Mexico Devastating Earthquake Claims Over 600 Lives
AP report from Mexico City details torrential rains hindering rescue efforts as the 6.5 magnitude quake devastates 24 cities in Puebla and Veracruz. Officials noted 600 plus dead, with 400,000 homes damaged and crops ruined amid floods. President Echeverria tours affected areas. Ciudad Serdan and Orizaba suffer heavy losses as islands of villages remain cut off.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Luis Echeverria
Sierra
Madre Range
Puebla
Veracruz
Ciudad Serdan
Orizaba
Pico de Orizaba
U S Cargo Plane Crashes Near Madrid Killing 24
A US military C141 StarLifter crashed near Madrid killing 24 of 25 aboard. The lone survivor, William H. Ray of McGuire AFB New Jersey, was gravely injured. The aircraft, on route from Athens to Torrejon, carried about nine tons of cargo.
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Madrid
Spanish Air Ministry
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Athens
Greece
U.S. Air Force Base
Torrejon
Air Force
William H. Ray
N.J
Hueva
Air Ministry
U.S
Ruling on Nixon tapes expected in Watergate fight
Federal Judge John J. Sirica due to rule on whether Nixon must surrender nine taped conversations sought by Watergate prosecutors. The decision ends the first round of a dispute headed to the Supreme Court, highlighting tensions between executive privilege and criminal investigation.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Supreme Court
Cox
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Oval Office
Richard M. Nixon
Wright
Sirica
Minnesota reevaluates ineffective drug education plan
Minnesota plans to continue education driven drug and alcohol programs while reevaluating ineffective components. The Alcohol and Drug Authority notes a poly drug problem and calls for targeted efforts in schools detoxification, physician collaboration, and metropolitan treatment. A hospital survey shows about 20 000 Minnesotans are treated yearly for overdoses or related accidents.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
County barred from free medical for veteran county officials
State Public Examiner Robert Whitaker states Mower County cannot grant free medical and hospital coverage to elected officials with ten or more years of service. The plan conflicts with state law and may bestow lifetime benefits to younger officials, though no payouts have occurred to date. The 1971 motion set eight years as the eligibility threshold, later challenged by the auditor.
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Robert Whitaker
Mower County
Whitaker
State Public Examiners
the Herald
State Public Examiners Office
Robert Finbraaten
J. E
Phil) Golberg
Robert Shaw
Mower
Commissioner Ticen earns Great Lakes service award
Hennepin County Commissioner Thomas Ticen of Bloomington Minnesota received the 1973 outstanding service award from officials of the Great Lakes Commission at a Tuesday night ceremony in Mackinac Island Michigan.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Hennepin County
Thomas Ticen
Blomington
Minn
Great Lakes Commission
Kittens Seek Home in Herald Want Ad
Two six week old baby kittens seek a loving home with children. Free adoption. Contact via phone. Ad slated for six runs at five dollars forty cents but canceled after two insertions. For quick service call 433-86.
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Herald
Mill City girl killed in truck camper blast
A propane leak in a pickup camper caused an explosion in downtown Minneapolis. Cecelia May LaVone, 17, died trying to escape through a window. Three other family members, Leon Burke 45 Doris Burke 48 and Ronald LaVone 23, were treated for first and second degree burns and listed in satisfactory condition at Hennepin County General Hospital.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Cecelia May LaVone
8Th Street
4Th Avenue South
Hennepin County General Hospital
Leon Burke
Doris
Ronald LaVone
LaVones
Burke
Lady Bird Johnson to Visit Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson and her daughter Lucy Nugent were due in Rochester Minnesota for routine physical exams at the Mayo Clinic amid ongoing public duties and prior to the former First Lady's travels.
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Rochester
Minn
Lady Bird Johnson
Lucy
Patrick Nugent
Mayo Clinic
Arena rental plans go to School Board with two proposals
After talks with the Mayor's Arena Advisory Committee, a City Council subcommittee will present two options to the Austin School Board for arena use. One offers 30 per hour ice time plus 40 percent of gate receipts for high school hockey, 60 percent to the arena. The other is a flat 15000 rental covering all playing time and events, with the school system controlling ticket sales.
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Austin
Spring Valley arena debates school ticket sales policy
A Spring Valley discussion on arena ticket sales centers on control by the city arena manager Peter Jacobsen and the School Board. Advisory members push for a flat fee policy and possible free passes, while opponents call for strict terms and tying revenue to bonds. Conflicting views consider practices at Graham Arena Rochester and Austin rental as benchmarks.
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Peter Jacobsen
Jacobsen
Darrell Stacy
William Deblon
Arena Advisory
Debson
Bob Arnold
Mower County
Arnold
Austin
Graham Arena
Rochester
Gary Nemitz
Nemitz
Roger Wook
Mayor
Russell
Two Inmates Escape From Stillwater Prison
Two inmates Richard F. Tatum and Phillip B. Larson escaped from the minimum security section of Stillwater State Prison in Minnesota. They were last seen during the 9 p.m. inmate count. Tatum is 36 and serving 10 years for aggravated assault from Hennepin County, Larson is 26 and serving five years for felonious burglary from Washington County.
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Stillwater, Minn
Stillwater State Prison
Richard F. Tatum
Hennepin County
Phillip B. Larson
Washington County
China Holds Tenth National Congress Under Mao
Tokyo reports China convened its tenth national congress with Mao Tse-tung presiding and coverage from the official Xinhua News Agency in Peking.
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Tokyo
China
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Hsinhua
Penneys to close Austin store in December final
PD Ashby district manager for J C Penney Co announced the Austin J Penney store will close December 1 due to lease nonrenewal and lack of suitable local facilities. Customers are asked to shop at nearby J C Penney stores in Albert Lea Rochester and Owatonna. The Austin store opened May 1 1920 and remodeled in 1964. Manager Gordon J Stroub, in place since November 1964, will transfer to Oshkosh Wisconsin October 1. A temporary manager will run the closing phase.
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PD. K. Asby
J. ©. Penney Company
Chicago
Austin J . Penney
Ashby
Austin
J.S. Penney
J. C. Penney
Albert Lea
Rochester
Owatonna
Austin J.C. Penney
Gordon J. Stroub
Oshkosh
Wis
Stroub
Tornado Strikes Berkshire Truck Plaza West Stockbridge
Mass. state police counted cash from the Berkshire Truck Plaza register after a tornado hit West Stockbridge on Tuesday. One wall of the main building remained. overturned cabs and trailers lined the background. Four people were killed and forty injured.
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Massachusetts
Berkshire Truck Plaza
West Stockbridge
Mass
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Heltzer
Gove
Willard Vandrashek
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