British Ambassador Kidnapped in Montevideo by Tupamaros
A UK ambassador Godfrey Jackson was abducted in Montevideo by Tupamaros guerrillas. Witnesses call in, the embassy car was seized and later found. Police ringed the city as the incident prompted medical reports of aides injured and hospitalizations.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Godfrey Jackson
Aibar
Buenos Aires
Espectador
Claude L. Fly
Aloysio Dias Gomide
Dan Mitrione
U.S
Jackson
Mary Evelyn Delany Jackson
Montervideo
Fot
Winter Storm Worsens Across Northeast Louisiana and South
Heavy snow and freezing rain shut schools and many roads from northeast Louisiana to the deep south. In Monroe area about three inches fell, with numerous minor crashes and one fatal accident attributed to the weather. Schools closed through Monday, travel deemed extremely hazardous, while airports and businesses operated with delays and weather advisories ongoing.
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Bayou DeSiard
Monroe
Louisiana
John
South
Twin City
Highway Department
Northeast Louisina University
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Monroe Municipal
Winn
la Salle
Richland
East Carroll
West Carroll
Lincoln
Jackson
Bienville
Morehouse
Union
Madison
Tensas
Catahoula
Franklin Parishes
Shreveport
Vicksburg
Natchez - Vidalia
Vidalia
Lake Charles
West Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Chamber of Commerce and
Monroe Convention and Tourist Bureau
E. A. Conway Hospital
Evelyn McCoy
Nine Feared Dead In B52 Crash Off Charlevoix Michigan
A U S Air Force B52 bomber with nine crew aboard exploded in a fireball and crashed into Lake Michigan near Charlevoix Michigan during a training flight from Westover Massachusetts. Coast Guard units recovered debris while authorities prepared an investigation by Strategic Air Command. No survivors were reported and crew identifications were not released.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Air Force
Lake Michigan
Michiawhi
Gan
Coast Guard
Strategic Air Command
Westover
Mass
Air Force Base
Charlevaix
Charles Bleha
Postage Increase On First Class Mail Likely This Spring
The U S Postal Service faces a potential 2.4 billion dollar deficit this fiscal year as a 8 cent first class stamp may be approved in April. Winton Blount notes higher wage costs may push bills higher and a conversion to a semi autonomous corporate model is mandated by August. Collective bargaining starts January 20 with a new nine member board awaiting swearing in.
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Blount
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Snow coats Florida visitor’s car in West Monroe
The Floridian son of Mrs. McClung remarks There’s no place like home as snow falls around 9 a.m. and blanks his auto with Florida plates. He photographs the scene as a keepsake. Clyde Nash to leave St. Francis Hospital after extended stay. Nash once a champion golfer plans a return despite snow.
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Clyde Nash
Glenmar Ave
Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Nash
Bomb explodes near Soviet Embassy in Washington
A blast erupted in an alley beside the Soviet Cultural Building on 18th Street in Washington. No injuries reported as police and fire units investigated. a State Department representative apologized and pledged increased security for Soviet facilities in the U S and New York.
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Washington
State Department
Associated Press
18Th Street
Jewish Defense League
Leonid V. Shehervakov
Soviet Life Magazine
Fire Department
Steven E. Steiner
Steiner
Executive Protection Service
New York
Snokesman
Lowest readings posted as 30 below at Lone Rock Wise
The National Weather Service reported the coldest reading excluding Alaska and Hawaii as 30 degrees below zero at Lone Rock Wise. A separate high of 83 degrees was measured Thursday at Tortugas Florida, showing wide temperature swings across the country.
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New York
Arthritis relief seen from prostaglandins in early research
New York University doctors Zurner and Weissmann disclosed a report to the American Rheumatism Association outlining prostaglandins as a potential arthritis treatment. They warned therapy remains a decade away and noted tests show prostaglandins may block destructive enzymes from white blood cells, potentially limiting joint damage.
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Washington
Robert B. Zurner
Gerald Weissmann
New York University School of Medicine
American
Rheumatism Association
Zurer
Weissmann
Defense Secretary Laird Arrives in Saigon for Cutback Talks
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird arrived in Saigon to discuss major force reductions in Vietnam. Plans target withdrawal of 25,000 Marines by June and further cuts to reach about 250,000 U.S. troops by summer. Laird met Thieu and Bunker. Weyand reported on Cambodia ops and Route 4.
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Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
America
Vietnam
Laird
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
U Taphao
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Nixon
1St Marine Division
1St Marine Aircraft Wing
Paris
Neuyen van Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Frederick C. Weyand
Weyand
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Cambodia
At Wit's End Column Starts Monday in Monroe News-Star
Erma Bombeck launches a three times weekly At Wits End column in the Monroe News-Star Women’s Pages. Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays will feature her humorous observations on domestic life aimed at housewives and readers facing everyday troubles.
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Erma Bombeck
Monroe News - Star
News- Star
Diplomatic Husband Teases Wife Over Birthday Peers
A humorous line plays on aging as a husband asks how he can remember a birthday when his wife never seems to look older, reflecting a playful marital exchange. The quip relies on witty misdirection and light domestic banter to land as a chuckle.
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Fogleman
Women’s Liberation Movement
Jim Hardy
James Lewis Roark
Michael Hardy
Susan Hardy
Diana Sargeant
John I. Fogleman
Ouachita Parish
James C. Kelly Jr
Parish School Board
West Monroe
Clerk of Court of US. District Court
Parish
H. L. Brown
Continental Trailways Bus Lines
Ouachita
Odis Russell
Parish Tax Collection Department
Bay Shore
Twin Cities
U. S
Defense
South Vietnam
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