Sadat Named President of Egypt in Landslide Victory
Anwar Sadat was formally proclaimed Egypt's president for six years after winning 90.4 percent in a national referendum with 85 percent turnout. He received 6,432,587 yes votes to 713,252 no, amid a backdrop of a single candidate and controlled media. Separately in Amman, Palestinian guerrillas fired on a car carrying Fatah commanders, wounding one, as tension rose after a new agreement between King Hussein and Yasir Arafat. A Lena Dennis family Radiothon was announced for relief after a recent fire. Encyclopaedia Britannica notes the term amateur emerged in Louis XIV's reign.
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Weather Elsewhere Police Dragnet Ensnarls Protest Leaders
A switchboard operator at the Hotel Nelson reports Weather Elsewhere was taken away. Quebec police say 233 people were arrested after the proclamation, including 140 in Montreal and 52 in Quebec City, with more raids planned. Notable detainees include Michel Chartrand of the Montreal Central Council and three separatists led by Charles Gagnon.
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West Gate Bridge Disaster Toll Tops 31 Bodies
Melbourne AP report says 31 bodies recovered after a 450 foot span collapsed into the Yarra River and huts where workers ate. Eighteen workers killed, 18 injured with seven in critical condition as recovery paused when adjacent span shifted. Project manager Trevor Nixon called the span safe, citing heat expansion or a crane touching a guy wire as possible causes.
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Arkansas Weather Forecast From The Associated Press
Forecast shows fair weather through Saturday with cool days and clear nights. Tonight will be cold with scattered frost in northern areas. lows will be in the 30s to low 40s north and 40s south. Saturday’s high in the upper 50s to upper 60s.
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25th Infantry to be reinforced. Cambodian conflict at Roka Kong
The 25th Infantry and 4th Brigade to be filled out in Hawaii and Vietnam next year. In Cambodia, a one hour clash near Roka Kong north of Phnom Penh yielded casualties including a Cambodian woman and child. Robin Mannok reports ongoing uneasy co habitation between Cambodian and North Vietnamese troops with sporadic skirmishes. Cambodian lieutenant says reinforcements are awaited but town can be held.
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Pedestrian Is Killed After Flagging Down Help
Tyree Rogers, 22, of Memphis, was struck and killed Thursday night while attempting to cross Interstate 40 about 20 miles west of West Memphis Arkansas. He apparently had car trouble and flagged a truck for help when he was hit by a car driven by C C Walker, 26, of Forrest City as he started to cross. The sermon Aramaic passage appears unrelated to the incident.
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Forrest City
Municipal League Airs Troubles in Arkansas
Little Rock AP report: Cities threatening to quit the Arkansas Municipal League aired complaints at an Executive Committee meeting. No action on grievances, but a mutual misunderstanding of positions was noted. Texarkana city manager Paul G. Schriever called the gathering very constructive.
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Arkansas Municipal League
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Texarkana
Youth Held for Obituaries Slaying of Grandmother
In Duxbury Massachusetts AP report says 16 year old John R Cutler is held without bail after being charged with murder in the bludgeoning death of his grandmother author Cid Ricketts Sumner. A hammer was found and the youth confessed to police. Sumner, 79, wrote the Tammy books and several poems. Funeral notices blend with other obituaries and local items in the report.
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Tammy
John R. Cutler
Plymouth District Court
Incomplete answers marked in a tense hearing exchange
A tense hearing yielded guarded remarks from the speaker who said final judgment would wait to see how the raised points develop. Several questions were noted as not fully answered, leaving some uncertainty about the outcome.
GM Strike Threatens Expected U.S. Economic Upturn
About 100 leaders of major U.S. corporations gather in Hot Springs Virginia for closed meetings with President Nixon's economic team as a GM strike and ongoing UAW work stoppage threaten the nation’s economy. Unemployment sits near 5.5 percent, with executives cautioning that a long strike could pull the economy downward by year end.
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Associated Press
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Virginia
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