Soviet Pilot Seeks Political Asylum After West Germany Crash
A 22 year old Soviet jet lieutenant who defected after a crash near Klein Schoenpenstedt signed for political asylum with West Germany’s Office for Recognition of Foreign Refugees. Officials confirmed receipt but the pilot was not at the Zirndorf refugee camp.
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Bomn
Germany
West Germany
Office For Recognition of
Zirndorf
Bonn
Brunswick
Air Force
Klein-Schoenpenstedt
Louisiana Legislature Advances Antiabortion and Death Penalty Bills
Baton Rouge lawmakers push through week three of a 50 day session with hearings on antiabortion and death penalty bills. Windhorst seeks to reinstate capital punishment for specific murders while Thompson targets unborn child protection with stiff penalties.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Cecil Blair
LeCompte
Senate Judiciary Bb
Senrity Windhorst
New Orleans
House
Judiciary B
Richard Guidry
Gulliano
Mike Thompson
Lafayette
House Commerce Committee
James Wilson
Vivian
Louisiana Milk Commission
Edwards
U.S. Supreme Court
Windhorst
Thompson
Senate
Edgar Mouton
Four Charged With Smuggling Operation in California
Four suspects including Donald Hickman and his wife Gloria of Modesto along with Thomas Landers and Donald Prater of Oakdale were charged with smuggling conspiracy and distribution after a boat carrying about a ton of marijuana was seized at Mission Bay. Agents say the group had swapped boats in Ensenada for the illicit cargo valued at about one million dollars.
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San Diego
UPS
California
United States
Mexico
Donald Hickman
Gloria
Modesto
Calif
Thomas Landers
Donald Prater
Oakdale
Mission Bay
Avents
Ensenada
Paul V. Artin
River Stage Change at Monroe and Camden Stations
River stages show a shift with Monroe at 44.8 and Camden at 13.3 while the station reports a stationary trend. The update notes a present flood condition with stage readings indicating a fall from prior levels.
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Monroe
Camden
Louisiana Teachers Association Marks First Meeting Anniversary
Eighty-one years ago the Louisiana Teachers Association held its first annual meeting in New Iberia on December 26 with a pledge to elevate the teaching profession and advance public schools. Past presidents Van D Odom, E. R. Minchen, and Sidney Seegrers led the group. The LTA Journal Louisiana Schools celebrates its Golden Anniversary in May with a sampling of articles by notable educators, led by T. H. Harris’s 1930 piece An Optimistic Viewpoint of Educational Conditions in Louisiana.
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Louisiana Teachers Association
New Iberia
Louisiana
van D Odom
E. R. Minchen
Sidney Seegers
LTA
Louisiana Schools
T. H. Harris
Skylab crew begins long term medical and science work
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz start a four week Skylab mission of medical tests earth resources astronomy and environmental experiments. Kerwin draws blood from all crew members to study long term human exposure in space and all three men eat aboard the lab after intensifying heat issues and repairs.
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Conrad
Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Space Center
Hure
Weitz
Conrad, Kerwin
Auditor Urges Funds Recovery in Parish Rabies Dept
Legislative auditor urges St Mary Parish rabies control to recover an apparent shortage of 815 dollars in dog impoundment receipts. Examination of wardens receipts found several hundred prenumbered receipts unaccounted for from Warden Joseph Yancy Jr. in the Franklin area.
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St. Mary Parish
Rabies Control Commission
J.H. Burris
Joseph Yancy Jr
Franklin
Nation Honors War Dead In Peacetime Observances
Memorial Day ceremonies and parades marked the nation as veterans honored fallen service members from all wars. In Michigan families of 51 MIAs distributed posters calling for identification, while New York held major parades in five boroughs and wreaths were laid at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument as rain fell and Taps sounded.
