Weather and news brief items from Shreveport era
Wednesday's Digest notes a partly cloudy pattern with showers possible today and Thursday and highs near 90. Other items: a Fort Polk oil strike not affecting artillery. a bespectacled seminary president-turned-pastor. Mickey Mouse turning 50. Zarona murder case TV attention. crime up less than 1 percent in 1976. Kardelja in Washington. Palestinian refugees begin to trek home. Phillies clinch NL East as Yankees close in on AL title. Indians injuries at Northeast Louisiana University.
Government Whimsy Sparks Irony Over Intelligence
A quip about originality of government wit notes that past eras supposedly lacked excessive intelligence in public offices. The line winks at current hype while implying prior days were simpler and less meddled by clever officials.
Hijackers seize JAL DC8 to land in Dacca Bangladesh
An AP report says self-proclaimed Japanese Red Army hijacked a Japan Air Lines DC8 with 156 aboard over India, forced landing in Dacca. Demands reportedly include $6 million ransom and release of 10 Japanese prisoners, with four hijackers said to be involved. The event marks Japan’s first hijacking since 1973.
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Mahmood
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Beirut
Japan Broadcasting Corp
Acca
Foreign Ministry
Admiral Testifies Panama Canal In Danger
Former Joint Chiefs chair Admiral Moorer tells Congress the Panama Canal could fall under Soviet influence if the United States relinquishes control to Panama. He warns a Torrijos regime allied with Castro and Moscow risks U.S. security and prosperity by proxy sovereignty over the canal.
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Soviet Union
Senate
Republic of Panama
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Congress
U.S
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
House International Relations Committee
Omar Torrijos
Moorer
Cuba
Joint Chiefs
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Canal
Panama
Fidel Castro
Surprise SALT talks progress after Carter Gromyko meeting
Washington and Moscow made further progress toward a second SALT accord in a surprise two hour White House meeting between President Carter and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Gromyko announced the Soviets would halt underground nuclear tests and both sides expressed firm intent to work toward concluding a new strategic arms limitation treaty.
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UPI
Moscow
Carter
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
United Nations
Abdul Khaddam
Sharif Abdul Sharaf
Royal Court of
Jordan
Moshe Dayan
Ismail Fahmi
Senate Filibuster Tests Gas Price Debate in All-Night Session
Washington AP reports the Senate fought a deadlock over natural gas pricing during an all-night session. Byrd led a round-the-clock push to end a filibuster by Abourezk and Metzenbaum, seeking to block a vote on replacing Carter's price controls with an industry-backed deregulation plan. Senators endured 500 amendments and repeated roll calls, shuffling between the floor and cot-filled rooms as sleep declined and decorum frayed.
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Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
West Virginia
President Carter
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Carter
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Thomas J. Mclintyre
N.H
Bayou DeSiard Project Begins Construction Phase
Crews from Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railroad started phase one clearing the Bayou DeSiard bridge near Treasure Island to create a 35 foot opening for duckweed flow. The work sets up later bridge upgrades and walls ahead of Office of Public Works channel deepening in 90 to 120 days, backed by Gov. Edwards and local civic groups.
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Bob Hammack
Bayou DeSiard Complex
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railroad
A&lm
Bayou DeSiard
Treasure Island
Herman Wilson
Monroe
Wilson
Office of Public Works
A&lm Railroad
L-11 Canal
Lake Bartholomew
Edwin Edwards
Welcome Back Mrs Jean Baxter At Ouachita Clerk Office
Twin Cities Chit Chat notes Mrs Jean Baxter returning to the Ouachita Clerk of Court office after a vacation in Rome Italy. Also reports the Freeland couple of West Monroe welcoming their first child Christopher Daniel born September 20 weighing 9 pounds 12 ounces with grandparents listed.
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Jean Baxter
Ouachita Clerk
Fred Freeland
Wellerman Road
West Monroe
Christopher Daniel
Dan McClure
Carl Freeland
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