India and Soviet Union sign 20 year peace treaty
New Delhi reports India and the Soviet Union signed a 20 year treaty of peace friendship and cooperation. It aims to deter war and preserve sovereignty while not pledging automatic military aid. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said the pact reinforces nonalignment and deters aggression.
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India
Russia
New Delhi
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Swaran Singh
Andrei A. Gromyko
Indira Gandhi
Singh
Mrs. Gandhi
Gandhi
East
Treasury Denies Devaluation Plan Amid Trade Concerns
A UPI report notes a House Senate subcommittee discussed a possible dollar devaluation but the Treasury rejects plans for currency adjustment. The panel warned of overvaluation and urged reforms, while Treasury cautions against broad consensus.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
House-Senate
Coast Guard escorts hijacked yacht to Hawaii after sea chase
A Coast Guard cutter escorted the 73 foot Kamalii back to Honolulu after a high seas pursuit. Hijackers seized the vessel from its berth and forced its crew to sail toward Tahiti. Three men were set adrift in a life raft and later rescued by an Italian freighter.
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Honolulu
Coast Guard
Larry’’ Doheny
Honoulu
Hawaii
Benavir
John Freitas
Frank Power
Robert Waschkeit
Tahiti
Air Force
Record Heat Top Official National Mark at Imperial California
The National Weather Service logged the highest temperature Sunday excluding Hawaii and Alaska as 110 degrees in Imperial California. The day’s low reached 45 degrees in Evanston Wyoming.
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New York
Twin Cities Chit Chat Visit From Dumas Texans
West Monroe residents Mr and Mrs Bill Moss hosted visitors from Dumas Texas last week. Mrs Moss’s parents Mr and Mrs Smith joined the gathering as the family enjoyed a fishing outing. They planned a New Orleans trip for Sunday before the Smiths returned to Texas. Birthday wishes go to Michael Walker of Monroe who turns 23 today. He boasts scuba credentials and credits his new dive watch from wife Linda as his upgrade for underwater timekeeping.
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Bill Moss
West Monroe
Dumas
Tex
Moss
Smith
New Orleans
Smiths
Texas
Michael Walker
Monroe
Mike
Linda
Dalhart Wild West festival interrupted by fatal jailbreak escapees
Illinois fugitives in a bold town chase wounded two officers and a deputy as they fled through Dalhart during a Wild West celebration. One suspect Wayne Forrest died. Daniel Lewis survived. Both housed on armed robbery charges in McLean County Illinois.
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Dalhart. Tex
UPI
Dalhart
Dallas County
E. F
Red” Byrd
Byrd
Carl Scofield
R. C. Johnson
Johnson
Wayne Forrest
Ellsinore
Daniel Lewis
Lewisville
McCleansboro
Lill
William Robbins
Seal Beach
Calif
Robbins
U.S. 54
Rogers Announces One Million Dollar Pakistan Relief Plan
Secretary of State William P. Rogers was to announce a 1 million dollar U N relief effort for East Pakistan and urge aid to Pakistan amid floods famine and civil strife. He also supported a plan to place U S representatives along the India Pakistan border to assist refugees and foster return.
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William P. Rogers
U Thant
United Nations
East Pakistan
New York
United Natons
State Department
Rogers
Pakistan
Thant
India
U.S
U.N
Showers Forecast with Heat Ahead in Monroe Vicinity
The Monroe area faces a 60 percent rain chance today, dropping to 30 percent tonight. Expect afternoon and evening showers with mainly clear skies Tuesday, and little temperature change. Highs 86 to 90, lows 70 to 74. A Sunday thunder shower yielded 0.06 inches at Monroe Municipal Airport, with no major damage reported. A power outage affected South Monroe for about 45 minutes when a tree limb brought down a main line. utility officials say the outage was storm unrelated. Drying conditions remain humid with 60 percent moisture and 10 mph winds.
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Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Ex Weightlifter Arrested for Burglary in Japan
Former weightlifting champion Kunichi Kumada 24 was arrested for burglary after police say he carried off a 440 pound safe from a lumber dealer's office in AhSTA Japan. Kumada, national high school featherweight champ in 1965, later set a world record by lifting 781 pounds. The safe held uncashed checks and bank books.
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Ahsta
Japan
UPI
Kunichi Kumada
Kumada
Internment Sparks Fresh Belfast Riots Across Northern Ireland
Fresh rioting erupted in central Belfast after Prime Minister Faulkner ordered internment without trial for IRA guerrillas. Death toll rose to five, including a British soldier, as mobs attacked, troops used rubber bullets, and police conducted house to house raids.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Arm
Y Antry
Civil Rights Association
Friends
Army
Patrick McAdorey
IRA
McAdorey
Holy Cross Catholic School
Faulkner
Apprentice Boys
Derry
Londonderry
The
Civil Rights Association of Northern Ireland
Tleftist People’s Democracy
Bernadette Devlin
Crumlin Road
Jack Lynch
Republic of Ireland
Lynch
London
James Callaghan
Home Office
Edward Heath
Harry Thornton
Thornton
River Stage Flood Rises Reports Camden and Monroe
Flood stage readings show Camden at 84 and Monroe at 40 with a 13.4 rise, signaling rising river levels and potential overflow concerns for nearby areas.
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Camden
Monroe
British pilots warn of near misses by German French fighters
British Airline Pilots Association says West German and French fighters buzzed civil airliners in Europe with rock- edge approaches and near misses. Airline spokesmen from Sabena TWA and KLM corroborate frequent near misses or deny mock attacks while recalling similar risks to Japan’s 1972 disaster.
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London
British
Europe
British Airline Pilots Association
Sunday Express
West Germany
British Pilots’ Association
British European Airways
Jover
Germany
KLM
Nixon Signs Bill Allowing Lockheed Private Loan Backing
President Nixon signed a bill permitting Lockheed Aircraft to borrow 250 million dollars in government backed loans. The measure, passed by the House July 30 and by the Senate August 2 by narrow margins, was shown as a victory amid White House compromises. Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler said the loan guarantee would keep production ongoing and save jobs.
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Washington
Nixon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
House
Senate
White House
Lockheed
Ronald L. Zieger
Chuckle About Wife’s Venture Into Wedding Photos
A humorous remark from a wife to a marriage counselor about her husband wanting a place in the wedding photos. The line hints at light domestic tension and ironic priorities in a playful tone.
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