Elephant shot at fair recovers as hunt for sniper grows
In Lancaster County South Carolina police chief Frank Harris says an arrest in about a week is likely after a high powered rifle wounded 4000 pound elephant Schaunzi during a child surrounded elephant walk at the Lancaster County Fair. The elephant is treated at University of Georgia and later to Sarasota Florida for further care. The slug remains in the shoulder. veterinarians say removal is unlikely. The attack injured no children and witnesses saw a man flee in a car with two others.
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Lancaster, S.C
UPI
Frank Harris
Lancaster County Fair
Harris
Schaunzi
University of Georgia School of Veterinary Medicine
Remo Cristiani
Sarasota, Fla
Flat Earth Society leader hails Columbus as proof Earth flat
Charles K. Johnson of the International Flat Earth Society, with 1500 members in 167 countries, argues Columbus proved the world is flat. He dismisses gravity, ridicules space photos, and claims the moon landing was a Nazi plot.
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Lancaster
Calif
UPI
Charles K. Johnson
International
Flat Earth Society
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Johnson
England
Colum
Texas
San Francisco
California
Edwards Air Force Base
U.S
Dolly Parton Leads Nominees At Country Music Awards
Dolly Parton tops nominations for Country Music Association awards this year with Luminaries like Loretta Lynn, Crystal Gayle, Emmylou Harris, and Barbara Mandrell among key contenders. Johnny Cash hosts the telecast while Wynette and Milsap face notable public incidents and career milestones.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Bly Parton
Miss Parton
Los Angeles
Nashville
Loretta Lynn
Merle Haggard
Crystal Gayle
Janie Fricke
Emmylou Harris
Barbara Mandrell
Tammy Wynette
Miss Wynette
Alabama
Linda Ronstadt
Ronnie Milsap
Milsap
Don Williams
Willie Nelson
Larry Gatlin
Kenny Rogers
Kendalls
Royce Kendall
Jeannie
Johnny Cash
Widow’s tax would give women credit for farm work
A proposed provision tied to tax legislation would credit women for farm work or small business labor from 2 percent per year, allowing a widow to own half the farm for estate tax purposes after 25 years. Nelson cites cases to justify relief, noting only heirs with joint ownership or parity with a corporation avoid the tax.
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Sonja Hillgren
UPI
Washington
Illinois
Farm Journal Magazine
Congress
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate Finance Committee
Internal Revenue Service
Nelson
IRS
Wisconsin
Union County
Fire destroys house bought by blacks in Venice
Authorities probe a weekend fire that destroyed a two story Venice home recently purchased by black couple Mr and Mrs Percy Wade. The attack follows earlier harassment including a Wednesday arson attempt and damage to their fence and windows on a block of white homes. Wade says, Someone doesn't want us living here.
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Venice, Ill
UPI
Percy Wade
Wades
Venice
Wade
Mourning and Creativity Lecture at Illinois Medical Center
The fifth Ruth M. French Lectureship at the University of Illinois Medical Center Chicago features Dr. George H. Pollock discussing mourning as a liberation process. The 12:30 p.m. lecture in the Chicago rooms of the Illini Union outlines Pollock’s research, career, and roles in psychiatry and psychoanalysis.
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Ruth M. French
University of Illinois Medical Center
Chicago
Chicago Illini Union
S. Wolcott St
George H. Pollock
Institute For Psychoanalysis
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Pollock
University of Illinois
Cook County Hospital
United States Army
Commonwealth
Illinois Psychiatric Society
University of Chicago
American Psychoanalysis Association
The
Psychiatric Society
Northwestern University Medical School
Center For Psychosocial Studies
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Illinois Masonic
Medical Center
School of Associated Medical Sciences
Miss French
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Thomas McDaniel
Veterinary School
McDaniel
Sarasota
Moon
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New Jersey
American Associa of Opthalmology
Dolly Parton
Fabric Center
Liberty
Blanchon
New York Aquarium
South Dakota
U.S. District Court
Treasury Department
Walter Mondale
Morris
Bonanza
Travel Desk
W. Main ST
Oscar Mayer Smokey Links
Lawry
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SWIFT
Illinois State
Liberty St
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