Venezuelan freighter hijackers hold ship under watch
The Anzoategui, seized by pro Communist terrorists, sailed toward the United States with rockets fired across its bow but no crew response. Venezuelan and U.S. forces tracked the ship from Puerto Rico to Port of Spain, while Caracas faced left and right wing violence amid Betancourt’s planned state visits.
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Buchholz
United States
10Th Naval Command
San Juan
P.R
Spain
Piarco
Caribbean
Venezuela
Cmdr
Russel E. Blalack
Cincinnati
Early Warning Squadron 4
Navy
Anzoategui
New Orleans
Houston
Betancourt
Kennedy
Washington
Caracas
Mexico
Dominican Republic
Gulf Petroleum
Black Cross
Omar Meza Ramirez
San Cristobal
National Liberation
Region 8 Flying Farmers crown 1983 queen at Caprock Hotel
Mrs. W. O. Mills of Pandale in Val Verde County was named Region 8 Flying Farmers queen at the three state convention in Caprock Hotel. She is wife of the outgoing president and was crowned by Susie Peterson of Texas Tech. Approximately 150 members attended with international officials as new officers were elected for 1984.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Mills
Pandale
Val Verde County
Flying Farmers
Caprock Hotel
Mills
Susie Peterson
Texas Tech
Dallas
Buster McNabb
Ropesville
Leo Foster
Kress
Tom Jenkins
Winnie
C. W. Graham
Plainview
Elvin Foster
Secretar
Elaine Hash
Phoenix
International Flying Farmers
Polly Stoehr
Janet Corey
Don Schafer
Wichita
Kan
Lee D. Hagemeister
International Group
Agriculture Department
Tech
N. S. Daniels
Chester Gilmore
Idalou
Rail group warns Trinity River canal plan taxes Texans
The Texas Railroad Assn attacks the 4.8 billion Trinity River canal project as an unnecessary 100 year tax burden. It questions profits for barge firms, notes payers would include waterway costs and argues Texas ownership is unlikely.
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Waterway
Kennedy
Mardi Gras Queen Breaks Traditions In New Orleans
Alicia Dencon Harby of Monterey California was crowned Queen of the Krewe of Adonis and sang at the ball becoming the first out of state royal to perform. Her husband Thornton Harby painted a life size portrait for the presentation. The ceremony ended at midnight as festive dancing continued.
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New Orleans
Alicia Harby
Monterey
Calif
Kenneth Philabert
Edna Mae Nicholson
Alicia Dencon Harby
Monsterey
Krewe of
Adonis
Harby
Thornton
California
Alicia
Judge bars Dr Dunn from Pecos hospital amid new appeal
In Pecos a hospital board barred Dr. Dunn from hospital staff. The dispute centers on due process and staff safety with potential resignations. Dunn cites investigation into crime conditions and outside activities. Witnesses include nurses and three Pecos doctors criticizing a Dallas press publication.
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Dunn
Hospital Board
Dallas
Pecos
Wotk
A&M Receives Grant From Former Students Association
The Program of Academic Excellence at Texas A&M College was awarded 66 716 by the former students association. Creeks were presented to President Earl Rudder by L F Peterson of Fort Worth, association president.
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A&m
Grants College Station
Texas A&m College
Students Association
Earl Rudder
L. F. Peterson
Fort Worth
Loggers End Strike Vote After Violent Clash in Kapuskasing
In Kapuskasing Ontario striking loggers voted to return to work after a 33 day strike marked by a killing spree at Reesor Siding. About 1 500 loggers expected back Monday for Spruce Falls Power and Paper Co while 400 Kimberly Clark workers also voted to resume. Nineteen men face murder charges and 237 rioting counts are filed.
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Kapuskasing
Ont
Reesor Siding
Spruce Falls Power and Paper Co
Kimberly-Clark Paper Co
Longlac
Local deaths and community notes from Plainview area
Dock Gilbert Jr. died en route to Methodist Hospital of natural causes. Quint Lee Cunningham infant burial at Denver City Memorial Park with Rev. McQuillen officiating. Four Texas Tech students meet Drexel Institute on G E College Bowl with Roy Cebik Gary Gore David Watkins and Dwight Young on Tech team. Tech ROTC rifle team competes in Fort Hood matches against nine conference teams. Civil Air Patrol members plan CAP flight formation in Ropesville led by Chaplain Miles and Lt. Loveless. Judge Davison starts civil jury week in 99th District Court. Plainview fire department responded to 507 E 3rd St. for residence fire with 37 minutes on scene. no occupants.
