Three Die In Weymouth Naval Air Station Crash
In fog during a landing attempt at Weymouth Naval Air Station a Piper Cherokee crashed about 1,000 yards from the runway. Victims were Donald Whittemore, 57, and his daughter Joanne, 27, of Arlington, Virginia, and Leona Fennelly, 53, of Baltimore. The plane, from Baltimore to Marshfield, was owned by Donald E. Lilley of Fulton, Maryland. NTSB and FAA investigators pursue details.
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Rockland, Mass
Weymouth Naval Air Station
Baltimore
Marshfield
Mass
Donald Whittemore
Joanne
Arlington, Va
Leona Fennelly
Whittemore
Donald E. Lilley
Fulton, Md
Ciccarelli
Norwood
Widow of Pvt Slovik Eyes Army Ruling on Insurance
An toinette Slovik, widow of WWII deserter Eddie Slovik, awaits Army word on a 23 year struggle for National Service Life Insurance benefits now around 70 000 with interest. She says public sentiment has shifted and recalls the 1954 blame she faced as support grows.
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Philadelphia
Eddie D. Slovik
Antoinette Slovik
Blum
Slovik
U.S
William Bradford Huie
National Service
Detroit
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Europe
Telvision
Robert DeFinis
Edward Woods
Lansdale
DeFinis
Army
Army Board For the Correction
Arnold Shaw
Lufkin
Tex
Shaw
David Eichhorn
Sattelite Beach
Fla. Eichhorn
Gordon Hobbs
Oil Can Bypass Thompson Pass Pump Station After Blast
Alaska officials consider bypassing Pump Station No. 8 on the trans Alaska pipeline to maintain flow after Friday blast. If the bypass succeeds oil could move across Thompson Pass at higher rates, but the 1.2 million barrel daily target for 1977 may be abandoned. NTSB investigators interview workers and plan recommendations ahead of a four month report.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Thompson Pass
Houston
Alyeska
Valdez
Edward Patton
National Transportation Safety Board
William Haley
NTSB
Haley
Fairbanks
Schlesinger
NBC
Meet the Press
Carter abandons U S Japanese oil swap over consumer concern
President Carter ends plans to swap Alaskan oil with Japan and ship Japanese bought oil from the Persian Gulf to U S coasts. James Schlesinger says no clear consumer savings and political plus technical reasons drive the decision. Alaskan oil will stay in the United States as pipelines to the Midwest are pursued. Anchorage reports hoped pumping resumes soon after a fire shut a Fairbanks area station.
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Washington
Carter
Japan
James Schlesinger
Persian Gulf
Gulf Coast
Eastern
Seaboard
Schlesinger
Midwest
United States
Rites Held Today for Former Va. Sen. Gray
Funeral service held at Waverly Congregational Christian Church for Garland Gray 75 former Virginia state senator and lumberman. Gray died Saturday night in Richmond after brief illness, 26 years in the senate, later chaired key committees and led the Gray Commission on school desegregation. He was involved in massive resistance debates and left a notable political and civic legacy in Virginia. He is survived by his widow Frances Bage Gray and four daughters.
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Senate Finance Committee
Gray
Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Harry F. Byrd Sr
General Assembly
Gray Commission On
Byrd
Gray Commission
J. Lindsay Almond
State Port Authority
4Th District
Democratic Committee
University of Richmond
Frances Bage Gray
Thomas Tullidge
Staunton
Charles Duff
Fredericksburg
Wallace Stettinius
Richmond
Richard Farland
Millwood
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National Transportation and Safety Board
Michael Ciccarelli
Federal Aviation Administration
Logan International Airport
Boston
Alaska Pipeline
Star
Warren County Front Royal
transAlaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Panama Canal
trans-Alaska Pipeline
Cedar Grove
Community Auction
Winchester
Nain
Crossroads Grocery
White House
T.v
Edward and
Carol Place
John Walker Jenkins
Front Royal
Hoover
Bavaria
Germany
China
Avon Barber Bottle
Sucy Auer
Stephens City
Winchester-Christ Episcopal Church
United Methodist Church
Armel
First and Merchants National Bank
State Board of Education
Pullman, Wash
Peter Principle
Washington State University
Laurence J. Peter
Peter
Old Dominion
Old Dominion Savings & Loan
Victoria
Old
Boscawen & Washington
Weems Lane
Christiansburg
Harrisonburg
Purcellville
Waynesboro
Woodstock
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