Embassies Attack Fails as El Salvador Troops Repel Mob
Salvadoran troops backed by armored cars used tear gas against about 300 leftists at the American Embassy in San Salvador. Reports say Marines joined on the roof, with two Marines slightly wounded. No embassy casualties reported. Earlier, at least 24 people were killed and about 100 wounded in clashes with security forces. The Carter Administration offered significant non-lethal aid to the two-week-old junta.
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Storm brings eight deaths across central plains and Texas
A blizzard and icy storm hit the central and southern Plains, killing eight people, stranding motorists, and prompting shelter use in Texas. Blizzard warnings covered western Kansas, western Nebraska, the Texas Panhandle, northeastern New Mexico, and Colorado mountains as travelers were advised to stay put. Two deaths occurred near Ardmore, Oklahoma, when a tornado from the storm struck a mobile home, while six others died in traffic accidents in the Texas Panhandle during attempts to assist stalled vehicles. A Continental Trailways bus was involved in the incident.
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Missouri
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Woodford
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Houston
Carter's Manager Would Dump Defectors
President Carter's campaign manager Tim Kraft says loyalty matters and administration appointees who switch to Kennedy should be fired. Clark's resignation to join Kennedy follows other defections as Kennedy forms a campaign committee and gains endorsements from unions and mayors.
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Chicago
Jane Byrne
Clark
U.S
Tim Smith
Boston
Byrne
Wreckage Claims 40 as Western DC-10 Crashes in Mexico City
A Western Airlines DC-10 crash at Mexico City airport injured and killed aboard about 90 passengers and crew. Reporters counted 40 bodies, with witnesses describing thunderlike noise and a flash. Survivors include a purser and the captain, last name Jilber, while four injured were taken to Centro Medico hospital, three Americans among them.
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Los Angeles
Jilber
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Chicago
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U.S
Winchester revenue race shapes up with Rinker issues
Republican opponent Phyllis Rinker raises questions while Democratic incumbent Bill Ingram defends policies for Winchester commissioner of revenue. Details on AreaNews page. James Richard and family run Richard's Fruit Market near home, growing and selling apples in Frederick South feature. A deadlock jury ends Stephen Allen trial on malicious wounding and sodomy charges.
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Winchester
Bill Ingram
Areajnews
Noe Bomes
Stephen Allen
Soviet Antarctic ship Olenek in collision in Danish strait
Two Soviet vessels, the Olenek and the tanker General Shkodanovich, collided in the Great Belt between Zealand and Fyn, Denmark. Olenek caught fire, one dead, four missing, 94 rescued, with 11 later reported saved from the captain’s crew. Oil leaked from Olenek as 99 aboard headed to Druzhnaya Base on the Veddel Sea for the 25th Soviet Antarctic expedition.
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Succession Struggle Postponed in South Korea After Park Assassination
In Seoul, military chiefs and Acting President Choi Kyuhah coordinate daily to stabilize the country and delay any succession fights until after President Park Chung-hee's funeral. The ruling group has not altered Park policies, aside from appointing Lt. Gen. Lee Hui-sung to lead the KCIA amid widespread purges and arrests.
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