Winter Storm Lashes Plains and Northeast With Heavy Snow
Snow and ice sweep the southern plains and Midwest as New York, Montreal, and New England wrestle with closures. Eight deaths in New York State and Canada, with plow backlogs and highway closures. Ski resorts report abundant snow and ongoing digouts in Vermont and neighboring regions.
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Catskills
Montreal
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Grand Isle
Civil Defense
Charles Cassidy
Vermont
California unemployment falls but stays above national rate
California's unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent in February from 7 percent in January, while 696,000 people were jobless. Total employment fell to 7.94 million amid manufacturing and aerospace cuts, with space sector employment down 25 percent since 1967.
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UPI
California
Gilbert L. Sheffield
State Department of Human Resources Development
Sheffield
Egypt Faces Cease Fire End with Restraint Likely
Cairo sources say Egypt will accept Thant's call for restraint at cease fire end but reject formal extension unless US USSR Britain and France press Israel to withdraw from occupied lands. Sadat to announce stance Sunday while frontline quietness persists near Suez Canal.
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Egypt
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Thant
Middle East
al Ahram
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France
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Anwar Sadat
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Four U.S. airmen kidnapped in Turkey believed alive
U.S. Embassy officials in Ankara said the four kidnapped American airmen were believed alive after the dawn deadline had passed. Ambassador Handley urged the Turkish leftist group to free them, as protests and hoaxes circulated amid tense security and family appeals.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
U.S
William J. Handley
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
U.S. Air Force
Handley
Izmir
Aegean
Istanbul
Middle East Technical University
Medina Orders At My Lai Questioned In Court
The defense hinges on Capt. Ernest L. Medina issuing five orders to Lt. Calley to destroy the My Lai hamlet. A radio operator testified he did not hear Medina order killings and stressed how close the radio was to Medina during the exchange. The witness added Medina sought to conserve ammunition and planned a cease fire after the firefight.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
My Lai
William L. Calley
Calley
John Paul
Jupiter
Fla
Aubrey M. Daniel
Paul
Black Panther Party splits as Cleaver factions form in Algeria
Eldridge Cleaver declares the left wing will run the Panthers from Algeria, forming a split with Huey P. Newton and an Oakland rally audience of about 3,000. Kathleen Cleaver condemns Newton’s faction as right wing while Newton calls for actions over words amid party turmoil.
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UPI
Black Panther Party
Eldridge Cleaver
Panther
Algeria
New York
Cleaver
Kathleen
Huey P. Newton
Newton
David Hillaird
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