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Vietnam
Michigan
Indochina
Jaycees
Wilson
Detroit
New York City
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn
United War
Riverside
Manhattan
Hudson River
Twin Cities Cloudy Skies With Mild Temperatures Brought
Forecasts show mostly cloudy skies in the Twin Cities with cooler daytime highs near 80 and lows around 60 tonight. Winds from the west and northwest 8 to 18 mph diminish Tuesday with sunshine around 50 percent today and 6 percent Tuesday. No precipitation expected through Tuesday or Friday. extended outlook for Wednesday to Friday calls for generally fair skies, mild temperatures, with highs near 80 midweek and around 85 Friday. FAA at Monroe Municipal Airport logged 16 inches of rain in the past 24 hours ending 6 a.m. Sunday.
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FAA
Monroe Municipal
Deadly Memorial Day Tornado Outbreak Hits Nine States
Severe storms across the Midwest and South killed at least 35 people in nine states from Oklahoma to Florida. Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida and Mississippi reported deaths, with hundreds injured and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed. The fatalities included seven in Alabama, six in Missouri, five in Oklahoma and three in Arkansas and Tennessee, with multiple drownings and a fatal church collapse in Brent, Alabama.
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Oklahoma
Florida
Midwest
South
Alabama
Missouri
Keefeton
Okla
Jones
Brent
Brent Baptist
North Carolina
New River
Kenneth Nenninger
Ray Nordin
St. Louis
U.S. 1
Cane Girardeau
Inside The News-Star Highlights and Sections
The News-Star table of contents lists Abby Lowman Broadway and radio TV sections, with classified ads, sports at 1Di, comics at 4D, theater at 7A, and editorial notes. Weather and horoscope pages appear on later indices.
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Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
Jumble Ge
European Group Plans Low Noise Jet For 1979 Start
A four firm European consortium announced a 13 million airliner designed to be twice as quiet as the quietest passenger jet. The Europlane twin jet seats 18 to 200 on short to medium routes and aims to enter service in 1979 at Paris air show. Chairman Werner Blohm said market demand could reach over 1,300 aircraft by 1985, led by the United States.
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Paris
Argentina Renews Diplomatic Ties With Cuba
In Buenos Aires President Campora announced Argentina and Cuba will establish diplomatic relations, three days after Campora’s inauguration and Cuba’s Osvaldo Corticos arrival. Corticos welcomed the move as a gesture of sovereignty, ending Argentina's earlier 1962 severance under OAS policy.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cuba
Hector J. Campora
Government House
Osvaldo Corticos
Fidel Castro
Campora
Corticos
Chuckle Economy Redefines Spending as Pleasureless
The piece defines the Chuckle Economy as a trend where people spend money yet derive no pleasure. It notes how consumer rituals and perceived value fail to deliver joy, turning purchases into empty routines.
Laurel woman narrowly misses Mississippi tornado
Mrs. Richard B. Duncan of Laurel recalls a brief stop in Waynesboro that allowed her to miss a tornado near Laurel. She describes a humming sound, dark skies, and trees torn up as the twister cut a path east of here, with a tractor trailer toppled ahead.
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Laurel
Miss
Richard B. Duncan
Waynesboro
U. S. 84
Here
Louisiana House Approves Road Funds Shift for Teacher Pay Plan
The Louisiana House voted 53 to 43 to delete part of federal revenue sharing and move 10 million dollars from highway funds to Education to back pay raises for teachers. Gov. Edwards opposes funding the raise without a lottery and warned of a veto if the budget is unbalanced.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana House of Representatives
Edwin Edwards
House
Ben Bagert
New Orleans
Department of Education
Edwards
E.L. Heary
Jonesboro
Richard Baker
Joseph Casey
Baker
Louisiana
Highway Department
Robert Crisler
Lafayette
Crisler
Robert Munson
Cheneyville
House Appropriations Committee
Fires Consume Vast Everglades Swamp Lands in Florida
Florida fire crews fought blazes across the Everglades as drought and canal dredging drew moisture from Big Cypress. By week’s end more than 40 000 acres burned this year with several smaller fires adding about 3 000 acres.
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Monroe Station
Fla.Vi
Big Cypress
Everglades
Ken Blacker
Florida Division of Forestry
Forestry
Collier
Dade
Broward
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