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Quint Lee Cunningham
Bobby Lee Cunningham
Denver City Memorial Park
C. J. McQuillen
Trinity Baptist Church
Carlsbad
Singleton Funeral Home
Texas Tech
Drexel Institute of Technology
Philadelphia
Tech
Roy Cebik
Gary Gore
David Watkins
Dwight Young
James G. Allen
Texas Tech Army
U. S. Army
Fort Hood
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Lub‘dock Composite Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Ropesville Lions Club
Ropesville
Andrew Miles
Dick Loveless
Diane McCarty
Milton Boles
Jeanne Larey
Frank Agraz
Plainview
E. 3Rd St
Family Killed In Fire At Home In Bethlehem
In Bethlehem Steel era Steel City a back flare in an oil stove started a fatal house fire killing three children and both parents. Victims were Charles Fackelman 61 his wife Melba who was due to give birth in a month and their children Edward 13 Kathy 5 and Gwendolyn 4. Edward Dotterer was Melba’s stepson. Fire chief Albert Cambiotti cited the stove as the blaze source and coroner George Kametz said death was by asphyxiation.
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Bethlehem
Steel City
Charles Fackelman
Bethlehem Steel Co
Melba
Edward
Kathy
Gwendolyn
Dotterer
Jury Fined and jailed by judge over deadlock in Kentucky
Harlan County Judge Acey Cornett jailed six jurors for three hours and fined each $3 for not following instructions during the Bradley Farley Jr drunken driving case. The jury later acquitted Farley on the requested charge after Cornett objected to a public drunkenness verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Ky
Harlan County
Acey Cornett
Bradley Farley Jr
Elcomb
Farley
Cornett
Hiijacking on High Seas Map Note Caracas to Recife
A Venezuelan freighter Anzoa tegui was hijacked north of Caracas and located Saturday north of Surinam. The route may lead to Belem or Recife, Brazil. Reported seizure of two Cuban fishing boats by counter revolutionaries east of Cuba. Dotted lines show a hijacked ship Santa Maria from Caracas to Recife.
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Anzoategui
Caracas
Surinam
British Guiana
Belem
Recife
Brazil
Cuba
Santa Maria
Five Leadville Firms Destroyed In Blaze
Fire destroyed five businesses and 12 apartments above a store on Leadville's main street in a historic mining town. Officials estimate damage at 400000 to 500000 dollars with no injuries. The Demville Building, erected in 1880, housed the shops and covered much of Harrison Avenue. Fifteen residents were evacuated in 8 degree weather but possessions were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Colo
Harrison Avenue
Riders in Houston parade begin Livestock Show week
More than 2,400 people traveled toward Houston by horseback and covered wagon to participate in the Wednesday parade inaugurating the Houston Livestock Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.S and Britain plan NATO nuclear force framework
U S and Britain begin detailed Monday plans for three part NATO nuclear force under Gen Lemnitzer. Nations like Italy West Germany and Belgium likely to join while France opposes expansion of U S and British influence in Western Europe. State Department announced talks with UK officials led by William R Tyler and Denis A Greenhill as Britain seeks broader participation.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Italy
West Germany
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Europe
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Belgium
State Department
Asst. Sec
William R. Tyler
State and Defense Departments
Atomic Energy Commission
Denis A. Greenhill
Greenhill
London
Brink of Failure in Nuclear Test Treaty Talks
Geneva reports the 44-year effort to ban tests teeters on failure as the United States and Soviet Union push concessions yet remain split over on site inspections. The Soviets accept on site checks but limit to two or three annually, while the American British plan calls for eight to ten inspections a year provoking Russian concerns over espionage.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. Senate
Special Force Sent To Panama Forms New Unit
A company of special forces paratroopers from Fort Bragg North Carolina has been sent to the Panama Canal Zone to form the nucleus of a new counter insurgency fighting unit. The unit will be maintained permanently and built up to 1 262 men trained in commando and anti guerrilla tactics. Its mission is to form marauding forces behind enemy lines with civilian support when a Latin American government is under attack and requests US assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Paul Anka Marries Anne de Zogheb in Paris Airport Chapel
Singer Paul Anka wed model Anne de Zogheb in a Greek Catholic ceremony at Orly Airport. After drinking sacred wine they left for a skiing honeymoon in Switzerland. Anne cried as she kissed her mother goodbye. officials noted it was the chapel’s first wedding.
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Paris
Paul Anka
Anne de Zogheb
Orly
Switzerland
Anne
Joseph Nasrullah
Goodby
Library Commission Votes Not to Ban The Last Temptation
The San Diego City Library Commission unanimously declines to remove copies of The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis after a petition by The San Diego Patriotic Society. The decision, supported by three members, proceeds to City Manager Thomas Fletcher.
