Secret treaty with Creek Indians found in Louisiana archives
Historians uncovered a 1790 secret peace terms treaty between the United States and the Creek Nation. The faded parchment bears signatures of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and is linked to Alexander McGillivary through ownership and later court filing. Researchers urge cautious authentication as part of early federal Indian diplomacy records.
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New Orleans
UPI
Louisiana Supreme Court
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
United States
New York
Thomas D. Watson
McNeese State
Watson
Alexander McGillivary
McGillivary
Washington
Henry Knox
Library of Congress
National Archives
Jefferson
Knox
Kelley optimistic on terrorism at GOP convention
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley says he does not expect terrorists to disrupt the Republican presidential convention in August. He told KMBC in a five part interview that evidence supports a slim chance of disturbances, but the FBI would monitor the situation and keep its intelligence ears open.
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Kansas City
UPI
FBI
Clarence M. Kelley
Kelley
Larry Moore
KMBC
Aerosol Can Factory Hit By Explosions In Elkhart
A blast and fire at Accra Pac Co in a southeast Elkhart industrial park injured about 36 people and caused roughly 1 million dollars in damages. Firemen searched for missing workers Gail Pernell 23 and custodian Gerald Shoemaker as darkness halted work and temperatures dropped.
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Elkhart, Ind
UPI
Accra
Gail Pernell
Gerald Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Fort Wayne
Indiana-Michigan
South Bend
Ind
State of Union programs spark TV scheduling chaos
UPI reports two versions of the State of the Union set for January 19 and 21, forcing networks ABC CBS and NBC to juggle primetime lineups including The Macahans pilot and Muskie rebuttal with mixed scheduling and specials across the three outlets amid a presidential year.
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New York
UPI
State of Union
Gerald Ford
Edmund Muskie
Ford
Congress
Democratic Party
Maine
State of the Union
ABC
Eva Marie Saint
Richard Kiley
Virginia
ABC Brass
Arness
CBS
Former ambassador confirms 1963 Cuban missile raid attempt
William Pawley a former U S ambassador to Brazil and Peru says in Miami he led a yacht raid toward Cuba in 1963 to spirit two Soviet missile technicians off the island. Richard Billings a Life magazine reporter says he joined the expedition with CIA agents and Cuban exiles. the raiders disappeared and details remain disputed.
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Washington
UPI
William Pawley
U.S
Pawley
CIA
John Martino
City Magazine
San Francisco
Billings
Life
U.S. News and World Report Magazine
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