Optimism at Wounded Knee as Disarmament Pact Signed
Negotiators from the government and Indian militants report optimism that the 69 day Wounded Knee occupation will end this week after a disarmament pact is signed. The deal requires surrender of weapons and nonresidents to leave by 9 a.m. Wednesday, with an April 5 agreement to review civil rights complaints and audit Pine Ridge tribal funds. AIM warns of future takeovers if reservations governance remains, while government officials say they have learned from the siege and aim to resolve the standoff.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Pine Ridge
Rain Dampens Cotton Carnival in Memphis 1973
Rain slowed the Cotton Carnival in Memphis as carnival royalty missed the river parade due to high Mississippi levels. Monarchs and court attended a band shell event, no waterfront fireworks, and the Blue Angels performed at the Memphis Naval Air Base. The Mississippi was forecast to crest around 40.1 feet, over flood stage, marking a second such crest this year.
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Mississippi
Cotton
Navy
Blue Angel
Memphis Naval Air Base
National Weather Service
Memphis
North Little Rock
Memphis, Tenn
Pulaski County
Sheriff's Department
Russell Dolan
Camp Robinson
R.A. Culpepper
Sylvan Hills
Culpepper
First Symptom Often Death Heart Attacks Kill One in Four
Dear reader your personal story reflects a national truth one in four deaths are from heart attacks. Atherosclerosis blocks arteries including legs and heart ECGs can be normal before attack. Myocardial infarction causes death. cardiac arrest ends pumping action.
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Dr. Lamb
United States
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Gift certificate fiasco at a New York shop
Joy Stilley recalls a $10 office party gift certificate she won from her husband. She wastes time chasing impractical luxuries, loses the certificate, then spends $16.05 on a bottle of perfume after a store scrip refund, ending with a costly but fragrant consolation.
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Joy Stilley
New York
Flood Warning Issued for Six Counties in Arkansas Mississippi
The National Weather Service in Memphis issued a flash flood warning until 8 a.m. for Poinsett Cross Crittenden St Francis and Lee counties in Arkansas. Earlier reports noted a possible tornado near Marshall, a roof blown off a house, and high winds near Pettigrew in Madison County with a garage blown down and a porch torn from a home.
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Memphis, Tenn
National Weather Service
Memphis
Poinsett
Mississippi
Cross, Crittenden
St. Francis
Lee
Arkansas
Marshall
Pettigrew
Madison County
Helena Boy Drowns Near Levee Overflow Miss River
Helena Arkansas AP reports Carl Williams, 12, son of Mrs Terry Williams, drowned Saturday night while swimming near a levee in Mississippi River floodwater. He vanished about 10 feet from shore as water depths reached 10 to 12 feet condensing tragedy in Helena.
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Helena, Ark
Carl Williams
Terry Williams
Helena
Mississippi River
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AIM
Ramon Roubideaux
Richard Hellstein
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Strait of Bosporus
Istanbul
Turkey
Ankara
Lawrence E. Lamb
Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D
Settee West CO
Hope Village
It’s
Shop West
Helena Boy
Seattle
David Cargo
University of Washington
Cargo
Hope Federal
Insuhel
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