Icebergs to Saudi waters eyed as water solution
Prince Mohammed Al Faisal backs a plan to tow 100 million ton icebergs from Antarctica to the Arabian Peninsula for melting into fresh water. A four day conference at Iowa State University in Ames convenes 200 experts to seek scientific approval and assess feasibility, including a one ton ice block demonstration.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
Saudi Arabia
Mohammed al Faisal
Iowa State University
Faisal
South Polar
Arabian Peninsula
Middle East
California
Africa
Iowa State
Anchorage
Alaska
Prince Mohammed al Faisal
Minneapolis
Plane Catches Fire On Takeoff At Shannon Airport
A Capital Airlines charter plane taxing for takeoff at Shannon Airport burst into flames in the landing gear area en route to Baltimore. About 250 passengers evacuated with 12 injured, including some with broken legs, as fuel leaked and emergency slides were used. Passengers Byron Hunt and the couple Bob and Colleen Kuente described the chaotic escape.
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Shannon
Ireland
Byron Hunt
Fort Worth
Tex
Bob Kuente
Colleen
Texas
LV man slain in attempted assault on doctor's wife
Robert Eugene Moore 27 of Las Vegas was identified by police as the intruder killed by Dr Milne Ongley after Moore allegedly forced entry and attacked Mrs Marilyn Ongley in the living room. The doctor fired, Moore died. Mrs Ongley was wounded but in satisfactory condition. The case was sent to the Clark County DA.
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Las Vegas
Metro Police
Robert Eugene Moore
Poplar St
Apt. A
Metro
Clark County District Attorney's Office
Moore
Milne Ong Moore
Ongley
Marilyn
Moore Dr. Ongley
Area Man Killed In Desert Truck Crash
Henderson man Kurt Davis Christensen, 25, died early Sunday when his pickup veered off Russell Road near Merrill Street and rolled over trapping him in the desert Santa Police identified him as the victim.
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Henderson
Metro
Kurt Davis Christensen
Cedar St
Christensen
Russell Road
Merrill Street
Desert
HEW town hall to gather Las Vegas on health plan
The US Health Education and Welfare Department will hold an all day town hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday to hear Las Vegans views on a national health insurance plan. An earlier Sun report misdated the meeting as Tuesday.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las
Gentleman of Tralee 96 Plays Craps in Las Vegas
An elderly Irish desert traveler recalls a long life from New York in 1901 to the Philippines under the 8th Cavalry and beyond. He remembers presidents McKinley Cleveland Wilson Hoover Kennedy and more, and reflects on fate and whiskey as he sits at a Las Vegas craps table and plans a return.
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Philippines
8Th Cavalry
Rough Rider
New York City
United States
McKinley
52Nd Street
2Nd Avenue
Buffalo
N.Y
U.S
Garfield
Mark Twain
Tenderloin
Blackjack Pershing
Sandusky
Malta
Montana
Colorado
Nevada
Wyoming
Galveston
Texas
Hampton Roads
Van
Belfast
Mexico
Cleveland
Harding
Wilson
Hoover
Kennedy
Carter
Tralee
Longshore Strike Shuts Container Ship Work Across Ports
The International Longshoremen's Association strike halted container ship operations at about 30 East and Gulf Coast ports for a second day. Negotiations with the Council of North Atlantic Shipping Associations were suspended, and federal mediation paused for reassessment. The dispute centers on job security funds and wage/benefit guarantees, with a potential mail embargo and no immediate federal intervention.
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NY Times News Service
New York
East
Gulf
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Council of North Atlantic Shipping Associations
Wayne L. Horvitz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Europe
Africa
South America
Middle East
Caribbean
Association of American Railroads
Con
Suburban Tax Plan reshapes home deductions with credits
Washington report says a new congressional plan would replace mortgage interest and property tax deductions with a 2 percent credit, affecting homeowners earning 30 000 to 50 000 dollars. Inner city residents would gain while suburbs appear favored. Rep Henry Reuss notes urban impact.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
House
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee
Reuss
Congress
Committee
LV Man Held On Murder Charge
A 25 year old man walked into the Metro police station Saturday morning and confessed to killing a man Friday night. Michael Jennings of 3648 Vegas Plaza Drive Apt 4 is jailed without bail awaiting a bail hearing in Justice Court. Police found the body of 40 year old Charles Dukes where Jennings said it would be. Witnesses heard shots around 1 30 p.m. and saw a man and a woman leaving the upstairs apartment.
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Metro
Clark County
Metro Police
Michael Jennings
Vegas Plaza Drive
Apt. 4
Justice Court
Jennings
Charles Dukes
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