Mother's Day Mail Problems Hit 100000 Deliveries
The AP reports incorrect or missing addresses may delay or derail up to 100000 Mother's Day cards and packages this year. Chicago and other postal offices note thousands cannot be returned due to no return address, with 13000 undeliverable last year. A card marked Deceased without a return address also puzzled clerks.
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Washington
Wilbur Holmes
Chicago
Atlanta
Boston
Dallas
Cincinnati
Memphis
Minneapolis
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
San Juan
Wichita
Holmes
Grandmother Enjoys First Motorcycle Ride in Cincinnati
Alma Fangman, 76, expresses thrill after a first motorcycle ride near her Cincinnati home. Relatives, including Mike Micelli, are part of the scene as she sits at the handlebars during the outing.
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Alma Fangman
Cincinnati
Mike Micelli
Refugee fund shortfall threatens resettlement plan
Washington AP reports growing signs that President Ford will receive only partial funding for the Vietnam refugee program and that money may run out next week. Ford sought 507 million dollars to resettle about 135,000 South Vietnamese refugees following the North Vietnamese victory.
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Washington
Ford
United States
Omaha Tornado Toll and Citywide Looting Response
National Guardsmen patrolled 3400 blocks in Omaha to curb looting after three tornadoes killed three people and wounded over 100, with millions in property damage. Gov. Exon called the devastation unprecedented for Nebraska, noting 500 homes destroyed and 1000 severely damaged. Identified dead were Margaret Burke 86 Lloyd Kramer about 40 and Pamela Myers 23, all from Omaha. Eight hospitals treated 132 injured, including a man who lost an arm. The hardest hit zones covered 300 blocks in southwest and 500 blocks in northwest Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
National Weather Service
Nebraska
J. James Exon
Douglas County
James Kennan
Margaret Burke
Lloyd Kramer
Pamela Myers
Kramer
Keenan
Myers
Pledges of leniency amid Saigon political shift
A mass rally in Saigon introduced the new Saigon administration while promising leniency for former Viet Cong opponents and respect for foreign residents. Nearby Cambodia reports a Khmer Rouge push for production and independence. Refugees flow to the Philippines and Guam as U.S. officials take title to ships. Boeing Ford and Byrd discuss refugee aid levels, with debate over amounts and interim funding.
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Associated Press
South Vietnam
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Subic Navy
Philippines
U.S
United States
U.S. Navy
Philippine
Guam
Tran van Lam
South Vietnamese
Senate
Midwest Sees Broad Storms With Tornado Toll Rising
Thunderstorms swept the midcontinent from Minnesota to Mississippi. Nebraska endured a dozen tornadoes killing three people and injuring more than 130. Heavy rain drenched Arkansas Missouri and parts of Illinois and Indiana. Large hail pounded Texas Oklahoma Nebraska and Kansas. Ft Leonard Wood Missouri area received 4.5 inches of rain. Waynesville had floating mobile homes. Fort Smith Arkansas saw over 2.25 inches. flash floods and tornado warnings affected Missouri Illinois Indiana. severe thunderstorm watches in the southeast. snow warnings issued for southern Montana and parts of Wyoming. an 8 inch snow blanketing parts of the Big Horn Mountains.
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Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
Arkansas
Missouri
Iinois
Indiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ft Leonard Wood
Waynesville
Fort Smith
Ark
Illinois
West
Tennessee
West Tennessee
Louisiana
Montana
Divide
Wyoming
Big Horn Mountains
Middletown Weather Forecast Tonight Through Sunday
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for the Middletown area tonight and Thursday with lows in the 50s and highs in the mid 70s. Yesterday’s high was 80 and overnight low 50. The extended outlook calls for a chance of showers Friday and Saturday and fair skies Sunday.
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Middletown
German ships first to travel Suez Canal
Two West German freighters the Muensterland and the Norwind became the first commercial ships in nearly eight years to traverse the Suez Canal from Great Bitter Lake to Port Said. Egyptian workers cheered as they began a 60 mile voyage, part of a rusting fleet stranded since the 1967 war. The ships then planned to proceed to Hamburg.
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Suez Canal
Egypt
Great Bitter Lake
Port Said
Mediterranean
Hamburg
Suez Canal Authority
Mashour Ahmed Mashour
Deversoir
Bitter Lake
Muensterland
Norwind
Sinai
Poverty Lines Redefined by Labor Department
The Labor Department issued new poverty definitions and raised the maximum income for eligibility. The measure targets city residents in family groups, noting a four person household earning under five thousand fifty dollars annually is considered officially poor.
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Washington
Labor Department
Poverty level increases widen rural city thresholds
The department raised poverty cutoffs: city family of four to 4300, rural four person to 4300 with a rural cap of 4300, individual metro 2590, rural individual 2200. The changes reflect higher consumer prices and affect workers in CETA programs.
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