Ancient stone may prove Jews preceded Columbus
A stone found in a Bat Creek burial mound in Tennessee may prove a Jewish settlement in the Americas a thousand years before Columbus. Discovered in 1885 by a Smithsonian team, the inscription translated by Dr. Cyrus H. Gordon reads for the land of Judah, suggesting Jewish migration from the Near East to escape Roman defeat in 70 and 135 AD.
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UPI
Bat Creek
Tenn
Smithsonian Institution
Cyrus H. Gordon
Brandeis University
Canaan
Land of
Judah
Near East
Rome
Gordon
Tennessee
Lewisville
Hopkinsville
Clay City
Ken
TWA cancels all domestic flights
Trans World Airlines halted all domestic services after a 5,400 member stewardess and steward walkout. Only about 20 international flights would run with supervisory staff while talks continued at National Mediation Board. Picket lines formed at major terminals as union demands for higher wages, better benefits, and working conditions were aired.
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UPI
Trans World Airlines
Transport Workers Union
TWA
F. C. Wiser
National Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
Margo Whyte
Airline Pilots Association
International Association of Machinists
Glider Missing in White Mountains Search Expanded
Civil Air Patrol planes scoured the White Mountains from Mt Chocura to Maine for a missing manned glider piloted by Herbert Jason of Westport Connecticut. The 40 to 50 foot wing span Schweitzer 123 glider carried no radio and was last seen near Kearsage and Cranmore mountains. The 1,600 square mile search area stretched from Conway to Baldface Mountain and into western Maine as cold nights but no snow were reported.
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North Conway
N.H
UPI
Civil Air Patrol
White Mountains
Mt. Chocura
Maine
Air Search and Rescue Center
Robins
Herbert Jason
Westport
Conn
White Mountain
White Mountain Soaring Association
New Hampshire
Kearsage
Cranmore Mountains
Jason
Air Search Center
Prouty accuses Hoff of false truancy statistics in Vermont race
UPI reports Sen. Winston Prouty calls Hoff’s claim that he missed 83 percent of committee meetings false and demands Hoff reveal his sources. Prouty withholds his own figures pending Hoff’s reply. Hoff counters fuel price hike concerns and urges White House action. In separate item, Vermont study proposes a fee based on cleanup costs under the 1970 Water Pollution Control Law.
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Hoff
Prouty
New England
Humble Oil Corp
White House
Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
John Wilkinson
Arthur D. Little Co
Cambridge
Mass
Water Resources Department
Wilkinson
Fire destroys large frame building in STEPHENTOWN
More than 100 firemen from STEPHENTOWN Hancock Mass and Berlin contained a blaze in the town center. Residents say several fires may be suspicious. a man was seen near the burned building minutes before. Eleven firefighters suffered smoke inhalation. cause undetermined.
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Stephentown
Hancock
Mass
Berlin
Billboards Stolen After Planning Board Ruling
Republican candidate signs measuring seven by three feet were reported stolen from Housatonic selectman Henry Piekos front lawn. The Lee Planning Board had alleged permit violations, but selectmen allowed signs to stay until after the election as an exception to permits. Piekos hopes to recover the signs. if not, he plans to erect new ones.
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Housatonic
Henry Piekos
Te Lee Planning Board
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Piekos
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Canada
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Albany
Rotterdam
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Heartwellville
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