Five Orange Flying Objects Sighted in Washington Parish
Deputies tracked five orange red aerial objects over 12 miles in the Louisiana piney woods late Monday night and early today. Witnesses, including Deputy Michael Moore, described near misses with a patrol car and rapid vanishing into clouds. A separate sighting near Slidell described a 15 to 20 foot diameter red glowing object 125 to 200 feet above Lake Pontchartrain, vanishing after several minutes.
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Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Lloyd Mercier
Israeli cargo ship sails with arms to Israel from Norfolk
The Israeli vessel Aben Dat prepared to depart Norfolk Navy base carrying 250 and 500 pound bombs along with three American A4 Skyhawk jets and tanks. Navy security limited access as Iwo Jima loaded arms for a Mediterranean-bound leg.
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Middle East
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Hampton Roads
Virginia Pilots Association
Atlantic
Washington
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U.S
Morehead City
N.C
Mediterranean
North Carolina
Prime Ministers Agree On Plan To Settle Cod War
Britain and Iceland moved toward a basis for settling their cod war dispute. The plan would limit Britain's fishing effort in Iceland’s 50 mile zone, restricting trawlers to designated areas for about two years, while legal interpretations remain unresolved.
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London
Britain
Iceland
Edward Heath
Oladur Johannesson
Squirrel This Snake Tale Stuns Twin Cities Readers
J C Zagone relates a tale of a squirrel that vanished after a morning shot only to learn a snake had eaten all but the tail. The hunter then reportedly killed the snake, sticking to a finders keepers rule in the unusual sequence of events.
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J. C. Zagone
Zagone
Penn Central Awaits Safety Rules Verdict
The Federal Railroad Administration weighs enforcing new safety rules that could force Penn Central to halt or reroute service. If exemptions are denied, penalties and court orders threaten shutdowns on substandard track, with impacts across freight, Amtrak, and commuter lines.
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Washington
Federal Railroad Administration
Penn Central Railroad
FRA
Railroad Administration
John W. Ingram
Department of Transportation
Amtrak
Chicago
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Jazz Drummer Gene Krupa Dies at 64 in Yonkers
Jazz drummer Gene Krupa died at his Yonkers home at age 64 after leukemia treatment. He had been released from Yonkers General Hospital a week earlier. Krupa last appeared publicly on August 18 in Saratoga with Benny Goodman, whom he joined in 1934.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Gene Krupa
Krupa
Yonkers General Hospital
Saratoga
Benny Goodman
Ouachita Parish Farm Income Rises With Higher Yields
New York based figures show Ouachita Parish cash income from crops livestock and other farm products rising to 12.39 million dollars last year from 10.63 million two years earlier. Most income came from crops and livestock with government payments and in kind value making up the rest.
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News - Star News Service
New York
Chita Parish
Department of Agriculture
Standard Rate and Data Service
Ouachita Parish
Judge Denies Bail for Hunt and Four Others in Watergate
Federal Judge John J. Sirica refused bail for five Watergate conspirators including E. Howard Hunt and Eugenio Martinez while their motions to overturn guilty pleas are pending. Judge Sivica criticized Senator Herman Talmadge for remarks about the judge’s conduct. Frank Sturgis missed the hearing.
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U.S. District Court
John J. Sivica
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Watergate Committee
Sirica
E. Howard Hunt
Eugenio R. Martinez
Virgilia Gonzalez
Bernard Barker
Frank A. Sturgis
Hunt
Talmadge
Sen. Talmadge
Sidney Sachs
Kissinger Ties for Nobel Peace Prize with Tho
President Nixon congratulates Henry A. Kissinger on winning the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Le Duc Tho. The award, worth about 120000 dollars, honors their negotiated efforts amid Southeast Asia and Middle East tensions. Tho is the first Asian laureate. Kissinger is the 16th American winner.
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Kissinger
White House
Washington
Nixon
Secretary of
Henry A. Kissinger
Southeast Asia
Middle East
World
Norway
le Duc Tho
Dr. Kissinger
Nobel Committee
Norman F. Borlaug
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Eastern Europe
Storting
John Sanness
Cloudy Skies Forecast with Rain Chance for Twin Cities
Residents of the Twin Cities and Monroe area should expect cloudy skies today and tonight with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs will reach mid 70s, lows in the mid 30s, winds variable then northeast tonight into Wednesday. FAA reports Monroe Municipal Airport record high 76, low 67, and 0.78 inch rain in 24 hours ending 6 am today.
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Monroe
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Monroe Municipal
Louisiana
Sadat Threatens Missile Strike as Sinai Battles Rage
Egyptian President Sadat told the People's Assembly missiles are ready to strike Israel at any minute and he could reopen the Suez Canal if Israel withdraws from 1967 gains. Meir in Jerusalem rejected cease-fire terms while fighting rages across Sinai and Syria with both sides claiming advances.
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Syria
Sadat
Cairo
Sinai Peninsula
Israel
U.N. Auspies
Egypt
Sinai
People’s Assembly
Peace talks stall as Israeli forces push into Syria
The article reports on Arab goals of restoring pre 1967 lines and describes Israeli advances about 20 miles into Syria while Egyptian troops push Israelis back in Sinai. Sadat hails crossing of the Suez Canal and Israeli claims of repelling a new Syrian offensive with six planes and O S tanks destroyed.
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Israel
Syria
Sinai Peninsula
Sadat
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
U S Airlifts 500 Tons Of Supplies To Help Israel
The United States has shipped about 500 tons of military equipment and ammunition to Israel since Sunday, about one tenth of the Soviet delivery to Arab states at war with Israel. Officials note both powers continue resupply amid delicate diplomacy.
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U.S
Israel
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Egypt
Syria
Cotton Classing Officereports good week for area gins
The USDA Cotton Classing Office in Winnsboro says last week was the first good week of the season with receipts over 35 000 samples, bringing the season total to 45 200. Major gins include Macon Ridge parishes and Morehouse leading harvesting with 11 800 bales.
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USDA
Winnsboro
Macon Ridge
Morehouse
Richland
Franklin
West Carroll
Ouachita Parish
River Stages at Station Flood Presents Change
Data shows stage changes at River Street station with rise in Camden and Monroe readings. Observations include Camden rising to 73.2 and Monroe at 40 with 20.8 noted in the sequence.
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Monroe
Camden
Nixon to Meet Arab Envoys Over Middle East War
White House announced President Nixon will meet four Arab foreign ministers on Wednesday in the Oval Office to discuss U S involvement in the war. The ministers from Saudi Arabia Algeria Kuwait and Morocco are in New York for U N sessions and have asked to see the President.
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White House
Nixon
Middle East
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Mideas
United States
U.S
Gerald N. Warren E
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Kuwait
Morocco
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Kissinger
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Sabah al-Ahmad al Jabir al-Sabah
Ah‘med Taibi Benhima
Umar al-Saqqaf
Warren
New York
United Nations
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington Special Action Group
Mideast
Record Heat Peak in Lower 48 at Gila Bend
The highest temperature reported to the National Weather Service Monday, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, reached 104 degrees at Gila Bend Arizona. The day's low was 27 degrees at Gallup New Mexico.
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UPI
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Hawaii
Gila Bend
Ariz
Gallup
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