Egyptians Reopen Suez Aboard Al Horiya at Suez Canal
President Anwar Sadat led a ceremonial convoy aboard the destroyer October 6 as Egyptian ships, teens, and boatmen gathered to reopen the Suez Canal after eight years of war and uneasy peace. The Little Rock, flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, was the first foreign warship to pass since 1967, amid a backdrop of jubilant crowds and renewed peace signals.
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al. Horiya
Suez Canal
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
East Bank
Crowtia Line Canal
Marty
Port
Little Rock
U.S
East Bank of Suez Canal
Egypt
Israel
House Advances Debt Ceiling Bill To June 30 1976
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to raise the federal debt ceiling to a record 616.1 billion dollars through June 30, 1976 by a 26 to 10 vote. If cleared by the Rules Committee it could reach the House next week after action on the energy tax bill. Leaders predicted no veto threat from President Ford.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rules Committee
al Aliman
D-Ore
Herman T. Schneebeli
R-Pa
GOP
Area Drugs Trail Search Completed After Midair Dump
Crosby County deputies report a night dump of marijuana bricks estimated at 30 000 dollars per ton found across rural fields. Officials say a plane dumped the load near the area around midnight May 29, with over 100 pounds recovered by Thursday. Investigators pursue sightings of a low flying aircraft as farmers continue to find bricks in Crosby and Lubbock counties.
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Attleley
Avalanche Dourns
Idalou
Crosby
Crosby County
Fletcher Stark
Resi
Department of Pub. Dents
Stark
DPS
Crosby County Sheriff's
Iit
Lubbock County
Federal Court Takes Over Bell Lawsuit in Texas
Chief U.S. District Judge Adrian Spears ordered the 29.2 million suit against Southwestern Bell moved from state court to federal court. The change followed an amended state filing removing a Southwestern Bell executive from the action and citing nonresidents, as Bell argued for federal jurisdiction. The Gravitt family alleges corporate misconduct linked to T. Gravitt’s ouster as former head of Texas Bell operations.
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San Antonio
Bell
James H. Ashley
Gravitt
Varius
T. ©. Gravitt
Texas’ Bell
Aged Planes Smuggle Marijuana
Federal officials report Vietnam veterans using World War II era planes to fly 150 planeloads of marijuana daily into the United States. Crashes and deaths mark many missions as smugglers rely on bomb bays to dump cargo or evade pursuit. 49 pot crashes this year in EPIC data, surpassing all of 1974.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Jacques Kiere
Drug Enforcement Intelligence Agency
Kiere
el Paso
Tex
Intelligence Center
EPIC
City Speller Takes Third as Puerto Rican Entry Wins
A rough recount shows Washington D C based Diane Bryan from Lubbock and other Texas finalists in the 48th National Spelling Bee. The Puerto Rican entrant claimed first place while 14 year old Mark Ogle of Green-wood, Indiana finished third. The event, hosted at a national venue, included coverage of the final rounds and prize details.
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Carrie Line
Mark Ogle
Green- Avalanche-Journal
Staffwood
Ind
Washington, D.C
Tine
Hugh
Diane Bryan
Lubbock
Ithsonian
United States
Menai “Pellee
Mays
White House
Jane
Geer
Bulén Cher
See Fork
Zur Worth
Fort ‘Worth
Corona Greati
Corpus Christi
Schnikh
Atle
Robin Rae
Congress Advances Housing Aid Plan
The House passed a 1.25 billion housing subsidy bill to help 300,000 middle income families buy homes and assist 200,000 homeowners facing foreclosure. Opponents call it excessive. veto likely. Bill includes subsidies, low mortgage loans, and possible cash grants.
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Washington
UPI
House
Congress
Senate
Thomas M. Rees
Dcalif
Garry Brown
R-Mich
Thomas L. Ashley
Ohio
W C Fields Liked Philadelphia Icon Shares Roots
W C Fields grandson BIN Fields TI, an FBI agent, discusses moving from Miami to Philadelphia and notes his grandfather would have liked the city. He jokes about myths around Fields and Philadelphia while confirming his grave is in California.
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UPD
W.C. Fields
W.C
bin” Fields TI
FBI
Miami
Fields
Philadel
Forest Lawns Cemetery
Hollywood Hills
Calif
Methodists Resolve Homosexual Issue in Texas Conference
Delegates to the Northwest Texas annual conference of the United Methodist Church opposed ordaining homosexual ministers on the final day of sessions. The action aligns with five other United Methodist conferences in Texas and New Mexico over the past two weeks. The dispute centers on a self described homosexual clergy member whose credentials were suspended in 1971, with the Southwest Texas conference in San Antonio voting against restoring them.
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Susan Dial
Avalanche-Journal
Texas
United Methodist Church
United Methodist
New Mexico
San Antonio
Lubbock conference approves anti homosexual ordination resolutions
The Lubbock gathering passed five resolutions banning homosexuals from pulpit ordination across United Methodist Church conferences. A petition urged the General Conference to prohibit ordination of admitted or practicing homosexuals, drawing mixed reactions and concerns about precedent and equal rights within the church. The sessions also advanced a Stanton woman's resolution to remove equal rights from the agenda amid discussions of Bible leadership and faith-based duties.
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Lubbock
General Conference
United Methodist Church
101 Degree Heat Hovers Near Record in Lubbock
Searing heat gripped Lubbock on Thursday as a weak southern front blended with high temperatures. A high of 101 tied for a daily record, with Wink flirting for the hottest spot in the state. Brief storms sparked severe weather notices for Crosby and Dickens counties before sunset, while a separate cell dropped marble size hail north of Post. Tonight looks partly cloudy with a 20 percent thunderstorm chance and mid 90s daytime heat.
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Garza County
Post
Weather Map Page 2A Lubbock Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight. Fair and warm through Saturday. Highs in the middle sixties today with lows in the middle sixties.
Northrop Admits Paying To Bribe Arab Officers
Northrop Corp admitted it paid $450,000 to a Saudi sales representative tied to bribe efforts for work in Indonesia. The report notes possible payments to Saudi generals, while Northrop insists the agent was not a government official and that no direct bribes to the prince were made. Investigations by SEC and a Senate committee explore overseas dealings and possible disbursements through a disclosed commission.
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Politi- Northrop Corp
Onjolan
Indonesia
Rotoa
Khalid bin Ali
Twojlah
Northrop
A. Com
Thel
Adnan N. Khashogil
Khashoggi
The
Securities and Exchanges
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Mittee
Com-Jday
Sk Company
Direcment
Ald
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