Fancy Tom Wince built prayer room at Mississippi nightclub
In Vicksburg Mississippi Tom Wince, longtime nightclub owner of the Blue Room and later the Barrel Club, details leaving cotton farming behind to run a popular venue with a prayer room and stained glass. He recalls hosting stars like Louis Armstrong and Ray Charles, and says the idea came from a sudden inspiration during bar work.
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Wilce
Wince
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Ue Lite
Pye
Blue Room
Witee
Vicksburg
Ray Charles
Fats
Doxtito
Dinah Washington
Lionel Hampon
BB. King
Little Milton
Vince
Kuwaiti commandos storm MEA plane hijack scene
Kuwaiti commandos disguised as airline workers stormed a Middle East Airlines jet and overpowered a wheelchair bound hijacker identified as Nasser Mohammed Khaled. They freed 110 passengers amid negotiations over a ransom demanded for medical treatment. Authorities said the hijacker is partly paralyzed from Lebanon civil war wounds and sought money from Kuwait Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
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Edwait
UPL
Middle East Airlines
Kuwshi
Interial
Defense
Sarikh Saad al Abdullah
Nasser Mohammed Khale
Ruwait
Shaikh Sand
Suport
Beirut
Lebanon
Kuwait
Sheikh Saad
Iraq
United Arab Emirates
al Seyassah
Israel Quietly Marks Second Anniversary of Six Day War
Arabs mark the second anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War with calls for renewed preparations. In Israel the anniversary passed quietly amid tense Arab-Israeli tensions after Likud's rise to power. Leaders reference past wars and the possibility of further conflict, while observers note ongoing occupation and stalled peace efforts.
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Israel
United Press
Middle East
Likud
Menahem Begin
Sinai Peninsula
Egypt
Golan Heights
Syria
West Bank
Jordan
Abu Dhabi
Aince
UPI
Richard C. Grows
Nablus
Madina al Munawarah
al Wihadah
Babrin
Axhbar AL. Khaleej
Sharks leave Texas coast after large invasion
The Texas Gulf Coast near Padre Island saw thousands of sharks feeding near beaches for three days, making swimming dangerous. By Saturday most sharks had departed to cooler depths of the Gulf of Mexico, with park rangers reporting only a few sightings and no injuries. Public interest faded as visitors returned and vacancies rose in local motels.
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Texas Gulf Coast
Padre Island
Gulf of Mexico
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