Virgin Islands seek disaster aid after floods and mudslides
Gov. Melvin Evans urged President Ford to declare St. Thomas and St. Croix disaster areas after floods and mudslides killed one person and caused millions in damage. An employee of the Water and Power Authority died by electrocution on St. Thomas, with St. Croix damages estimated at 3 to 4 million dollars. The National Guard was mobilized to prevent looting as airports closed and services failed.
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Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas
V.I
UPI
Melvin Evans
Ford
St. Croix
Evans
Virgin Islands
Free Port
National Guard
Puerto Rico
Bureau
Poisoning Strikes 125 After Church Supper in Connecticut
In Middletown Connecticut 125 people were sickened after a spaghetti and meatball dinner at St. Sebastian Church. Twenty six were hospitalized at Middlesex Memorial with salmonella poisoning and 99 treated and released. Health officials say cases tapering off and await culture results while residents were urged to test themselves with at home kits.
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Middletown
An Arab state that never was
Gerry Nadler traces the 1947 UN partition plan for Palestine into Arab and Jewish states and explains how the Arab state never formed. He details the 1948 Israeli declaration, the invasion by seven Arab nations, the 1949 truces, and the redrawing of borders with Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel. The piece notes mass Palestinian displacement, refugee camps, and the rise of Palestinian nationalism leading to Al Fatah and the PLO under Yasser Arafat.
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Gerry Nadler
United Press International
United Nations
U.N
Britain
League of Nations
Palestine
Israel
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Mediterranean
Transjordan
West Bank
Jordan River
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
Gaza
U.N. Relief and Works Agency
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Movement
Yasser Arafat
Fedayeen
Men of Conscience
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arafat
PLO
Middle East
NFO urges halt to protest slaughter until Congress acts
National Farm Organization head Oren Lee Staley urged farmers at a news conference to stop destroying calves and other excess animals in Wisconsin and Minnesota until Congress authorizes a $2 billion food surplus program. The plan would buy excess livestock and products for donation abroad, including pork and dairy, to aid starving populations while awaiting legislative action.
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Chicago
UPI
National Farm Organization
Congress
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Wisconsin
Minnesota
NFC
Staley
Commodity Credit Corp
Black nations hail South Africa ouster from UN general assembly
United Nations vote 91 to 22 bars South Africa from speaking or voting during the current session, prompting Pretoria to recall its ambassador and halt about 1 million dollars in annual contributions. Prime Minister Vorster denounces the move as illegal while African delegates cheer the decision.
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United Nations
UPI
South Africa
U.N. General Assembly
Pretoria
John Vorster
Johannesburg
Vorster
United Nation
Africa
Roelof Botha
United States
Britain
France
Security Council
Assembly
Southern Africa
Black African Nations
Salim A. Salim
Yard launches big search for Earl of Lucan
Scotland Yard has issued a worldwide arrest order for the seventh Earl of Lucan suspected in the killing of Sandra Revitt and the attempted murder of his estranged wife Lady Lucan. Detective Chief Superintendent Roy Rawson said forces worldwide should arrest Lucan on sight as the man may have died by his own hand. The hunt focuses on the United States and France after the Earl vanished last Thursday following the death at the home of his wife.
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London
UPI
Scotland Yard
Earl of Lucan
Roy Ranson
Lucan
United States
France
Sandra Revitt
Rawson
Lady Lucan
Nixon may leave hospital soon as blood pressure improves
Long Beach California UPI reports that Richard Nixon could be sent home to San Clemente later this week if his lung symptoms clear. Dr. John Lungren notes labile hypertension with blood pressure rising under stress, though Nixon’s normal range is about 120 over 70. Nixon's doctors and Judge Sirica plan further medical review to determine his ability to testify in the Watergate trial.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Richard Nixon
San Clemente
John Lungren
Lungren
Nixon
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Pat
John Sirica
Washington
Warrants expected soon in bakery murders
In New Britain Connecticut authorities prepare to issue bench warrants for the Donna Lee Bakery murders, as a mass murder case tests the state death penalty law enacted in 1971. Police continue to collect affidavits and search for weapons including a 9 mm pistol and shotgun used in the slayings.
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New Britain, Conn
UPI
New Britain
Donna Lee
United Press International
Connecticut
Silver Lake
Berlin
John Salerni
Voters of District 4-1 Thanks for Election Support
A brief note thanks District 4-1 voters for support in last Tuesday's election and pledges to serve as their representative to the legislature to the best of the speaker's ability.
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Main St
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New York Times News Service
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