Swallows, Martins, and Capistrano Comparisons Stir Reader Letter
A reader letter from J L Kitchens of Tulsa comments on purple martins and swallows. He notes martins migrate to California for winter and raise young in old buildings, contrasts them with barn swallows, and references Capistrano lore as context for his view on birds and feeders.
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Tulsa
Okla
Trano
Calif
California
America
Capistrano
St Ceast
Rivere
Death sentence upheld for Charles Neal in Arkansas
The Arkansas Supreme Court today affirmed the death sentence for Charles Neal of Little Rock for the 1974 Wakefield Self Service Station killing. Neal, about 20, was convicted of capital felony murder after fellow attendant John David Fields was shot seven times.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court Today
Charles Neal
Neal
U.S. Supreme Court
State Court
Collins
U.S. Court
John David Fields
Wakefield Self Service
Plane crash death toll hits 562 in Canary Islands collision
The Spanish air ministry confirmed 562 dead in the Pan American and KLM jumbo jet crash near Santa Cruz de Tenerife with 72 survivors all from the Pan American flight. Conflicting reports said miscommunication or runway confusion sparked the collision as investigators review evidence.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Canary Islands
James Naik
Cupertino
Calif
Cifra
Pan American
Victor Grubb
Centerport
N.Y
New York
U.S
KLM
Grubb
Santa Cruz General Hospital
Roland Brusco Jr
Longview
Wash
Brusco
Portland Oregonian
Clinton area floods trigger evacuations and livestock losses
Flood waters swept through Clinton in Van Buren County with about 300 head of cattle killed and ten families evacuated as water depths reached several feet in homes and stores. Boats navigated Main Street while responders warned of the worst flood in twenty years and rain totals topped seven inches locally.
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Associated Press
Clinton
van Buren County
Sherif
Gus Anglin
Anglin
Sheriff's Office
Bell accused of overcharging users in Senate hearings
A Bell System overcharges claim was made in testimony prepared for a Senate Communications subcommittee. Edwin Stievack said Bell prices terminal equipment below cost, forcing residential customers to subsidize business services by about 2.25 billion dollars annually, undermining competition.
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Washington
Bell System
Senate Communications Subcommittee
Edwin Stievack
North American ™---Hane Association
Stievack
Bell
Federal Communications Commission
New York
Public Service Commission
New York Commission
FCC
Filmland Awards Show Promises Star Studded Oscar Night
Los Angeles AP report on the Academy Awards ceremony at the Music Center telecast by ABC. Nominees include Peter Finch Sylvester Stallone Barbra Streisand and Robert DeNiro with battles over best actor and best picture. Performers include Ann Margret Ben Vereen Tom Jones and Lea Vivante. The event runs about two and a half hours with possible extensions.
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Music Center
ABC
Peter Finch
Academy
Sylvester Stallone
Philadelphia
Stallone
Rocky
George C. Scott
Marlon Brando
Laurence Olivier
Robert DeNiro
William Friedkin
Ann-Margret
Red Skelton
Pandro S. Berman
Irving Thalberg
Barbra Streisand
Ben Vereen
Tom Jones
Eddie Albert
Lea Vivante
Bound For Glory
Network
DeNiro
Finch
William Holden
Giancarlo Giannini
Flames engulf two planes in Las Palmas collision
Clara Anderson of Seattle and Marion Anderson of San Diego describe a Pan American Boeing 747 and a KLM 747 colliding on the runway at Las Palmas. Passengers crawled through debris as flames and explosions filled the cabins.
Four rescued from water and trees after hours of flooding
In a flooding incident four people were saved from water and trees after more than three hours with no injuries reported. In a separate flood event in Clinton in Van Buren County deputies evacuated about ten families as floodwaters cover downtown streets three feet deep in spots.
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Russellville
Pope County
Mills Creek
National Weather Service
Weather Service
White River
Batesville
Black River
Black Rock
Buffalo River
Gilbert
Saline
Benton
Associated Press
van Buren County
Gus Anglin
Red River navigation project hinges on Army secretary
Six Louisiana congressmen and about 600 people urged the Army secretary to back the 4.2 million Red River project to allow barge navigation from the Mississippi to Shreveport. Opposed by two voices, the hearing’s summary goes to the Army for a Carter administration decision by April 15. Rep Waggonner said he has enough votes to override a president if needed.
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Shreveport, la
Louisiana
Secretary of the Army
Red River
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Shreveport
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Army
Joe Waggonner
Tl of Representatives
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Swallow Wise
Martin
Bob Keaton
Keaton
Ceptance
J.L. Kitchens
St. Sa
Carl Albert Collins
John Hackette
Nashville
Tenn
Joan Jackson
Pan Am
Hope
Ark
Jim Harris
APCO
East Third Street
L.P. Walker
Walker
Prescott
Filmland
Los Angeles
Times
Las Palmas
Clara Anderson
Seattle
Marion Anderson
San
Noble Johnson
Hope Realty
Johnson
North Walnut Street
East Avenue A
Edmond McKinney
Rosston
Office of Emergency
Conway
Sai
Archie
Red River Project
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