Live Trains Are Fair Game Again In Dallas Observers
Dallas residents show love for trains with the Age of Steam Museum housing 20 passenger cars freight cars steam locomotives and a Canal Street New Orleans streetcar. The Southwest Railroad Historical Society plans tours and film showings and a new City County Amtrak Committee studies a Dallas Amtrak route via Atlanta to Los Angeles or Seattle potentially including Amarillo. Amtrak favors live trains over dead ones.
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Old Union Station
Canal Street
New Orleans
The
Southwest Railroad Historical Society
Dan Monaghan
Garland
Amtrak Committee of
Amtrak
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Seattle
Amarillo
Age of Steam Museum
Parry Street
Haskell Avenue
That & This: Rancher Tales and City Lights
A column of wry anecdotes from the cattle world and urban life. Tales include a Pampan rancher recalling a three-car cattle sale and missing charges, a notice about traffic light unveilings, Lon Watson’s pole joke, and reflections on business profit and audits.
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W.S. Tolbert
Pampa
Frank Tolbert
Dallas News
Tolbert
Kansas City
Commission
Portugal to receive Common Market aid to bolster democracy
Dublin AP reports that Portugal will get credits and trading terms from the European Community to support its democracy and economy. Ministers said Communist participation in a Lisbon coalition would not bar aid, while a wholesale Communist takeover could suspend assistance. The aid package totals are being negotiated, with exports, industry and welfare support planned. Fitzgerald will visit Lisbon June 1–2 for talks.
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Dublin
Ireland
Jers
Russia
Portugal
Tottering
Moscow
Garret Fitzgerald
Arab League
Cairo
Palestine Liberation Organization
Armed Forces
Lisbon
Fitzgerald
Farmer shoots 10 UFW supporters in Hidalgo field
Ten United Farm Workers sympathizers were wounded when Hidalgo farmer C L Miller Jr said he opened season on them with an automatic shotgun after they entered his melon field. Miller faced warrants signed by Justice of the Peace Dario Garcia as the UFW group filed aggravated assault charges and sought arrests through Hidalgo County sheriff’s office.
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Hidalgo, Tex
United Farm Workers Union
South Texas
C.L. Miller Jr
Hidalgo
McAllen General Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Dario Garcia
McAllen
Miller
Garcia
Hidalgo County
UFW
Jim Harrington
Parmer
Tanzanians Reject Guerrillas Demands Over Captives
Tanzania rejected leftist Zaire guerrillas demands for 460000 for arms in exchange for the release of two American students and a Dutch woman. U S Ambassador Beverly Carter said the government would not be blackmailed and seeks a peaceful resolution.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Iap
Zaire
U.S
Beverly Carter
Julius Nyerere
Carter
Nyerere
Portugal Military Scolds Socialists Over Political Crisis
In Lisbon the Armed Forces Movement denounced Portugal Socialist party actions fueling a clear crisis. The AFM warned of developing popular organizations to keep politics out of the armed forces and hinted at tensions within the government. Socialist leaders Soares and Zenha boycott cabinet meetings amid Republica shutdown and union tensions.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Socialist Party
Armed Forces Movement
AFM
Mario Soares
Francisco Salgado Zenha
Republica
Locat
Lebanon military premier resigns amid civil strife
Milit ary premier Brig. Gen Noureddin Rifai resigns after three days in office as left wing groups and Christian eight-wingers oppose his cabinet. President Franjieh asks him to stay on in a caretaker role. The resignation follows a week of bloody clashes leaving over 100 dead and 300 wounded as gunfire and explosions shake Beirut.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Noureddin Rifai
Rifai
Suleiman Franjieh
Rifat
Progress Slows D C Log Cabin Permit Battle
Osey Charles Helton a 6 foot 5, 265 pound builder from the Great Smoky Mountains faces Snohomish County officials over a building permit for a log cabin. County Building Director William Carroll says cabins require scale plans and engineer approval. Helton vows to defend his handiwork and faces a June 30 court appearance with supporters.
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Darrington
Wash
Osey Charles Helton
Great Smoky Mountains
Burley
Helton
C. C
O. C
Snohomish County
William L. Carroll
Everett
Carroll
D. C
Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Toll Tops 350
The AP reports more than 350 people died in Memorial Day weekend highway crashes, with the late Monday tally at 357. In 1974, 389 fatalities occurred in a similar 78 hour span. Vienna reports Egyptian President Sadat warns Geneva failure could spark a renewed Middle East crisis and a fifth war unless Palestinian representatives attend the reconvened talks.
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Vienna
Austria
Anwar Sadat
Geneva
Middle East
Sadat
Egypt
Cyprus Talks Planned At NATO Summit
The Greek and Turkish premiers will meet during this week's NATO summit in Brussels to discuss Cyprus where Turkish forces occupy part of the island. The leaders will also address oil rights in the Aegean and air and sea passage.
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Greece
NATO
Brussels
Cyprus
Menday
Constantine Caramanlis
Ford
Aegean Sea
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O.C. Helton
Technical Society
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