Decisive Tank Battle Seen in Sinai War
Pentagon analysts say the Sinai clash near the Suez Canal could decide the war within days. Israeli initiative in Sinai is noted, with talks of a possible settlement allowing both sides some victory. Egypt may seek footholds on the east bank while rebuilding fortifications as US officials weigh whether Egypt or Israel can claim gains or a reopen Suez Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freds. Hoffman
Washington
Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
Pentagon
U.S
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
Syria
United States
Anwar Sadat
Canal
Strip
Bources
Cairo
Synai
Golan Heights
Damascus
President Has Until Friday To Appeal Court Order On Tapes
The report details President Nixon facing a Friday deadline to appeal a court ruling on Watergate tapes. Sirica voided a Senate bid for a civil judgment to compel disclosure, while Cox seeks nine presidential tapes for the grand jury. Appeals loom as Nixon weighs Supreme Court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ite House
Senate Watergate Committee
Special Watergate
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate Committee
Sirica
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Grand Jury
Cox
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Russian Rocket Chief Dies In Accidental Death Mystery
Moscow reports Lt. Gen. Fyodor Bondarenko head of antiaircraft rocket forces died tragically at 54. Red Star notes his contributions to Soviet missile troops and hints at possible Middle East involvement, but gives no details on the cause or place of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Fyodor M. Bondarenko
Defense Ministry
Red Star
Bondarenko
Middle East
Fire destroys home forces family into homelessness
A fire at 1050 W Carrico St displaced Nancy OConner and her three children, ruining living room and dining room furniture, damaging clothing and leaving them without a place to live. They stayed with Nancy's parents but need rental housing and furnishings. her husband Donald is in prison and she is a welfare recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrico St
Elmer Kribble
Muldrow St
Harvard Professor Wins Economics Nobel Prize
Harvard economist Wassily Leontief, 67, won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Economic Science for developing the input-output method used in production analysis by about 50 countries. He designed Harvard's economic research project and highlighted the method's practical impact in global planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Harvard
Wassily Leontief
Patrick White
Royal Academy of Science
Leontief
Cambridge
Mass
White
Australia
England
Royal Air Force
Leningrad
Russia
Germany
China
United States
Svetlana
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
U.S
Denise Leigh Clement Born to Capt and Mrs Clement in Big Spring
Denise Leigh Clement is the seven pound ten ounce daughter born at 4 40 p.m. Tuesday to Capt and Mrs Bob Clement of Big Spring Texas. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Randall M Weber of 1702 South Morris Street.
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Bob Clement
Big Spring
Tex
Denise Leigh
Randall M. Weber
S. Morris St
Cambodia Road Reopens After Khmer Rouge Cut Route
Government troops reopened Highway 4, the Phnom Penh road to the coast, two days after Khmer Rouge insurgents cut it forty miles northwest of Kompong Som, Cambodia's deepwater port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Kompong Som
Train and Gas Truck Collide in Flaming Missouri Accident
An explosion at a Missouri Pacific crossing near Martin City Kansas City killed two train crewmen. The engineer from Jefferson City and the head brakeman from Osawatomie were identified. the truck driver Duane Peck, 44, Clinton, escaped injury. The 73,280 gallons of gasoline on Peck’s truck helped fuel a long blaze as the 39 loaded and five empty freight cars burned aboard the St. Louis to Pueblo, Colo. train.
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Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Jefferson City
Osawatomie
Kan
Duane Peck
Clinton
Martin City
135Th Street
Holmes
Paola
Peck
St. Louis
Pueblo
Colo
Belgian envoy rescued as Cuban gunman dies after Embassy raid
In Havana police stormed the French Embassy after gunmen seized ambassadors. Belgian ambassador Jean Somershausen was saved unharmed. A Cuban kidnapper, described as a counter revolutionary, died during surgery at Havana’s Cardiovascular Institute after the incident. The fate of French Ambassador Pierre Anthonioz was not confirmed.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Havana
Jean Somershausen
Belgium
Pierre Anthonioz
Cardiovascular Institute
Somershausen
Anthonioz
Mexico Ledger Subscription Rates and Office Hours
Mexico Ledger lists publication details and rates with daily operation except Sundays and holidays. It includes postal information, pricing by region, and office hours from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico Ledger
Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Judges Fear New Wording On Jury Doubt
In St Louis, trial judges condemn a planned revision to criminal jury instructions that would widen the reasonable doubt principle. They warn the change could raise mistrials and acquittals where evidence supports guilt, and oppose directing juries to deem a defendant innocent when evidence is lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Luten
St. Louis County
Lead Miners Walk Off Job Near Bixby Missouri
About 500 workers at the Amax Lead Mining Co. in Bixby Missouri walked off the job in an apparent illegal work stoppage. The United Steelworkers Local 7447 members struck over the work schedule, challenging a major lead and zinc producer’s operations.
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Bixby
Amax Lead Mining Co
Missouri
Amax
United Steelworkers Local 7447
Bid Loser Tells Of $100 Request
Lincoln University officials say a low bidder’s $100 ad request had no bearing on the track contract. Weatherby of St. Louis County alleges impropriety, while 3M’s bid by Western Waterproofing was chosen for longer-lasting track surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Lincoln University
Lloyd E. Weatherby
St. Louis County
Chevron Asphalt Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Weatherby
Dwight Reed
Reed
3M Co
Western Waterproofing Co
Brooks
John Cooper
State Division of Design and Construction
Chevron
Mexico Ledger Age Two Thursday October 18 1973
The brief item notes the age two event or observation published in the Mexico Ledger dated Thursday October 18 1973. It reports a small local item with minimal details and preserves the publication’s tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Black Protest Resumes at Southeast Missouri State University
About 20 black students at Southeast Missouri State University resumed a peaceful protest outside the administration building in Cape Girardeau. They submitted a list of nine demands and planned a meeting with Dean Carroll Walker to discuss them, following a demonstration at Academic Hall the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Southeast Missouri State University
Carroll Walker
Scully
Missouri Farm Boy Champion From Hopkins Wins National FFA Honor
Jim Collins, 18, of Hopkins Missouri, named national home improvements champion at the Future Farmers of America convention. He wins 2000 in value, a convention trip, and 50 extra as regional winner. Others from Missouri include Lonnie Heckmaster and Raymond Shultz as national finalists.
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Kansas City
Jim Collins
Hopkins
Jim
Future Farmers of America
Collins
Missouri
Kansas
Lonnie W. Heckmaster
Jasper
Raymond Shultz
Milan
Richard G. Collins
North Nodaway High School
FFA
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N. C
Mediterranean
Sixth Fleet
Economics
Denise Leigh Clement
Cooper
Lincoln
First Baptist Church
Evangelist Fred Doerge
Cape
Liberty
Cargill
the Liberty
Cargill Mill
Chares Champlin
Rom Mae Mart
Stardust Drive-In Theatre
A. Hlway
Centralia
I Ictal
Alain Delon
Marianne Faithfull
Mee
Fichael Val Ke Sommer
Pamalont
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