Guatemalan Earthquake Toll Reaches Three Thousand
Relief teams rushed food and medical aid as the death toll climbed to 3000 and doctors treated gravely injured in makeshift tents. Bulldozers sealed mass graves while authorities work to rescue survivors from rubble and restore services in Guatemala City and outlying towns.
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Jose Alvarado
Guatemala City
General Hospital
Cesar Solis
Chanute revises master plan to city limits only
Chanute city planners revise the Comprehensive Master Plan 1975 1995 land use element by deleting references to a three mile outside area. The commission adopts the citywide plan amid strong opposition and threats from farmers and rural homeowners, while promising study groups to evaluate outside area zoning feasibility.
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John Brooks Chanute
City Planning Commission
Three Mile
Cliff Dobson
Commission
Planning Commission
Chanute
John Litchenberg
Dobson
al Jones
Jones
Weather Area Forecast Improves Tonight and Saturday
Decreasing cloudiness tonight brings lows from 5 to 10 degrees. Saturday turns mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph this afternoon and tonight.
KU Students’ Bodies Flown Home From Ireland Tragedy
Two University of Kansas students Richard Mathis and Edward Moll who vanished while studying off Inishbofin island were found dead in 12 feet of water. Fishermen recovered their bodies near The Stag offshore area. An inquest will be held in Galway City as authorities review the accident.
Chanute arrests in string of burglaries and vandalism
Police say Eddie Stout 18 and a juvenile were arrested after a Chanute investigation into car and store vandalism and multiple burglaries. Stout admits to burglaries at G W Tractor Custom Covers and Brazil Grain Storage and to vandalism valued around 6000 dollars with three pellet pistols used. Authorities plan theft and burglary charges today and file a juvenile petition on the same offenses.
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Eddie Stout
Radford
Lige Matlock
Stout
G&w Tractor Company
W. 21St Street
Brazil
Campaign campaigns as candidates target early contests
Ronald Reagan turns 65 and heads to New Hampshire then North Carolina for the March 23 primary while Hubert Humphrey, 64, lingers as a possible contender. Ford campaigns in New Hampshire after Michigan stop. Maine Democrats favor Carter as Oklahoma auctions volatile caucuses loom. Wallace climbs with funds, Udall calls for broad amnesty for draft resisters.
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United Press International
Ronald Reagan
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Reagan
Oval Office
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Ford
Michigan
Maine
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Near East
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Salt of the earth clash ends in city battles
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Grain deal seen as partial fix for world price swings
An economist told Congress that the Soviet American five year grain pact of 6 8 million tons annually is only a partial solution to volatile world prices driven by irregular Soviet purchases. Critics warn the Soviets could still skew markets by buying from other exporters. Experts discuss satellite based crop data to inform a global agricultural information system while stressing security to prevent market manipulation.
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UPI
Congress
Earl L. Butz
Russia
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Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
United States
U.S
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Soviet Union
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Archibald Park
Earth Satellite Corporation
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