Belle hurricane lashes New York area with 99 mph winds
UPI reports Belle moved along the Atlantic coast causing high tides and heavy rain across Long Island and the New York metropolitan area. Police linked landfall near Jones Beach to strong winds. Gov. Carey activated National Guardsmen as residents evacuated. No immediate major injuries reported. preparations and evacuations continued up the coast.
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UPI
Belle
Jong Island
Jones Beach
New York City
Long Beach
Fire Island
Long Island
Harald Gibson
National Weather Service
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Form
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Oyster Bay
New Jersey
Connecticut
Manhattan
Hugh Carey
Atlantic
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North Carolina
Jersey
Maryland
Maine
Virginia
Delaware
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
National Guard
Pilgrims honor tomb of Marie Laveau in New Orleans
Hundreds travel yearly to a crumbling tomb in St. Louis Cemetery to rub their feet in gravel and scrawl a red X honoring Marie Laveau the voodoo queen. The ritual is noted amid news briefs predicting fog along the coast and other international tensions.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
Marie Laveau
Harrises found guilty in SLA crime spree case
In Los Angeles upi report William and Emily Harris of the Symbionese Liberation Army were convicted of robbery car theft and kidnapping linked to the 1974 Hearst incident. A jury spared them on six assault charges as the trial folded with a juror misconduct probe underway.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Symbionese Liberation Army
William
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Harrises
Harris
Missing Lisa Berry May Be Alive Worth 200000
Oakland police note Lisa Berry disappeared January 2 1974 while en route to cash a 30 babysitting check. Her father John Berry says a great grandmother left 200000 in trust if she is alive, now 18, and plans to donate it to Oakland public schools after seven years missing if not found.
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Oakland
UPI
Lisa Berry
Lisa
In Lime
John Berry
Berry
Mary Hillyard
Oakland Public Schools
Summer Ride Sparks Joy For Teen on Whipple Road
Steve Molinari, 16, of Union City, enjoys a carefree summer day cycling along Whipple Road with wind in his jacket and the radio playing the latest tunes. Hearts and skies frame a simple scene of youth and rural outburst.
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Steve Molinari
Union City
Whipple Road
Heather
Blast fire kills six in Louisiana pipeline blast
A road grader struck an underground pipeline near Lowisiana 556, triggering an explosion and fire that destroyed three homes and killed six people. Victims include Herbert Whitney 70 and Clara Whitney 7. Driver Bob Ethridge 48 was burned and hospitalized. One mobile home and two houses burned. several more damaged. Deputy Kennedy said six families were left homeless. State police cited grader hitting a drainage line under a parish road.
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Calhoun
UPI
Ben Kennedy
Ethridge
Jackson Parish
Lowisiana
Court blocks big natural gas rate hike
Washington based UPI reports a federal appeals court blocked a large increase in natural gas rates authorized by the Federal Power Commission pending refunds if the decision is later reversed. The three judge panel issued a limited injunction preventing higher charges while producers may file new rules before a final determination. The ruling covers rates nearly triple compared with current charges and possible refunds for the period after July 1.
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UPI
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Herr
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PPC
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Greece and Turkey on uneasy war footing over oil
Greece and Turkey moved forces to alert positions as disputes over oil rights in the Aegean intensified. Greece handed Turkey a protest note over the seismic vessel Sismik 1 and appealed to the UN and ICJ for a peaceful settlement while both nations warned of readiness along potential clash lines.
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Turkey
Athens
UPS
Aegean Sea
Bismik 1
Aegean
Constantine Caramaniis
Toyal
United Nations
Cammensis
Security Council
International Court of Justice
Hague
Tavi
NATO
Cyprus
Western Alliance
Dimitrios Bitsios
United States
Britain
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France
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