War clouds form as Middle East tensions rise
Riots in four West Bank towns accompanied Israeli mobilization rumors as Israel heightens Golan Heights readiness. Diplomatic note briefings reach Assad and Sadat while U N observers report increased air activity over the Golan Heights. Four Egyptian ships enter the Suez Canal for a non military passage. See WAR On Page A-3.
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Jordan
Middle East
Israel
Tel Aviv
Golan Heights
al Ahram
Washington
Dinitz
Kissinger
Syria
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Suez Canal
Port Said
Ismailia
Kurt
Tense Region Sees US UN Members Report Air Activity Over Golan Heights
United Nations observers reported increased air activity over the Golan Heights on the Israel Syria border on Saturday. Simultaneously violent demonstrations erupted in four Israeli-occupied West Bank towns Jenin Nablus Hashoul and Hebron.
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United Nations
Golan Heights
Israel
Syria
West Bank
Jenin
Nablus
Hashoul
Hebron
City Gas Shutoffs To Begin Dec Ist In Decatur Area
Natural gas will be cut off to 18 industrial customers in the Decatur area starting December 1, as the gas department cites a shortage from its supplier Alabama Tennessee Pipeline Co. and Tenneco Manufacturing Co. Several firms like 3M and Fruehauf have already been notified. Similar curtailments affect other north Alabama cities including Huntsville.
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Ginny Looney
Decatur
Garner Pride
Fruehauf
Gas Department
Pride
Alabama-Tennessee Pipeline Co
Tenneco Manufacturing Co
North Alabama
Tri-Cities
Huntsville
Alabama- Tennessee Co
Huntsville Utilities Co
Low Cost Want Ad for Ping Pong Table in Decatur Daily
William Powell lists a ping pong table for sale at 2211 11th St SE with a low cost Decatur Daily Want Ad. The notice promotes selling unused items and urges quick ads, offering 3 lines for 10 days at $4.50 and mentions open hours Friday and Saturday for the monthly edition.
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William Powell
11Th St
Decatur Daily
Ford Signals Openness to Tax Plan Change
In a Saturday interview President Ford said he would accept modifications to his 5 percent surtax proposal if offered. He also announced a quota system on beef and pork shipments from Canada citing unfair import restrictions on U.S. products.
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Camp David
Ford
Washington
Canada
U.S
President Ford Heads to Japan South Korea and USSR
President Ford departs for Japan and South Korea with a meeting in the Soviet Union to discuss arms race and Middle East tensions. Security tightens as organizers pledge peaceful protests, though radicals have already firebombed U S and Soviet embassies in Tokyo.
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Washington
Ford
Japan
South Korea
Soviet Union
Middle East
U.S
Dwight Eisenhower
Tokyo
Talks Halting on Coal Pact
United Mine Workers leaders delayed Saturday consideration of a new nationwide pact until next week, extending the coal strike into a third week. The bargaining council recessed to attend funeral services in Bessemer, Alabama, for union leader Sam Littlefield, shot in Washington while involved in a hotel room robbery. Public optimism is low that the tentative agreement will win council approval.
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Washington
United Mines Workers
UMW
Bargaining Council
Bessemer
Ala
Sam Littlefield
Littlefield
Sen
James Allen
D-Ala
Council Talk Progress
Mike Trbovich
Study finds ample imported industrial raw materials through century
A Ford administration study concludes the United States will have a sufficient supply of imported industrial raw materials from asbestos to zinc through the end of the century, mitigating a resource crisis like the oil shock. It cautions weaknesses in bauxite chromium and platinum, and hints at policies to bolster self sufficiency and possible shifts in international relations.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
Ford Administration
Hhas
United States
White House
Canada
Australia
Brazil
Rhodesia
South Africa
Europe
Japan
Slay Suspect Sought In Trooper Kidnap Near Perry
Florida trooper C E Campbell was abducted at gunpoint near Perry as authorities linked the suspect Paul John Knowles to three slayings, an attempted rape, and an earlier abduction. A manhunt spread into Georgia with warnings to Southeast agencies while investigators checked for a second captive.
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Florida
Perry
Wright
Campbell
Knowles
Gulf Coast
Charles E. Campbell
Fla
Ture
Georgia
Bradenton
FBI
Carswell Carr
Mandy
Milledgeville
Carr
West Palm Beach
Brewton
Ala
Jacksonville
Raiford
Nixon discusses Watergate at AP editors convention in Florida
In 1973 President Nixon defended himself against all charges of wrongdoing at the Associated Press managing editors convention in Florida. Quick weather notes place today in the mid-50s with low in the mid-40s and a high in the mid-60s expected Monday. Weather map and river page on D-2 accompany.
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Nixon
Associated Press Managing Editors
Florida
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