Red Sea politics and strategy in Somali hostage case
UPI analysis details how the Mogadishu ambush of Ambassador Jean Gueury ties to Red Sea access, Suez Canal use, and the broader Cold War struggle. It notes Djibouti and Berbera as key ports, Somali and South Yemen Soviet military expansion, and regional cleavages between Afars and Issas amid Franco-Somali tensions.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
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Indian Ocean
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Persian Gulf
Europe
Jean Gueury
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Afars
Tisas
African Horn
Berbera
South Yemen
Aden
Africa
Ethiopia
Kenya
France
Gueury
Front For the
Blizzard shuts Chicago area and halts travel
A April blizzard paralyzed Chicago as streets emptied and O'Hare airport shut down for hours. Eight people died, many stranded after heart attacks while shoveling or sheltering. Schools closed, expressways jammed, and hundreds of cars abandoned. The storm also dumped up to 18 inches across the Midwest with record cold following.
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UPI
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Kansas City
Indianapolis
Skokie
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Midwest
Nebraska
Michigan
Rockies
Midlands
Upper Midwest
Northern Plains
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N.D
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Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
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Ford's golf game improving in Palm Springs
President Ford's golf game is improving with daily practice during his Palm Springs vacation. He shot a 6 on Wednesday, the best round since he began his vacation Saturday night, and a golfing companion said he was mighty happy.
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Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
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Fischer stripped of chess title by federation
The International Chess Federation stripped Bobby Fischer of the world championship and awarded the title to Anatoly Karpov after Fischer refused to play on federation terms. Euwe declared Karpov world champion for 1975 as deadlines passed without Fischer moving to compete.
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Amsterdam
UPI
International Chess Federation Today
Bobby Fischer
Anatoly Karpov
Soviet Union
Karpov
Fischer
Federation
Max Euwe
Euwe
Alexander Alekhine
Bowe
Chess Federation
Grand Island to revise HUD funding request
Grand Island will resubmit its Housing and Urban Development discretionary funding request after a rejection. Steve Siebold, director of the community development agency, says the city will seek a reduced grant of 200000 to 300000 dollars, noting Grand Island’s baseline HUD funding is 914000 dollars. He explains HUD’s process compares many applications as part of a competitive pot.
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UPI
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Steve Siebold
Community Development Agency
HUD
Siebold
Public Sessions On Family Problem Solving In Albion
Dr. Stanley Reiss and a social worker from Norfolk Regional Center will lead daytime sessions at Zion Lutheran Church Albion on April 12. The program aims to help parents and children communicate better through public discussions and activities.
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Albion
Stanley Reiss
Norfolk Regional Center
Zion-Lutheran Church
Nebraska Supreme Court Decisions Declares Drainage District Law Constitutional
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled the 1910 law allowing special elections for drainage district board members constitutional, despite claims the 1911 provisions were inserted into the wrong statute. It also allowed Lindsey to be tried in Sarpy or Douglas counties due to the boundary street on Harrison. The court affirmed embezzlement and burglary verdicts, upheld damages exclusions, and ruled on several other cases including habitual criminal status and wrongful death outcomes.
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UPI
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High Court
Kearney County
Lost Creek
Walter C. Lindsey
Sarpy
Lindsey
Lavista
Douglas County
Supreme Court
Harrison Street
Douglas
Harrison
Supreme Yurt
Lancaster County District Court
Richard &. Fowler
Thurston County District Court
Blanche Smith
Warren Vavra
Linda Vavra
Betty
Ricardo Sincarrale
Buffalo County District Court
Joyce Hastings Coud
Emergency plan saves Rock Island commuter service
Federal judge approves an $840,000 emergency grant from the Regional Transportation Authority to the bankrupt Rock Island Railroad to keep Chicago area commuter trains running. Judge Frank J. McGarr cleared the plan, already approved by the RTA board, to maintain service if freight operations halt. The action arises in Rock Island bankruptcy proceedings.
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UPI
Regional Transportation Authority
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
U. S. District Court
Frank J. McGarr
RTA
McGarr
Rock Island
Blockade of ports called off by English Scottish fishermen
Fishermen in England and Scotland ended a weeklong blockade that closed nearly all ports to protest cheap imported fish. They won a pledge from Scotland office undersecretary Hugh Brown to hold meetings on revising the Common Market fisheries policy and extending inshore fishing limits from 12 to 50 miles.
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London
UPI
England
Scotland
Hugh Brown
World hunger theme guides 14th LCA Nebraska Synod convention
The 14th annual Nebraska Synod of the Lutheran Church in America convention will run April 28 to 30 at Morning Star Lutheran Church Omaha with the theme Hungering and thirsting. Speakers include Dr. Robert Marshall and Dr. Robert Stackel of New York and Dr. Hugh George Anderson of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary. Youth Kongo events run April 27, with a 24 hour fast on April 29.
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Nebraska Synod of the
Lutheran Church In America
Morning Star Lutheran Church
Omaha
Robert Marshall
New York
Robert W. Stackel
LCA
Hugh George Anderson
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
Columbia
Schuyler Chamber Board Updates Bicentennial Plans
The Schuyler Chamber of Commerce Board held its weekly meeting Friday with 109 members. Membership deadline nears as the group discusses Bicentennial plans and a future meeting with Joseph F. Blazek, Colfax County Bicentennial chairman.
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Schuyler Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Joseph F. Blazek
Colfax County
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