Beatles idolized and Ford plans Christmas visit
A layered digest shows Frank Sinatra praising George Harrison's Something as a great love song while Sinatra performs in Saratoga Springs before 7,400 fans. The mix covers Mrs. Dukakis praising Betty Ford, a tropical low headed for the Yucatan, Ford planning a Christmas ski stay in Vail, Border Patrol arrests in East Texas, Bullock targeting delinquent sales tax payers in Corpus Christi and Laredo, and Houston Post revealing DPS wiretaps pose questions about legality and oversight.
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Austin
Tex
Selassie Dies In Addis Ababa After 58 Year Rule
Haile Selassie the Emperor of Ethiopia for 58 years and widely known as King of Kings died today in his bed, aged 83. He was deposed by a military coup last September and had been confined to a palace, with limited access. An Addis Ababa radio report attributed death to illness in the prostate, with Princess Tenagne Work allowed to visit before his passing.
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Ethopia
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Ment
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God
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Sheba
Lij Yasu
Prince Tafari Makonnen
Newborn with heart outside chest defies odds in New Jersey
Christopher Wall Jr born Aug 10 with ectopia cordis, a condition with fewer than 200 prior cases. Doctors at Children's Hospital performed a four hour operation to cover the exposed heart and plan further surgery. Parents from Ft Lauderdale face mounting medical bills while seeking aid from New Jersey's Crippled Children's Fund.
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Robert G. Kettrick
Naresh Saxena
Christopher Wall
Christopher, Jr
Christopher
Teresa Wall
Christopher John Wall Jr
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla
Garden State Community Hospital
Marlton
N.J
Children's Hospital
Naresh C. Saxena
Kettrick
Wall
New Jersey
Crippled Children’s Fund
Pact's key part is now complete
Secretary Kissinger said only nuances remain to resolve in a new Israeli Egyptian pact for another Sinai retreat. Israeli officials in Jerusalem said a key section is complete and ready for signing, obligating both sides to refrain from force. The portion covers mission for Israeli cargo through the Suez Canal and includes an appendix of maps and times.
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Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Sinai Desert
Jerusalem
Kissinger
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Suez Canal
Sadat
Syria
Jordan
Third World economic talks dominate nonaligned summit
In Lima AP reports delegates at the nonaligned nations conference push toward a general assembly project on a giant Third World development fund with equal initial pledges and future voluntary contributions. Proposals seek reserve commodity stocks and a producer council modeled on OPEC while talks wrestle with Egypt Israel assurances and broader peace links.
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Peru
United Nations General Assembly
New York
General Assembly
Council of Producers of
Slayton beats odds as lung nodule proves benign
Houston AP reports astronaut Deke Slayton underwent a 22 hour operation to remove a lung nodule. Surgeons found no cancer and doctors expect full recovery. Dr Charles Berry said Slayton should regain normal lung function and may return to flight status. Slayton, a former smoker, quit 20 years ago after a 30 year habit. The nodule was found during chest X rays for a nitrogen tetroxide exposure. In Sinai Egypt Swedish troops patrol UN buffer zone between Egyptian and Israeli forces.
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Slayton
Charles Berry
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Sinai
Egypt
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Grain shipments in negotiations push for settlement
Washington reports a possible breakthrough in the labor boycott of Russian grain shipments as talks continue among AFL CIO President George Meany Ford administration officials. A settlement could boost American ship use and seamen jobs while a Corpus Christi judge weighs an injunction to curb longshoremen from blocking Soviet bound grain.
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White House
Aflcio
George Meany
Ford Administration
White Hose
U.S
Organized Labor
Ford
John T. Dunlop
Meany
Nelsen
United States
Ruling expected on wheat shipment injunction
Corpus Christi Texas AP A federal judge was to rule on a request by Texas Gulf shippers for a permanent injunction to force longshoremen to load U S grain aboard Soviet bound ships ILA workers began a work stoppage on August 18 to block a Yugoslav grain shipment amid concerns over rising home food prices The ILA and AFL CIO seek assurances about the grain sale while grain shipments continue under a temporary restraining order from Judge Owen Cox An official warned that blocking Texas ports could divert wheat to West Coast ports.
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Meany
White House
Ron Nelsen
U.S
Owen Cox
Corpus Christi
Tex
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Gulf
Soviet Union
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Houston
Cox
Texas
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