Travel market sees Bicentennial boost in 1976
AP sampling across 25 cities finds domestic travel surging as the Bicentennial nears. Airlines report a 6 percent rise in domestic travel with many planning overseas trips. agents in Chicago Boston Atlanta Salt Lake City and Little Rock cite strong Williamsburg Washington Philadelphia and New York bookings. United Airlines unveils a Freedom Fare to spur early reservations.
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Associated Press
United States
Hawaii
Florida
Alan Fredericks
Travel Weekly
John Stachnik
Forlow Tours
Chicago
Stachnik
Williamsburg
Washington
Hilton
Philadelphia
New York
Carolyn Smithee
Osborne Travel Agency
Atlanta
Boston
Willimsburg
United Airlines
Worth Watching: Simpson and Kissinger Named Most Watchable 1975
The International Societies of Woman and Men Watchers in Del Mar California name O J Simpson as Most Watchable Man of 1975 and Nancy Kissinger as Most Watchable Woman. Finalists include Omar Sharif John Denver Tom Brokaw David Packard Charles Percy Jack Nicklaus John Newcombe Rainier III Edward Kennedy Ann Margret Margaret Thatcher Phyllis George Carla Hills Olivia Newton John Susan Ford Catherine Hearst. The groups base selections on poise appearance and accomplishments.
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Catherine Hearst
Randolph A. Hearst
Weather turns wintry with snow in the Northern Valley forecast
Rain shifts to snow this afternoon, then colder windy conditions tonight and Sunday. Lows near 20 in the west and around 30 at the shore, with highs in the 20s west and 30s east on Sunday. Mountains face travel advisory and snow flurries Likely. Extended outlook calls for partly cloudy skies Monday to Wednesday with a chance of snow Tuesday.
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Northern Valley
Suspect cleared in New Year trooper slaying case spurs renewed search
Virginia man Erwin Thessin, 27, arrested at a bus station with a boot containing a pistol and three automatic weapons, denied links to the murder of Kenneth Flynt, 52, an off duty Florida Highway Patrol trooper, as fingerprints failed to match. Thessin faces multiple weapon charges and is jailed awaiting bond.
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Fla
Virginia
Florida Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Kenneth Flynt
Apollo Beach
Erwin Thessin
Alexandria
Thessin
Art
LA Doctors Hold Slowdown Amid Malpractice Insurance Fight
Public medical facilities report surge of emergency cases from private hospitals as Los Angeles County physicians protest malpractice insurance rate increases. Dr Daniel A Lang says a Friday night exploration of issues occurred at Daniel Brotman Memorial Hospital Culver City with talks set to continue in Sacramento next week.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Daniel A Lang
Daniel Brotman
Medi-Cal
Boy Mauled by Wolves at Worcester Science Center
In Worcester Massachusetts a 2 year old boy from Sutton was pulled from a wolf cage after slipping on ice near the Worcester Science Center. Police said the wolves tore at his legs and he was in fair condition at Memorial Hospital.
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Worcester, Mass
Worcester Science Center
John Colorio
Sutton
Memorial Hospital
Short Circuit Blamed For Bryce Mountain Chalet Fire
A fire at Bryce Mountain ski resort in Shenandoah County early New Year killed three Farber children and injured no adults. Investigators say the blaze may have started from an electrical short circuit in a tri level chalet while the parents were away. Fire officials noted no arson evidence and limited water sources hampered firefighting. the 12 year old Roberta Farber aided the alarm.
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Robert W. Farber
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Casey
ERDA to Proceed With Controversial Reactor
ERDA plans a 10 year research program on the liquid metal fast breeder reactor with 1986 as the decision date for potential large scale nuclear plant construction. The project faces environmental and safety concerns due to plutonium production and fuel cycle issues.
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Washington
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Ura
Robert Fri
Kennedy clan ends Utah Idaho ski holiday
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and her children left Utah and Idaho after a nine day ski holiday. Senator Edward M Kennedy and his family are set to depart Salt Lake City today from the international airport. They had visited Robert Redford at his ski resort on New Year’s Day.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Utah
Idaho
Snowbird Ski Resort
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Salt Lake
Kennedy
Joan
Robert Redford
Mother and Baby Save After Elk River Plunge
Janet Keaton and her newborn son survived a car accident when their vehicle skidded into Elk River near Glende nin. George Keaton rescued his family through a broken rear window as bystanders aided, with Mrs Keaton delivering a six pound two ounce boy at the hospital.
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Charleston
W. Va
George Keaton
Glendenin
Janet
Elk River
Dennis Tawney
Keaton
Tawney
Olen Myers
Elkview
W Va
Myers
Curtis White
On This Date In History January 3 1777 Princeton Battle
Highlights include Washingtons army routing British regulars at Princeton in 1777 and Pepys noting women on stage in 1661. Other events: Brooklyn Bridge construction began 1870 Hoover named relief director 1919 and Alaska statehood 1959.
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Princeton
N.J
Samuel Pepys
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Herbert Hoover
Saar
Germany
Dwight Eisenhower
Alaska
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