Multitude Greets Pope John Paul II in Boston Welcome
Pope John Paul II arrived in Boston on the first U S stop of a seven day visit. Crowds gathered at Logan Airport and Boston Common for a Mass as a drizzle fell. He urged peace in Northern Ireland during a separate Mass in Limerick and thanked supporters in remarks before departure. The event kicks off a tour through major cities with expected large crowds.
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Boston
John Paul II
U.S
Ireland
Logan International Airport
Boston Common
Limerick
Northern Ireland
Aer Lingus
Shannon
West of Ireland
New York
Philadelphia
Des Moines
Chicago
Washington
Babylon
Sudden Turn In Local Library Issue
Ottawa city commissioners plan to reverse their Sept 19 decision to hold a November library referendum. The library board requests repealing the ordinance, arguing the referendum would be futile as voters oppose destroying the present building. A new library could cost up to 1 million in general obligation bonds in City Park.
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Harris Rayl
Ottawa
Library Board
Sherwin Snyder
Library
Snyder
Commission
Bob Pence
City Commission
Pence
City Park
Government in dire straits as spending stalls at budget year start
Washington AP reports a funding impasse as Senate and House clash over abortion and a pay raise. Agencies lack legal authority to spend, awaiting a continuing resolution or new appropriations. House recesses. Senate plans to attach a CR to FTC funding. Possible delay until Oct 9.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Fall Front Ends Warm September Weather in Kansas
TOPEKA AP A cold front brings cooler air and gusty northerly winds across Kansas, ending unseasonably warm conditions. Temperatures range from mid 50s to mid 60s with highs in upper 70s to mid 80s, and a 98 degree reading at Coffeyville Sunday. Winds expected 15 to 30 mph, with near normal rainfall and cooler nights into the weekend.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Coffeyville
Weather Service
National Weather Service
Ottawa
Carter Preps For Tonight Speech on Cuba Troops
President Carter canceled a scheduled meeting with Liberia's President Tolbert to devote time to a nationally televised speech on Soviet troops in Cuba. Fidel Castro calls the claim a political fabrication as Carter and his wife worked at Camp David and then returned to Washington for the 9 p.m. broadcast.
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Washington
Carter
Cuba
Fidel Castro
William R.’ Tolbert, Jr
Liberia
Camp David
White House
Panamanians invade Canal as zone switches hands
Panamanians parade into the Panama Canal Zone after the United States hands over 646 square miles of territory. The transfer, marked by bells and fireworks, sets a 150 foot flagpole with a floodlit Panamanian flag atop Ancon Hill, while an estimated 250000 marchers join the symbolic possession.
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Balboa
Panama
United States
Panama Canal Zone
U.S
Ancon Hill
Panama Bay
Canal
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North Co-Op
Ottawa High School
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