and did not halt production. Winchester fire units responded around 10:30 a.m. and mop-up was under way within the hour as water was poured into the duct to quell the blaze.
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Henkel-Harris Furniture Co
Winchester
Mary Henkel
Deaths at Legion Convention Cast Shadow on Eucharistic Congress
At the 41st International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia, officials monitor a flu like illness linked to a prior Legion convention where 20 died and over 140 hospitalized. Church leaders urge calm as attendees, including Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy, press on with events and prayers for freedom and justice.
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James Sykes
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Hospital
Bachman
State Health Department
Philadelphia
Bob Costello
New Jersey
Congress
House Health Subcommittee
David Mathews
Health, Education and Welfare
Pennsylvania
Legion
Richard Wells
Turnersville
Aldo Provenzano
Cherry Hill
New York State
June Stanger
Bradford County
Tioga General Hospital
Tioga
N.Y
41St International
American Legion
Leo McKenzie
Archdiocesan
State Legion
Paul VI
James Gardiner
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
Graymoor
Clare Francis
Boston
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Shriver
Eunice
United States
Veterans Stadium
Hearing Set On Frederick County Land Use Plan
The final Frederick County Land Use Plan is ready for distribution and a public hearing to be held jointly by the county board of supervisors and the planning commission. The next supervisors meeting on August 25 will set the hearing date. The 46 page plan guides growth to 1990 and covers resources, current use, public participation, and appendixes including an environmental impact study.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Ford
Carter
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Study Group
Manchester
N.H
Ronald Reagan
United States
Nixon
Republican Party
Olar
Frederick County
County Board of Supervisors
Planning Commission
Ronald Berg
Board of Supervisors
Berg
Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
Mason Carbaugh
Virginia
State Board of Agriculture and Commerce
Warren Board Discusses County Office Building Plan
At yesterday's Warren County Supervisors meeting the board weighed a new county office building project. The item was to be considered but no final decision was announced.
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Warren Board
Warren County Board of Supervisors
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Linda
Paul Rupp Jr
Paul Rupp III
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Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Taft
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