Flood Crest Reaches Walnut River. Dikes Hold Arkansas City
A crest of 24 feet on the Walnut River, six feet above flood stage, passed Arkansas City Kansas late Monday but officials said the city dike system should limit major flooding. Pumping and gates were holding county-wide flood risk while other areas in the region cleaned up after Friday and Saturday downpours.
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Walnut River
Arkansas City
Kan
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wagoneers Depart Valley Forge Bicentennial Fest
About 3000 wagoneers and horsemen left Valley Forge Pa after a weekend celebration of the nations 200th birthday drawing half a million visitors. The event included the Bi centennial Conestogas the Pony Express and President Ford with controversy but satisfied attendees. One participant from Kansas City called it history and well done. Two thirds of Ethiopia's population live a day's walk from a public road.
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Valley Forge
Pony Express
Ford
Josh Millen
Kansas City
Ethiopia
Tanks Race For Common Guns And Engines In NATO Plan
U S and West German defense officials study using identical guns and engines on new XM1 Abrams and Leopard II tanks to allow common ammunition and fuel. A partial stand off in prototype tests could push cross breeding of components while each side keeps its hull.
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United States
U.S
Pentagon
Army
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Bonn
Spanish Leader Seeks Ministers After Cabinet Walkouts
Premier Adolfo Suarez searches for replacements for four liberal ministers who refused to serve in the new government. Interior Minister Fraga and three others cited ideological conflict, while Fraga heads the Reform Party and may oppose joining the cabinet. The king backed Suarez for reform and economic efficiency amid inflation and unemployment.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolfo Suarez
Manuel Fraga
Jose Maria de Areiza
Antonio Garrigues
Adolfo Martin Gamero
Suarez
Fraga
Francisco Franco
Juan Carlos
Reform
New Reform Party
Carlos Arias Navarro
Franco
Opus Dei
Enes Catholic
Core
Suarez Becuse
Queen Elizabeth II Opens Bicentennial Bell Dedication
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Philadelphia to dedicate a 10 ton Bicentennial bell near Penn's Landing marking 200 years since the Liberty Bell. The ceremony faces protest from Carl McIntire who calls the bell a counterfeit and urges the queen to repudiate the gift.
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Philadelphia
Elizabeth II
United States
England
Prince Phillip
Penn's Landing
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Whitechapel
London
New Visitors
Carl McIntire
McIntire
Badminton Name Origin Traced to Gloucester Hall
The term Badminton traces to Bad minton Hall in Gloucester England where the game began in 1863. The name arose from the hall associated with early play and the sport's early enthusiasts.
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Gloucester
England
Racial Killing Trial Set For Minister's Wife
In Henderson North Carolina the trial of Sandra Dupree a white fundamentalist preacher s wife charged with first degree murder of a black man opened with nine jurors selected including one black woman and three women as threats and harassment marked the outside tent city of about 30 black demonstrators while the defense anticipated calling over 30 witnesses and focused on self defense with voir dire questions about acquitting a white woman in the shooting and religious beliefs by jurors
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Henderson
N.C
Sandra Dupree
Vance County Superior Court
Arthur Vann II
Pates
Vann
Dist
Atty
W.H.S. Burgwyn
Duprees
Saxophone etymology traces to Antoine Joseph Sax
The name saxophone comes from Antoine Joseph Sax a Belgian inventor who lived from 1818 to 1894 and designed the instrument.
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Saxophone
Antoine Joseph Sax
1818
Samoans Hold Birthday Bash in Late Fourth Celebration
Pago Pago marked Independence Day a day late with an hour long parade blending native Samoan and American traditions. Natives wore traditional costumes and carried flags while dignitaries watched as colonial era costumes and speeches followed a chiefs style address. The celebration included copra cutting, fire making, greased pole climbing, greased pig catching and basket weaving with a 90 foot boat race scheduled as the main event.
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Pago Pago
American Samoa
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