Rain Lifts Parched Midwest Crops But Drought Relief Uncertain
Long sought rains drenched Iowa Kansas and other Midwest areas easing drought in parts of northwest Iowa while southeastern Iowa remained in doubt. Sioux Falls saw heavier rain with street flooding and a local TV station knocked off air. Western Kansas and parts of Nebraska received relief as floods and evacuations occurred in Mississippi and Florida.
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Kansas
Midwest
Sioux Falls
Chicago
Florida Panhandle
Jurors Tour San Quentin in Six Murder Trial Visit
Jurors in the San Quentin Six murder case toured the maximum security Adjustment Center birthplace of the 1971 breakout after being escorted by Judge Henry J. Broderick. The eight women and four men viewed cell six where most bodies were found as the trial resumes with prosecutor Jerry R. Herman set to present the first of about 150 witnesses.
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California
Superior Court
Henry J. Broderick
San Quentin Pnson
George Jackson
Jackson
Fleeta Drumgo
David Johnson
John L. Spain
Hugo Pinell
Luis Talamantez
Willie Tate
Stephen Bingham
Jackston
Broderick
Jerry R. Herman
Miki Heads to Talks With Ford on U S Japan Ties
Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki flies from Tokyo to Seattle and Washington for talks with President Ford on post Vietnam era relations. He aims for candid discussions reaffirming alliance, with focus on Korea and Southeast Asia amid regional upheaval. Miki travels with his wife and a foreign ministry delegation.
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UPI
Takeo Miki
United States
Ford
Miki
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Washington
Shibuya
Japan
Asia
Korea
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Helsinki
Kiichi Miyazawa
Toshiki Kaifu
Foreign Ministry
Rioting in Cleveland Leaves Police Injured and Stores Looted
In downtown Cleveland about 500 rioters clashed with police near City Hall after an All Nations Festival brawl. Twenty two people were arrested on charges including intoxication and burglary as six officers were hurt and 15 windows were smashed during roughly 42 hours of melee.
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Cleveland
UPI
Garey
Lab technician undergoes sex change sues for bias
Carol Lynn Voyles, formerly Charles Voyles Jr., sues Ralph K. Davies Medical Center alleging sex discrimination after transitioning from male to female. Attorneys seek affidavits on patient reactions. Voyles cites five years of prior work and difficulty finding new employment since the operation.
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UPI
Charles
Carol
Allen Berk
Ralph K. Davies Medical Center
Berk
U.S
Spencer Williams
Carol Lynn Voyles
The
Center
Charles Voyles Jr
Neighbors urge closure of Fairfield crematorium over odor
In Fairfield California residents near Whitehall Circle protest a crematorium at Fairmont Memorial Park citing smoke ashes and a foul odor. The planning commission shut one furnace and residents push to close the second, while owner Paul Bryan Jr disputes pollution citations and says tests show compliance.
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Fairfield. Calif
UPI
New Tract
Whitehall Circle
Louis Agate
U.S
Agate
Fairmont Memorial Park
Fairfield Planning Commission
Parks Two
Paul Bryan Jr
Bryan
Irish Gunmen Kill Old Man in Rural Belfast Bus Attack
In a roadside ambush near Banbridge, three gunmen killed a 78 year old man and wounded seven others aboard a small bus returning from a bingo party. The driver and six women were struck by bullets or flying glass with serious injuries reported at Portadown hospital. The attack follows a separate bus bombing near Dublin last Thursday that killed three band members and two Ulster Volunteer Force members.
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Northern Ireland
UPI
Badbridge
Portadown
Banbridge
Dublin
Ulster Volunteer Force
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