Ferryboat Burns In Adriatic Sea
A ferry carrying about 920 passengers and 115 crew on a Patras to Ancona run caught fire in the Adriatic and abandoned itself offshore near Brindisi. At least 30 people perished with 850 to 870 survivors rescued. many injured. Survivors describe terror as flames and lifeboats failed.
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Greece
Col
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Taranto
Heleanna
Athens
Patras
Corfu
Ancona
Michel Benoit
Monopoli
Here
Maddalena Toscano
Milan
District 412 Sets School Start Times For Week
The district announces Monday start for all schools with Senior High from 8:05 to 3:05, Junior High 8:15 to 2:45 plus activity to 3:15, Elementary 8:30 to 3:30, no half days this year, Kindergarten on split schedule this week then regular after Labor Day with morning and afternoon shifts.
Support Asked of Sheriffs in Kansas on SB 213
In LaCrosse Kansas a Kansas Sheriffs Association spokesman urged 40 western Kansas sheriffs to back Senate Bill 213 to raise sheriff qualifications. The proposal calls for law enforcement training high school education and a no felon record for sheriffs similar to other elected offices but not the judiciary.
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Lacrosse
Kan
Kansas Sheriff's Association
Kansas
Lee Hornbaker
Sheriff's Association
Humboldt Man Electrocuted in Oil Field Accident
Darrell L. Krokstrom 24, of Humboldt died Friday when a pipe rubbed against a 440 volt line while workers pulled pipe at an oil lease near Savonburg. He was born August 25 1947 in Elsmore and married Jolene Coldwell in Humboldt June 11 1966. He is survived by his wife a son Michael his mother Pauline Krokstrom Elsmore and grandmother Lela Brooks. Funeral at Elsmore Methodist Church Monday at 2 p.m. Interment Elsmore Cemetery under Price Funeral Home guidance.
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Darrell L. Krokstrom
Savonburg
Elsmore
Krokstrom
George Hoffman Oil Company
Henderson
Ross Wade
Allen County
Jolene Coldwell
Michael
Pauline Krokstrom
Lela Brooks
Elsmore Methodist Church
Elsmore Cemetery
Price Funeral Home
Mao Charts China Future Based On New Economic Plan
Bruce McFarlane argues Mao Tse-tung pursues a coastal industrial buildup, reverses Soviet priorities, and favors millet plus rifles over heavy arms. An agrarian socialist path aims to boost jobs while reducing reliance on military expenditure, signaling a China less threatened by the United States and Russia. A Yugoslav-like workers self management approach may influence policy.
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Red China
Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Bruce McFarlane
Monthly
Innovation
Kremlin
McFarlane
Peking
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
U.S.A
Anshan
Doria Weakens After Coastal Storm Presses North
The tropical storm Doria weakened as it moved through New York New Jersey and Connecticut with heavy rains and damage. Wind gusts reached 75 mph in Bridgeport and 70 mph on the New Jersey shore while trees fell and power lines were toppled. By midmorning Connecticut reported the storm centered west of the state and officials urged residents to stay indoors as conditions eased.
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Associated Press
Doria
Seaboard
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
National Weather Service
Maryland
Maine
North Carolina
Virginia
Bridgeport
Conn
Weather Summary Forecast for Sunday Near 90 Degrees
Partly cloudy with little change in temperatures. Low tonight near 60 and a high Sunday near 90. Temperature today 73 at 10 a.m. Highest on this date 1913 and lowest 1911. Humidity and barometer readings noted with sunrise and sunset times.
Yen Surges On Floating Move Amid Global Market Shifts
The yen jumped 5.19 percent after Japan allowed it to float, while Britain restricted pound investments to curb speculators. The Nixon administration signaled possible frozen pay hikes, and Vietnam advisers rushed to talks to avert a Oct. 3 election crisis. My Lai inquiry at Fort Meade drags through court martial debate.
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London
Britain
Tokyo
Washington
Japan
Nixon
Medina Murder Trial Recessed Over Key Government Issues
The murder trial of Capt. Ernest Medina is recessed until September 8 as the government resolves two pivotal issues outside the courtroom.
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FT. McPherson
Ernest Medina
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha in Politics
Intercepted letter notes that anyone in politics is apt to lose his shirt sometime or other, with the author signing Yours.
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Cha
Parents Take Charge to Avoid Switch in Schools
About 300 primarily black non Catholic parents seized control of St. Charles Borromeo School Newark to prevent its closure and to keep their children from transferring to public schools. They formed a fund drive targeting 125000, won access to financial reports, ability to hire teachers, and operating control under a parish agreement.
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Newark, NJ
St. Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic School
St. Charles
Save the
Newark
Eloise Foster
St. Peter's
Washington
Chancery
Diocesan School Board
Thomas Boland
Question from caller on Sally Jessy show features Harris wife
A caller on a Florida broadcast asked where his extra shirt while Sen. Fred Harris's wife assured him he would find it in the hotel room closet. Harris, on a Florida tour for the Democratic presidential bid, participated via phone as the show aired.
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Miami, Fla
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Florida
Colombo Shot Wounded Boss Leaves Hospital After Recovery
Joseph A. Colombo, reputed Colombo family head, was moved from Roosevelt Hospital two months after a head wound. He cannot talk but can stand with help, following a gradual recovery since the June 28 attack that occurred during an Italian American Civil Rights League rally. the assailant was killed.
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New York
Joseph A. Colombo
Colombo
Roosevelt Hospital
Civil Rights League
Miss Black America Joy Warner Crowned At Madison Square Garden
Joyce Warner, a 20 year old psychology senior from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, won Miss Black America at Madison Square Garden amid tears. She previously held the Miss Black Florida title and thanked supporters while pledging to live up to expectations.
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New York
Joyce Warner
Florida A&m University
Tallahassee, Fla
Florida
Madison Square Garden
Miss Warner
Methodist board backs Wesley Medical Center abortion policy
The Kansas West Conference Christian Social Concerns board in Wichita unanimously endorsed Wesley Medical Center's policy to provide legal medical abortions. The group urged safe sterile abortion services to meet moral responsibility amid global population concerns.
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Wichita, Kan
Wesley Medical Center
Kansas West Conference
The
United Methodist Church
Board of Christian Social Concerns
Wichita
Inter-denominational group buys Radisson for Wichita retirement home
Defenders of the Christian Faith a Kansas City based evangelical group, completed acquisition of the 319 room Radisson hotel in Wichita. The purchase follows a two week closure for financial reasons by Radisson Hotels Inc. after over five years of attempting to open a private senior citizens home.
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Wichita
Radisson Hotel
Defenders of the Christian Faith
America
Radisson Hotels, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
Music Gift by Maurice Gusman to University of Miami
Maurice Gusman, an 84 year old financier with rubber and real estate wealth, buys the University of Miami a one million dollar concert hall. He says he knows little about music but enjoys meeting experts and values the people who know music. He adds that giving money is not important once he has enough to live on.
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Miami
Maurice Gusman
University of Miami
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