Lucille Ball to be first woman Friars Club life achievement honoree
Beverly Hills announced that Lucille Ball will receive the Friars Club life achievement award becoming the first woman to earn the honor. She will be toasted at a November 4 banquet with Milton Berle hosting. The award cites her contributions to entertainment and television. Danny Kaye also received Rotary International’s Paul Harris Fellow Award in San Francisco for his UNICEF work during Rotary’s 68th convention.
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Dutch hostages endure long siege as talks stall
Dutch hostages in a hijacked train and a nearby elementary school reach their 16th day under South Moluccan gunmen. Government crisis center says no progress in talks while officials consider further mediation and the public learns of the tense standoff with revelations of a hostage named as a key participant.
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Gourmet food for Fidel aims to please Castro in Cuba
A Minnesota driven gourmet food shipment bound for Cuba seeks to please Fidel Castro after he missed a banquet. The Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce organized a dozen meals prepared by Warn Wright at the Radisson Hotel. The cargo includes filet mignon, walleye, turkey, ham, sausages, wild rice, and cheeses aboard nine chartered planes.
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Coast Guard searches for nine lost in boat mishap
Nine passengers remain missing after the Dixie Lee I capsized in heavy Chesapeake Bay seas during a February storm near Tidewater Virginia. Fourteen were rescued, with at least four confirmed dead, including the boat’s captain. Surviving crews and authorities scoured by air and water as gusts neared 98 mph toppled piers and caused widespread damage in Norfolk and Newport News.
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Line cancels Cuba cruises after threats
New York based Carras Cruises canceled the final voyage to Cuba citing threats against its luxury liner MTS. The threats surfaced Friday night but the ship sailed from New Orleans over the weekend before authorities reviewed safety. President and chief executive Hichand Revnes did not specify the threat nature.
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McNairkin kin death linked to Las Vegas case
In Las Vegas Nevada authorities report Singer Harbara McNair's mother in law was found dead in the same house where Harbara's husband was shot six months earlier. Police say she showed signs of despondence and died likely of natural causes, while an autopsy was ordered. Rick Manze, 96, was shot in his dressing room on December 14 in a murder tied to Chicago mob figures slain in July 1974.
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Vandalia girl wins regional spelling bee title
Jana Schroeder a 14 year old from Vandalia wins the Boynton Regional Spelling Bee in a three year effort by her family. Her mother notes the reward includes a hoped for letter from the First Lady and a trip prize that would aid Jana who is blind. Jana spoke of nerve control and listening to unfamiliar words as her drill method while her family preserves study tapes and treasures.
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Hanafi jury to be sequestered in landmark case
Twenty four local residents paid for a seat in a special court process. The Hanafi murder and kidnapping trial jurors and 12 alternates will be locked in nightly secluded from the outside world. They will have censored newspapers and monitored TV and limited family contact until verdict, expected in six to twelve weeks.
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U S to test big magnet in Soviet Union
United States will fly a 14 foot long superconducting magnet to Moscow to test in a Soviet MHD generator at the Soviet Institute. The ERDA unit, built for cooperative energy research since 1973, will operate for about one year under Soviet supervision with monitoring by American engineers. The test aims to assess high efficiency and reduced pollution, with findings shared by both nations.
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Snake handler to return to pits after rattlesnake bite
GALVESTON TEXAS Sea Arama Marine World said snake handler Gane Ogle will be back in the pits in a couple of weeks after a Western diamondback bit him on May 20. Ogle, 42, who has long staged live snake performances, was in guarded condition but is recovering and expected to resume handling snakes, noting the bite was his first in two years and the first time he has been bitten.
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