Helgafjel Volcano Threatens Icelandic Island Town
On Helgafjel eruption near Heymaey island in Vestmannaeyjar, lava barriers encircle the main town as burning lava and ash bury outskirts. Evacuation saved hundreds, with government offering economic aid and keeping staff at the island’s fish plant to salvage stocks.
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Vestmannaeyjar
Iceland
UPI
Heymaey Island
Tceland
Helgafjel
Surtsey
Meykjavik
McGee Threatens to Cut Off Ag Department Funds
Senator Gale W. McGee vows to block any Agriculture Department funding for fiscal 1974 unless the White House restores about $1 billion in farm program spending. He warned the government could not spend or pay Ag Department salaries after May 1 if the cuts stand, while rural electric loan programs and other subsidies face elimination unless restored. Delegates from 40 states lobby in Washington to reverse the cuts, as Humphrey calls on the President and Congress to end the "bossing."
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
White House
Gale W. McGee
Dwyo
Agriculture Department
McGee
Senate Agriculture Appropriations
Nixon
Mees
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Senate panel approves ban on boarding tax at airports
The Senate Commerce Committee backed a bill to erase local head taxes on departing airline passengers amid airline industry pressure. Twenty four cities have levied charges from 1 to 8 per person. Philadelphia briefly taxed on arrival and departure but the arrival tax was ruled unlawful. The panel also supported a plan to shift anti hijacking security costs to the federal government, arguing airport policing should be federal and uniform.
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Senate
Washington
Apt
Congress
Cilies
Air Transport Association
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Evansville
Tnd
Senate Commerce Committee
Transportation Department
Edward Ory dies at 86 pioneer jazz trombonist
UPI reports Edward Kid Ory a legendary New Orleans trombonist and early Dixieland innovator died after two months of pneumonia at age 86. He mentored Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton early in his 70 year career, led bands from Storyville wagons to clubs coast to coast, and owned On The Levee in San Francisco before later moving to Los Angeles.
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Storyville
New Orleans
Vie
Buddy Bolden
Jazamen
Ory
Bolden
Slide
Armstrong
Joe “King
Oliver
Louis
Jazz
Chicago
Los Angeles
Armstrong, Oliver
Jelly Ball Mortar
San Francisco
Levee
Hawaii
Cease-fire analysis questions lasting peace incentives
President Nixon announced an end to the Vietnam War without declaring victory. The accord aims for a ceasefire in place with a political structure for settlement and an international supervisory team. Incentives to enforce the pact include potential U.S. retaliation, variable military aid, and a major postwar reconstruction effort, plus four years of diplomacy to sway Beijing and Moscow.
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Eugene V. Risher
Washington
UPI
Nikon
America
Indochina
United States
Vietnam
Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
South
Gyp
Oth
U.S
Thailand
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Worth
Nixon
Handis
Ching
Soviet Union
Cost of living rises 3.4 percent in 1972
Government figures show Americans faced a 3.4 percent rise in consumer prices for 1972 with December up 0.3 percent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes wholesale food spikes ahead of January, while eggs, vegetables and rents drove December gains. overall earnings rose 6.2 percent in 1972, leaving purchasing power up 2.7 percent.
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Washington
AFI
White House
Herbert Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Stein
Nixon
Sion
Lady Sings the Blues and The Valachi Papers Holdovers
Cinema listings show Lady Sings the Blues held over with Diana Ross delivering music and pathos in a non musical portrayal of Billie Holiday. The Valachi Papers also remains on screen featuring Charles Bronson in a defining role amid a debate over its merit and Bronson’s talents.
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Diana Ross
Billie Jn Holiday
Lady Sings
Cinema 1
Billie Halliday
Lady Pay
Billie Noliday
Valachi
Charles Bronson
Joe Valachi
Bronson
Hollywood
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Spear
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