Tornado toll climbs across 12 states as rescue runs continue
United Press International reports the dead rose to 341 in 12 states and Windsor Ontario after a massive cyclone smashed the Midwest and South. major disaster declarations cover Ohio Alabama Kentucky Indiana and Tennessee. rescue teams search Monticello Brandenburg and other towns for missing workers and victims.
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United Press International
Alabama
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Georgia
West Virginia
Meadow Ridge
Virginia
Midwest
Windsor
Ont
North Carolina
Michigan
Illinois
Passover alert as Golan front intensifies amid shelling
Israeli forces stay on high alert on the Golan Heights during Passover as Syrian shells land near settlements. A Syrian patrol contest and ambush claim add to tension while Israeli leaders meet in emergency session to review security, with massed Syrian tanks and warnings echoing Yom Kippur trauma. Separately in Los Angeles, Robert Maheu offers to take a lie detector test in a libel suit against Howard Hughes over claims about money to Hubert Humphrey.
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United Press International
Golan Heights
Moshe Dayan
Yitzhak Hofi
Shlomo Gazit
Yom Kippur
Damascus
Golan Front
Los Angeles
UPI
Robert Maheu
FBI
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Maheu
Zaca Lake Resort plans face scrutiny in Santa Ynez Valley
Environmental coordinator Albert Reynolds and staff will draft a summary of impacts from agency and public input on the proposed 320 site Zaca Lake Resort and recreational facilities. A public hearing in Santa Barbara is set for April 18 before county decision makers, with strong opposition cited by a state parks official and health, fish and game authorities.
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Dick Praul
Santa Barbara
Albert F. Reynolds
Zaca Lake
Reynolds
County Planning Commission
Los Olivos
Santa Ynez Valley
State Parks and Recreation Department
James P. Tryner
Fish and Game
Atlas launches return to South Vandenberg after years
A joint Air Force and contractor team plans the first Atlas launch from South Vandenberg AFB since 1968 from Space Launch Complex 3W. The pad renovation by SAMTEC, General Dynamics Convair, Parsons, and the Army Corps of Engineers aims for three to four space launches annually, with 255 Atlas missiles previously flown from Vandenberg and 40 remaining in inventory.
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ATLAS
Space Launch
Vandenberg
Vandenberg Afb
Air Force
South V
Air Force Space and Missile Test Center
Samtec
General Dynamics Convair Aerospace
U.S
Norton Afb
California
Patty Hearst under duress in SLA case
UPI reports authorities assume Patricia Hearst may have acted under duress when she renounced her life and joined the SLA. U.S. District Attorney James Browning says there is no evidence she was a willing kidnap victim. He notes the taped message could reflect gun pressure or coercion. Hearst's mother requests a personal meeting to confirm voluntary involvement.
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UPI
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
James Browning
U.S
Berkeley
Browning
Federal
Patricia
Patty
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