Tornadoes Kill 47 and Wreck Mississippi Delta
Tornadoes carved a path through northeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta killing 47 and injuring hundreds across more than a dozen communities. Mississippi towns including Cary Inverness Delta City Rome Little Yazoo Bovina Rolling Fork Humphreys Leflore Counties reported fatalities and damage. Selmer and surrounding areas in Tennessee also suffered injuries. Authorities extinguished the danger as power lines and communications failed and calls for federal disaster aid were raised.
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Louisiana
Mississippi Delta
Mississippi
Cary
Inverve’s
Delta City
Rome
Little Yazoo
Bovina
Rolling Fork
Humphreys
Leflore
Louisiana State Police
Delta
Tennessee
Selmer
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Jerry Simmons
Texas
Athens
Waco
Transylvania
Mississippi River
East Carroll Parish
Weather Bureau, Civil Defense and Highway Patrol
Greenwood
Mayersville
Belzoni
Yazoo City
Sunflower
James Aubrey Landrum
Yazoo County
Miss
Sartartia
Delhi
Aftershocks Hit Southland for 13th Day
Seismologists report continued aftershocks across Southern California for a 13th day after the San Fernando quake. The strongest tremor measured 4.3 near Sylmar with minor damage reported in some homes and temporary power outages but no systemic damage to the Van Norman Dam.
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California
San Fernando Valley
Caltech
Pasadena
Sylmar
van Norman
Expect Ecuador to Free Tuna Boat After Fine
The Westport, a 135 foot tuna boat owned by Westgate Terminals Inc., was seized in Ecuador for alleged illegal fishing and taken to Salinas. An Ecuadorian Navy gunboat fired on the vessel before it was held to pay a $33,000 fine, with fines by American vessels exceeding $850,000 this year.
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Ecuador
San Diego
UPI
Westport
Zure
Westgate
Salinas
Doubling North Vietnamese Ho Trail Traffic Reported
North Vietnamese truck traffic on the Ho Chi Minh Trail has doubled to about 2,000 movers per day over two weeks as South Vietnamese incursions into Laos shift routes westward. U.S. Air Force pilots remain optimistic about destroying trucks, with losses around 7,000 trucks since the dry season began and a daily average of 100 to 125 trucks destroyed.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S. Air Force
Trail Complex
North Vietnam
U.S
Teen Girl Gangs Target Elderly Women in Long Beach
Police report two youth gangs preying on elderly women as easy targets. Sgt Jolene Decker says the groups, not yet junior high age, operate in businesslike fashion and have singled out seniors, signaling a widening generation gap.
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Jolene Decker
Long Beach
Sgt. Decker
Fire Routs 75 Inmates At Santa Cruz Jail
A jail roof evacuation saved 25 prisoners as firefighters tackled a floor fire set by inmates in the Santa Cruz County courthouse jail. Among evacuees was John Linley Frazier accused murderer of the Ohta family.警
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Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz County
John Linley Frazier
Dr. Ohta
Israel rejects withdrawal demands in peace talks with Egypt
Israel states readiness for meaningful talks with Egypt on a full peace accord but will not return to 1967 borders. Cabinet emphasizes withdrawal toward secure boundaries, rejects armistice line, while Cairo accuses Israel of expansionist policy and violation of UN resolutions.
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Cairo
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Egypt
Israel
Golda Meir
Sinai Desert
Foreign Ministry
Security Council
Cairo Radio
U S Plane Downed Over Haiphong in North Vietnam
North Vietnam reports an unmanned U S reconnaissance aircraft was shot down Sunday over Haiphong, the principal port city. The Vietnam news agency tallies U S aircraft downed in North Vietnam to 3,375.
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Tokyo
UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
Haiphong
Vietnam
Lost Ranger Battalion in Laos roils Saigon crisis
North Vietnamese attacks push an elite South Vietnamese Ranger battalion into retreat in Laos, with about 300 killed or wounded of the 450. U.S. helicopters were also lost as the Laotian push stalls for a fourth day near Ranger bases inside Laos, complicating efforts to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Saigon
Laos
U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Highway 9
Sepone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Quang Tri
AFL CIO Urges Massive Federal Works Program
The AFL CIO urges a large federal works program to boost employment and infrastructure investment as part of a broader economic recovery effort.
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Afl-Cio
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