Quake toll rises as relief efforts continue in Puebla Veracruz
In Mexico’s Puebla and Veracruz regions the quake death toll climbs with 527 bodies recovered and 3575 injured. Officials fear up to 1000 dead as demolition of 10000 unsafe buildings proceeds over 2 to 3 weeks while shelters and aid reach survivors.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Puebla
Veracruz
Luis Echeverria
Alfonso Tabuara
Housing Development Institute
Red Cross
Ciudad Serdan
Tehuacan
Zongolica
Urbano Arriaga
Eligibility standards set for reduced price school lunches
Ben Lak Wangberg, superintendent, announced that District 31 will again offer reduced and free meals for students unable to pay. The 1973-74 lunch prices are 35 cents elementary and 45 cents secondary, with breakfasts at 15 cents. reduced rates are 10 cents for lunches and 5 cents for breakfasts.
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Ben Lak
Wangberg
P.L. Tenney
John Bressler
Superintendent of Schools
Two Britons trapped deep in Atlantic minisub rescue under way
A rescue operation is in progress for two Britons, Roger Chapman and Roger Mallison, trapped 1,375 feet down on the Atlantic floor off Ireland's southwest coast. They report they are alive with air to last until Saturday as rescuers work.
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Cork
Ireland
Atlantic
Roger Chapman
Roger Mallison
Nixon Defies Court Order for Secret Tapes Delivery
President Nixon refuses to obey a U.S. District Court order to deliver eight meetings and one phone call tape recording for a judge's private inspection. Chief Judge Sirica says the court has final say on executive privilege, not the president, escalating the Watergate confrontation.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Archibald Cox
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Senate Watergate Committee
Sirica
Senate Committee
Oval Office
Cox
Watergate Grand Jury
Thief River Falls Cyclist In Critical Condition After Road Accident
An 18 year old Thief River Falls man, Michael Holmes, is in critical condition at St Luke's Hospital Fargo after a motorcycle crash on Hwy 1 left him in a ditch east of Red Lake. He suffered severe head injuries, broken bones, and multiple cuts. He was transported first to Bemidji Hospital and then to Fargo by ambulance. Further details were unavailable at press time.
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Bemidji
Bemidji Hospital
Plymouth
John B. Morency
Westwood Trainer Court
Thief River Falls
St. Luke's Hospital
Fargo
Red Lake
Michael Holmes
St. Luke’s
Bemidji Ambulance Service
Merle Lacoursiere
Bemidji Ambulance
Holmes
Torgersen pleads innocent in multi murder case
David Torgersen pleaded innocent in Olmsted County District Court to four indictments charging eight counts of first and second degree murder and one count of manslaughter. Judge Olson set bond at 10,000 per count. Victims Lana Torgersen 23, two children, and a 14 year old babysitter Rebecca Rathbun were found in the Rochester duplex July 4.
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Rochester, Minn
David Torgersen
Olmsted County District Court
Russell Olson
Torgersen
Lana Torgersen
Rebecca Rathbun
Bergland warns fuel crisis could trigger northern depopulation
Seventh District Congressman Bob Bergland argues the national fuel shortage is real and warns that continued high usage could force depopulation in northern U S regions. He cites dwindling crude oil, growing Middle East dependence, and calls for energy self sufficiency while noting coal limits and pollution rules.
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United States
Seventh
Bob Bergland
Bemidji
Bergland
House
Subcommittee On
Energy
North Dakota
Con
Vernon Thuney
Lyle Staehnke
Bagley Trucking
Congressman Bergland
Washington
Hatton to head new regional development office in Bemidji
Bemidji hosts a press conference as the Minnesota Department of Economic Development opens a regional office to aid 12 counties in industrial and tourism growth. Hatton named economic field representative for the region and will co ordinate industrial and tourism development with two Indian interns. Leaders from about 20 local business civic and government groups attended.
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Bemidji
Department of Economic Development
James Heltzer
Hatton
Department of Natural Resources
Lake Bemidji
Kittson
Marshall
Polk
Norman
Roseau
Pennington
Red Lake
Mahnomen
Lake of the Woods
Beltram
Clearwater
Hubbard
Heltzer
St. Cloud
Mankato
Spring Valley
Twin Cities
Department
Minnesota
Marine Corps
Bemidji State College
Wendell Anderson
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Idelle Demaine
Bridgeport
Mich
Monterrey
Guillermo Morales Blumenkron
Stockholm
Sweden
Jan-Erik Olsson
Clark Olofsson
Solihull
England
London
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Santiago
Chile
Salvador Allende
Carlos Briones
Rancagua
Volkswagen of America
John W. Dean III
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Dean
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Mideast
Elks Club
William J. Hatton
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