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San Diego, Calif
UPI
City Library Commission
The
San Diego
Woman teacher and navy officer confess roles in de Gaulle plot
Paris AP report says Paule Rousselot de Liffiac a 55 year old English teacher and Capt Robert Poinard 37 confessed minor roles in a plot to shoot President De Gaulle. They named mastermind Georges Watin of the Secret Army Organization as behind the plan.
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Paris
Navy
Charles de Gaulle
Paule Rousselot de Liffiac
Robert Poinard
de Gaulle
Secret
Georges
the Limper
Watin
Ecole Militaire
Military School
Maurice Maulbon D’arbaumont
Foreign
Rousselot de Liffiac
Poinard
Air Force
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry
Bastien-Thir
Polnard
Secret Army
Algeria
Severe cold grips wide region with record lows
Snow and frostbite cases emerge as a woman aided after a car train collision while arctic air settles from New Mexico to Florida. Readings plummet from -37 on Mount Washington to -30 Pellston and -24 Watertown with -7 in Pittsburgh and Lansing. Ice hampers Two Rivers fishing as car ferries report shore to shore ice.
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New, Mexico
Oklahoma
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Pellston
Mich
Watertown
N.Y
Elkins
W. Va
Oakland
Florida
Jacksonville
Two Rivers
Wis
Lake Michigan
Ludington
Midwest
Pittsburgh
Lansing
Caribou
Maine
Alpena
Franklin
Wausau
Burlington
Cleveland
Ohio
Albany
Stevenson Wins Wilson Award at Princeton Midwinter Meet
Adlai E. Stevenson received Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson Award at the 49th midwinter Alumni Association meeting. He earned the $1,000 prize for best exemplifying Princeton in the nation’s service, presented by President Robert F. Goheen. Walter B. Slocombe won the $1,600 M. Taylor Pyne prize for top undergraduate honors.
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Princeton
N.J
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson
Assa
Stevenson
Wilson
Robert F. Goheen
Walter B. Slocombe
Ann Arbor, Mich
M. Taylor Pyne
Blizzard Strikes Northeast England Turning Day Into Night
A severe blizzard hit northeast England turning day into night with fresh snow and thawing conditions spreading across Western Europe. The Automobile Association noted patrols aiding stranded motorists as the blizzard began at noon and many call it the worst remembered. The winter is already cited as one of the harshest in a century with over 1,600 deaths linked to cold, fuel, and food shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
API
England
Europe
Automobile Assn
New Mexico Ginner of the Year Named
Ellis Parks of Roswell named New Mexico Ginner of the Year by the State Cotton Ginners Association. Parks, 21 years in ginning mostly in Texas, hailed for his experience and contribution to the industry at University Park New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Park, N. M
UPD
Ellis Parks
Roswell
Texas
New Mexico
State Cotton Ginners Assn
Dallas Police Kill Two After Robbery
Oklahoma City police detectives and a companion shot two Dallas robbery suspects to death during a morning gun battle. Johnny Lee Parker aged 24 and Leroy A Price aged 20 were killed after exchange of gunfire with officers. Detective John Rowden fired a submachine gun wounding Parker and Lt Jerry Legs killed Price with a shotgun during a stakeout at a Northeast Oklahoma City apartment house.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Dallas
Johnny Lee Parker
Leroy A. Price
John Rowden
Parker
Rowden
Bethany
Jerry Legs
Price
John Francis Knott Dies Newspaper Cartoonist in Dallas
John Francis Knott, an Austrian born artist who drew the Dallas News political cartoons for 46 years until retiring in 1957, died Saturday. His "Old Man Texas" image became his signature symbol, with about 15 000 cartoons earning national and Pulitzer prize citations.
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Dallas
UPI
John Francis Knott
Texas
Dallas News
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Venezuelean Government Shipping Company
Henrique Galvao
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Armed Forces For National Liberation
Romulo Betancourt
Catholic Teachers Federation
Puerto Rico
Jesse Estrada
33Rd St
Methodist Hospital
Jack Harvey Co
Orus McGee
Rt. 4
Tony
Frazier Lawrence Bridges
7Th St
West Texas Hospital
Melvin Leon Anderson
Tahitka
Seth Lewis Construction Co
Larry Eugene Parson
Taylor Hospital
Don's Carpets
Larry Gene Hahn
Gene White Electric
Roy Chapa
E. 2Nd St
Moss Sordin Lint Cleaner Co
Jerrell Lemley
Lovington
N. M
William EK
Minkley
Jabbodg National Bank
Region
Trinity River
Pecos Independent
Jack Reedy
Reedy
Bruce Hay
Dock Gilbert Jr
610
Ave. E
South Plains Funeral Home
Howard C. Davison
99Th District Court
Panama
Library Commission
Michigan State University
Chet Steiner
Jo Ellen Pyle
East Lansing
Jo Ellen
Chet
University
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