Town of 9 000 Loses 75 Percent of Buildings
Diyarbakir region in Turkey rocked by a 6.8 magnitude earthquake causing extensive damage in Lice and surrounding towns. Officials report about 1 300 dead, with hundreds more feared. rescue teams pull survivors from collapsed mud and brick homes as aftershocks hamper operations.
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Diyarbakir
Turkey
UPI
Lice
Turkish National Radio
Nazim Kemal Diniz
Urfa
Maras
Gaziantep
Hakkari
Adana
Van
Kayseri
Erzincan
Erzurum
Taurus
Ankara
Suleyman Demirel
Semih Sancar
Armed Forces
Seismological Institute
Uppsala
Sweden
No Evidence Of Conspiracy In Ford Attempt
Investigators found no evidence of any conspiracy in the Ly nette Fromme assassination attempt on President Ford. U S Attorney Duane Keys said the inquiry found Fromme acted on her own will and that no other person seemed to know her plans.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ford
Lynette
Squeaky
Fromme
U.S
Duane Keyes
Keyes
Miss Fromme
FBI
Manson
Sandra Good
Encephalitis Case Confirmed in Johnson County Iowa
Johnson County health director reports one confirmed human case of mosquito born encephalitis in the area. Four horse cases also noted. The patient is a University of Iowa graduate student hospitalized since Aug 22. The St Louis strain is usually milder and spray campaigns possible if an outbreak looms.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Lyle Fisher
Fisher
University of Iowa
St. Louis
Florida
Iown Department of Health
Miss New York Crowned Miss America 1976
Tawny Elaine Godin Miss New York was crowned Miss America 1976 in Atlantic City New Jersey. She is 5 feet 1014 inches tall and the tallest titleholder. First runner up was Susan Lawrence Miss North Carolina and second runner up Janet Jay Carr Miss California.
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Atlantic City
N.J
New York
Tawny Elaine Godin
North Carolina
Susan Lawrence
California
Janet Jay Carr
Ohio
Susan Kay Banks
Arizona
Stacey Petersen
MEES reports 1975 Middle East oil output falls in first half
MEES notes a 14 percent drop in first half 1975 Middle East oil output led by Saudi Arabia Iran Kuwait and Libya with Iraq an exception as Venezuela also records a 19 percent decline. OPEC price talks loom as production cuts and a potential price rise press market feelings.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Venezuela
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Abu Rudeis
Sinai
Middle East
Mees
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Kuwait
Libya
Iraq
Baghdad
Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons
U S Lifts Ban on Long Term Arms Sales to Israel
Israeli government sources say Washington lifted the ban on long term deals, with F 16 warplanes Lance ground to ground missiles and laser guided bombs among the arms involved. Negotiations have resumed and handling of requests shifted to Washington after the move. The change follows Kissinger brokered interim final agreement and a reassessment of Mid East policy.
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Israel
Washington
Mid-East
College Test Score Drop Biggest of Current Slide
The College Entrance Examination Board reports the 1975 high school graduates posted the largest SAT score decline since 1964 with verbal down 10 points to 434 and math down 8 to 472 on a 200-800 scale. Fewer superior scores and more below 400 accompany the drop, while women led test-taker numbers for the first time.
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New York
College Entrance Examination Board
Sam McCandless
Bernard McKenna
Nation
Cedar Rapids Consumers Seek Tactics Amid Inflation
The Cedar Rapids area sees varied responses to inflation with some delaying purchases while others take vacations. Recent CPI data show prices up 3.2 percent mid-April to mid-July and 11.6 percent over the last year. Spending power rose modestly due to tax changes, yet real purchasing power remains pressured.
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OPEC
Vienna
Saudi Arabia
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Labor Department
Iowa State Extension Service
Oil Stirs New International Storms Amid Calm Referenced
A concise analysis notes how oil, once a peacekeeper in global tensions, now inflames geopolitics with rival claims and strategic interests across regions, prompting renewed negotiations and heightened security concerns among nations.
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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