Power Blackouts Roil New York and Midwest Heat Wave
Widespread outages hit Queens leaving 180000 without power as heat waves grip the nation. Ohio State Fair rides stranded and Detroit area plants idle while Midwest irrigation faces power cuts. Washington endures 98 degree heat with air pollution spikes as Chrysler GM and AMC report closures or cutbacks.
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Queens
New York City
Midwest
New York
Columbus
Detroit
Washington
Chicago
National Weather Service
East
Chrysler Corp
Warren
Mich
Chrysler
General Motors
Linden
N.J
American Motor Corp
U.S
Ohio
White named Saints offensive line coach
Dixie White, previously a Saints personnel scout, is promoted to offensive line coach by head coach John North. White has LSU connections with North from 1962-63 and recalls Lynn Amedee as quarterback. He led Northeast Louisiana University as head coach and athletic director for eight years before joining the Saints scouting staff in 1972.
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NEW Orleans
New Orleans Saints
Dixie White
John North
Saints
White
Louisiana State University
North
LSU
Lynn Amedee
Saint
Northeast Louisiana University
Twin Cities Chit Chat Notes Navy Visit
Randy Shields of West Monroe is home on leave from the U S Navy visiting family as his ship docks in San Diego. He plans to return next week and the vessel is slated for deployment to Australian and Far Eastern waters after the new year. A birthday greeting is extended to a staff member. Office chatter notes Oland Silk will add one mile tomorrow, unlikely to improve his tennis game.
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Randel
Randy) Shields
Wallace Dean Road
West Monroe
U.S. Navy
Hugh Shields
San Diego
Calif
Far Eastern
Oland Silk
Skylab Crew Begins Ocean Storm Photo Mission
Skylab astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma spotted a budding tropical storm off northeast South America. Ground controllers ordered photographs with television and still cameras as they monitor the storm while awaiting a potential extension of their 28 day mission. Bean described the storm as circular and extending hundreds of miles.
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Houston
UPS
Skylab
South America
Space Trio
Alan L. Bean
Bean
First U S Group Leaves Thailand
A squadron of U S Marine Corps A6 Skyhawks began departing Nam Phong Airbase in Thailand as the United States moves to end its last mainland Southeast Asia military presence. By week end 2 100 troops and 36 planes will have left, with a second Phantom squadron to follow.
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Bangkok
UPI
U.S. Marine Corps
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Nam ‘Phong
Ron Merrihew
Mission Viejo
Calif
Marine Air Group 15
U.S
Iwakuni Marine Air Station
Japan
Nam Phong
Marine 14
United States
Cambodia
Thanom Kittikachorn
Steel Firms Defend Price Boost Plans
Washington AP report shows top steel executives arguing price hikes are needed to cover rising costs. Bethlehem Steel's Stewart Cort cites government pressure and a 5 percent proposed rise as partial offset for cost increases since 1972. Frank Nemec of Youngstown Sheet warns refusal to allow cost justified increases may halt capacity expansion.
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Washington
Stewart S. Cort
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Cost of Living Council
U.S. Steel
Cort
Bethlehem
Frank A. Nemec
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Nemec
Steel firms indicted on antitrust charges in Texas
A federal grand jury indicted United States Steel Bethlehem Steel Corp. Armco Steel Corp. and 14 smaller firms in Houston on conspiring to restrain trade and monopolize Texas re bar markets. Sixteen company officials face related criminal information in Dallas. Re bars reinforce concrete for highways bridges and buildings.
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Washington
Texas
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
Houston
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Dallas
Weather prospects warm with scattered showers in Northeast Louisiana
The U S Weather Bureau notes little change in today forecast for Northeast Louisiana with scattered showers and partly cloudy skies. Highs near 90 and lows around 70, winds southerly at about 10 mph, stronger near thundershowers. Monroe Airport recorded 0.04 inches rain and 85 high, 68 low.
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Louisiana
U.S. Weather Bureau
KAA
Monroe
Chuckle People Bet on Chance to Strike Rich
A quirky report notes folks gamble on anything hoping to save money for a potential valuable payday someday. The item highlights playful risk taking and optimism amid uncertain odds.
Jury listens to tapes in bribery trial at federal court
Witnesses describe a bribery package alleged to involve New Orleans officials. Secret recordings from Pershing Gervais reveal conversations with Louis Boasberg about a $2000 payoff to dodge police raids. Defendants include Jim Garrison aides and pinball executives.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
U.S
Pershing Gervais
Louis Boasberg
Boasberg
Gervais
Garrison
John Callery
Robert Nims
Lawrence Lagarde Sr
TAC Amusement Co
Joseph I. Giarrusso
Lagarde
Giarrusso
Wvue TV
Frederick A. Soule Sr
Soule
Inside The News-Star Overview Section
Page index listing sections and page designations for Abby Lowman Broadway Radio-TV Classified Sports Comics Theater Crossword Van Dellen Editorial Women Horoscope Weather Jumble. Section identifiers include 2B 2C 3C 8B 4A 1B 8A 5A 9D.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Two Britons Trapped in Submarine Off Cork Coast
Two Britons, Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman, trapped 1,375 feet beneath the Atlantic in Pisces III, sent a morale-boosting message to their wives as an international rescue began. The mother ship Vickers Voyager led rescue submarines Pisces II and V with divers, plus a U.S. unmanned sub eye, aiming to reach Pisces III which had submerged after a cable laying accident.
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Cork
Ireland
Atlantic
Vickers Voyager
Cork Harbor
Roger Mallinson
Roger ‘Chapman
Leonard Edwards
San Diego
Calif
Retailers Get Time To Post New Price Ceilings
Washington AP reports the Cost of Living Council extended the gasoline price freeze to Sept. 7 for retailers to post new ceilings and octane stickers. The stay by an Appeals Court delayed enforcement though a full hearing was set for Sept. 17. Diesel prices and other Phase 4 rules also remain in effect.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
John T. Dunlop
Edward Allen Tamm
Tamm
Orentne
Mills to undergo spinal disc surgery in Little Rock
Rep Wilbur D Mills chairman of the Ways and Means Committee will have surgery for a ruptured spinal disc Friday at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock Arkansas. Recovery is expected to take about a month and Mills has faced years of spinal pain. He had warned he might retire when his term ends in January 1975 if relief could not be found.
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Washington (Ap
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Baptist Medical
MIT computer speeds drug detection for faster overdose care
A MIT system uses gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and computing to identify more than 400 drugs from blood or urine, cutting analysis time from two days to about two hours and improving survival chances for unconscious patients. The method originated for lunar soil analysis and later spurred a Mars mission sensor.
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Cambridge, Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Klaus Biemann
MIT
Mars
Chicago
American Chemical Society
Biemann
River Stage Readings Spark Flood Alert
River stages show rising water at Camden and Monroe stations with Camden at 268.8 inches and a 2.3 increase while Monroe records 40 inches and a 19.8 rise. a fall follows at one site, signaling changing flood conditions.
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Camden
Monroe
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