Nine bodies found in Galveston grain elevator blast
Workmen with a crane recovered the ninth victim of the third major grain elevator explosion in a week as officials reported five still missing. The blast, which also wounded 20, originated near the loading area and tunnel to the silo, with authorities sealing a 200 yard area. FBI will probe alongside local officials as rescue operations proceed slowly in cold weather.
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Galveston
Texas
UPI
Raymond Perry
Galveston County
Sheriff’s Department
Farmers Export Co
H.R. O’donohoe
Perry
FBI
Westwego
O’donohoe
Readsboro land swap aims to add Greenway to state park system
Governor Snelling announced a complex land exchange involving Readsboro and multiple state and national land agencies, potentially adding parcels of the Greenway in Jamaica and Londonderry to the state park system. The plan hinges on transferring Howe Pond State Park to Readsboro for water use, with funds and future transfers via the Nature Conservancy and National Forest, awaiting legislative authorization.
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Henry F. Harris
Dover
Readsboro
Searsburg Line
Heartwellville
Snelling
Southern Ver
General Assembly
Howe Pond
Readsboro Village
Harris
New York
Conservancy
Sadat asks Carter to press Israel over West Bank Gaza plan
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat seeks U S pressure on Israel to reverse its stance on the West Bank and Gaza as Prime Minister Begin insists there will be no Israeli pullback. Sadat predicts a peace settlement within two months while Begin outlines autonomy for Arabs with continued Israeli security presence.
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Menahem Begin
West Bank
Jordan
Gaza Strip
Anwar Sadat
Carter
Sadat
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Tehran
Begin
Jerusalem
Hussein
Iran
Dayan
Ismailia
Cairo
al Ahram
Detroit woman first black member of DAR
Karen Batchelor Farmer, 26, becomes the first known Black member of the Daughters of the American Revolution after tracing ancestry to a Revolutionary War private William Hood. She notes DAR welcomed her, despite a history of exclusion, and she resides in downtown Detroit with her husband, a building contractor, and their son.
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Detroit
DAR
Karen Farmer
Alex Haley
William Hood
Patriot Army
Karen Batchelor Farmer
Daughters of the American Revolution
Marian Anderson
D.A.R
Washington
Anderson
Farmer
Jeannette O. Baylies
Scarsdale
N.Y
Helen Hokinson-Franklin Folger
Shirl Lanier
Detroit Pistons
W.E.B. DuBois
Herbert Lee Dar
Court allows girls to play with boys in contact sports
Massachusetts Supreme Court issues advisory ruling that teenage girls may compete with boys in high school contact sports such as football and wrestling if able. The court found a bill to ban female participation unconstitutional though did not rule on separate girls teams and noted state law bars exclusion by sex.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Frank J. Matrango
North Adams
Rutland Savings Bank Holds Move At Bennington Omega Site
Rutland Savings Bank postpones a North Street relocation to Eastman’s garage while Omega shopping center plans await FDIC approval and possible state hearings. Bank president Thomas Ryan says a moral commitment exists to Omega developers, but he would switch to North Street if Omega falters. final agreement hinges on regulatory sign off.
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Bennington
Ryan
Rutland Bank
Stuart Ledbetter
Ledbetter
Edmund Dunstan
North Street
Rutland Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Omega
Rhode Island dorm fire claims two more victims
On the Inside National reports additional fatalities from a dorm fire in Rhode Island. The incident deepens the tragedy as investigators work to determine cause and scope while families seek answers and updates unfold across national coverage.
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Rhode Island
Bennington
Roll Call
Museum
Arlington Listers
Manchester
Hoosick Falls
Ethan
Union College
Anger
Miller
Bullstop
Holy Cross
Georgetown
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Mattison
Chamber of Commerce
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Burgess Bros
State Office
Vermont Veterans Home Grounds
Erwin Mattison
Pizzano Construction Co
Pownal
U.S
Helmut Schmidt
Schmidt
Beirut
Algiers
Sinai Peninsula
Quincy
Mass
WEEI
William K. Stevens
Eastman Garage
Bank
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