Vultures In Wake Of Blizzard
The mid Atlantic region faced one of its worst snowstorms with governors declaring emergencies from Virginia to Connecticut. Looting surged in Baltimore and Atlantic City as stores were looted, banks closed, and schools remained shut while airports reopened and officials pursued hundreds of arrests.
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Associated Press
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Virginia
Connecticut
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Delaware
Pierre S. du Pont
Downstate
Kent
Sussex
New Jersey
Cape May
Atlantic
Ocean
Maryland
Harry R. Hughes
Richmond
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
County Forecast Weather Update
Forecast calls for light rain chances early tonight with a turn to colder temperatures into the night with lows in the mid 20s. Partly cloudy conditions expected Wednesday with daytime highs around 35 to 40. Winds from the south at 15 to 25 mph this afternoon, shifting to northwest 10 to 20 mph tonight. Rain probability about 30 percent tonight.
City Land Sale Tops Ottawa Commission Agenda
Ottawa city commissioners meet Wednesday at City Hall to consider selling just under an acre of land near the Beech Street water plant to Olin Wollen for a subdivision. They also weigh renewing a mutual-aid fire agreement with Olathe and authorizing a water line license under Santa Fe Railway near I-35 to serve US-59 area.
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Ottawa
Beech Street
Olin Wollen
Wollen
City Hall
Olathe
Santa Fe Railway
Perot recounts covert Iran rescue of two engineers
Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot says he hired an elite 15 man squad to storm Tehran’s Gasre prison on Feb 11 freeing engineers William Gaylord and Paul Chiapparoni from Electronic Data Systems. The mission crossed into Turkey, with Col. Arthur Simon leading the group. Perot calls it a rescue to save the men despite legal risks. State Department offered no confirmation.
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Dallas
Texas
H. Ross Perot
U.S
Iran
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White House
Perot
Tehran
Gasre
William Gaylord
Paul Chiapparoni
Electronic Data Systems Inc
Freedom
Green Beret
Arthur ‘Bull
Simon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
EDS
Washington
U.S. Naval Academy
IBM
Turkey
Carter Defends Arms Pact as Iran Interference Threatens Ties
President Carter offered a broad defense of the U S Soviet arms treaty and warned Moscow that foreign interference in Iran could endanger relations. He called the pact a fundamental element of stability while outlining policy at Georgia Tech amid budget and inflation debates. He said the U S has consulted with world leaders after the Vietnam invasion and urged restraint in spending to aid the poor and elderly.
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Iran
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Vietnam
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Teng Hsiao-ping
China
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Senate
Congress
Washington
Moscow
Reports Split On Chinese Move In Vietnam
Intelligence sources in Bangkok say Chinese invasion columns resumed advance into Vietnam while an official in Peking claims troops halted their drive and will withdraw. Ho Ying told the Lebanese ambassador China would move no deeper and depart soon. no timetable given. Japanese reports note possible war with the Soviet Union and border evacuations.
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Thailand
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Ho Ying
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Soviet Union
Khomeini Vows To Hound Shah Across Continents
In Tehran AP reports Ayatollah Khomeini vows to hound exiled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi until he seeks refuge only in South Africa or Israel. Executions of four more shah-era generals increase the tally to eight, with dozens more condemned as the crackdown continues.
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Israel
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Qazvin
Malek
Motamadi
Shah
Nematullah Nassiri
SAVAK
Paris
Morocco
Foreign Ministry
Hassan
Johannesburg
Tel Aviv
Reza Shah
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine
Carlin vetoes 7 percent cap on state spending
Gov. John Carlin announced he will veto Senate Bill 39 which would have imposed a 7 percent limit on annual state spending increases and proposed a new spending lid measure. He cited flaws in the bill and urged lawmakers to reconsider his objections. The article also notes related items on faculty salaries, emergency care protections, open records expansion, a SEK toll road study, and gas service moratorium developments.
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Kan
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Kansas
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Fredonia
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Ottawa
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Miami County
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Wichita Art Museum
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Ottawa High School
Mike Gullett
Carlin Veto
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