Armored Warfare Continues As Israeli Syrian Campaign Slows
Armored clashes intensified around the Suez Canal with Egypt claiming heavy losses for Israel in the central Bitter Lakes zone while Israel reported downing MiGs and helicopters. Syrian and Egyptian forces traded fire on multiple fronts as diplomatic efforts and oil cuts sought to end the war.
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Israel
Sinai
Haim Herzog
State Radio
David Elazar
Sinai Front
Suez Canal
Syria
Elazar
Egypt
Port Said
Decatur Young People’s Concert With Sam Timberlake
The Decatur Concert Association hosts a free 2:30 p.m. youth concert at Austin High School featuring baritone Sam Timberlake and the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Timberlake, a Decatur native and Auburn University music professor, has performed with major orchestras and opera companies and debuted with the New York City Opera in March as Marcello.
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Decatur Concert Association
Austin High School
Sam Timberlake
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Timberlake
Decatur High
Washington University
St.Louis
Auburn University
New York City Opera
National Metropolitan Opera
Alabama State Council On the Arts and Humanities
National Endowment For the Arts
Washington, D.C
Cecil Timberlake
Auburn
Atlanta
St. Louis
Winnipeg
Columbus
Milwaukee
Birmingham
Augustana College
Rock Island
Ill
Bach Society of St. Louis
Houston Grand Opera
Mississippi Opera Association
Decatur
Marcello
Odds Against Ford Congressional Bid
Rep. Gerald R. Ford faces long odds in turning vice presidency into a bridge between Congress and the White House. Despite 25 years on Capitol Hill and support from House and Senate, insiders doubt meaningful lobbying power in committees or on the floor. President Nixon argues Ford can work with both parties to advance key programs.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Congress
White House
Ford
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic Congress
Nixon
Hasse
Nobel Prize for Prof. Leontief in Economic Science
Harvard economist Wassily Leontief won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Economic Science for the input-output method and its application to key economic problems. The prize, worth 510 000 crowns, honors his development of a system illustrating interdependence in production and markets.
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Stockholm
Harvard
Wassily Leontief
Royal Academy of Science
Leontief
Leninrad
Russia
Berlin
Germany
China
United States
Central Bank of Sweden
Alfred Nobel
The
Royal Academy
J N Powell Sr 89 dies in Cullman nursing home
J N Powell Sr 89 father of Circuit Judge Newton B Powell and three local attorneys and grandfather of Rep Tom Drake died this morning in Cullman Nursing Home. Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. Moss Service Chapel with burial in Powells Chapel Cemetery. Powell taught school, was ordained a Methodist minister, practiced law from 1917 to 1955, and served pastorates in Cullman Morgan Walker counties.
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Jasper Newton
Butler) Powell Sr
Newton B. Powell
Cullman
Tom Drake
Cullman Nursing Home
Moss Service Chapel
Bill Alston
Powell
Gerald Drake
Powell's Chapel
Moss
Lacon
Morgan
Hartselle
Montevallo
J.N
Spaceman sightings spark towns in Alabama area
A Falkville officer reported sighting a spaceman and chased a creature in his patrol car while Decatur students described a flying saucer sighting. Hartselle residents reported outer space like lights and a Athens minister's wife and son saw an egg shaped glowing object. At Decatur General Hospital staff watched two bright objects near Mars. See HOWDY on Page A-8.
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Tommy Stevenson
Mars
Falkville
Decatur
Hartselle
Athens
Alabama
Decatur General Hospital
Jeff Greenhaw
United States and Soviet Union Seek Middle East Peace Link
Washington reports narrowed talks between the United States and the Soviet Union on tying a cease fire to a broader Arab-Israeli settlement. Kissinger and Dobrynin lead discussions with any agreement to go to the United Nations Security Council for ratification. Oil embargo moves by Kuwait add pressure for a U.S. stance change.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
U.S
Moscow
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Henry A. Kissinger
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
United Nations Security Council
Israel
The
Organization of Arab Petroleum
Oil cut ordered by King Faisal cuts global supply
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia ordered a 10 percent oil production reduction effective today, announced by Saudi state radio. Reports from Washington say Israeli jets clashed with Soviet and North Korean pilots over Egypt, per the Pentagon. Gunmen seized up to 60 hostages in Beirut after a two hour gun battle in the financial district. State Mental Health Commissioner Charles Aderholt resigned in Montgomery, Alabama as the Mental Health Board accepted.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Saudi
Washington
Egypt
Pentagon
Montgomery
Ala
Charles Aderholt
Mental Health Board
Dee-Siphan An
Alaska Annexation by U S seals transfer from Russia
On this date in 1867 the United States formally took possession of Alaska from Russia. The item appears amid other local notes and advertisements including weather figures and contact data for Tennessee Valley area services.
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United States
Alaska
Russia
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New York Times
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Damascus
Kuwait
United Nations
Young People’s
Prof
Nobel
J.N. Powell Sr
Howdy
Mideast
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