Libyan Troops Capture Four Hijackers After Jetliner Blast
At Benghazi airport Libyan troops arrested four hijackers after a Boeing 747 exploded following the evacuation of 139 aboard. The Japan Airlines flight, hijacked Friday from Amsterdam, had earlier been held for three days in Dubai and Damascus. No one was seriously hurt.
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Japan Air Lines
Benghazi
Amsterdam
Dubai
Persian Gulf
Damascus
Libya
Mt. Carmel
Sada
Red Army
Court Tests Likely As Nixon Subpoena Faces Courts
President Nixon became the first chief executive subpoenaed in 166 years after refusing to surrender Watergate tapes and documents to the Senate Watergate Committee and Archibald Cox. The move prompts anticipated Supreme Court tests over executive privilege and presidential independence.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Nixon
U.S. Supreme Court
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate
Archibald Cox
White House
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Cox
Sam J. Ervin Jr
N.C
Senate Investigating Committee
Ervin
United States
Senate
US District Court
Supreme Court
New England
Oval Office
John ©. Pastore
D-R.i
Rufus B. Edmisten
Leonard Garment
Inside The News-Star Highlights
The page shows sections including Abby Lowman Broadway Radio-TV Classified Sports Comics Theater and Editorial across multiple pages. Weather Jumble and Horoscope appear in the sidebar, with section markers guiding readers to pages 1B 3B 6A 7A 8A.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Mrs. M. C. Reeves to Attend Louisville Wedding
Mrs. M C Reeves of Monroe leaves Wednesday by plane for Louisville Kentucky to attend the wedding of her granddaughter Ruby Helen Woods. The Butler and Reison Family reunion is set for Sunday at Transport Cemetery in Richland Parish with a basket lunch and daylong visiting urged for all friends and relatives.
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M. C. Reeves
Monroe
Louisville, Ky
Ruby Helen Woods
Butler and
Reison
Transport
Richland Parish
Audie Butler
Senate probes Cambodia bombing secrecy and deceit
Senate Armed Services Committee opened a probe into the covert Cambodia bombing that began in 1969. Senator Harold Hughes argues records were falsified to hide raids, with Gen. Wheeler to testify next week as lawmakers seek who ordered the deception. Defense Secretary Schlesinger defends the department’s handling and apologizes for improper disclosure.
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Washington
UPI
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Pentagon
Cambodia
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Nixon
Jerry Friedheim
Air Force
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Hughes
Friedheims
Congress
Symington
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
House Appropriations
Ozark Pilot Says Lightning Struck Plane Crash at Lambert Field
An Ozark Air Lines airliner, hit by strong winds and likely lightning, broke apart and burned while attempting an instrument landing at Lambert Field. Thirty-eight of 46 aboard were killed, including a stewardess and most back-seat passengers, with the pilot and co-pilot surviving. The flight originated in Nashville with stops in Clarksville, Paducah, Cape Girardeau, and Marion before the St Louis crash.
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ST. Louts, Mo
Apt
Ozark Air Lines
Lambert Field
Ozark
St. Louis
University of Missouri At
D. A. Gardner
Federal Aviation Agency
Howard Porter
Ozark Flight 809
Nashville, Tenn
Clarksville
Texaco to Build 200000 Barrel Refinery at Donaldsonville
Texaco plans a 200000 barrel per day crude oil refinery near Donaldsonville Louisiana at a cost of 200 million dollars. The plant will produce high octane gasoline and handle sour and sweet crudes. Construction begins early 1975 with completion by mid 1977 and 2500 construction plus 400 permanent jobs.
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Baton Rouge
Texaco, Inc
Louisiana
Donaldsonville
Edwin Edwards
United States
Edwards
Loop, Inc
Mississippi River
Chuckle: Love Compared to Mushrooms in a Testy Dig
A humorous line likens love to eating mushrooms, implying uncertainty about authenticity until consequences arrive. The quip frames romance as a risky, potentially hazardous experience with a sharp, witty edge.
Customers Stock Up As Food Prices Rise Nationwide
An Associated Press survey shows shoppers in Tennessee Seattle and Dallas rushing to stockpile pork poultry and eggs after Phase 4 price boosts. Beef remains frozen until Sept. 12 while retailers report higher costs and large one stop buys like 34 pounds of bacon by Floyd Orman in Memphis.
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Tennessee
Seattle
Wash
Dallas
Associated Press
Nixon
Prairie
Pete Bracchi
Penn Fruit Co
Philadelphia
Bismarck
N.D
Continued Hot Weather In Twin Cities Area
Partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of afternoon showers across Monroe and vicinity through Wednesday. Highs in the low 90s, lows in the 70s, southerly winds 5 to 15 mph, 20 percent rain chance today and Wednesday. FAA data record 93 high, 75 low at Monroe Municipal Airport. Extended Louisiana outlook mirrors warm, mostly partly cloudy days with thundershower chances in the afternoon.
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Twin Cities
Monroe
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Electrical Short Sparks Bogota Tower Blaze Deadly Fire
Officials say a short circuit sparked a fire in Colombia's tallest building, the Avianca HQ, killing at least five and injuring about 150. Witnesses reported an explosion as flames trapped some 200 people between the 12th and 23rd floors of the 41 story tower.
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Bogota
Colombia
Avianca
Congress Debates New Power to Overturn Presidential Impoundment
Congress prepares to vote on a bill giving either chamber power to void presidential impoundments by simple resolutions within 60 days. The issue follows a federal court ruling that Nixon illegally froze funds for subsidized housing, with estimates of impounded funds ranging from 8.7 to 18 billion dollars.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
House
Chamber US
Charles R. Richey
House of Congress
House Democratic Steering Committee
Senate
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
D-N.c
Richery
Monroe Crime Trends Report Shows Mixed Local Changes
Monroe records a seven percent drop in major crimes from Oct 1972 to Jun 1973 versus the prior year while national cities with 50 000 to 100 000 population report a 10 percent rise. Police chief notes 6.7 percent more cases cleared by arrests and a 51 to 61 percent clearance rate shift. One local fatality since Oct 1972.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Monroe
FBI
National Crime
Charles Gaishell
Gaishell
Tis
Shreveport
Alexandria
Baton Rouge
Fl Dorado
Ark
Lake Charles
Pine Bluff
Lafayette
Brine Shrimp Harvests Reflect Utah Great Salt Lake Life
A rare living creature in Utah's Great Salt Lake, the brine shrimp, is harvested for use as fish food, illustrating the lake's unique ecosystem and commercial value.
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Utah's
Great Salt Lake
Missing man feared after river survey boat sinks on Mississippi
A search continued near the Arkansas line for Michael Klein missing from the Peggy P survey boat of the U S Corps of Engineers after it sank Monday while crews measured channel depth upstream. Eight Corps boats and three airplanes joined in the effort as remaining crew were rescued.
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Lake Providence
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Here
Marvin M. Reese
Corps
Vicksburg
Miss
Peggy P
Carolina
Michael Klein
Michael Baker
Klein
Arkansas Line
Fallen arches and flat feet warned in health note
A health note links negative outlook and constricted gait to fallen arches bruised heels and flat feet. It advises taking pressure off feet and hints at classifieds ads in News-Star-World for a bike and rental rate offers. The ad mentions a 26 inch ten speed bicycle in excellent condition with contact numbers.
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Howard H. Baker Jr
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