Chester Acts To Bar Wreckage Looting Of 1897 Bluff City Boat
Chester Illinois passed a resolution barring removal of wreckage from the Bluff City steamboat sunk in the Mississippi in 1897. Tourists and scavengers had surfaced during a drought, and a wrecker operator tried to haul away remaining planks. Local officials and publisher Joe Akers said looters threaten historic relics and safety.
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Bluff City
Upper Midwest
Tom Atchison
Atchison
Joe Akers
Randolph County Herald Tribune
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Steeleville
Ill
Jefferson
Ind
Cuban exile brothers win 2.03 million in death damages
A Miami jury awarded Vicente Iglesias 16 and Jose Iglesias 15 a total 2,030,500 in damages for the fiery 1973 crash that killed their parents and grandparents when a Lockheed cargo plane struck their home. Florida Freight Terminals may deduct a prior 745,000 settlement from Aircraft Pool Leasing before judgment.
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Vicente Iglesias
Jose
Edwin C. Ratiner
Florida Freight Terminals, Inc
Aircraft Pool Leasing, Inc
Dade
Harold Featherstone
Florida
Iglesias
Miami International Airport
Vicente Iglesias Sr
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Manuel Iglesias
Teresa
Tower Denies Acting for Ford on Export Vote
Sen. John Tower rejected Proxmire’s charge that he acted for the administration when blocking an export bill with anti Arab boycott provisions. He said he acted on his own initiative, stressing negotiation over legislation and urging calm to avoid Middle East instability.
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Middle East
Polo Origin Story Traces to Tibet in 525 B.C.
United Press International notes polo originated in Tibet and was first played in its current form about 525 B.C. The account situates polo’s early history in the high plateau region and links it to the modern game’s development.
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United Press International
Tibet
B.C
Denim Returns as Key Trend for Men’s Fashion
SAN DIEGO (UPI) Forecasts for the West Coast Apparel Guild show and the Men’s Apparel Guild in California call for more jumpsuits and denim, bold plaid and striped shirts, hand‑sewn leather vests, and a wider range of shoes including Swedish clogs and straw sandals. Denim is here to stay.
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UPI
West Coast Apparel Guild
Men’s Apparel Guild
California
Billy Kolber
Faded Glory
Marc Lance
Jumpsuits, Ltd
Pierre Cardin
In Law of Mayor Bradley Dies in Los Angeles
Lucille Arnold mother-in-law of Mayor Tom Bradley died Friday at 95 from natural causes in Los Angeles She was married to a painting and decorating contractor and had lived there since 1931 moving from Dallas Recently she resided with her daughter Hazel Pitts.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Lucille Arnold
Tom Bradley
Arnold
Dallas
Hazel Pitts
Las Vegas Weekend Forecast Sunny and Warm
Forecast calls for clear nights and sunny warm days through the weekend. Gentle winds, today’s high in the upper 80s and low in the mid 50s, with humidity around 16 percent. Sunrise 6 42 a.m. Sunset 6 15 p.m. Air Quality Index 28 good.
Suit To Block Chip Sale Of Bicentennial Bell Chips
London foundry Whitechapel Bell Foundry sues Manufacturers Marketing Co. and partners to halt sale of 493 pounds of Bicentennial Bell chips. Plaintiffs allege fraud by Monroe Hanish and Weidman, Feldman, claiming profits were misrepresented for Muscular Dystrophy Association charity. Chips shipped May. 424 pounds sterling paid. no confirmed charitable use.
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UPS
London
America
Bucks County
England
United States
Elizabeth
Tower of
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Whitechapel Bell Foundry, Ltd
Manufacturer's Marketing Co
Feasterville
Monroe Hanish
New Jersey
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Whitechapel
Hanish
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Foundry
Frederick M Feldman
Harold R. Weidman
Weidman and Feldman
Richard Guilfoyle
Limited
Weidman
Guilfoyle
Whitechaple
Witness Nabbed In Lie To Jury
In San Jose California UPI reports a prosecution witness in the murder trial of a man who killed an Assyrian Church official was arrested for perjury. Yule Lazar 36 of San Francisco denied owning the gun used in the slaying. Prosecutors sought to prove a global plot within the church faction. David Ismail 40 of London Ontario was previously convicted of murder.
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Yule Lazar
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David Ismail
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Canada
Shimun
Lazar
Assyrian Universal Alliance
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