59 Die in Blast Aboard Tanker
A Greek oil tanker named Spyros exploded in its engine room at Jurong Shipyard Singapore, killing 59 including two sisters and injuring 18 others severely. Police report many victims burned beyond recognition. 71 suffered minor injuries. Crew consisted of Greeks, Chileans, Indonesians, an Englishman and a Filipino. Firefighters battled flames with two tugs assisting while rescue teams faced oil residue and darkness in the ship’s engine spaces. The cause remained under investigation with welding sparks or a gas cylinder leak speculated.
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Singapore
Spyros
Jurong
Paul Abraham
Ah Cheong
Ulysses Tanker Corp
Greece
Liberia
Lloyd's Register of Ships
Treaty Talks With Egypt and Israel Gain Momentum
Washington reports Egypt and Israel pushing to finalize a peace treaty within two months. President Carter and Egyptian negotiator Kamal Hassan Ali stated progress and invited Arab states and Palestinians to participate, while noting no immediate Jordanian or Palestinian participation in the current talks.
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Washington
Egypt
Israel
U.S
George Sherman
State Department
Camp David
Sinai
Anwar Sadat
Carter
Kamal Hassan Ali
United States
White House
Ali
Middle East
Jordan
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Backers Seek Carter Support for Future-Year Tax Cuts
Senate sponsor Lawton Chiles and House backers push a plan to cut individual income taxes by about 25 percent over five years. They met with Treasury Secretary Blumenthal and aim to persuade President Carter, while conference talks on broader tax cuts and college tuition credits face opposition.
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Washington
Carter
House
Senate
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
Nunn
Abner Mikva
D-Ill
Puerto Rican apple pickers stay costly amid dwindling numbers
Taxpayers spent an average of 1096 per day on Puerto Rican apple pickers, with 900 brought in for harvest. By now 272,538 in CETA funds used for transport, meals, and housing, though most have returned home. 78 remain in New York, West Virginia, and Virginia. 91 unaccounted for.
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Star
Puerto Rico
Dept. of Labor
Labor Dept
Joe Milici
New York
West Virginia
Virginia
CETA
Mt. Jackson
Winchester Area
Rhodesia Talks in Doubt as Mugabe Attacks U S
Black guerrilla chief Robert Mugabe says Americans must stay out of Rhodesian peace efforts and accuses Washington of meddling by granting Rhodesia’s Ian Smith a visa. Smith counters that there are no preconditions for talks, while U S and Britain push for a settlement to head off further Soviet Cuban influence.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Robert Mugabe
Ian Smith
U.S
United States
Mugabe
Mozambique
Maputo
State Department
Smith
Washington
Rhodesia
Joshua Nkomo
Patriotic Front
Britain
Africa
U.N
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
House Unit Rejects Single Energy Vote
Washington Carter backers push after Rules Committee rejects a one vote plan for the five part energy package. Gas pricing section faces adjournment risk as leaders seek strategy with Mondale and Schlesinger in last minute vote counts. Senate delay also postpones tax portion to Saturday.
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Washington
Carter
House
House Rules Committee
Thomas P. O'Neill
Carter Energy
Capitol Hill
Senate
Walter F. Mondale
Shirley Chisholm
Dn.y
James R. Schlesinger
James Abourezk
Friday the 13th superstitions and luck remedies
The piece links Friday the 13th to unease and explains common bad luck beliefs. It notes black cats, walking under ladders, open umbrellas indoors, cracks in sidewalks, and stubbing toes as unlucky signs. It lists counter charms such as four-leaf clovers, horseshoes, pennies, pins, and salt over the shoulder to ward off evil spirits.
Meals on Wheels funding ends, Virginia official warns
Dr. Jean Harris, Virginia Secretary of Human Resources, told the Winchester Rotary Club that unlimited government funding for social services is ending. Meals on Wheels serves Winchester and aims to grow into Frederick County with more volunteers.
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Human Resources
Jean Harris
Virginia
Winchester Rotary Club
Meals On Wheels
Winchester
Frederick County
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