Lindbergh Flight Opens Modern Aviation Age
Fifty years ago today Charles Lindbergh completed the historic solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris in The Spirit of St Louis. With one engine and no radio he navigated across the Atlantic amid fog and dawn light, landing at Le Bourget airport at 10 24 p m Paris time to worldwide acclaim.
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Lindbergh Flight
H.D. Senior
New York
UPI
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
St. Louis
Paris
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Kergh
Ireland
LeBourget
Friday’s Digest Weather and Briefs Preview
Partly cloudy today with a 20 percent rain chance and a high in the upper 80s. Tonight’s low in the mid 60s as clouds increase and a 40 percent rain chance develops Saturday with highs in the mid 80s. Urban mass transit funds and a special legislative session Aug 7 17 are noted, plus political party switch remarks and tight signals on saccharin soft drinks. Sherry Dunkin reaches AIAW semifinals as Northeast moves toward nationals. Bobby Wadkins finishes 29 on the back nine after a front nine 39 at Muirfield.
Local Youth Tries to Catch Duck in Park Scene
A brief caption notes a child patiently waits until ducks approach and then makes an unsuccessful attempt to catch one, captured by staff photographer Eddie Cox.
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Eddie Cox
Mondale Vorster clash over South Africa race policies in Vienna
In Vienna US Vice President Mondale and South African Prime Minister Vorster failed to bridge gaps on apartheid. Mondale urged no US intervention to save South Africa while Vorster defended black rights and warned of differing aims over Namibia Rhodesia.
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Vienna
Austria
Walter F. Mondale
John Vorster
U.S
South Africa
Mondale
Vorster
Namibia
Rhodesia
United States
Charter flight to Grand Bahamas marks Monroe history
A charter flight from Monroe to the Grand Bahamas, arranged by Charles H. McDonald of Northeast Louisiana University with Texas International Airways, is set to return at 4 30 a.m. Monday. About 100 residents traveled last Sunday and will go through the West Palm Beach customs checkpoint.
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Grand Bahamas
Monroe
E. Durand Bailey
Texas International Airways
Charles H. McDonald
Northeast Louisiana University
Berlin Fuller
West Palm Beach
Fla
Consumer Index Jump Drives April Inflation Report
The Labor Department reports a 0.8 percent April rise in consumer prices marking a fourth straight surge driven by food and energy. Annual rate hits 9.6 percent with food up 1.5 percent, while excluding food and energy inflation sits at 0.6 percent. The CPI stands at 179.6, up 6.8 percent from a year ago.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Soviets Present SALT Talks Breakthrough Proposals
In Geneva the Soviet Union offered several ideas on a new treaty to limit long range nuclear weapons. Secretary Vance and Andrei Gromyko led talks with Hodding Carter saying discussions were worthwhile. A final US reply was expected by nightfall as both sides weigh a second arms control accord.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Soviet Union
United States
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Hodding Carter
Gromyko
Kremlin
Vance
Carter
U.S
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Ford
Brezhnev
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Stock Market Slips Amid Higher Prices Prompting Selloff
The noon Dow Jones average for 30 industrials fell 5.76 to 930.72 as traders tussled after word of another CPI rise. IBM slid 2 percent to 249 for a new yearly low, while NYSE composites eased to 54.39 and the American Exchange index dropped to 114.70.
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New York
Wall Street
NYSE
American Exchange
Harper seeks U S 165 crossover on private property
Monroe Streets Commissioner Luther T Harper says he helped draft a vest for a proposed U S 165 Bypass crossing near his land at Reese and Frontage Road. He met with federal and city officials in Washington to discuss feasibility and safety, with a cost estimate of 5 000 to 10 000 dollars.
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Bob Hammack
Monroe Streets
Luther T
Dick) Harper
U. S. 165
e@ News-Star
Harper
W. J. Wilkes
Federal Highway Administration
Jerry Huckaby
Washington, D. C
Reese
Department of Highways
Howard
State Highway Department
Peeces
Louberta
Elm Street
Milhavan Road
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Tam
Friday's Digest
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Louisiana
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James Moreau
Rick Tenry
Democratic Party
Likud
Sherry Dunkin
Northeast
Bobby Wadkins
Jack Nicklaus
Ton Muirfield
Lowman Radio-Tv
Solomon
Phillips Bayou
Pam Beatty
Shawna
Pam
Mondale-Vorster
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Charter Flight
Soviets
Wilkes
Himself
John Maroney
Huckaby
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